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Watch Ben Platt Look Back on His Gorgeous Duet with Kelly Clarkson

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 17 2020 @ 11:12 am

Ben Platt returned to The Kelly Clarkson Show to chat with the chart topper about their gorgeous duet of Bob Dylan's "Make You Feel My Love" and his affinity for the song. The Tony winner also chatted about his unforgettable moments on stage, the legendary stars he works with on The Politcian and his newest project: "I've been working on a second record. The one fortunate part of this is music is something you can make on your own. It took a long adjustment period, but once I got used to it—I would always be rather making music than not." Watch the interview below!

Moulin Rouge! Film Star Richard Roxburgh & More Join Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 17 2020 @ 10:42 am

Moulin Rouge! mastermind Baz Luhrmann's Elvis musical biopic has added more stars. Variety reports that Broadway alum Richard Roxburgh (who portrayed The Duke in the Moulin Rouge! film), Helen Thomson, David Wenham and Dacre Montgomery have joined the cast. They join the previously announced Austin Butler as Elvis Presley, Tom Hanks as his manager Colonel Tom Parker and Olivia DeJonge as Priscilla Presley.

Roxburgh and Thomson will now will portray Elvis’ parents, Vernon and Gladys Presley. Rufus Sewell and Maggie Gyllenhaal had originally signed on to play the roles, but delays due to the coronavirus pandemic caused a need for recasting. Wenham will play Hank Snow, and Montgomery will play TV director Steve Binder.

The film centers on Presley's rise and zenith, with a focus on his relationship to Parker, who held major control over Presley's life and career. Lurhmann co-wrote the script with Craig Pearce, with whom he penned the box-office hit Moulin Rouge!, which was adapted into a stage musical on Broadway last year.

A production timeline for Elvis will be announced later. Filming was originally supposed to begin last spring but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two D.C. Stage Companies Create Video Responses To City’s Black Lives Matter Protests

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: September 17 2020 @ 10:01 am

The projects, The 51st State from Arena Stage and an anthology of short videos that Studio Theatre simply calls creative responses to the August 28 March on Washington, “have propelled stage artists in new directions,” writes Peter Marks, “to memorialize galvanizing public events … [with] the fresh lens these companies have been able to train […]

How Broadway Connects the Arts and Activism

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 17 2020 @ 12:28 am

From the gravity of economic injustices to the anguish of race relations, Broadway has sought to provoke important conversations. Playwrights aware of pressing current events and major societal issues know the importance of sparking dialogue and integrating them into the stories they create.  Narratives meant to expose injustices have been woven into the plots of…

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Broadway Songs from Jukebox Musicals

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 17 2020 @ 12:01 am

A jukebox musical is a musical in which a majority of the songs used in the show come from another source, usually well-known pop music songs. These shows breathe new life into these songs, with new artists who perform them on cast albums we can grow to love. In this playlist, we’ve put together all…

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