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The 50 Best Movie Musicals of All Time

All the dance numbers! All the show tunes!

Marie Claire

Broadway enters the winter of 2023 with caution after rocky autumn

NEW YORK — After a bruising fall 2022 that saw several new shows fail and lots of unanswered questions about the fragile fiscal state of New York’s theater biz, Broadway is entering 2023 with atypical caution.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: What a difference a revival makes: 2 famously tricky Sondheim musicals shine in new outings

NEW YORK — At lunch recently in New York with a retired theater critic, I asked if he’d care to join me later in the week for a matinee of the touted Broadway revival of “Into the Woods.” No, he demurred. He had reviewed the original production, and the show,…

Los Angeles Times

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Five days in New York: What to do in the city that has so much to offer

'We got an Aer Lingus flight which took off from Dublin in the afternoon which was ideal for us as with the time difference we would get to our hotel, smack bang in the middle of Times Square, at about 8pm American Time'

Irish Mirror

A lion roars on Broadway as box office hauls reveal winners

It was feast or famine at the Broadway box office as 2022 wound down, with eye-popping revenue for popular shows — including a staggering new Broadway record for “The Lion King” — not lifting all strugglers

The Independent UK

Frank Galati, pioneering Chicago theater artist and Oscar nominee, is dead at 79

CHICAGO — Frank Galati, a pivotal figure over five decades in Chicago theater, a Tony Award-winning Broadway director, a beloved longtime teacher at Northwestern University, an ensemble member at both the Steppenwolf and Goodman theaters and a pioneer in the adaptation of novels and other narrative sources into exciting drama,…

Chicago Tribune

What went right — and wrong — on Broadway in 2022

NEW YORK — In the last weeks of 2022, failed Broadway shows seemed to stack up like the weed dealers who now crowd the tables on Eighth Avenue.

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A contemporary take on 'Cabaret' at the Lido 2 Paris

We take a tour of the spectacular shows illuminating the dark days of winter in the French capital, starting with the cult classic "Cabaret". Robert Carsen is the latest director to adapt the musical, bringing its biting social commentary to a newly revamped venue: the Lido 2 Paris on the…

France 24

Wendell Pierce praised for response after audience member disrupts Broadway show

‘I’ve waited too long for this,’ actor declared as a heckler stopped the performance

The Independent UK

Investors are in a race to acquire music rights. Here’s why they should be looking to Broadway instead in 2023

Both music and theatrical copyrights can run with little to no overhead and generate significant licensing income.

Fortune

Review: In Broadway's ‘The Collaboration,’ Andy Warhol works with Jean-Michele Basquiat and beautiful chaos ensues

NEW YORK — What would the great American artist Jean-Michele Basquiat have achieved, how famous would he now be, had he not died of a heroin overdose in 1988 at the age of 27?

Tribune News Service

Samuel L Jackson celebrates his 74th birthday while performing on Broadway

The actor is currently starring in ‘The Piano Lesson’

The Independent UK

Paul Bettany explores being art star Andy Warhol on Broadway

Paul Bettany has long been an admirer of art superstar Andy Warhol from a distance, like an art lover wandering a favorite gallery

The Independent UK

Common makes his Broadway stage debut

The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Stephen Adly Guirgis was staged in 2016 at Steppenwolf Theatre.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Manchester Evening News

Bulletproof glass, security guards and sports cars....what it's REALLY like living on the most expensive street in the north west

"Every bit of security has to be bulletproof. You have to be confident the glass can withhold a big hammer."

Manchester Evening News

The Greater Manchester roads that are the most expensive in the north west

It's gonna cost you a pretty penny to get a home in these neighbourhoods

The Independent UK

Rapper-actor Common revels in his Broadway stage debut

Rapper and actor Common has made his Broadway debut in the play “Between Riverside and Crazy” and what he sees from the stage is something he never imagined: a multi-cultural audience hanging on to every word

The New Daily

‘We all need a village’: Hugh Jackman talks therapy after childhood trauma and his latest film

Australian actor and Broadway star Hugh Jackman has revealed he underwent therapy to help him deal with childhood trauma.

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Daily Mirror

Stephanie Bissonnette dead: Mean Girls the Musical star dies aged 32

Dance teacher, choreographer and star of Mean Girls the Musical, Stephanie Bissonnette, has died aged 32, the production confirmed in an emotional social media statement

The Independent UK

Broadway musical 'Kimberly Akimbo' creates upside-down world

The seed for one of the best musicals on Broadway this season sprang from an off-hand comment about an infant

Bangkok Post

Bringing a classic to life

A decade after the animated film made an impact, kids in Southeast Asia now have the chance to experience Disney's Frozen as Broadway's latest musical is coming to Singapore. It will be staged at the Lion City's Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands from Feb 5 next year until March…

The Guardian - US

‘It’s kind of crazy there wasn’t one’: inside the new Museum of Broadway

A splashy museum in New York pays tribute to the city’s long relationship with theatre from West Side Story to Hamilton

Tribune News Service

Daisy Edgar-Jones to portray Carole King in film adaptation of Broadway hit ‘Beautiful’

Daisy Edgar-Jones has been cast as Carole King in “Beautiful,” the movie adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical about the life and career of the prolific songwriter and singer.

Los Angeles Times

Mariah Carey just debuted on Broadway — and she didn't even have to step onstage

Mariah Carey made her Broadway debut this week. Sort of.

Chicago Tribune

My worst moment: Idina Menzel and an exposed underboob

Three generations of audiences have come of age to Idina Menzel’s voice. She originated the role of Maureen in “Rent,” Elphaba in “Wicked” — both Broadway musicals — and Elsa in the animated film “Frozen.” Her other film roles include everything from “Uncut Gems” to “Enchanted” and its sequel, “Disenchanted,”…

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