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Tony Awards: The (Next) Movie?

Mark Juddery | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: The Producers, Chicago, Wicked, Glen Hansard, Rock of Ages, Leap of Faith, The Book of Mormon, Tony Awards, Theater, Broadway, Musicals, Hollywood, Peter and the Starcatcher, New York, Newsies, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Oscars, Once, Slidepollajax, Christian Borle, George Gershwin, Matthew Broderick, Entertainment News
Mark Juddery

Though Hollywood doesn't make musicals as much as they used to, they still look to Broadway for possible hits. So what will be the next hit movie musical?

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Tebow Hits The Town (In A Wholesome Tebow Way)

Posted 03.26.2012

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As the New York Jets gear up to formally introduce newly acquired teammate Tim Tebow as their backup quarterback on Monday, many are wondering if the ...

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SFGMC World Premieres 'It Gets Better' Anthem from Broadway Legend Stephen Schwartz

Pollo Del Mar | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: It Gets Better Project, LGBT Issues, Dan Savage, Stephen Schwartz, LGBT Youth, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Broadway, Wicked Witch of the West, Broadway Musicals, Louise-M-Davies-Symphony-Hall, It Gets Better, Wicked, Dan Savage It Gets Better, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco News
Pollo Del Mar

When Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz received an email from the S.F. Gay Men's Chorus asking permission to perform a concert entirely of his work, the wheels started turning. He made the decision to compose an original piece for the show.

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What To Watch This Week

The Huffington Post | Laura Prudom | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Once Upon a Time, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes, Hoarding: Buried Alive, Face Off, An Idiot Abroad, Breaking In, Woody Harrelson, Cbs, Ricky Gervais, Parks and Recreation, Brice Williams, Video, Julianne Moore, Southland, Awake, Idina Menzel, Katy Petty, Abc, John Heilemann, Sarah Chalke, The Mentalist, Jay Roach, Nbc, Glee, Danny Strong, John McCain, Science, Slidewide, Stephen Merchant, Wicked, Smash, Laura Innes, Mark Halperin, Starz, Cougar Town, TV Canada, Ed Harris, Happy Endings, Person of Interest, Bob's Burgers, Sarah Palin, Syfy, The Lying Game, Raising Hope, Morgan Walsh, Spartacus: Vengeance, Game Change, TV News

TV is chock-full of celebrities this week. Katy Perry makes an appearance as a not-so-glamorous prison guard on Fox's "Raising Hope" on Tuesday. Se...

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Embracing the Local in a Global World

Kala Ambrose | Posted 03.27.2012

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Kala Ambrose

We the people of community are innovative and dynamic with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Let us gather together to support one another while allowing our cities to evolve in a supportive and healthy environment.

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Top Ten Detroit Cultural Moments 2011

Colin Darke | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Sherry Washington, Rembrandt, Wicked, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Institute of Arts, Cranbrook Art Museum, Detroit Science Center, Art X Detroit, Luis Croquer, Detroit Creative Corridor Center, Detroit Design Festival, Heidelberg Project, Kresge, Detroit Around Town, Detroit News
Colin Darke

This past year brought us great art exhibits, theatre, and music -- if you were in Detroit and could not find something to do, you had your eyes shut!

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Since Disney Has Yet to Make Her a Princess, Megan Hilty Settles for Being a Fairy

Jim Hill | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Wicked, Disney Channel, Pixie Hollow Games, Dorothy of Oz, Disney Princess, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Nbc, Broadway, Glinda, Oz, Bernadette Peters, Animation, Neverland, Brian D'Arcy James, Marilyn Monroe, Nick Jonas, Disney Fairies, Shrek the Third, Kristen Chenoweth, Tv Special, 9 to 5, China Princess, Disney, Msuical, Megan Hilty, Bob Greenblatt, Smash, Christian Borle, Snow White, Angelica Huston, Entertainment News
Jim Hill

Some people complain about the commute that they have for work. But not Megan Hilty. Of course, if your work took you from Oz to Broadway to Neverlan...

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'Wicked' Author On Why We Should Occupy The Land Of Oz

Gregory Maguire | Posted 01.01.2012

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Gregory Maguire

In 2000, John Updike wrote a consideration of L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" for the New Yorker and called it 'OZ IS US'. He must have meant "the U.S." as well as "we Americans."

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Friends of Dorothy: How Gay Was My Oz?

Gregory Maguire | Posted 12.31.2011

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Gregory Maguire

In Wicked I knew that I wanted to make gay affection and even sex a legitimate, if minority, reality in Oz. This impulse was borne less out of a political agenda and more from a literary one.

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How To Self-Publish (And Seem Like You're Not)

Posted 12.03.2011

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From author Felicia Ricci's blog: Writing is a lot like lying. You weave stories that aren’t true and ask people to believe them. So I thought it...

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Broadway's Fall Season Full of A-Listers, on Stage and Off

James Sims | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Alan Rickman, Stephen Schwartz, New York City, Woody Allen, Godspell, Noel Coward, Broadway, Theater, Harry Connick Jr, Musicals, Stephen Sondheim, Wicked, Bernadette Peters, Steve Guttenberg, Frank Langella, Kim Cattrall, Ethan Coen, Theatre, Alicia Keys, Hugh Jackman, Brothers & Sisters, Harry Potter, New York Culture, New York Around Town, Arts News
James Sims

With the fall season approaching, straight plays are headed back to Times Square, and they've got a big list of stars in tow.

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PHOTOS: Brad And Angelina Have A 'Wicked' Good Time

Celebuzz | Posted 10.07.2011

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took their brood out for a little culture while staying in London. Daughters Shiloh and Zahara, along with sons Maddox...

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'So Far, So Good' With Retooled 'Spider-Man'

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 08.28.2011

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NEW YORK — The reboot of the "Spider-Man" musical on Broadway enjoyed a strong second straight week at the box office, leaving the two lead prod...

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Ben Vereen Reflects on His Career Before Playing the Town Hall

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sammy Davis Jr., Stephen Schwartz, Wicked, Tony Awards, Ben Vereen, Broadway, Bob Fosse, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, Arts Education, New York City, Interview, Entertainment, The Town Hall, Frank Sinatra, Arts News, Sweet Charity, Arts News
James Sims

It seems fitting that Ben Vereen's performance debut at New York's The Town Hall is taking place as lawmakers in Washington are debating the issue of federally funded arts programs.

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Twelve Months Til Christmas

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Remick, I Do! I Do!, Oy Vey in a Manger, Handel, Daniel Massey, Jon Cryer, Carol Lawrence, Kelsey Venter, Nutcracker, Black Nativity, In the Good Old Summertime, Rock Hudson, Barbara Baxley, David Sedaris, Jerry Bock, Messiah, Nathaniel Frey, Hansel Und Gretel, Jason Zinoman, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary Martin, Daddy Long Legs, The Fantasticks, QMR Records, Valerie Vigoda, Ryan Drummond, Gordon MacRae, Radio City Music Hall, Jack Cassidy, The Little Match Girl, Jean Webster, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Irving Berlin?S White Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Toy Story: The Musical, Paul Gordon, Rockettes, Barbara Cook, Robert Adelman Hancock, Jan De Hartog, Gower Champion, Hal Linden, 110 in the Shade, Karen Ziemba, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Christmas Revels, My Cup Runneth Over, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Carol Burnett, David Garrison, Robert Preston, The Shop Around the Corner, The Santaland Diaries, Brendan Milburn, Striking 12, Harold Prince, Brittany Ogle, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, Ed Ames, Long Story Short, Macon Little Theatre, Center Rep, Megan McGinnis, Kinsey Sicks, Rubicon Theatre Company, John Caird, She Loves Me, You?Ve Got Mail, The Fourposter, Theatreworks, Electrofulguration, Humperdinck, Groovelily, Arts News
George Heymont

For most people, the holiday season is over and done with. Christmas decorations have been put back into storage and the tree has been disposed of. But for arts entrepreneurs the situation is quite different.

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Let Broadway's Spider Man Finish What It Started

Barbie Zelizer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Musical, Starlight Express, New York, Wicked, Glen Berger, Safety Issues, Media Criticism, Cats, The Edge, Turn Off the Dark, Broadway, Bono, Julie Taymor, Spiderman, Christopher Tierney, New York News
Barbie Zelizer

We need to turn off the spotlight that has driven the moral panic over Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, long enough for them to do what they need to do without being watched, debated and criticized.

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Five 2011 Predictions for Homelessness in America

Joel John Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joel John Roberts

Through a crystal ball, I see a changed America that is seriously ending homelessness, the shameful human scourge of this so-called First World country.

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More Funding for School Arts Programs, Less for Sports

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christopher Lockhart, Metropolitan Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, Arne Duncan, Kenji Yamamoto, Bye Bye Birdie, Wicked, Trust: Second Acts for Young Lives, Jane Lynch, Lincoln Center, Les Miserables, Freddy Awards, Nancy Kelly, Maria Callas, Albany Park Theatre Project, Matthew Kallis, Barack Obama, Tom Hanks, Mill Valley Film Festival, Phantom of the Opera, Beverly Sills, Rawley Farnsworth, Lehigh Valley, John Gilkerson, David Feiner, Laura Wiley, Glee, American Film Institute, Most Valuable Players, Aida, Aptp, Arts News
George Heymont

Sports programs often produce extremely competitive students whose careers peak early in life. Arts programs often produce extremely creative students whose critical thinking skills deepen as they mature.

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Talking with Ken Davenport About Democratizing Broadway

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Finance, Musicals, TKTS Booth, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Stock Market, Godspell, Arts, Ken Davenport, Broadway, Investments, Fox Business Network, New York City, Davenport Theatrical, Entertainment, Off-Broadway, La Cage Aux Folles, Twitter, Tdf, Arts News
James Sims

Ken Davenport wants to democratize the mostly elite inner circle of Broadway producers, and he's attempting to stir things up by reaching out to every...

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First Nighter: Thoroughly Entertaining Sutton Foster

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angela Lansbury, Annie, Paul McCartneyMichael Rafter, Little Women, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Stephen Schwartz, Wicked, Bebe Neuwirth, Patti LuPone, Noel Coward, "An Evening With Sutton Foster, Elaine Stritch, Christine Lavin, Kevin Kuhn, Stephen Sondheim, The Addams Family, Mark Waldrop, Bernadette Peters, Catherine Zeta Jones, John Lennon, " Cafe Carlyle, The Drowsy Chaperone, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, Young Frankenstein, Donna Murphy, Sutton Foster, Jeff Blumenthal, Shrek the Musical, New York News
David Finkle

If you had to pinpoint the leading leading-lady in musicals today, you'd have to say there's no contest: It's Sutton Foster.

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'Out Of Oz': 'Wicked' Author Gregory Maguire Working On Final 'Oz' Book

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Marylynne Pitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Each day, Gregory Maguire fires up his considerable imagination so he can find his way out of Oz. That's because "Out of Oz" is the working title of ...

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Chad Ettmueller: Man Dislocates Jaw On Sandwich At Which 'Wich

AOL News | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Georgia man bit off more than he could chew -- literally -- when he dislocated his jaw while trying to eat a super-sized sandwich. Chad Ettmueller,...

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Wizard Of Oz Remakes Speed Up Production Due To 'Alice In Wonderland' 3D Success

latimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Warner Bros. has two "Wizard of Oz" remakes in development. Universal has the Oz-inspired "Wicked." And now Disney has an Oz movie too -- from the pro...

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Live-Blogging Lifetime Movies

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elektra Complexes, Julia Stiles, Seducing Your Dad, Cash 4 Gold, Humor, Wicked, Lifetime, The Prince and Me, Humor and Comedy, Live-Blogging, Cabin Fever, Save the Last Dance, O, Comedy and Satire, Live-Blogging Lifetime, Satire, 10 Things I Hate About You, Trying to Seduce Your Dad, Comedy, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

3:10 Of course your daughters are going to want to kill their mom in order to sleep with you if you bring them home wrapped presents every time you come home from work, Lifetime Dad! Duh!

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Broadway Revivals Founder on Brighton Beach

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Siena Miller, John Stamos, Wicked, Oleanna, Bye Bye Birdie, Broadway Bound, The New York Times, Broadway, Hugh Jackman, Revivals, Laurie Metcalf, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Neil Simon, Jude Law, After Miss Julie, Jonny Lee Miller, Hair, Ben Brantley, David Mamet, Charles Isherwood, Daniel Craig, Rosanne, New York News
David Finkle

Too often the only review that counts is the Times pronouncement via Ben Brantley or Charles Isherwood. This time Brantley's response was not what's known as "a money notice."

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