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A Broadway Treat with a Capital 'T'! The Music Man Marquee Is Up at the Winter Garden Theatre

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 18 2020 @ 12:12 pm

There are signs of life on Broadway! The marquee for The Music Man, starring Tony winners Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, is up at the Winter Garden Theatre. As previously reported, the star-packed revival was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The revival of the Meredith Willson musical was scheduled to begin previews on September 9 and officially open on October 15 at the Winter Garden Theatre, but now previews are now scheduled to begin on April 7, 2021 with opening night set for May 20. The fresh marquee is sure to put fans patiently waiting for curtains to rise again in better spirits. (In the meantime, leading man Jackman might just make an appearance in your virtual dance class.)

What To Do (Without Broadway!): A Day-to-Day Schedule

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 18 2020 @ 11:19 am

Even with Broadway on hold, there's plenty to do. Trust the Broadway.com editors to get you in on the best online events, theater-centric films, TV shows and more!

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Ratched Premieres
Ryan Murphy unveils his latest, a showcase for Sarah Paulson that tells the backstory of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’s Nurse Ratched. Bonus: a Broadway-friendly cast, including Jon Jon Briones, Harriet Harris, Cynthia Nixon, Sophie Okonedo, Finn Wittrock and many more.
Watch on Netflix

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
Tonight at the London Coliseum: Sharon D. Clarke @ TBD
The Olivier Award winner, who has dazzled in musicals like Ghost and Caroline, or Change, live-streamed in concert from the iconic U.K. stage.
Tickets are £15. More Info

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
She Is Risen: Volume II Release
Tony winner Cynthia Erivo, Shoshana Bean, Eden Espinosa and more vocal powerhouses revisit the all-female concert version of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar with this follow-up to the first record.
More Info

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Sugar In Our Wounds Reunion Reading @ 7PM ET
The cast of Donja R. Love’s play, a hit at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2018, reunites for a Zoom reading …

Jasmine Cephas Jones, Laurence Fishburne & More Win Emmy Awards Ahead of Broadcast

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 18 2020 @ 10:54 am

Though the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air on September 20, numerous awards have been already been announced this week. Broadway alums Jasmine Cephas Jones, Laurence Fisburne and Kerry Washington are among the winners.

Both Jones and Fisburne won Emmy Awards for their performances in Quibi’s #FreeRayshawn. Jones is an original Hamilton cast member. Tony winner Fishburne was scheduled to star in American Buffalo prior to the Broadway shutdown.

Broadway alum Washington took home her first Emmy win for executive producing Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “All In The Family” and “Good Times,” which won Outstanding Variety Special (Live). Washington is also nominated for Lead Actress in a Limited Series and Limited Series for Little Fires Everywhere and Television Movie for American Son, based on the Broadway play by Christopher Demos-Brown.

In addition, Jason Sherwood, who previously garnered an Emmy Award for production designing Rent Live on Fox, won his second consecutive Emmy Award for his production design of the 2020 Oscars.

A New Wave Of BIPOC Leaders Takes Charge At U.S. Theater Companies

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: September 18 2020 @ 10:02 am

Peter Marks: “The hires and promotions mark what may be a turning point for a field coming to grips with a challenge from Black, Latinx, Asian American and other racial and ethnic groups: to examine its White bias and bring more diversity into its leadership ranks.” – The Washington Post

What the Constitution Means to Me to Premiere on Amazon Prime Video

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 17 2020 @ 5:00 pm

A filmed version of the critically-acclaimed, award-winning play What the Constitution Means to Me, created by and starring Heidi Schreck, will premiere on October 16, 2020, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. In the final, record-breaking week of its hit Broadway run, director Marielle Heller (director of Oscar-nominated films A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Can You Ever Forgive Me?)…

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