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See a Tony Winner in a New Musical in Queens

By JOSE SOLÍS

Thursday, November 14, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Thu Nov 14, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Cady Huffman on why she had to play the title character in Marguerite --- Cady Huffman may be best known to theatre lovers for her work on Broadway, particularly her Tony-winning turn as the voluptuous Ulla in The Producers. But to her, all the city's a stage. She's done shows in Brooklyn; in the Bronx where she currently lives, she sometimes sings...

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Wild Changes to Classic Shows: How Far Is Too Far?

By RAVEN SNOOK

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 • Musicals • 57 comments Share This

Wed Nov 13, 2019 • Musicals • 57 comments Share This

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things --- This week, TDF Stages Editor Raven Snook geeks out (via Facebook Messenger) with Christina Trivigno, TDF's Director of Digital Strategy and a bona fide theatre nerd. Today's topic: Inspired by Ivo van Hove's truncated and intermissionless production of West Side Story,...

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How Three Diverse Creators Brought a Musical About Racial Strife to Life

By JANICE C. SIMPSON

Monday, November 11, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

Mon Nov 11, 2019 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

The unusual development of Broadbend, Arkansas --- It's ironic that Broadbend, Arkansas -- the new two-person musical about an African-American father and daughter grappling with the personal impact of racial oppression in the '60s and '80s -- started off as a monologue about an elderly Southern white woman living in a nursing home during the pre-civil...

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If You Think You Know Tina Turner's Story, You're Wrong

By KELUNDRA SMITH

Wednesday, November 06, 2019 • Musicals • 5 comments Share This

Wed Nov 6, 2019 • Musicals • 5 comments Share This

How the musical Tina reveals new facets of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll --- When Tony-nominated playwright Katori Hall was approached about penning the book for Tina, the new Broadway musical about legendary singer-songwriter Tina Turner, she initially worried there might not be anything new to say. "Because she has lived her life as an open book, I...

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WATCH: Our Favorite Clips from 'The Little Mermaid Live!' on ABC

Tuesday, November 05, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Tue Nov 5, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

For weeks we've been flipping our fins in anticipation of ABC's The Little Mermaid Live!, especially since this live TV musical was clearly a departure from its predecessors. Now that's it's aired, we've seen firsthand how different this hybrid of animated movie/live-action performance was. From the moment Jodi Benson, the original voice of Ariel, introduced...

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Let's Geek Out Over Live TV Musicals

By RAVEN SNOOK

Monday, October 28, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

Mon Oct 28, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things --- This week, TDF Stages Editor Raven Snook geeks out (via Facebook Messenger) with Christina Trivigno, TDF's Director of Digital Strategy and a bona fide theatre nerd. Today's topic: Live TV musicals -- which ones floundered, which ones went swimmingly and our hopes...

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Growing Up in Puerto Rico, Broadway Felt So Far Away. TDF Helped Bring it Closer

By ALICIA RAMÍREZ

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

Tue Oct 22, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

A Latinx theatre fan recounts the barriers she had to break through in order to attend shows --- I first fell in love with Broadway musicals listening to the original cast recording of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights in my house in Puerto Rico. I was enthralled by the opening notes of the title song, marked by the beat of the palitos right before...

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