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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I learned of this from a health site that I work with, WEGO Health, and just had to post it here, as it fits the musical theatre spectrum.
Tune in to HBO this evening, March 25, at 8 p.m. to see the premiere of this incredible award-winning documentary-musical. (Check your local listings for time zone information.)
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Cast members from the Broadway musical Wicked will be at New York City’s FAO Schwartz toy store TODAY at 4:30 PM (Eastern Time). No, they’re not there to play around, but are there for the release of two new hand-crafted Madame Alexander Elphaba and Glinda collectible dolls.
And where there are Wicked cast members, a special […]

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Were you able to catch the MTV premiere of Legally Blonde: The Musical on October 13 & 14?
If you did, you were one of 1.27 million viewers– an amazing statistic since the Palace Theatre only seats 1,743 audience members!
What did you think of it?
(If not, you’re not alone. I don’t have cable, so I […]

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We interrupt the lull in this blog to inform you that Legally Blonde will be showing on MTV at 1PM EST / noon CST / 1PM Pacific! This is a groundbreaking event, as it is the first show ever to air on national TV while it’s still packing them in on Broadway. Visit Elle’s Lounge […]

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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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