All About Musicals

The 52nd annual Drama Desk Awards took place on Sunday, May 20, at F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, featuring Kristin Chenoweth as host. Spring Awakening won Best Musical, and received a total of four awards, while the winner for Best Play was The Coast of Utopia, which won a total of seven awards.
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Julia Murney Spotted:
I was watching a rerun of “Sex and the City” last night, and who did I recognize but Julia Murney, currently starring as Elphaba in Broadway’s Wicked!
She played “Rival Raw Woman” in the episode “Great Sexpectations” (Season 6, Episode 2).
Small world!
Bernadette Peters Spotted:
Two nights ago I was watching a rerun of “Will & [...]

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Remember Anthony Fedorov, “the Clay Aiken of season 4″ of American Idol, in 2005? Well, he’s found his way Off-Broadway!
Fedorov joined the cast of The Fantasticks Revival on May 1st. He is playing the role of Matt, who falls in love with his neighbor’s daughter against both their fathers’ wishes. (The role of Matt was [...]

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Elaine Paige is starring in the London production of the The Drowsy Chaperone, which began previews on May 14 and officially opens on June 6 at London’s Novello Theatre. She will be leading the cast in the title role of this Tony Award-winning musical, which received five 2006 Tony Awards.The official press release describes The [...]

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“Grease: You’re the One that I Want,” host Denise Van Outen was right when she predicted that we would see Derek Keeling, a “Danny” finalist, on elsewhere on stage. Derek, who came to be known as”Wholesome Danny,” is now starring in the reading of a new musical called Dreamweavers.
He has been participating in the [...]

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I had lunch with a friend and the time got away from me. It may be a bit late for some of you, but I thought I’d mention that today’s episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” (May 16) is supposed to have featured the cast of the film adaptation of the musical “Hairspray.”

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In other Rent news, Tamyra Gray, who was a first season finalist on “American Idol” and finished in 4th place, will be starring as Mimi Marquez!
Tamyra will join the cast of Rent on May 29th. She can be seen until November 25th.
This is not Tamyra’s first foray into Broadway, as she made her Broadway debut [...]

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