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Matilda The Musical at The Kennedy Center (review) - DC Theatre Scene

Matilda The Musical at The Kennedy Center (review) - DC Theatre Scene | music-all | Scoop.it

Half a Matilda is better than none, one decides.

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‘Fiddler on the Roof’ revival vibrant and heartfelt

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ revival vibrant and heartfelt | music-all | Scoop.it

Bartlett Sher's new Broadway musical production is an urgent and profound rendition of Sholem Aleichem's classic

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Hamilton Hits a Twitter Milestone

Hamilton Hits a Twitter Milestone | music-all | Scoop.it

The Broadway musical Hamilton, which has been breaking all kinds of records in its run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, has added another: It inspired more than one million tweets during the calendar year 2015, according to Twitter.

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December 23, 2015 3:33 PM
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Live-Streamed 'Daddy Long Legs' Brought 150K Viewers To Off-Broadway For Free

Live-Streamed 'Daddy Long Legs' Brought 150K Viewers To Off-Broadway For Free | music-all | Scoop.it

It's not Star Wars or The Book Of Mormon, but it's a start: The December 10 performance of off-off-Broadway's musical two-hander Daddy Long Legs was performed before an audience 1,000 times its normal size when the show became the first to be...

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December 23, 2015 3:32 PM
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Who Is The Next Bob Fosse? Iconic Dancers Weigh In On The Future of Musical Theatre Dance

Who Is The Next Bob Fosse? Iconic Dancers Weigh In On The Future of Musical Theatre Dance | music-all | Scoop.it

American Dance Machine for the 21st Century transports us to the glory days of theatre dance with numbers like "I Hope I Get It" and the famed Oklahoma!

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Celebs graced red carpet for 'Beauty and the Beast' musical's Delhi edition, Entertainment , Aninews

Celebs graced red carpet for 'Beauty and the Beast' musical's Delhi edition, Entertainment , Aninews | music-all | Scoop.it

New Delhi, Dec 19 (ANI): After enthralling Mumbai, Disney India's timeless classic Beauty and the Beast has come to Delhi and witnessed amazing turn up of celebrities on the red carpet event.

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December 22, 2015 6:45 AM
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Broadway Box Office Analysis: It's A Great Time To Be A Musical

Broadway Box Office Analysis: It's A Great Time To Be A Musical | music-all | Scoop.it

Multiple musicals saw jumps in revenue, while straight plays were down last week on Broadway.

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December 22, 2015 6:45 AM
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A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Tony Winner Patricia Elliott Dies at 77

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Tony Winner Patricia Elliott Dies at 77 | music-all | Scoop.it

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Patricia Elliott, who won a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, has passed away.

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December 22, 2015 6:44 AM
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Tony-winning actress and TV soap star Patricia Elliott dies

Tony-winning actress and TV soap star Patricia Elliott dies | music-all | Scoop.it

NEW YORK (AP) — Patricia Elliott, who won a Tony Award on her Broadway musical debut, went on to star opposite David Bowie in "The Elephant Man" and spent 23 years aboard the TV soap opera "One Life to Live," has died.

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December 22, 2015 6:44 AM
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Music Movement Brings Big Broadway Surprise to Aspiring Teen Actor with Autism

Music Movement Brings Big Broadway Surprise to Aspiring Teen Actor with Autism | music-all | Scoop.it

Nonprofit organization, Music Movement, sponsored a special "Night on Broadway" experience for Conor Tague, a 15-year-old aspiring actor with Autism.

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December 22, 2015 6:41 AM
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Cast of SPRING AWAKENING Will Bring Us Six Second Christmas Surprises on BWW's Vine!

Cast of SPRING AWAKENING Will Bring Us Six Second Christmas Surprises on BWW's Vine! | music-all | Scoop.it
As Christmas approaches and you find yourself busy hustling and bustling with holiday cheer, take some time out of your day to check out some awesome clips on our BWW Vine Channel! We here at BWW love to hear what the fans have to say, and we think we've conjured up quite the incredible Christmas surprise. Throughout this week (December 22-27), we will have some of your favorite boys from the Broadway cast of SPRING AWAKENING doing a Vine takeover! Be sure to download Vine, follow BroadwayWorld, and see DANIEL N DURANT (Moritz), SEAN GRANDILLO (Voice of Otto/Bass), and DANIEL DAVID STEWART (Voice of Ernst/Piano) giving us backstage looks, sign language tutorials, and sharing any and all things SPRING AWAKENING with our viewers!
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December 22, 2015 6:40 AM
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AUDIO: Leslie Odom Jr. Chats Multifaceted HAMILTON Role on NPR

AUDIO: Leslie Odom Jr. Chats Multifaceted HAMILTON Role on NPR | music-all | Scoop.it
Leslie Odom Jr., who portrays the complex, sometimes charming, sometimes villainous character of 'Aaron Burr' in Broadway's HAMILTON, recently spoke to NPR about living in the role from the musical's first workshops to Broadway. Listen to the in-depth interview below!
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December 22, 2015 6:39 AM
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Josh Groban to Make Broadway Debut in 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812'

Josh Groban to Make Broadway Debut in 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' | music-all | Scoop.it
In his Tony Awards appearances, his choice of concert material and his recent album of musical-theater songs, Stages, Josh Groban has made no secret of his flirtation with Broadway. He'll finally cement the relationship next fall when he makes his debut, heading the cast of a transfer of the off-Broadway hit Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.
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Kidderminster theatre students back anti-bullying charity with West End show

Kidderminster theatre students back anti-bullying charity with West End show | music-all | Scoop.it

YOUNGSTERS from a Kidderminster performing arts school took to a West End stage to support an anti-bullying charity.

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Off-Broadway Star to Reprise Performance in Paris Premiere of Sondheim's Passion

Off-Broadway Star to Reprise Performance in Paris Premiere of Sondheim's Passion | music-all | Scoop.it

The Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris has announced more casting for the March 2016 French premiere of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Passion.

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'Rent' Original Cast Members Reuniting for 20th Anniversary

'Rent' Original Cast Members Reuniting for 20th Anniversary | music-all | Scoop.it

Original cast members and crew from 'Rent' will celebrate the hit Broadway musical's 20th anniversary with a January reunion panel at BroadwayCon.

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Free broadcast of musical 'Daddy Long Legs' draws 150,000

Free broadcast of musical 'Daddy Long Legs' draws 150,000 | music-all | Scoop.it

The groundbreaking live broadcast of the off-Broadway musical "Daddy Long Legs" got quite some attention. It was watched by more than 150,000 people in 135 countries, according to figures...

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Matt Lucas: 'Broadway theatre better than West End' | News, Uncategorized | The Stage

Matt Lucas: 'Broadway theatre better than West End' | News, Uncategorized | The Stage | music-all | Scoop.it

Performer Matt Lucas has criticised West End musicals and plays as “overly simplistic” and “pretentious”. He said that Broadway was currently better than L

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STAGE TUBE: SEINFELD the Musical? Celebrate 'Festivus' Broadway-Style

STAGE TUBE: SEINFELD the Musical? Celebrate 'Festivus' Broadway-Style | music-all | Scoop.it

In honor of the show's anti-commercialization holiday known as 'Festivus,' a die-hard SEINFELD and Broadway fan made a Festivus song for a theoretical musical version of the sitcom.

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December 22, 2015 6:45 AM
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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell team up for Broadway-bound musical

"Bright Star," a new musical set in North Carolina in 1920s and '40s, involves hidden identities, tragedy, love lost and found and a bluegrass-style band, co...

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December 22, 2015 6:45 AM
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The music shines in Bright Star at The Kennedy Center - DC Theatre Scene

The music shines in Bright Star at The Kennedy Center - DC Theatre Scene | music-all | Scoop.it

Unapologetically uplifting songs like the Act II opener “Sun’s Gonna Shine” have pressed a consensus judgment that Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Broadway-bound period musical Bright Star is too heavy on the sweet and...

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December 22, 2015 6:44 AM
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Actress Patricia Elliott Loses Battle With Cancer

Elliott passed away on Sunday (20Dec15) at her home in Manhattan, New York. A staple on Broadway, she made her debut on the Great White Way as part of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical...

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December 22, 2015 6:42 AM
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STAGE TUBE: Audience Reactions and Footage of NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

STAGE TUBE: Audience Reactions and Footage of NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 | music-all | Scoop.it
Take a look inside #GreatCometART with this exclusive video including audience testimonials.  Check it out below!
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December 22, 2015 6:41 AM
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STAGE TUBE: 'Dead' West Does SPRING AWAKENING and Zombies in New Spoof

STAGE TUBE: 'Dead' West Does SPRING AWAKENING and Zombies in New Spoof | music-all | Scoop.it
This history-making Broadway revival of SPRING AWAKENING, performed simultaneously in American Sign Language and spoken English by a cast of 28, is breaking boundaries yet again. But this time, their new cast members could have stumbled straight out of THE WALKING DEAD. Below, watch a new spoof (written and directed by Alex Wyse) about how a fatal autocorrect error led to 'Dead' West's undead SPRING AWAKENING!
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December 22, 2015 6:40 AM
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BWW TV: Annaleigh Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey and More Gush for 'FIDDLER' on the Red Carpet

BWW TV: Annaleigh Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey and More Gush for 'FIDDLER' on the Red Carpet | music-all | Scoop.it
L'chaim! The Broadway revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF just opened last night, December 20, at The Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway), wrapping up the 2015 Broadway season. BroadwayWorld's Richard Richard Ridge caught up with starry audience members Annaleigh Ashford, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey and more as they arrived for the big night, and you can hear what they had to say about the classic musical below!
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