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Listen to a Special Fan-Requested Episode of Elaine Paige on Sunday

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 16 2020 @ 10:00 am

Broadway curtains may still be closed, but Elaine Paige on Sunday isn't! Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her popular BBC Radio 2 show. This week, Paige is handing power to listeners who are choosing songs for the two-hour show. From Dear Evan Hansen and Groundhog Day to Anything Goes, this episode will have something for every Broadway fan. Be sure to catch the full episode by clicking the link below!

Two-Time Tony-Winning Lighting Designer Howell Binkley Dead at 64

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 15 2020 @ 10:23 am

Esteemed lighting designer Howell Binkley, who won Tony Awards for Hamilton and Jersey Boys, died after a battle with lung cancer on August 14, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. His wife, Joyce Storey, confirmed on Facebook that he died at a hospital in Jacksonville, N.C.

Born in Winston-Salem, Binkley attended East Carolina University in Greenville and began his career lighting dance pieces. His first Broadway credit was Kiss of the Spider Woman, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award; he went on to win an Olivier Award when the production transferred to London. Binkley also garnered Tony nominations for In the Heights, the 2009 revival of West Side Story, the 2011 revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, After Midnight, Come From Away and Ain't Too Proud. Binkley's off-Broadway credits include The Petrified Prince, Bat Boy: The Musical, The Castle, Landscape of the Body, Chasing Manet, Notes From the Field and, most recently, Nantucket Sleigh Ride.

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda paid tribute to Binkley on Twitter, as did the show's account.

The Theatre Of Giving Convention Speeches When There’s No In-Person Audience

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: August 14 2020 @ 3:32 pm

The impresarios of the Democratic and Republican national conventions are facing the same theatrical problem that playwrights, stand-up comics and concert singers have been grappling with since the pandemic darkened our stages: how to simulate the look, sound and feel of live performance. – Los Angeles Times

Anika Noni Rose, Laura Bell Bundy & Shoshana Bean Release Epic Girl Power Anthem

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 14 2020 @ 2:51 pm

It's a happy new music Friday for Broadway fans! Three golden-voiced powerhouses have teamed up to create the anthem "Get It Girl, You Go!" Tony winner Anika Noni Rose and Shoshana Bean have provided vocals on the premiere single for Laura Bell Bundy's forthcoming album Women of Tomorrow, which is slated to drop in 2021. (Fun fact: Bean and Bundy appeared in Broadway's Hairspray together.) Give it a listen below!

Orfeh Reveals the Andy Karl Role She Wants to Play and How the Broadway Couple Collaborates

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: August 14 2020 @ 1:20 pm

It's been over five months into the Broadway shutdown , and Tony nominee Orfeh is spending her time leaning into her creativity and hanging out with husband Andy Karl. "[Andy and I] have seen a lot of each other and it's been great," Orfeh said to Paul Wontorek onBroadway.com's #LiveatFive: Home Edition. "There were times we didn't see each other for a very long time. I would say we didn't see each other when he was doing Groundhog Day in London longer than we have seen each other during this particular phase in time. We've been writing a lot. Throughout the years we've always been like, 'Someone should a story about this or someone should write a series about that.' Finally it was like, 'Well, why don't we?' It's been a great collaboration between us. If they're not going to hire us for it, we're going to write it and put ourselves in it."

Orfeh and Andy Karl (Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com)

It's been almost a year since Orfeh took her final bow in Pretty Woman, where she appeared alongide Karl. In the time away from Broadway, Orfeh hopes that there is a renewed sense …