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If You Think You Know Tina Turner's Story, You're Wrong

By KELUNDRA SMITH

Wednesday, November 06, 2019 • Musicals • 5 comments Share This

Wed Nov 6, 2019 • Musicals • 5 comments Share This

How the musical Tina reveals new facets of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll --- When Tony-nominated playwright Katori Hall was approached about penning the book for Tina, the new Broadway musical about legendary singer-songwriter Tina Turner, she initially worried there might not be anything new to say. "Because she has lived her life as an open book, I...

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WATCH: Our Favorite Clips from 'The Little Mermaid Live!' on ABC

Tuesday, November 05, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Tue Nov 5, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

For weeks we've been flipping our fins in anticipation of ABC's The Little Mermaid Live!, especially since this live TV musical was clearly a departure from its predecessors. Now that's it's aired, we've seen firsthand how different this hybrid of animated movie/live-action performance was. From the moment Jodi Benson, the original voice of Ariel, introduced...

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Let's Geek Out Over Live TV Musicals

By RAVEN SNOOK

Monday, October 28, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

Mon Oct 28, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

Welcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things --- This week, TDF Stages Editor Raven Snook geeks out (via Facebook Messenger) with Christina Trivigno, TDF's Director of Digital Strategy and a bona fide theatre nerd. Today's topic: Live TV musicals -- which ones floundered, which ones went swimmingly and our hopes...

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Growing Up in Puerto Rico, Broadway Felt So Far Away. TDF Helped Bring it Closer

By ALICIA RAMÍREZ

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

Tue Oct 22, 2019 • Musicals • 3 comments Share This

A Latinx theatre fan recounts the barriers she had to break through in order to attend shows --- I first fell in love with Broadway musicals listening to the original cast recording of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights in my house in Puerto Rico. I was enthralled by the opening notes of the title song, marked by the beat of the palitos right before...

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How Yiddish 'Fiddler' Brought Me Closer to My Family

By DANIEL GUSS

Thursday, October 17, 2019 • Musicals • 2 comments Share This

Thu Oct 17, 2019 • Musicals • 2 comments Share This

I was unprepared for how the current revival would affect me --- From the moment I heard about Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, I knew I had to see it. Just as rereading a favorite book reveals changes in one's perspectives, my encounters with Fiddler have been opportunities to check in with earlier versions of myself. I'd seen the show six times,...

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One Musical's Epic Quest to Get to Broadway

By MARISA COHEN

Tuesday, October 08, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

Tue Oct 8, 2019 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

After seven years and multiple incarnations, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical hits Broadway Since 1961, TheaterWorksUSA has toured lit-based shows for young audiences to 49 states and parts of Canada. But the nonprofit's productions never made it to Broadway… until now. The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical at the Longacre...

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Something Wickedly Funny This Way Comes

By RAVEN SNOOK

Friday, October 04, 2019 • Musicals • 2 comments Share This

Fri Oct 4, 2019 • Musicals • 2 comments Share This

Broadway belter Alysha Umphress on body diversity, romance and her role in Scotland, PA --- Alysha Umphress gets the first word in Scotland, PA, a dark musical comedy based on the eponymous 2001 cult film that transposes Macbeth to a small-town burger joint in 1975. The bloody fun production begins with a crack of lightning and the emergence of three...

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