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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Tina Fey's 'Mean Girls,' 'SpongeBob' musical lead Tony Awards nods by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

"Mean Girls" and "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical" lead the Tony Award nominations with dozen nods each.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:41AM
Friday, December 16, 2016

'SNL' vet Taran Killam included in new 'Hamilton' cast for Broadway by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Former "Saturday Night Live" star Taran Killam will be getting plenty of live performances next year -- he's joining the Broadway company of "Hamilton."

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:57PM
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Grumpy Cat joins cast of Broadway musical, 'Cats' by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Internet sensation Grumpy Cat is joining the cast of the Broadway music, 'Cats."

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 04:45PM
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Marni Nixon -- voice of classic movie songs in 'The King and I,' 'West Side Story' & more -- dead at 86 by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Hollywood voice double Marni Nixon, whose singing was heard in place of the leading actresses in such classic movie musicals as "West Side Story," ''The King and I" and "…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:35PM
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

'Hamilton' leads Tony Award nominations with record 16 nods by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

"Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary on Tuesday broke the 15-nominations record held by "The Producers" and…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:13PM
Monday, March 14, 2016

'Hamilton' cast takes Broadway hit to White House (photos) by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Alexander Hamilton never made it to the White House as president. But the cast of the Broadway musical based on his life was there Monday, joining President Barack Obama and first lady Miche…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:53PM
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Joel Grey: 'Cabaret's' Cleveland-born 'Master of Ceremonies' tells his story in new memoir (vintage photos) by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Joel Grey, who got his start at the Cleveland Play House, recently published a memoir documenting his life as an actor.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:59AM
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Broadway hit 'Hamilton' to launch company in Chicago by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

The mega-hit Broadway show "Hamilton" is on the move -- a production will open in Chicago next September. Producers said Tuesday that performances will begin Sept. 27 at the newly …

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:05PM
Monday, October 20, 2014

Metropolitan Opera's 'The Death of Klinghoffer," stirs Jewish anger, protest by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Some big-name politicians are joining Jewish protesters in a growing firestorm against an opera they say glorifies Palestinian terrorists. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Gov. Ge…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:00AM
Friday, July 18, 2014

Theater legend Elaine Stritch, who died Thursday, mourned as 'feisty, funny broad' by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Elaine Stritch, who became a sort of shorthand for acting longevity since she made her Broadway debut in "Loco" in 1946, died Thursday at 89 in her home state of Michigan — far f…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:00AM
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick to reunite in Broadway production of Terrence McNally's 'It's Only a Play' by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick will be back together again on Broadway in a revival of Terrence McNally's "It's Only a Play."

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:57PM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Cleveland's Mary Bridget Davies prepares to conquer Broadway in 'A Night With Janis Joplin,' as musicals featuring female singer-songwriters swell by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Mary Bridget Davies and her "A Night With Janis Joplin," which opens Thursday, are part of a new wave of musicals featuring female singer-songwriters, a list that includes a Carole…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:00AM
Monday, June 10, 2013

'Kinky Boots' wins best musical at 2013 Tony Awards by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

On a feel-good night for Broadway, it was only natural that the Tony award go to its most feel-good musical, the joyous "Kinky Boots." But most everything about Sunday's Tony telec…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:22AM
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

'Kinky Boots' gets 13 Tony Award nods by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

"Kinky Boots" is based on the 2005 British movie about a real-life shoe factory that struggles until it finds new life in fetish footwear. Lauper's songs and a story by Harvey Fier…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:11AM
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Tom Hanks shines in messy Broadway debut of Norah Ephron's 'Lucky Guy' by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Nora Ephron's last play is about the world of New York tabloids, and it's a lot like the messy subject she looks at — overindulgent, overstuffed and raucous. That's its charm as well as it…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:47AM
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Off-Broadway's 'Now.Here.This' lives again in cast recording thanks to 'crowdfunding' campaign by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Jeff Bowen's off-Broadway musical, "Now.Here.This.," closed last year despite great reviews. To keep a piece of it alive, Bowen turned to Kickstarter to see if he could "crowd…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:00AM
Monday, November 12, 2012

Cheyenne Jackson strips down to play studly porn star in 'The Performers' by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Cheyenne Jackson, the hunky star of musical comedies such as "Xanadu" and "All Shook Up" and TV's "30 Rock," portrays an adult film actor who fancies himself an…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:47AM
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Scarlett Johansson to play 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' on Broadway by Associated Press Entertainment Staff

Scarlett Johansson will tap into her feline side later this year when she plays Maggie the Cat on Broadway. Producers on Thursday unveiled the Tony Award-winning Johansson in a revival of Te…

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:08PM

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