Major geeky excitement next week as PBS’ Great Performances airs Chess: In Concert. Well before Mamma Mia became a worldwide musical smash, ABBA’s Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus wrote an original musical with lyrics from Tim Rice (Evita, Jesus Christ...
Billy Elliot walked away with the night winning 10 of its 15 nominations. I was hoping it would share more of the Tony wealth with Next to Normal, but at least N2N came out with 3 including Best Actress for Alice Ripley and for Best Score. And three awards does tie it...
I’ve made Tony Award predictions for years now, always trying to give my best shot at figuring out what the voters will go for in a given year. Some years I do great and some not so great, but I always come back for another round. It’s part of the geeky...
In this week leading up to the Tony Awards CBS affiliates have the option to air a special concert that was shot earlier in the month highlighting the musicals nominated (except for Pal Joey, which I guess was left out because it finished its limited run a few months...
I’ve devoted a fair amount of space to Next to Normal over the past couple of months because it is one superb show. The Tony voters agreed with the audiences and the critics giving the show 11 nominations, making it the second most nominated show of the year....
The revival of Hair has been a long time coming to Broadway. In the decade we’ve lived in New York, this show has tried to come back a number of times: In 2001, City Center Encores! did the show and there was considerable talk about it going to Broadway (I saw...
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