Andrew Lloyd Webber’s newest musical, now called “Bad Cinderella,”’will start previews on Broadway Feb. 17, the night before the scheduled final performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” He’s had a show running on Broadway since 1979.
I just need everyone to know that when Angela Lansbury won her 5th Tony for BLITHE SPIRIT, Brian d’Arcy James and Sutton Foster were seated behind her FULLY IN COSTUME AS SHREK AND FIONA
I'm on the board for a children's musical theatre company. We got a $10k donation in memory of the dog who played Sandy in our 2012 production of Annie. Isn't that just the best?!
This 2002 ornament with the 1998 Broadway revival logo, 1965 spin, and 1959 Mary Martin vocal that my brother gave me is my favorite gift I’ve ever received.
There were musicals before Waitress and Pasek and Paul and if that “influencer” tries to prove another point I am going to put rocks in my pockets and walk into the sea.
A new Fanny won’t make the show better. Hire a new design team and cut the second act while you’re at it. Or the whole thing could just be a concert of songs that takes place in a grain silo.
What's one example of where you saw a performer in a show before they made it big?
Ariana DeBose at 54 Below in 2015. While Hamilton was still at the Public.
When Whitney said she believe children are the future, she didn’t know about the 14 year old who asked me if The Sound of Music “was based on a movie called ‘Sister Act’l”
Nonni was a planner and had presents wrapped for all of us when she died. I’m going to frame these gift tags she wrote my nieces. Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow.
Ted Chapin has announced he will step down as president and chief creative officer of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at the end of his current contract, ending a four decades-long career shepherding the theatre titans' musical catalog.
My friend Grace took her own life 18 years ago. I think of and miss her every day. If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please ask for help. My world is darker without Grace. I wonder who she’d be today.
I had drinks with
@kevinddaly
,
@thisisnotovryet
, and
@allie_glick
tonight. In the words of Jerry Herman, “''There's been a rumor that the simple, [internet friendship] is dead on Broadway. Well, it's alive and well at [Hurleys on 48th]''