Tag: Into the Woods
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Stars on Broadway: Daniel Radcliffe, Jeremy Strong, and More
It’s always a delight when a major star comes to Broadway.This past season saw Jessica Chastain and Arian Moayed in a bare bones revival of “A Doll’s House,” as well as Jodie Comer win a Tony for her performance in one-woman show “Prima Facie.” There was Sara Bareilles in “Into the Woods” and Laura Linney…
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Billy Magnussen Teases A ‘Made For Love’ S2 Cliffhanger & The Humanity Of ‘The Survivor’ [Interview]
Billy Magnussen is a Broadway veteran and a Tony Award nominee. He’s played historical figures such as Kato Kaelin and not one, but two “Disney” princes (“Aladdin” and “Into the Woods”). He’s played a gangster (“The Many Saints of Newark”) and a CIA agent (“No TIme To Die”). He can sing. He can dance. He…
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Broadway and Hollywood Remember Stephen Sondheim: ‘He Was God to Many of Us’
Stephen Sondheim died peacefully at his home in Connecticut on Friday at the age of 91, leaving behind an irreplaceable legacy of all-time classic musicals, from “Into the Woods” to “Company,” “Sweeney Todd,” and “West Side Story.” His 70-plus-year career included an Oscar win, multiple Grammy wins, and a bevy of Tony Awards, and soon…
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Christine Baranski Hails Stephen Sondheim as a Giant of Musical Theater: ‘We All Feel Like Orphans’
For Christine Baranski and a generation of musical theater stars, Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer who died on Friday at 91, was nothing less than a father figure, a musical giant and an inspiration.“Even though he was 91 we are blindsided by the loss. We all feel like orphans,” Baranski told Variety as she…
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The 6 Best Sondheim Movies to Help Dim the Lights on the Broadway Legend
The final curtain has fallen on Stephen Sondheim, maestro of American musical theater, who died at 91 on Friday. The brilliant mind behind “Into The Woods,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Company,” “Sunday in The Park With George,” and many, many more was a titan of Broadway, and the last living connection to the golden age of musicals.…
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Stephen Sondheim’s Most Memorable Songs
In his 91-year life, prolific composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim crafted some of Broadway’s most iconic tunes. From “West Side Story” to “Into the Woods,” his music has stood the test of time and cemented him as a theater legend. The Broadway community paid tribute to Sondheim on Friday, with longtime collaborator Bernadette Peters writing,…
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‘Ode to Passion’: Film Review
At the risk of overgeneralizing, why is it that cheapie musicals are so much more charming to watch on screen than they are when some friend invites you to whatever way-off-Broadway show they’ve managed to get mixed up in? Heck, these tiny film projects are often more endearing than the relatively big-budget ones the Hollywood…
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Emily Blunt Amplifies Malala Fund to Give Girls Everywhere the Chance for Education
Malala Yousafzai is an icon of female empowerment. The youngest Nobel Laureate in history, the 20-year-old Pakistani activist has inspired people with her tenacious belief in the power of education. It’s a conviction so strong that she risked her life to attend school in a Taliban-dominated region of Pakistan, blogging about her experiences and granting…