All About Musicals

Three Broadway musicals take their bows for the last time before closing on July 29, 2007.
Those three include:
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which opened for previews on March 9, 1994 and to the general public on April 18, 1994.
Grey Gardens, which opened for previews on October 3, 2006 and to the general public on [...]

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We’re leaving tomorrow (Saturday) morning — EARLY! — for a week-long trip to New York, and will be gone from July 21-28. Our choir is doing a short tour, and we’re so excited! I was born and raised in NY (Long Island), and I’m excited to show it off to my husband, who’s never been. [...]

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Thanks to Winnie at VirginMega.com, All About Musicals has learned that the cast of the Broadway musical Legally Blonde will be at the Virgin Megastore in New York’s Times Square tomorrow, Tuesday July 17th! They will be performing and signing copies of the anticipated cast recording, which will be released tomorrow morning!
Here’s the official info. [...]

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Kristin Chenoweth, beloved Broadway star and songstress, will be appearing tomorrow morning on ABC’s “The View.”
Who/What: Kristin Chenoweth on “The View”
When: Tuesday, July 17, 2007; Check your local listings.
Where: ABC Daytime. Check your local listings.
Technorati Tags: Kristin Chenoweth, The View, ABC, Broadway, Broadway Musicals, Musicals, Musical Theatre, Musical Theater, Broadway Musical

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John Travolta, who’ll be portraying Edna Turnblad, Tracy Turnblad’s mother-in-drag, in the upcoming feature musical film “Hairspray,” will be appearing tomorrow morning on “Live with Regis and Kelly.”
Who/What: John Travolta on “Live with Regis and Kelly”
When: Tuesday, July 17, 2007; syndicated in the mornings.
Where: Syndicated. Check your local listings.
Technorati Tags: Hairspray, Hairspray Movie, John [...]

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NBC’s “The Today Show” will be celebrating “Hairspray” week, in recognition of the upcoming musical film. Each day various cast member(s) will be interviewed and share about the musical.
As if that weren’t enough, at the end of the week the cast will perform together outside Rockefeller Plaza (between 48th and 49th Streets and Fifth and [...]

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If you’re passing by the windows of the Ann Taylor LOFT Flagship store, located at the corners of 42nd Street and Broadway in Manhattan’s Times Square, check out the latest window display!
Eleven (11) costumes featured in the upcoming movie musical “Hairspray” are now on display, along with various movie props and images… not to mention [...]

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