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3:02pm Jul 31, 2019

National National Music & Culture Education

The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals

by Elissa Nadworny

Annie is out and Mamma Mia! is in, according to the new high school theater rankings from Dramatics magazine. The magazine has been publishing its list since 1938.

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3:44pm Apr 11, 2019

Arts Arts Economy

Broadway Lineup For Greensboro's New Tanger Center Announced

by Bethany Chafin

Six Broadway shows will make their Triad premier when the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts opens in Greensboro next year.
4:38am Feb 01, 2019

Arts Arts Education Human Interest

'Hamilton' Star Renée Elise Goldsberry To Keynote Wake Forest University Event

Tony Award-winning artist Renée Elise Goldsberry, perhaps best known for her role as Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway smash, Hamilton, will appear in Winston-Salem Frida

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7:50am Nov 15, 2017

Arts Arts

Being Aaron Burr (Sir): Leslie Odom Jr. Talks 'Hamilton,' Tragedy And Karaoke

If you ever see Leslie Odom Jr. out on karaoke night, fair warning: the man who originated the role of Aaron Burr in Broadway's Hamilton is determined to win you over.

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Joan Marcus

4:38pm Feb 27, 2017

National National Arts

In NYC, 'Sweeney Todd' Baker Serves Up Some Bloody Good Pies

The off-Broadway musical, in which a barber's clients become filling for meat pies, may make you lose your appetite. But former White House pastry chef Bill Yosses bakes a tempting pre-theater treat.

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1:45pm Feb 10, 2016

Arts Arts

American Musicals Are So Popular In Paris, They're Coming Back To The U.S.

by Eleanor Beardsley

French audiences have flocked to Paris productions of American musicals like Kiss Me, Kate, which closes this week. France's versions of some of these plays are also being exported back to the U.S.
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2:10pm Jun 11, 2015

Arts Arts

Ron Moody, Who Delighted Audiences As Fagin In 'Oliver!' Dies

by Elizabeth Blair

Throughout his career, Moody played a variety of parts on stage and screen. But in the villainous Fagin, he found the role of a lifetime.
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10:09am Jun 08, 2015

Arts Arts

First-Time Tony Award Nominees Enjoy New Fame, But Keep Day Jobs

by Jeff Lunden

This year, several writers are up for Tony awards for the first time. But while the experience may be a time to celebrate, they're sticking to their day jobs and already eyeing the next project.

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