City of Angels 1989 - Articles Page 2

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Opened: December 11, 1989
Closing: January 19, 1992

City of Angels - 1989 - Broadway History , Info & More

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Swinging, sexy , smart, and funny! An ingenious spoof of 1940s Hollywood and whodunit films with side-by-side stories about the “real” world of a detective fiction writer and the “reel” world of his fictional gumshoe hero. One balances romance and rewrites while the other slinks through a film noir netherworld of thugs and femmes fatales. Winner of tons of Tony Awards, it’s a witty detective thriller with a jazzy score that really kills.



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Melinda Dillon, Original Honey in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Passes Away at 83
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 4, 2023


Melinda Dillion, known for countless screen and stage roles, including her Tony Award nominated performance as Honey in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? passed away on Monday, January 9, at the age of 83. 

Julia Lester, Aaron Lazar, John-Michael Lyles & More Complete the Cast of Sierra Boggess Led THE SECRET GARDEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 10, 2023


The complete cast has been announced for “The Secret Garden” at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre. See who will star in the show, performance dates, how to purchase tickets and more!

PICTURES FROM HOME Box Office to Open Next Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 16, 2022


Celebrate the laughter and joy of the holidays with a special box office opening of Pictures From Home beginning Monday, December 19 at Studio 54 on Broadway, coinciding with the beginning of Hanukkah.     

Donald Byrd to be Presented With Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Gordon Davidson Award
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 14, 2022


Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation has named choreographer Donald Byrd as the recipient of its annual Gordon Davidson Award.

Tickets Now On Sale for PICTURES FROM HOME Starring Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 10, 2022


Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway premiere of Pictures From Home. Three of the theatre’s most inventive, inspired and award-winning artists will return to the stage, bringing to vivid theatrical life a comic and dramatic portrait of a mother, a father and the son who photographed their lives.

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Announces Lineup for 31st Edition
by Michael Major - Sep 20, 2022


Screenings will kick off with the Opening Night presentation of Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale, followed by the Centerpiece Selections of Ben Klein and Violet Columbus’ The Exiles and Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes, with Kathlyn Horan’s The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile screening on Closing Night.

Patti Murin, John Lloyd Young, and More to Play 54 Below Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 28, 2022


Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Cast Announced For THE BAND'S VISIT at Donmar Warehouse
by Stephi Wild - Aug 22, 2022


The Donmar Warehouse has announced the cast for the European première of David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' multi-Tony award-winning musical The Band's Visit, directed in a new production by Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Michael Longhurst.Cast and onstage band: Alon Moni Aboutboul, Sharif Afifi, Jason Alder, Marc Antolin, Harel Glazer, Levi Goldmeier, Ido Gonen, Michal Horowicz, Emma Kingston, Shira Kravitz, Nitai Levi, Yali Topol Margalith, Ashley Margolis, Carlos Mendoza de Hevia, Miri Mesika, Peter Polycarpou, Ant Romero, Idlir Shyti, Maya Kristal Tenenbaum, Sargon Yelda, Baha Yetkin.

Jobsite Theatre Announces Cast of PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 9, 2022


Jobsite Theater, resident theater company at the Straz Center, is thrilled will kick off its 24th season with this hilarious comedy from the original “wild and crazy guy,” Steve Martin.

The Museum of Modern Art Announces NEW PHOTOGRAPHY 2023
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 28, 2022


The Museum of Modern Art Announces NEW PHOTOGRAPHY 2023: Kelani Abass, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Yagazie Emezi, Amanda Iheme, Abraham Oghobase, Karl Ohiri, Logo Oluwamuyiwa.

Who Will Win at the 2022 Tony Awards?
by Team BWW - Jun 11, 2022


Which Best Musical and Best Play nominees will win a Tony Award? BroadwayWorld has rounded up the winners of the Tony Awards, the Drama Desk Awards, the Drama League Awards and the Outer Critics Circle Awards for the last fifty years to compare winners year by year.

Photos: First Look at Westport Country Playhouse's Production of STRAIGHT WHITE MEN
by Marissa Tomeo - May 28, 2022


Westport Country Playhouse is staging the comic satire, “Straight White Men,” by Young Jean Lee, from now through June 5, directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. The show’s 2018 Broadway run made Lee the first Asian American female playwright to have a work produced there.

Westport Country Playhouse Offers Free-of-Charge Events Exploring Comedy STRAIGHT WHITE MEN
by Stephi Wild - May 25, 2022


Westport Country Playhouse will present “Straight White Men: Dig Deeper,” a series of special events, free-of-charge and open to the community, surrounding the comedy, “Straight White Men,” playing May 24 – June 5. The events will enhance the community's insight on the production and its themes.

World Premiere of FEEDING ON LIGHT & More Announced for Undermain Theatre's 2022/2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 4, 2022


For its 39th season Undermain Theatre is returning to a full season of professional live performances with a diverse array of exciting productions to inspire and enrich the live theater experience in Dallas.

Westport Country Playhouse to Stage STRAIGHT WHITE MEN
by Marissa Tomeo - May 3, 2022


Westport Country Playhouse will stage the comic satire, “Straight White Men,” by Young Jean Lee, from May 24 through June 5, directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director. The show’s 2018 Broadway run made Lee the first Asian American female playwright to have a work produced there. The cast includes Richard Kline, who was a series regular on television’s “Three’s Company” as Larry Dallas. The production reunites Kline and Lamos, who were classmates at Northwestern University. Others in the ensemble are Bill Army, Denver Milord, Nick Westrate, Akiko Akita, and Ashton Muñiz.

Robert Morse, Original Star of HOW TO SUCCEED and MAD MEN, Dies at 90
by Stephi Wild - Apr 21, 2022


BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Tony Award-winning stage and screen actor Robert Morse has died at age 90. Morse may be best known to Broadway fans as the original  J. Pierrepont Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a role for which he won a Tony Award. 

Cast and Creative Team Announced For THE KITE RUNNER
by Stephi Wild - Mar 28, 2022


The cast and creative team for the Broadway-bound limited engagement of The Kite Runner at The Hayes Theater (240 West 44th Street) this summer.

Broadway Actors in THE GILDED AGE & How You Know Them
by Michael Major - Jan 30, 2022


Meet all of the Broadway actors in THE GILDED AGE! The new series features appearances by Audra McDonald, Denée Benton, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Kelli O'Hara, Carrie Coon, Claybourne Elder, Donna Murphy, Katie Finneran, Debra Monk, Taylor Richardson, Douglas Sills, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Patrick Page, Michael Cerveris, and more.

Cape Town City Ballet Announces Spring Line-Up
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 14, 2021


THREE DANCES honours three of the world’s most celebrated male choreographers, and includes the South African premiere of Robert North’s internationally acclaimed TROY GAME, as well as George Balanchine’s exquisite CONCERTO BAROCCO and Jiří Kylián’s arresting FALLING ANGELS.  T

Rachel York and Haydn Gwynne to Join ANYTHING GOES West End; Performances Added
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 23, 2021


All aboard! The West End production of Anything Goes has found its new Reno Sweeney!

BWW Interview: Group Rep's Doug Haverty: A Man Wearing Many Hats, Sometimes Wielding a Hammer
by Gil Kaan - Sep 6, 2021


Group Rep will be inaugurating their 2021 season with Neil Simon’s LONDON SUITE September 17, 2021. Got the chance to delve into some Group Rep history and future plans from their always busy, very handy artistic director Doug Haverty.

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat to Host Residencies for 23 Writers of Nine New Musicals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 26, 2021


Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat will host nine weeklong in-person residencies for 23 musical theatre writers of nine new musicals between June 27 and August 29.  Writers include Tony-nominee Beth Malone, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls; Jonathan Larson winners Avi Amon, Sara Cooper, Ty Defoe, and Anna Jacobs and more.

Student Blog: Zodiac Signs of Tony-Nominated Musicals
by Student Blogger: Madison Moore - Mar 22, 2021


The criteria are that these shows have been nominated for Best Musical from the 3rd Tony Awards (the ceremony that started the Best Musical category) in 1949 to the nominations of what will now be the 74th Tony Awards in 2021. I will be determining their signs based upon their Broadway premiere date. With those rules in mind, here we go!

Who Won Awards at the GRAMMYS? See the Full List of Winners Here!
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Mar 14, 2021


The awards honored six musicals from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and the West End with nominations for Best Musical Theatre Album - 'Jagged Little Pill,' 'American Utopia,' 'Little Shop of Horrors,' 'The Prince of Egypt,' 'Soft Power,' and Amélie.'

NAATCO Announces OUT OF TIME: Five Commissions For Asian American Women Playwrights
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 9, 2021


NAATCO, today announced that the company has commissioned five Asian American playwrights, all women, to write monologues for characters no younger than 60-years-old. Each monologue will be at least 30 minutes long, and all five will be performed together as a piece entitled Out of Time.

City of Angels FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of City of Angels have there been?
City of Angels has had 5 productions including Broadway which opened in 1989, Broadway which opened in 1989, West End which opened in 1993, Los Angeles which opened in 2006 and West End which opened in 2020.
What Tony Awards has City of Angels been nominated for?
Best Musical , , Best Book of a Musical for Larry Gelbart, Best Costume Design for Florence Klotz, Best Lighting Design for Paul GalloBest Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for Cy Coleman and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for David Zippel.
What Tony Awards has City of Angels won?
Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical for Larry Gelbart Best Costume Design for Florence Klotz, Best Lighting Design for Paul Gallo, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for Cy Coleman, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for David Zippel, .
What awards has City of Angels been nominated for?
City of Angels has been nominated for several awards. These include Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Costume Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Florence Klotz, Best Broadway Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Director at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Michael Blakemore, Best Set, Costume, and Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Larry Gelbart, Outstanding Costume Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Florence Klotz, Outstanding Director - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Michael Blakemore, Outstanding Lighting Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Paul Gallo, Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for David Zippel, Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Cy Coleman, Outstanding Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for City of Angels, Outstanding Orchestration at the Drama Desk Awards for Billy Byers, and Outstanding Set Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Robin Wagner.
What awards has City of Angels won?
City of Angels has won several awards, including Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. It also received Outstanding Costume Design at the Drama Desk Awards for Florence Klotz. The show was recognized as the Best Broadway Musical by the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Michael Blakemore won the award for Best Director. City of Angels also won in the categories of Best Set, Costume, and Lighting Design at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. Larry Gelbart received the award for Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, while Florence Klotz won again for Outstanding Costume Design. Michael Blakemore was recognized as Outstanding Director - Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, and Paul Gallo received the award for Outstanding Lighting Design. David Zippel won for Outstanding Lyrics, and Cy Coleman won for Outstanding Music, both at the Drama Desk Awards. City of Angels was also awarded Outstanding Musical at the Drama Desk Awards. Billy Byers won for Outstanding Orchestration, and Robin Wagner won for Outstanding Set Design, both at the Drama Desk Awards.

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