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Stream Holiday Classics on BroadwayHD This December

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: November 24 2020 @ 4:38 pm

Tis the season to be jolly! BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for theater fans, will spread some holiday cheer in December with a dazzling line up of titles, including holiday classics, anniversary specials, joyful musicals, and more. Get your holiday theater fix this season, with the streaming premiere of Peter Rothstein’s All Is Calm: The…

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Best Musical Theater Album Grammy 2021 Nominations Announced

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: November 24 2020 @ 4:23 pm

Announced today were the nominations for the 63rd Grammy Awards. The awards will officially be announced on Sunday, January 31 on CBS. The Daily Show and Grammy-nominated comedian Trevor Noah will host. This year marks the first with an expanded lineup of nominations for the category with six nominees. Typically, the awards recognize five nominees for…

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‘The Inheritance’ Playwright To Pen Major Biopic Of Tennessee Williams

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: November 24 2020 @ 2:03 pm

Matthew López has been engaged by Searchlight Pictures to write a screen adaptation of Leading Men, the Christopher Castellani novel about Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo. López’s The Inheritance won four Olivier Awards in London in 2019 and garnered eleven Tony nominations this year. – Variety

Jagged Little Pill, American Utopia, Soft Power & More Earn Grammy Nominations

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 24 2020 @ 12:03 pm

Nominations were announced on November 24 for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards. The Tony-nominated musical Jagged Little Pill, American Utopia, Soft Power, Little Shop of Horrors, Amélie and The Prince of Egypt are in the running for Best Musical Theater Album, with credits as follows:

Amélie
Audrey Brisson, Chris Jared, Caolan McCarthy and Jez Unwin, principal soloists; Michael Fentimen, Sean Patrick Flahaven, Barnaby Race & Nathan Tysen, producers (Nathan Tysen, lyricist; Daniel Messe, composer and lyricist) 

American Utopia
David Byrne, principal soloist; David Byrne, producer (David Byrne, composer and lyricist) 

Jagged Little Pill
Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, Lauren Patten and Elizabeth Stanley, principal soloists; Neal Avron, Pete Ganbarg, Tom Kitt, Michael Parker, Craig Rosen and Vivek J. Tiwary, producers (Glen Ballard and Alanis Morissette, lyricists) 

Little Shop of Horrors
Tammy Blanchard, Jonathan Groff and Tom Alan Robbins, principal soloists; Will Van Dyke, Michael Mayer, Alan Menken and Frank Wolf, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Howard Ashman, lyricist) 

The Prince of Egypt
Christine Allado, Luke Brady, Alexia Khadime and Liam Tamne, principal soloists; Dominick Amendum and Stephen Schwartz, producers (Stephen Schwartz, composer and lyricist) 

Soft Power
Francis Jue, Austin Ku, Alyse …

Giving Thanks: NYC Public School Teacher Lisanne Shaffer Receives the Arthur Miller Foundation Excellence in Arts Education Award

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: November 24 2020 @ 12:00 pm

On November 16, Broadway.com presented the Arthur Miller Foundation Honors, the annual event that shines a spotlight on the importance of arts education in the public school system. Hosted by Broadway’s Sasha Hutchings (Hamilton, Oklahoma!), the virtual gala featured stories and songs from an array of Broadway performers, who honored inspiring teachers from their past and reflected on the state of theater and education in 2020.

In this clip from the show, see Brooklyn School of the Arts theater teacher Lisanne Shaffer receive the AMF Excellence in Arts Education Award. Featuring her current and former students, this video shows Shaffer's personal dedication and commitment to her work and showcases her award-winning talent in the classroom. In the emotional acceptance speech, Shaffer shares that doing theater in high school took her from, "self-doubt to self-worth" and that theater education has "never been more important than right now."

To honor the legacy of the great American playwright, Arthur Miller, and his New York City public school education, the Arthur Miller Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality theater education to public school students by supporting public school theater teachers. To watch more of the 2020 Arthur …