Lin-Manuel Miranda stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. In honor of the recent release of Disney's Encanto, which Miranda wrote the music for, he and Jimmy played a Disney-themed game, One-Second Disney Songs.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night. He talked about writing the music for the new Disney film Encanto, his hit song 'We Don't Talk About Bruno,' directing tick, tick...BOOM!, and more!
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Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's 1896 opera, La bohème, Rent follows a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City's East Village in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
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Theater Resources Unlimited announces the seven winning plays that were selected to be performed in the 2022 TRUSpeak: Hear Our Voices!, a virtual gala scheduled for Sunday, March 20, 2022 from 5pm to 7pm.
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La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura lamentan el deceso de la maestra Susana Neve Mercado, grabadora, maestra y precursora del Taller Infantil de Artes Plásticas del Inbal.
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The Encanto soundtrack, which features eight original songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, recently surpassed Adele by becoming #1 on the Billboard album charts. 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' also hit #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, surpassing the record set by 'Let It Go,' which peaked at #5. Listen to the new karaoke album now!
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Lin-Manuel Miranda has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director for his directorial debut with the Netflix film adaption of tick, tick...BOOM! Steven Spielberg has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for his work directing West Side Story.
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The brand-new production embarked on an extensive UK tour, running at Birmingham Rep from 22 January 2022 then touring to Cambridge, Newcastle, Bath, Norwich, Salford, Plymouth, Nottingham, Coventry, Blackpool, Liverpool, Canterbury, Richmond and Wolverhampton, completing its run on 28 May 2022 at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre.
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We plan for spring productions and celebrate a BroadwayWorld student blogger success story! My class group has been assigned to develop marketing and promotional content under the guidance of Stephanie Keefer, Senior Manager of Broadway Marketing and Publicity at Cleveland's Playhouse Square. It is a real privilege to participate in content design and development under such accomplished musical theater professionals
by Steve Murray -
Not a fan of rap, improv or audience participation, three key ingredients of FLS, I have to say I was drawn in by the incredibly talented cast and the lightning speed at which they riff on random thoughts and observations. Combining sketch theater and 'freestyle rap, the 90-minute exercise in creativity included humor, social awareness, pathos and inspiration.
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Today, the Producers Guild of America announced nominations in the Motion Pictures and Television categories for the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards to be held on Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.
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The Green Room 42 has announced their February line-up for in-person performances. Additionally, The Green Room 42 is excited to launch 5/5/5 Tickets – in celebration of their 5th Anniversary, five $5 tickets will be available for every show from February 15, 2022, through February 14, 2023.
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Earlier today, award-winning actress and singer, Bianca Marroquín was named Mr. Amigo 2022 at the official announcement and poster unveiling ceremony hosted by the Mexican Consulate, Texas Southmost College and City of Brownsville.
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The series has become one of the most awaited shows this year since the production was announced in 2021. This 8-episode series is executive produced by Academy Award winners, Pablo and Juan de Dios Larrain, along with Ángela Poblete and Mariane Hartard from Fabula and Christian Vesper at Fremantle.
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Poo Bear, one of the music industry’s most successful creative forces, released “Distant Shore (Joel Corry Remix).” The accompanying video, directed by Elliot Sellers (Lil Jon, Young Thug) and shot in Los Angeles, CA, encapsulates the feeling of being uncontrollably drawn to someone who seems so far away, wanting or chasing the one that got away.
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PEN America today announced the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards finalists—a list of 54 authors and 11 translators recognized for exceptional works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, biography, essay, science writing, translation, and more published in 2021.
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Award-winning actor/producer/improviser Wayne Brady will join applied improvisation training companies Freestyle Love Supreme Academy, LLC and Speechless Inc. as Chief Creative Officer in a merger set for early 2022.
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All new production photos have been released for The Glow by Alistair McDowall directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone.
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Today's top stories include a Broadway run for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, which is set for this Fall! No dates have been confirmed at this time. Plus, casting has been announced for the North American tour of Moulin Rouge!, get a first look at Emilie Kouatchou as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera, and more!
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Members of the original RENT family celebrate the life and career of Jonathan Larson, who tragically passed away on this day in 1996.
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