While we're here praising Megan Hilty, let's not forget when she played Glinda in Wicked, she would opt up to the E6 at the end of "No One Mourns the Wicked"
The fact that people think Betty White improvised The Great Herring War while Bea and Rue corpsed (they were acting) is a testament to the strength of the writing and performances on The Golden Girls.
Everything in that scene was written, blocked, and rehearsed.
Except for two previous Broadway revivals, multiple presentations of Hal Prince’s original staging at NYCO from 1984 to 2004, two NY Phil concerts, and an immersive off-Broadway revival, the musical hasn’t been seen or heard in NY for 43 years.
Julie Andrews, who turns 87 today, in a publicity shot for The Boy Friend, which opened on Broadway at the Royale Theatre the night before her 19th birthday.
One thing about the My Fair Lady movie casting saga that isn't discussed nearly enough is how Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn were exceptionally gracious and kind to each other throughout the whole thing.
Dame Angela Lansbury will make a final film appearance in
#GlassOnion
this December, playing herself alongside her friend and fellow genius, Stephen Sondheim.
The film will now be dedicated to her memory.
What a fitting farewell gift from Dame Angela to us all.
1970s SNL was wild: you could find Bea Arthur hosting an episode with musical guest The Roches singing an a cappella rendition of the Hallelujah Chorus.
Bette Davis, on a press tour for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Olivia de Havilland, weighs in on Julie Andrews and the 1964 Best Actress Oscar.
(Also: "I have" 😂😂😂)
Maria Callas, born 100 years ago today, ends the second act of Aida in Mexico City on a massive high E-flat, causing absolute pandemonium in the audience.
Thinking about Sara Ramirez serving soprano vocals and enormous comedy in Spamalot's "The Song That Goes Like This," a devastating send-up of mega musical ballads in general, and ALW's Phantom in particular.
Olympia Dukakis's delivery of "Old man, you give those dogs another piece of my food and I'm gonna kick you till you're dead" to her father-in-law in Moonstruck lives in my head rent-free.
Julie Andrews, aka Good Cinderella, sips champagne out of a glass slipper after the triumphant live broadcast of the Rodgers & Hammerstein television musical on March 31, 1957, as Alice Ghostley, Edie Adams, and Kaye Ballard look on.
Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli dance the "Hot Honey Rag" during a rehearsal for Liza's replacement stint in the original Broadway production of Chicago.
Merrily We Roll Along pulling in Hamilton/Wicked/Lion King-sized grosses on Broadway is a remarkable turnaround for one of the most devastating musical failures of the 1980s.
A flawless look, a devastating soprano tribute to Sondheim, an enthusiastic front-row cheerleader and champion for artists.
Nobody does it like Bernadette. Nobody.
#TonyAwards
“She’s the Baker’s Wife,” Bareilles noted. “She is a possessive item by title! So I gave her a name. She’s Rebecca in my mind.”
Protect Sara Bareilles at all costs.
The 3 women who've played INTO THE WOODS' Baker's Wife on Broadway (
@SaraBareilles
,
@TheKerryOMalley
, and
@TheRealJGleason
) talk about what the character signifies, what she wants and learns, and oh, by the way, does she have a name?
My first exposure to Judy Garland, born on this date 100 years ago, outside of The Wizard of Oz was, incredibly, this astounding performance of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," sung in tribute to JFK a mere three weeks after his assassination.
We are thrilled to announce the long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television,
@BarbraStreisand
! 🌟✨
MY NAME IS BARBRA will be published on November 7, 2023. Learn more at:
At Kari Lake’s fundraising event at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, Roseanne Barr told young people to “drop out of college” while pushing QAnon conspiracies:
“It isn’t nothing but devil worshipping, baby blood drinking, Democrat donors.”
Angela Lansbury's curtain call for Mame was absolutely extraordinary: she swept onstage in one last new costume as the ensemble sings the title song, kissed each principal—even the antagonists—like old friends, and then curtsied to her company *before* bowing to the audience.
Just before exiting into the wings after playing Lady Bracknell in 2019, Angela Lansbury turned out and raised her cane in triumph. The audience lost its mind.
A voice in my head told me this was going to be the last time we saw her on stage. And it was.
Happy Birthday, Angie.
In the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music, the principal nuns had significant downtime in the first act so they would play poker in the dressing room.
I mean, I'm never *not* thinking about Rebecca Luker somehow finding the camera while singing "My White Knight" during a performance of The Music Man...
To see Leslie Uggams, an 80-year-old Tony-winning musical theatre icon, show up for five riveting minutes in the first act of Jelly's Last Jam and deliver a tremendous powerhouse vocal performance with one song is worth the price of admission.