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1 Beyonce to Play Aida?
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2 The Flaming Lips Are Broadway Bound
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3 "The Coast of Utopia" Makes History at 61st Tony Awards
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4 Did You Ever See Rent on Broadway?
Stephen King
5 Broadway Musical News: The Couger Meets Cujo
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6 What Do You Think About a Phantom of the Opera, Part II?
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7 Would You See 9 to 5 on Broadway?
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8 Wicked the Movie: Based on the Book or the Musical? Or Both?
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9 Are You More Likely to See a Broadway Show If a Famous Musician Is Behind It?
Ashlee Simpson
10 Link Time! Is Steven Tyler Leaving Aerosmith?
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11 Link Time! The Who Rumored to Perform at the Super Bowl
The Who may be this year's act at the Super Bowl halftime show — Spinner Martin Scorsese will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Golden Globes — Collider Joseph Gordon-Levitt talks about his latest film Inception — Cinematical Hayden Panettiere is producing a CW drama about Harvard Medical School doctors — Zap2it You learn a lot about Lil Wayne in his upcoming Read more
Joe Perry says that Steven Tyler may have quit Aerosmith — Vulture Leighton Meester's music video with Robin Thicke involves a lot of writhing — E! Online The team behind the movie Se7en is reuniting for a new film — Cinematical Eminem, aka Slim Shady, takes on a horror 3D film appropriately titled Shady Talez. — MTV Movies Blog Harriet the Spy is getting made into a TV movie for Read more
Regina Spektor is headed to the Great White Way! It was announced yesterday that the famous songstress will be creating the score for a new Broadway musical inspired by Sleeping Beauty. As a Spektor fan, this news makes perfect sense to me. Her unique brand of musical whimsy — with just a tinge of darker themes — is a great fit for the beloved fairytale. The show will reportedly be ready Read more
There's exciting news swirling around lately that the Broadway musical Wicked will definitely be made into a movie. According to Variety, Universal Pictures (the same studio behind Mamma Mia!) is taking "formative steps" to get Wicked into movie theaters soon. Like so many others, I have a history with the Broadway show that started with enjoying the book by Gregory Maguire that inspired the Read more
The recent casting news about Allison Janney reminded me that Janney is also set to perform in the Broadway musical version of the 1980 movie 9 to 5, which starred Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin. The stage musical will premiere in Los Angeles in September and then move on to New York. I gotta say, I'm pretty excited to see this show! I love the movie, and I can see it becoming a Read more
According to Wikipedia, The Phantom of the Opera's 20-year run on Broadway has been "the most lucrative entertainment enterprise of all time." Capitalizing on the beloved musical's major success, creators of the award-winning show now say a sequel is on the way. Andrew Lloyd Webber confirmed that he has written a new score for a follow-up musical which will pick up where the first story leaves Read more
Who knew Stephen King and John Mellencamp had anything in common, much less a desire to write a Broadway musical together? Not I, but apparently it's true, and the two men are collaborating on a musical theater project, scheduled to debut in April 2009, titled Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. The story follows the legend that grows out of the tragic death of two brothers and a girl in the Read more
Sad news coming from New York's Nederlander Theater today: Broadway musical Rent is closing after a 12-year run. The last performance will take place June 1. Opening in the spring of 1996, Rent enjoyed immediate and explosive success with both critics and audiences, despite (or perhaps because of) the story's focus on AIDS, drug addiction, and poverty. I was one of those crazy, obsessed fans Read more
Rumor has it... Disney is planning to make a live-action movie musical version of the hit Broadway play "Aida," which was based on the popular opera by Giuseppe Verdi, which was originally based on a story by Auguste Mariette. And just who's being named as the possible actress to play the lead Nubian princess? None other than Miss Beyonce Knowles. Quote, please Jim Hill Media, a source of news Read more
With the series finale of "The Sopranos" on everyone's minds, last night's Tony Awards were a little bit overshadowed. That being said, the 61st Annual Tony Awards brought out some big names in NYC last night to celebrate all that is wonderful on Broadway. I myself was too wrapped up in the HBO Tony to catch most of the show, but I'm certain there was plenty of singing, dancing, sequins and Read more
