Last Sunday night was a historic night in theater, and I don’t just say that because it was the 69th Annual Tony Awards. Something incredible happened. As a theater student, I have spent more hours than I’d like to admit studying theater history. So, to add to the books, a few noteworthy things that happened […]
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I don’t know about you, but I’m so ready for the Tony Awards. (Here at NMT, Andrea and I will be live-tweeting the awards tonight with the hashtag #NMTonys – join us!) Though too many of the nominees (and many non-nominees, too!) are deserving of recognition for the awards to be any kind of objective judgment, it’s still […]
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With the Tony Awards coming up this week, I am entirely on Team Fun Home. In my opinion, this musical has changed what is possible to stage on Broadway, and I cannot think of a better candidate for the title of “Best Musical.” I saw the musical both at the Public in January of 2014 […]
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Sunday, June 7th is a big night for fans of the Broadway musical: it’s the 69th Annual Tony Awards! For one night only, Broadway’s brightest gather together to celebrate all that New York City theater has to offer, bringing with them show-stopping fashion, emotional acceptance speeches, and, of course, unforgettable performances. If your invitation seems […]
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Every year I get more and more excited about the new musicals that populate the primary Broadway scene. In a way – for all of us involved in developing and writing new musicals – it as if a new original musical on the main street feels like a small personal win as well. The door […]
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This past season, thirteen new musicals opened on Broadway. Six of them closed before the Tonys, and of those six, only two received any nominations: A Night with Janis Joplin and The Bridges of Madison County. There is a pattern present in the Tony nomination and voting process that routinely favors still-running shows over those […]
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Here at NewMusicalTheatre.com, we’re all brimming with excitement over the Tony Awards this Sunday evening. We’ll be live-tweeting with the hashtag #NMTonys (join us!). To tide you over for the next few days, we put together this video playlist of songs by #NMTWriters performed by 2014 Tony Nominees. Whether you need background music while you […]
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The last three shows that I saw on Broadway, Violet, The Bridges of Madison County, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, have some interesting things in common. All three were produced on Broadway this season for the first time. All three feature daring and beautiful scores, written for the musical stage by important musical theatre […]
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In many creative aspects we are taught from a young age that versatility is key to success. Actors and performers spend half of their life worrying about finding their niche, and later worry about being typecast and stuck in a particular casting bracket. There is great debate to be had in this topic – some […]
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