First stop, Oscars. Next stop, Broadway? “Coda” is surging in our Oscar odds for Best Picture after victories at the SAG, WGA, and PGA Awards. The film is also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Troy Kotsur), and passion for the movie indicates that it won’t leave the ceremony empty handed. And soon we may be able to experience this tale in a whole new way: on stage.
See ‘Coda’s’ potential clean sweep would be unlike any in modern Oscar history
Vendôme Pictures and Pathé Films have announced that they are partnering with the Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre to adapt “Coda” into a stage musical. Led by artistic director DJ Kurs, Deaf West Theatre is a Los Angeles-based theater company that creates performances which combine sign language and spoken English. Their productions utilize both deaf and hearing performers to create a unique experience which...
See ‘Coda’s’ potential clean sweep would be unlike any in modern Oscar history
Vendôme Pictures and Pathé Films have announced that they are partnering with the Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre to adapt “Coda” into a stage musical. Led by artistic director DJ Kurs, Deaf West Theatre is a Los Angeles-based theater company that creates performances which combine sign language and spoken English. Their productions utilize both deaf and hearing performers to create a unique experience which...
- 3/25/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
An all-star group of Broadway actors and performers have lent their voices to a recording of “Georgia on My Mind,” in support of Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight organization and their work leading up to the Georgia Senate runoff election.
Created by producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, along with Broadway actress Audra McDonald, director Schele Williams, and Broadway Inspirational Voices’ Joseph Joubert and Michael McElroy, the rendition features the voices of McDonald, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Phillipa Soo, Jenna Ushkowitz, Vanessa Williams, Ben Platt, Rosie Perez,...
Created by producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, along with Broadway actress Audra McDonald, director Schele Williams, and Broadway Inspirational Voices’ Joseph Joubert and Michael McElroy, the rendition features the voices of McDonald, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Billy Porter, Phillipa Soo, Jenna Ushkowitz, Vanessa Williams, Ben Platt, Rosie Perez,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley announced today that they will host a very special “Free To Be…You and Me” episode of “Stars In The House” on Friday, June 26 at 8Pm Et on the Stars In The House YouTube channel and on starsinthehouse.com.
Actress and activist Marlo Thomas created the award-winning album, book, and television special in the early 70s, that was the first anti-racist, anti-sexist entertainment for children. Thomas will join Seth and James to talk about the legacy of “Free to Be…You and Me,” which inspired children around the world to dream big, and break away from gender and racial stereotypes, to become whatever they could be, not what they should be. The three will be joined by friends and fans of “Free to Be…You and Me,” including Sara Bareilles, Harry Belafonte, Drew Barrymore, Audra McDonald, Benj Pasek, Debra Messing, Free to Be Foundation co-founder Gloria Steinem,...
Actress and activist Marlo Thomas created the award-winning album, book, and television special in the early 70s, that was the first anti-racist, anti-sexist entertainment for children. Thomas will join Seth and James to talk about the legacy of “Free to Be…You and Me,” which inspired children around the world to dream big, and break away from gender and racial stereotypes, to become whatever they could be, not what they should be. The three will be joined by friends and fans of “Free to Be…You and Me,” including Sara Bareilles, Harry Belafonte, Drew Barrymore, Audra McDonald, Benj Pasek, Debra Messing, Free to Be Foundation co-founder Gloria Steinem,...
- 6/26/2020
- Look to the Stars
Marlo Thomas will join Stars In The House creators and hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley Friday on their YouTube series to celebrate the actress’ groundbreaking 1970s TV special Free To Be…You and Me. The Stars In The House episode will also feature a new version of the Free To Be.. theme song sung by Sara Bareilles.
Bareilles will join Thomas and the hosts, as will Harry Belafonte, Drew Barrymore, Audra McDonald, Benj Pasek, Debra Messing, Gloria Steinem and Michael McElroy.
Viewers will will be able to interact with guests in real time, ask questions, and donate to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
“During this turbulent time of quarantine and social injustice,” Thomas said, “freedom for children as well as adults is on the line like never before. Also, in order to better embrace the non-binary community, we changed a lyric that referred to ‘boys’ and ’girls...
Bareilles will join Thomas and the hosts, as will Harry Belafonte, Drew Barrymore, Audra McDonald, Benj Pasek, Debra Messing, Gloria Steinem and Michael McElroy.
Viewers will will be able to interact with guests in real time, ask questions, and donate to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
“During this turbulent time of quarantine and social injustice,” Thomas said, “freedom for children as well as adults is on the line like never before. Also, in order to better embrace the non-binary community, we changed a lyric that referred to ‘boys’ and ’girls...
- 6/24/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The first annual Antonyo Awards honoring black Broadway and Off Broadway theater artists is set for streaming on June 19.
Created by Broadway Black, a multimedia organization that includes a website and podcast, the new awards ceremony will feature presenters and performers including Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess, Alex Newell, Jordan E. Cooper, Teyonah Parris, Ephraim Sykes, Lachanze, Derrick Baskin, Nicolette Robinson, Jelani Alladin, Christiani Pitts, James Monroe Iglehart, Amber Iman, Kalen Allen, Nzinga Williams, Jackson Alexander, Cody Renard Richard, Ashton Muñiz, Shereen Pimentel, Kirsten Childs, Aisha Jackson, Antoine L. Smith, Griffin Matthews, Michael McElroy, Jocelyn Bioh and L Morgan Lee.
Online voting is open to the public through midnight Friday, June 12. Four special “Kinfolk Awards” – the Lorraine Hansberry Award, the Langston Hughes Award, Welcome Award and The Doors of the Theatre are Open Award – will be presented to members of...
Created by Broadway Black, a multimedia organization that includes a website and podcast, the new awards ceremony will feature presenters and performers including Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess, Alex Newell, Jordan E. Cooper, Teyonah Parris, Ephraim Sykes, Lachanze, Derrick Baskin, Nicolette Robinson, Jelani Alladin, Christiani Pitts, James Monroe Iglehart, Amber Iman, Kalen Allen, Nzinga Williams, Jackson Alexander, Cody Renard Richard, Ashton Muñiz, Shereen Pimentel, Kirsten Childs, Aisha Jackson, Antoine L. Smith, Griffin Matthews, Michael McElroy, Jocelyn Bioh and L Morgan Lee.
Online voting is open to the public through midnight Friday, June 12. Four special “Kinfolk Awards” – the Lorraine Hansberry Award, the Langston Hughes Award, Welcome Award and The Doors of the Theatre are Open Award – will be presented to members of...
- 6/10/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Over the weekend, Emmy-nominated Broadway star Tituss Burgess madehis Carnegie Hall debut in Stern Auditorium Perelman Stage with a tribute concert to the music of Stephen Sondheim. Titled Take Me to the World, guest artists included Jane Krakowski, Orfeh, Michael McElroy and Lillias White. Directed by Gabriel Vega Weissman with music direction by Charlie Rosen, the program focusedon the music of Sondheim - on the occasion of his upcoming 90th birthday - and its singular impact on Burgess's life and artistic trajectory.
- 2/4/2020
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In a video introduced by composerlyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda, Biv continues Season 3 of Bow with an elegant and liquid rendition of aoeThe Room Where It Happensa from Hamilton. This sophisticated and authoritative interpretation of the iconic song helps it become catchier than ever wrapped inside of Biv's incredible musicianship. Once again Grammy award-nominated and Tony Honoree Michael McElroy has completed his inspired arrangement with orchestrations in collaboration with Isaac Harlan, and videography by Nate Wind. Founder McElroy and Biv have enjoyed 25 years of creating spaces where love, diversity, and inspiration happen. See the latest version we've made, and join us in the room...
- 1/3/2020
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Des McAnuff, the two-time Tony Award winner who directed the original Broadway staging of The Who’s Tommy, will direct a new production of the musical for 2021, producers Hal Luftig and Patrick Catullo announced today.
“Our new production of Tommy will be a reinvention aimed directly at today,” said McAnuff in a statement. “Tommy combines myth and spectacle in a way that truly soars. The key question with any musical is ‘Does the story sing?’ and this one most certainly does.”
McAnuff called the Tommy character – marking his 50th birthday this year – “the anti-hero ground zero. He is the boy who not only rejects adulthood like Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, but existence itself. He becomes lost in the universe as he stares endlessly and obsessively into the mirror at his own image. This gives our story a powerful resonance today as it seems like the whole...
“Our new production of Tommy will be a reinvention aimed directly at today,” said McAnuff in a statement. “Tommy combines myth and spectacle in a way that truly soars. The key question with any musical is ‘Does the story sing?’ and this one most certainly does.”
McAnuff called the Tommy character – marking his 50th birthday this year – “the anti-hero ground zero. He is the boy who not only rejects adulthood like Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye, but existence itself. He becomes lost in the universe as he stares endlessly and obsessively into the mirror at his own image. This gives our story a powerful resonance today as it seems like the whole...
- 10/21/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown ruled the 73rd annual Tony Awards winning eight of the 14 awards they were nominated for including Best Musical and Best Direction of a Musical. The Sam Mendes-directed The Ferryman also won big winning four awards including Best Play and Best Direction.
Other big winners of the evening included Ali Stroker for her groundbreaking role in Oklahoma!, which also won Best Revival of a Musical. To add to that, Boys in the Band took home the trophy for Best Revival of a Play.
Acting accolades went to Bryan Cranston for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Network while The Waverly Gallery’s Elaine May took home the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play. On the musical side, Tootsie’s Santino Fontana won for Best Leading Actor in a Musical and The Cher Show’s Stephanie J. Block for the Best Leading Actress in a Musical.
Other big winners of the evening included Ali Stroker for her groundbreaking role in Oklahoma!, which also won Best Revival of a Musical. To add to that, Boys in the Band took home the trophy for Best Revival of a Play.
Acting accolades went to Bryan Cranston for Best Leading Actor in a Play for Network while The Waverly Gallery’s Elaine May took home the Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play. On the musical side, Tootsie’s Santino Fontana won for Best Leading Actor in a Musical and The Cher Show’s Stephanie J. Block for the Best Leading Actress in a Musical.
- 6/10/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that they will present the 2019 Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre to four outstanding contributors to the Broadway industry Broadway Inspirational Voices founded by Michael McElroy Peter Entin, retired Vice President of Theatre Operations for the Shubert Organization Joseph Blakely Forbes, Founder and President, Scenic Art Studios, Inc. and Fdny Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9.
- 4/29/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
In honor of Valentine's Day, Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS has released a new video from Broadway Backwards 2018 As part of the annual event that features gender-reversed versions of musical theatre numbers, Bryan Terrell Clark Hamilton, Motown the Musical and Michael McElroy Sunday in the Park with George, The Who's Tommy took on 'What About Love,' from The Color Purple. The emotional first-act finale is typically sung by the characters of Celie and Shug Avery.
- 2/14/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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