Idina Menzel Confirmed for National IF/THEN Tour
Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will launch the national tour of IF/THEN reprising her critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated performance in seven select cities! Menzel will launch the national tour at the Buell Theatre in Denver (Oct. 13-25) and will then play the Paramount Theatre in Seattle (Nov. 3-8), the SHN Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco (Nov. 10-Dec. 6), […]
20 Unforgettable Performances Completely Overlooked by the Tony Awards: Musical Monday Broadway Spotify Playlist
We are thrilled that An American in Paris received twelve Tony Award nominations and a special congratulations to all nominees and participants. For this weeks musical Monday playlist we feature 20 Unforgettable Performances, including 10 actresses and 10 actors listed below, which failed to win or even receive Tony Award nominations. Fun Broadway Fact: The […]
Happy 39th Anniversary to Threepenny Opera! Conductor Stanley Silverman on new Legends of Broadway series
The Threepenny Opera proclaims itself “an opera for beggars,” and it was in fact an attempt both to satirize traditional opera and operetta and to create a new kind of musical theater based on the theories of composer Kurt Weill and poet-playwright Bert Brecht. Raul Julia‘s somber portrayal of the infamous “Mack the Knife” made the […]
Cinderella 1957 TV Cast: New Photos Surfaced from the MWB Vault
In between performances as Eliza Dolittle on Broadway and in London in the hit show My Fair Lady, Julie Andrews endeared television audiences as the princess with the glass slipper in this musical retelling of Cinderella (1957), courtesy of Richard Rodgers for the music and Oscar Hammerstein II for the book and lyrics. The special, […]
Maury Yeston on Collaborating With An Orchestra: New Legends of Broadway video
Early this month we Stephen Sondheim shared with us the importance of having the orchestra in the studio. Next, we caught up with Maury Yeston on the collaborating with an orchestra in our new legends of Broadway video here.