#Tony Nominees Roundtable: Sara Bareilles, Jessica Chastain, Victoria Clark, Josh Groban, Corey Hawkins and Ben Platt on Broadway, COVID’s Legacy and the Writers Strike

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Ahead of the 76th Tony Awards, which will be held at the United Palace in New York City on June 11, The Hollywood Reporter gathered six of the 2022-23 Broadway season’s most distinguished acting nominees at PMC’s Manhattan headquarters for our annual Tony Nominees Roundtable. This year, in addition to discussing the challenges and rewards…

#Robin Wagner, Tony-Winning Set Designer of ‘The Producers,’ Dies at 89

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Robin Wagner, a set designer who worked on more than 50 Broadway plays and musicals over a 50-year career and won three Tony Awards for best scenic design, has died. He was 89. Wagner died in his sleep on Monday in New York City, publicist Matt Polk told The Hollywood Reporter after receiving confirmation from…

#‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Musical Authorized by Britney Spears, License Negotiated Post-Conservatorship

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Once Upon A One More Time is one of Britney Spears’ first official projects following the termination of her 13-year conservatorship. Helmed by directors and choreographers Keone and Mari Madrid, with an original story by Jon Hartmere, the musical comedy is slated to open on June 22 at the Marquis Theater and will feature hits…

#Broadway Grapples With Tonys and WGA Strike: “Hoping to Find a Great Solution”

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Following the news Friday that the Writers Guild of America had denied a waiver request that would allow the Tony Awards to be televised on June 11, New York’s theater communities are grappling with the implications of the decision for industry solidarity amid the strike. Ahead of the GLAAD Media Awards in New York on Saturday — where…

#‘Some Like It Hot’ Director-Choreographer on the Musical’s “Mathematical” and “Risky” Chase Sequence

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In Broadway’s Some Like It Hot, based on the 1959 film starring Marilyn Monroe, there’s a chase sequence that sees the musical’s main trio Joe (Christian Borle), Daphne (J. Harrison Ghee) and Gertrude (Adrianna Hicks) dodging and dipping around a hotel to evade a group of angry mobsters, who are themselves being chased by the…

#Tony Awards Hang in Balance as Organizers Petition Striking Writers Guild for Waiver to Televise Show, Consider Alternate Courses of Action

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The 76th Tony Awards are scheduled to celebrate the best work of the 2022-2023 Broadway season on June 11 — but, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, a number of decisions over the next few days will determine if the ongoing writers strike will force the ceremony, which is supposed to air on CBS and stream on…

#Barbara Bryne, Actress in Sondheim Plays on Broadway, Dies at 94

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Barbara Bryne, the British actress who portrayed mothers in the original Broadway productions of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park With George and Into the Woods, has died. She was 94. Bryne’s death Tuesday was announced by the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. The first of her more than 60 plays there was Arsenic and Old…

#‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ to Close on Broadway May 14

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Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ is the first casualty of the Tony Awards. The revival of the musical revue, which opened on Broadway on March 23, announced Tuesday evening that it would play its final performance at the Music Box Theatre on May 14. The closing notice comes after the show did not receive any Tony Award…

#Tony Nominations: Oscar Isaac, Danielle Brooks, ‘Ain’t No Mo,’ ‘1776’ Among Snubs and Surprises

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The 2023 Tony Awards nominations featured a number of snubs and surprises, including an unexpected six nods for Ain’t No Mo, which closed shortly before the end of 2022 despite a star-studded effort to keep it going. It seems Tony voters well remembered this fall’s productions, handing out five nods for Cost of Living, which…

#Tony Awards: ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tops Nominations

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Some Like It Hot, the musical comedy based on the classic MGM film, topped the Tony Awards nominations list with 13 nods. The musical, which features a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, was nominated for best musical, best original score, best book of a musical (written by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin), best…