All About Musicals

Rentheads’ (a.k.a. diehard Rent fans)  voices have been heard: the hit Broadway musical has been granted an extension, and will close September 7, 2008. This is an extension of approximately 3 months. (Previously a closing date of June 1 had been reported.) No doubt ticket demand had some influence in this case.
If you’ve already bought […]

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Beauty and the Beast will be closing on Sunday, July 29. Today we’re looking back at a performance from the 1994 Tony Awards
(Note: Thank you to the folks that alerted me to the typo. In my rush to pre-post before leaving for vacation, I had fat-fingered and written the performance year as 2004. It is […]

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In light of the closing (7/29) of the Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade, here is a clip of Audra McDonald, performing the song “Raunchy.”
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-C2k5Tfq38
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Here’s another clip of the closing “Grey Gardens,” when it was featured on “Live with Regis and Kelly.” Neil Patrick Harris co-hosted that day, too!
This song is “Peas in a Pod,” featuring Christine Ebersole and Erin Davie as Edie & Edith. This clip is adorable!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npe6WP-4cNE
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In light on the closing of Grey Gardens on Sunday, July 29, here is a video for your enjoyment. The song is “The Revolutionary Costume for Today,” performed by Christine Ebersole as “Edie.”
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4gcjjTfGeM
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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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Tarzan will beat his chest and yell and swing for the last time this Sunday evening.
Disney’s Tarzan will be swinging out of the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Sunday, July 8, after 486 shows, not including 35 previews. It opened on May 10, 2006.
Disney Theatrical producer Thomas Schumacher had this to say:
“I am disappointed that the […]

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