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This Week's Poll: Which Stephen Sondheim Score Takes the (Birthday) Cake?

This Week's Poll: Which Stephen Sondheim Score Takes the (Birthday) Cake?

March 22 marks the 80th birthday of every award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, one of the great living genuises of the musical canon. The milestone birthday has set off a flurry of celebrations, retrospectives and productions of his works, which means numerous artists and audiences (including those involved with the new Broadway show Sondheim on Sondheimare debating which ...

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Mary Poppins Star Laura Michelle Kelly Shares Her Practically Perfect Broadway Home

Mary Poppins Star Laura Michelle Kelly Shares Her Practically Perfect Broadway Home

A dressing room is a home away from home for many Broadway actors—and that’s especially true for Mary Poppins star Laura Michelle Kelly, who is very far from her London digs. The Olivier Award-winning actress’ long list of credits include the West End productions of Whistle Down the Wind, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia!, My Fair Lady, The Lord ...

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Andrew Bovell on His Trek from the Australian Desert to NYC with When the Rain Stops Falling

Andrew Bovell on His Trek from the Australian Desert to NYC with When the Rain Stops Falling

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Australian playwright and screenwriter Andrew Bovell is best known for the mystery film Lantana (starring fellow countryman and Tony winner Anthony LaPaglia), which began life as the play Speaking in Tongues. He’s a master at setting up stage surprises, as in his current drama When the Rain Stops Falling. The play’s seven characters (including two ...

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Which Crooner Do You Want to See on Broadway? Vote Now!

Which Crooner Do You Want to See on Broadway? Vote Now!

Cabaret star Michael Feinstein is about to open on Broadway opposite Dame Edna in All About Me. Seeing the crooner take his act to Broadway got us thinking about what other notable singers we would love to see on the Great White Way. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite voices—from John Mayer to Josh Groban ...

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Be Italian! Dominic Nolfi's Dressing Room Channels a Jersey Boys Vibe

Be Italian! Dominic Nolfi's Dressing Room Channels a Jersey Boys Vibe

“I inherited this room from Christian Hoff,” Jersey Boys star Dominic Nolfi says of his spic-and-span space in the August Wilson Theatre. “He left me good vibes and a bunch of good memories, and I thank him for that.” Nolfi plays bad-boy Four Season Tommy DeVito in the smash-hit musical, but in real life, the San Francisco-born actor is a ...

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Clybourne Park Star Jeremy Shamos on Riding the Wave of Audience Laughter

Clybourne Park Star Jeremy Shamos on Riding the Wave of Audience Laughter

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Jeremy Shamos is every off-Broadway director’s secret weapon, whether the script is a comedy (Miss Witherspoon, Hunting and Gathering, Gutenberg! The Musical!), drama (100 Saints You Should Know, Animals Out of Paper) or—best of all—a comedy with dramatic heft, as in the current production of Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park at Playwrights Horizons. It’s ...

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Which Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Should Come Back to Broadway? Vote Now!

Which Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical Should Come Back to Broadway? Vote Now!

With the Phantom of the Opera sequel Love Never Dies opening in London next Tuesday and whispers of an Evita revival in the works for Broadway, we’ve officially got Andrew Lloyd Webber fever. Again, that is! Remember when Lloyd Webber was the king of Broadway, with multiple hits running in multiple theaters? Sure, Phantom is still going strong, now ...

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In the Heights Star Priscilla Lopez Shows Her Love for A-Rod and More

In the Heights Star Priscilla Lopez Shows Her Love for A-Rod and More

If anyone is familiar with living out of a dressing room, it's Priscilla Lopez. Since making her Broadway debut in 1967, she has starred in hits such as Company, Pippin and (of course!) A Chorus Line. Now making herself at home at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where In the Heights opened in March 2008, she has nothing but positive ...

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Memphis Star Cass Morgan on How a Yankee Became the Ultimate Southern Mother

Memphis Star Cass Morgan on How a Yankee Became the Ultimate Southern Mother

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Broadway audiences first fell in love with Cass Morgan almost 30 years ago when she and Debra Monk played sassy sister waitresses in the charming Tony-nominated musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. Since then, Morgan has repeatedly been cast as strong southern women, even though she hails from upstate New York. Currently playing feisty mom Gladys Calhoun in ...

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Which Oscar-Nommed Movie Should Sing on Broadway? Vote Now!

Which Oscar-Nommed Movie Should Sing on Broadway? Vote Now!

Hollywood’s biggest night is around the corner. As your average, everyday awards nuts, we’ve been handicapping the Oscars since the day the nominees were announced. But even when we’re in full film buff mode, Broadway is never far from our minds. So while waiting for the glitz and glamour of Oscar night, we started wondering: Which of ...

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