Broadway star Jonathan Groff is celebrating his third Tony nomination for his role in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.” The musical is nominated for seven Tony Awards, including “Best Musical Revival.” But back in 1981, the musical was not one of Sondheim’s greatest hits initially. It was only on Broadway […]
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Tony-nominated actress Shoshana Bean is candidly speaking about aging in the entertainment industry and the unique opportunity she had to work with Alicia Keys. “It’s challenging to age in this business, and it was challenging for me to accept, at this stage in my career, finally playing a mother. I just played someone’s daughter two
Tony-nominated star Shoshana Bean on collaborating with Alicia Keys on musical “Hell’s Kitchen” – CBS News Watch CBS News Shoshana Bean is one of the Tony-nominated stars of the musical “Hell’s Kitchen.” It’s inspired by the life of Alicia Keys, who developed the show. The musical follows Ali, who’s yearning for independence from her overprotective
In 1966, when the John Kander-Fred Ebb musical “Cabaret” first appeared on Broadway, audiences were dazzled, and disconcerted, by the show’s depiction of life in early 1930s Berlin. Joel Grey played the Emcee of the Kit Kat Club; he would reprise the role in the Oscar-winning 1972 film version, welcoming patrons to “leave your troubles
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Wayne Brady, Deborah Cox talk Broadway revival of “The Wiz” – CBS News Watch CBS News Actor and comedian Wayne Brady, a five-time Emmy winner, and award-winning recording artist Deborah Cox join “CBS Mornings” to talk about taking the stage in the new Broadway revival of “The Wiz.” Be the first to know Get browser
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Tina Fey on “Mean Girls” musical film, working with Lindsay Lohan again – CBS News Watch CBS News Tina Fey brought “Mean Girls” back to the big screen 20 years after the original film became a massive hit, this time as a musical based on the “Mean Girls” Broadway show. She talked to Gayle King
Oprah talks casting Danielle Brooks in “The Color Purple’ – CBS News Watch CBS News First on “CBS Mornings,” Oprah Winfrey and award-winning actor and singer Danielle Brooks are live in studio to discuss the highly-anticipated musical adaptation of “The Color Purple.” They discuss the advice Winfrey — who starred as “Sofia” in the original
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For more than a dozen years, pop star Alicia Keys has been working on a musical. Now, “Hell’s Kitchen” is being performed at the Public Theater in New York. “This is what I’ve been dreaming about, the whole time,” she said, walking up to the theater’s entrance. “And we’re here!” What took so long?
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