Addicted to love. Flower cultivator, flute player, verse maker. Usually delicate, but at times masculine. Well read, even to erudition. Almost an orientalist.
Addicted to love. Flower cultivator, flute player, verse maker. Usually delicate, but at times masculine. Well read, even to erudition. Almost an orientalist.
Acclaimed cast of NEXT TO NORMAL return as Donmar Warehouse production transfers to West End (www.westendbestfriend.co.uk)
The critically acclaimed cast of the smash hit Donmar Warehouse production of the Broadway musical Next to Normal are set to return as the show prepares to transfer to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre from 18 June for a strictly limited 14-week run....
‘Suffs’ Heads to Broadway With Hillary Clinton as a Producer (www.nytimes.com)
The musical, about early-20th-century efforts to win the right to vote for women, will open in April at the Music Box Theater....
Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman Musical ‘Harmony’ To Close After Four-Month Broadway Run (deadline.com)
Harmony, the Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman musical that opened in November to good reviews that never translated to big audiences, will play its final performance at the Barrymore Theatre on Sunday, February 4....
Rona Siddiqui and Lisa Loomer Receive 2024 Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre (www.broadwayworld.com)
The Kleban Foundation has announced the recipients of the 34th annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre. The 2024 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist has been awarded to Rona Siddiqui. The 2024 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre librettist has been awarded to Lisa Loomer....
One thing I hope to see in the Fediverse is people engaging with old content
This is a thought I had mostly to do with Lemmy but I feel likes it’s relevant elsewhere in Fediverse....
15 Best Broadway Singers of All Time (singersroom.com)
Broadway singers, the vocal virtuosos of the theater world, bring the magic of musicals to life through their exceptional voices and dramatic flair. These performers are the heart and soul of Broadway productions, enchanting audiences with their ability to convey emotion, tell stories, and showcase unparalleled vocal talents....
Why Paramount Didn’t Market ‘Mean Girls’ as a Musical: ‘People Tend to Treat’ Them ‘Differently’ (variety.com)
You’d be forgiven if you thought butter was a carb, just like it’s totally understandable if you didn’t know the new “Mean Girls” is a musical....
‘Big River’ musical movie adaptation in the works (variety.com)
Douglas Lyons, the writer of “Chicken and Biscuits,” is adapting “Big River” as a film. The show, which features music influenced by country and gospel, is based on Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” It opened on Broadway in 1985 and won seven Tony awards, including best musical, and seven Drama...
The Great Gatsby musical with Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada coming to Broadway in March (www.nytimes.com)
https://archive.md/rJt6Z...
The 'Mean Girls' directors break down how social media shaped their movie musical (sea.mashable.com)
In the original 2004 Mean Girls, gossip plays out through word of mouth or surprise three-way phone calls. But in the film adaptation of the Mean Girls musical, vicious teen backstabbing gets a social media makeover....
Broadway's "How to Dance in Ohio" shines a light on autistic stories (www.cbsnews.com)
Clinical psychologist Emilio Amigo, who runs a counseling center for autistic people in Columbus, Ohio, had a big idea: "Many of my clients never went to their homecoming or prom because they weren't welcomed," he said. "I'm like, 'How many of you guys would love to go to a big formal?'"...
Broadway’s ‘Shucked’ Set for Feature Film Adaptation (variety.com)
The musical-comedy “Shucked” had its closing performance on Broadway Sunday night, but the show went out with an even louder set of whoops than expected, as the curtain call included the news that a feature film adaptation is in the works....
Move over Abba: new ‘riskier’ wave of British musicals to challenge West End’s established order (amp.theguardian.com)
Theatreland is taking a gamble on a wave of quirky little shows to challenge the big but tired box office beasts...
Mean Girls and the movie to musical to movie pipeline (www.avclub.com)
Mean Girls, the movie-musical adaption that opens in theaters this weekend, feels like both an inevitable release and a bizarre confluence of trends that began long before its young cast was even born. We know that Hollywood will take any opportunity to expand an existing piece of intellectual property in a bid to make more...
[Solved] How to get rid of the arrows at the bottom of comments which collapse/expand the text?
They always obscure part of the text, no matter what. I juat want the full text....
Mean Girls fetches $11.6M on opening day for estimated $31.5M MLK opening weekend (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Mean Girls is easily winning the box office popularity contest with an estimated four-day opening of $31.5 million over the long Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, although severe winter weather saw more than 50 theaters close Friday in such hubs as Chicago and Toronto. Many of the shuttered cinemas hope to reopen Saturday....
Scientists Identify The Optimal Number of Daily Steps For Longevity, And It's Not 10,000 (www.sciencealert.com)
Conventional wisdom would have us believe the journey to a long and healthy life begins with 10,000 steps.