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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

TWITTER WATCH: SHUFFLE ALONG's Audra McDonald Shows Class and Love After Tony Non-Nomination by Michael Dale

Despite not being nominated this year, six-time Tony winner is happy to celebrate.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PM[SHARE]

CATS' Dame Gillian Lynne Offers Top Ten Tips For Choreography by Michael Dale

She became a major star with her choreography for the original production of CATS, and will be on hand as an associate for the upcoming Broadway revival.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PM[SHARE]

Monday, May 2, 2016

Bid to Meet Kristin Chenoweth, Seth Rudetsky, B.D. Wong and Support Rosie's Theater Kids by Michael Dale

Charitybuzz has three new auctions to benefit Rosie O'Donnell's Rosie's Theater Kids

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PM[SHARE]

Age Discrimination Accused as Dallas Summer Musicals Fires President Michael A. Jenkins by Michael Dale

A press release issued this morning names interim managing director David Hyslop as beginning 'a new generation of leadership.'

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PM[SHARE]

VIDEOS: HAMILTON's Rise Up Rye Beer Benefits Elizabeth Hamilton's Graham Windham by Michael Dale

Broadway actors Mark Aldrich and Jimmy Ludwig came up with the idea of matching hit shows with local breweries.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PM[SHARE]

Open Book: SOMETHING ROTTEN!'s Karey Kirkpatrick and?John O'Farrell On Mixing Broadway and The Bard by Michael Dale

The latest in BroadwayWorld's series of interviews with musical theatre's bookwriters.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AM[SHARE]

BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN, a Breathtakingly Emotional And Daring Original Musical by Michael Dale

Composerlyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and bookwriter Steven Levenson's tale of social anxiety and social media.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45AM[SHARE]

Friday, April 29, 2016

TWITTER WATCH: Lea Salonga, David Henry Hwang, Ann Harada, More Share #MyYellowfaceStory by Michael Dale

The hashtag sharing stories of discrimination is being used in adjunct to The Asian American Arts Alliances' forum Beyond Orientalism.'

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PM[SHARE]

WEST SIDE STORY Performance Rights Withdrawn From North Carolina, Mississippi by Michael Dale

The move can be interpreted as a reaction to recent legislation that allows for discrimination against LGBT individuals.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PM[SHARE]

Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg Reworking MARTIN GUERRE, Seeking Opera House Premiere by Michael Dale

Their third musical, despite its Olivier award, never received the recognition of their LES MISERABLES and MISS SAIGON.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PM[SHARE]

BWW Review: George C. Wolfe's SHUFFLE ALONG, An Exhilarating Demand For Recognition by Michael Dale

The directorbookwriter tells the story of a groundbreaking 1921 musical that has since been reduced to a footnote.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AM[SHARE]

Thursday, April 28, 2016

VIDEO: FULLY COMMITTED's Jesse Tyler Ferguson Shares Opening Night Messages From MODERN FAMILY Pals by Michael Dale

The Emmy-nominated star returns to Broadway and his MODERN FAMILY co-stars are cheering him on.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: SHUFFLE ALONG's Audra McDonald Makes Taped Appearance For JEOPARDY!'s Broadway Category by Michael Dale

The 6-time Tony Award winner gives the 1,000 answer in today's Broadway category.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: St. Mary's School in Nairobi, Kenya Presents Broadway's AMAZING GRACE by Michael Dale

The musical about the English slave trader who found salvation and wrote the world's most famous hymn played on Broadway earlier this season.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PM[SHARE]

Ian McKellen, Derek Jacobi, Frances Barber Voice Heuristic Shakespeare's App Edition of THE TEMPEST by Michael Dale

The iPad app is the first of a series of 37, covering all of Shakespeare's plays.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM[SHARE]

August Wilson's Boyhood Home To Be Renovated Into An Arts Center by Michael Dale

The building where the great playwright spent the first thirteen years of his life had been in a state of ruin.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PM[SHARE]

BWW Review: Jessica Lange Magnificently Unsettling in an Excellent LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Michael Dale

Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece is sumptuously played.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AM[SHARE]

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Is DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Musical Headed For Broadway? Minneapolis Production Extended Amid Speculation by Michael Dale

With Broadway producer Kevin McCollum on hand the musical based on Jeff Kinney's graphic novel series may make its way to New York.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Duncan Sheik Says Broadway's AMERICAN PSYCHO May Be Filmed, Talks SPRING AWAKENING Movie by Michael Dale

The composerlyricist talks to Laura Heywood about his first hit musical and his newest.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16PM[SHARE]

VIDEO: Aaron Tveit Reunites With DISASTER!'s Kerry Butler For a CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Duet by Michael Dale

Tveit is the latest star to appear for DisasterRelief, benefiting Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PM[SHARE]

VIDEO TOUR: Explore Central Park's Shakespeare Garden on Its 100th Anniversary by Michael Dale

Shakespeare in Central Park originally meant this four-acre landscape dedicated to the famed English playwright.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PM[SHARE]

HAMLET On The Half Shell? What Shakespeare's Audiences Snacked On During Performances by Michael Dale

Excavations performed underneath The Rose and The Globe theaters reveal the snacking habits of Elizabethan playgoers.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PM[SHARE]

BWW Review: TUCK EVERLASTING, A Hearty And Magical Charmer by Michael Dale

The new musical based on Natalie Babbitt's novel is full of poignancy and good humor, very suitable for families.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AM[SHARE]

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Monday, April 25, 2016

VIDEO: NBC TODAY Honors Indiana High School Theatre Teacher For Fifty Years of Inspiring Students by Michael Dale

Kathie Lee Gifford meets a couple who have dedicated 50 years to high school theatre.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33PM[SHARE]

A Black Box Theatre in a Suburban Mall? Welcome To Concord, New Hampshire's Hatbox Theatre by Michael Dale

A struggling suburban mall is hoping a small live theatre venue will increase traffic.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:41PM[SHARE]