Hallelujah, Baby! 1967 - Articles Page 2.6

Opened: April 26, 1967

Hallelujah, Baby! - 1967 - Broadway History , Info & More

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Hallelujah, Baby! is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, and a book by Arthur Laurents. The show is "a chronicle of the African American struggle for equality during the [first half of the] 20th century."[1]



The musical premiered on Broadway in 1967 and made a young Leslie Uggams a star. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical.

Hallelujah, Baby! - 1967 - Broadway Cast

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Leslie Uggams and Ted Chapin to be Honored at the 30th Annual Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 12, 2022


The York Theatre Company will honor Tony Award-winning musical theater icon Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby!, Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie) with the 2022 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theater and Ted Chapin with The York Theatre Company Founders’ Award at the 30th Oscar Hammerstein Award Gala.

See SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, Chita Rivera, Charl Brown & More at Berkshire Theatre Group This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 18, 2022


This July, Berkshire Theatre Group will present Songs For a New World, the first musical by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA, and also the 2022 Colonial Concert Series: Featuring Broadway Luminaries Chita Rivera and Charl Brown at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA.

​​​​​​Berkshire Theatre Group Announces Casting For Late Summer 2022 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2022


​​​​​​Berkshire Theatre Group has announced casting for shows in BTG’s Late Summer 2022 Season. The full season will feature B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching, a world premiere play and an award recipient of the GRANTS FOR ARTS PROJECTS from the National Endowment for the Arts; Once, a Tony Award-winning musical; Songs For a New World, the first musical by a Tony Award winner; Dracula, a classic gothic tale of horrors; and Edward Albee's Seascape, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. 

BWW Review: HALLELUJAH, BABY! at Haddonfield Plays & Players Will Have You Yelling “Hallelujah!”
by Amber Kusching - Jun 1, 2022


Haddonfield Plays & Players’ is South Jersey’s only BYOB theatre. So, grab your favorite beverage and head over to HP&P’s Hallelujah, Baby! playing now through June 4th in Haddonfield, NJ. For more information about the show and to purchase tickets, please visit www.haddonfieldplayers.com

Margaret Styne, Wife of Deceased Broadway Composer Jule Styne, Passes Away
by Marissa Tomeo - Feb 20, 2022


In a joint statement from producers Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis, and David Banani, as well as director Michael Mayer, the post, tweeted at 11:54am on Friday, reads, 'Rest in peace, Margaret Styne. Over the years, Margaret Styne has always been a passionate, advocate, supporter, and colleague to all of us working on Funny Girl.'

BWW Review: Jennifer Nettles BROADWAY UNDER THE MISTLETOE at Town Hall by Guest Reviewer Jennifer Leigh Houston
by Stephen Mosher - Dec 18, 2021


Jennifer Nettles brought her country-Christmas-Broadway show to Town hall and guest reviewer Jennifer Houston gives Broadway World Cabaret the full run-down about it.

Stage and Screen Star Suzzanne Douglas Passes Away At 64
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2021


Suzzanne Douglas, known for her starring role in the sitcom The Parent ‘Hood and more, has passed away at the age of 64.

SHOW OF TITLES Premieres Tonight, Featuring Lea Salonga, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 13, 2021


Broadway’s Best Shows musical extravaganza “Show of Titles” will premiere on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 7pm ET and be available for four days only.  The show features dozens of Broadway stars performing the title songs from over 20 beloved musicals. 

SHOW OF TITLES Premieres Tonight, Featuring Lea Salonga, Patti LuPone, Chita Rivera, and More!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 10, 2021


Broadway’s Best Shows musical extravaganza “Show of Titles” will premiere on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 7pm ET and be available for four days only.  The show features dozens of Broadway stars performing the title songs from over 20 beloved musicals. 

Meet Our NEXT ON STAGE: SEASON 3 College Top 3!
by Team BWW - Jun 5, 2021


You voted, now here they are! In alphabetical order, meet our top 3 in the college category. After two successful seasons of our virtual singing competition, we're back again by popular demand with the third season of our online musical theatre singing competition for student performers sponsored by The International College of Musical Theatre.

VIDEO: Leslie Uggams Ushers in June on Stars in the House- Live at 8pm!
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 1, 2021


Stars in the House continues tonight (8pm ET) with it's June! June! June! with Leslie Uggams!  A special, newly edited encore presentation of past interviews with the incomparable Leslie Uggams.

Chuck & Lilli Cooper, George Salazar, Alex Newell, & Jenn Colella Join THE SETH CONCERT SERIES Lineup
by Team BWW - Apr 27, 2021


Producer Mark Cortale has announced that eleven stars of the stage and screen will now join the full May through June line-up of The Seth Concert Series, the live weekly series based on Seth Rudetsky’s international Broadway series that began at The Art House in Provincetown ten years ago.

MTI's ALL TOGETHER NOW Royalty-Free Revue Will Feature Music by Stephen Schwartz, Ahrens & Flaherty and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 21, 2021


Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has just announced updates to All Together Now!: A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre, in which schools and theatres around the world are empowered to locally produce and perform an exclusive musical revue featuring songs from MTI’s beloved shows over the weekend of November 12, 2021.

Matt Doyle, Ali Stroker, Mandy Gonzalez, Leslie Uggams and More Join THE SETH CONCERT SERIES Lineup
by Team BWW - Mar 19, 2021


The stars announced for April and May include Matt Doyle, Ali Stroker,  Stephanie J. Block, Sebastian Arcelus,  Mandy Gonzalez, Andrea McArdle, Christine Pedi, Laura Benanti, Linda Benanti, and Leslie Uggams.

Carrie Underwood Will Release 'My Savior' Gospel Album
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jan 19, 2021


Seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood will follow the extraordinary success of her recent Christmas album, My Gift, with an album of gospel hymns, titled My Savior. 

Rema Webb, Matt Doyle, Tally Sessions and More to be Featured in Paper Mill Playhouse and NJSO Collaboration Videos
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 5, 2021


In the first part of a collaboration between the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Paper Mill Playhouse, Broadway veteran Rema Webb and an NJSO string quintet give an at-home performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel tonight, January 5, at 7 pm.

The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra Premieres John Rutter's 'Joseph's Carol' to Celebrate Oxford Vaccine Team
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2020


In recognition of the formidable work accomplished by the team of scientists at the University of Oxford on their Covid-19 vaccine, the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra streams a celebratory concert on its YouTube Channel on Friday 18 December at 6:30 PM GMT (1:30 PM EST), recorded in the city's historic Sheldonian Theatre.

Virtual Theatre This Weekend: December 12-13- with James Monroe Iglehart, and More!
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 12, 2020


Broadway might be dark, but that doesn't mean that theatre isn't happening everywhere! Below, check out where you can get your daily fix of Broadway this weekend, December 12-13, 2020.

Phillipa Soo, Will Swenson & Leslie Uggams Join THE SECOND WAVE
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Nov 16, 2020


Broadway's Phillipa Soo, Will Swenson, and Leslie Uggams have signed on to join the cast of 'The Second Wave,' which already includes Audra McDonald, Steven Pasquale, and Taylor Schilling.

Carrie Underwood's 'My Gift' Debuts At #1 on Multiple Charts
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Oct 5, 2020


Seven-time GRAMMY® Award winner Carrie Underwood’s first-ever Christmas album, My Gift, debuts #1 on the Billboard Country, Christian and Holiday charts this week.

York Theatre Company Welcomes Alana Graber and Gerry McIntyre to Administrative Team
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 29, 2020


The York Theatre Company has announced 2 additions to its organization: Gerry McIntyre, York's new Associate Artistic Director, and Alana Graber, who is the company's new Director of Development. They join James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, Evans Haile, Executive Director, and Aaron Simms, General Manager, on the York's administrative team.

Lazar, Cody, Edwards, Reed, Farrar & More Join HALLELUJAH, BABY! Panel for York
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 28, 2020


The York continues its fall season of virtual events on Tuesday with a live company reunion of its 2000 and 2018 Musicals in Mufti productions of HALLELUJAH, BABY!.

Carrie Underwood Reveals 'My Gift' Track List and Special Guests
by Stephi Wild - Aug 28, 2020


Seven-time GRAMMY Award winner and five-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Carrie Underwood, released the track list and special guests for her first-ever Christmas album, My Gift, available globally on digital and CD on September 25 and on red vinyl on October 30. 

VIDEO: On This Day, July 14- Remembering Arthur Laurents
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 14, 2020


Arthur Laurents was best known for his work as librettist on Gypsy and West Side Story, but was also well known as a playwright, having won a Tony Award® for Hallelujah, Baby! in 1968. Later as a director, he was Tony-nominated for Gypsy in 1975 (and the 2008 revival) as well as the original 1984 La Cage Aux Folles.

Bid on Ahrens & Flaherty Music, Voice Lessons With Phil Reno and More in 'Uniquely York' Online Auction
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 27, 2020


The York Theatre Company has launched The York's 50th Anniversary 'Uniquely York' Online Auction, now accepting bids online at www.biddingowl.com/Auction/home.cfm?auctionID=21187

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