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"People calling me, people upset, just all over the place, all over the country," said her husband.
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Like the coronavirus pandemic, 9/11 brought Broadway to a standstill — until NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani took incredible steps to save it.
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The future of Broadway is looking a bit brighter after some reassuring words from Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday. Fauci, the top infectious disease specialist at the US Centers for Disease Control, reportedly told Evan Roider, a musical director for the national tour of “Wicked,” that theaters will see a “gradual return to normal” throughout …
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Oscar-winner Julianne Moore is set to join the ensemble cast of Universal’s movie adaptation of the Broadway hit “Dear Evan Hansen,” joining Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams and Amandla Stenberg. The story follows Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a …
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Amy Adams has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ “Dear Evan Hansen” and will portray Cynthia Murphy, mother of the characters Connor and Zoe Murphy. “Dear Evan Hansen,” a Tony-winning musical, opened on Broadway in 2016. The story follows a high schooler with social anxiety who gets caught up in a lie after Connor Murphy’s family …
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Broadway is buzzing over a $6.3 million lawsuit filed by top theater ad agency SpotCo against top producer Scott Rudin. SpotCo alleges Rudin hasn’t paid his bills. Sources told us Rudin’s now prepping a countersuit as soon as this week. An insider huffed, “These are typical grievances between a producer and a vendor,” and added …
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Live theater seems an eternity away in New York, where Broadway shows are on hiatus until at least Jan. 3. But in London, an in-person performance at a major theater was held this past week. Andrew Lloyd Webber, the composer of “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Cats,” hosted a trial run Thursday of a …
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Broadway director Jerry Zaks. Drama Desk Awards. Four Tonys. Nominated for Bette Midler’s “Hello, Dolly!” in 2017. How smart is he? When I rehearsed my suggested one-woman show he yawned, “Forget it!” That’s how smart. He’s to direct — whenever that is — “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, with Warren Carlyle …
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Do not throw away your shot because the “Hamilton” trailer is here. Launching on Disney Plus on July 3, the minute-long trailer shows off footage from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical. The film features footage with the original cast, including Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Daveed Diggs, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Christopher Jackson, Anthony Ramos, Jonathon …
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Next time you go see “The Phantom of the Opera,” if British officials have their way, you might listen to the small-talk of the night. Andrew Lloyd Webber told BBC Radio 4 Friday that a government official bizarrely suggested that West End musicals come back “without any singing” to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. …