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Live Theater in London’s West End is back!!!! Tune in here to watch THE SHOW MUST GO ON concert from the Palace Theater!!! Get those tissues out!!! How amazing is this?!!!
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HELLO BROADWAY FANS! Tomorrow is the day we’ve all been waiting for, The 70th Annual Tony Awards. These past 30 days, we’ve been playing you the best from the past telecasts from the last 70 years on our Top 30 Tony Awards countdown.
For the #1 performance on our countdown is one of the most legendary musicals of all time. It’s a story of revolution, love, loss, and standing up for people’s rights. This is of course Claude Michele Schonberg, Alain Boubil, Trevor Nunn, and John Caird’s musical masterpiece Les Mis?rables Broadway.
From the 2014 telecast, Ramin Karimloo, Andy Mientus, Samantha Hill, Will Swenson, Nikki M. James, Kyle Scatliffe, Will Swenson, Cliff Saunders,?Keala Settle, and the cast of the current revival perform the show’s Act 1 powerhouse that is so perfect to get us hyped for tomorrow’s Tony night…. ONE DAY MORE.
Originally as a French language concept album turned full production in France and then hitting London’s West End originally as a flop but great buzz of it’s incredible score, Les Miserables – Musical arrived on Broadway in 1987 at the Broadway Theatre and later transferred to the Imperial Theatre where it played 6,680 performances. It was nominated for 12 Tony Awards that same year winning 8 including Best Musical. The show would later be revived twice. In 2006, the original production played Broadway’s Broadhurst Theatre for a total of 480 performances. It did not receive any Tony nominations that year. The 2nd and current revival which is Cameron Mackintosh acclaimed 25th Anniversary returned to Broadway’s Imperial Theatre in 2014 where it continues to play now through September 4th. When the production closes, it will have played 1,026 performances. The current revival was nominated for 3 Tonys in 2014 including Best Revival Of A Musical but lost all of it’s categories
Isn’t this show so powerful and still gets you in tears every time you listen to it?
Well that’s it. We hope all of you enjoyed New York Broadway Tours Top 30 Tony Awards Countdown. It has been so great getting to share some of our favorite Broadway performances over the past 70 years. Also thank you guys for sharing with us some of your requests. We are excited for the next 70 years to come with the future of more Tony Awards performances? We are totally doing this again next year. Starting to become like our tradition. Don’t forget to tune in to The 70th Annual Tony Awards coming to you live from The Beacon Theatre at 8pm on CBS hosted by Tony winner James Corden who is truly a showstopper and will do a great job. In addition, there will be some incredible performances from some of this year’s nominated shows including Hamilton: An American Musical, School of Rock the Musical, Shuffle Along on Broadway She Loves Me at Studio 54. Waitress the Musical, The Color Purple, Spring Awakening Broadway,ON YOUR FEET! The Musical, Bright Star: A New Musical, and Fiddler on the Roof. And be sure to check out the Tonys website as well where they’ll be doing the Red Carpet, the preshow creative Awards, behind the scenes footage, and more. You do not want to miss it. In addition, we at NY Broadway Tours will be sharing our reactions throughout the telecast.
Let’s GIVE OUR REGARDS TO BROADWAY this weekend.
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RISE & SHINE BROADWAY FANS. It’s almost here. Broadway’s biggest night is just 2 days away and we have some more show tunes to share with you on our Top 30 Tony Awards countdown.
At #2 today on our countdown is a rock musical about another dysfunctional family. This time we meet a suburban mother who has mental illness and the way it effects her family. This is of course the groundbreaking rock musical Next to Normal. It was written by Tom Kitt?and Brian Yorkey.
From the 2009 telecast, Tony winner Alice Ripley, Tony nominee J Robert Spencer, and Broadway heartthrob Aaron Tviet perform the show’s argument trio scene featuring YOU DON’T KNOW and I AM THE ONE.
NEXT TO NORMAL originally started as a class assignment by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkey by being presented as a 10 minute musical called FEELING ELECTRIC in 1999. They were both inspired by stories in the news about people dealing with mental illness. They went on to write some other projects but kept going back to the show by putting together 2 workshops Village Theatre in Washington State in 2002 and 2005. It was developed for the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the same time. After many years of the early developments of readings, workshops, & a name change to NEXT TO NORMAL, the show had it’s first full production Off Broadway at Second Stage Theatre in 2008. The show was met with mixed reviews. The show then went on have another out of town tryout in Washington DC at Arena Stage in 2009 earning more rave and positive reviews. Finally, the show transferred to Broadway at the Booth Theatre in 2009 playing a total of 754 performances. The show was nominated for 11 Tonys that year including Best Musical, It only took home 3 awards including Best Score (for Tom and Brian). In addition, the show made history as another one of the few musicals ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. NEXT TO NORMAL continues to be performed in community theatre, schools, and regional theaters around the world.
Isn’t this musical powerful, haunting, and emotional?
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HELLO BROADWAY FANS. You are once again waking up with us as our Top 30 Tony Awards countdown continues. Broadway’s Biggest night is only 3 days away.
At #3 on our countdown is actually another highly requested performance by Theatre fans and followers like you. We are about to visit a dysfunctional family with dark secrets and have their own business caring for the dead. We of course are talking about The residents of the HOUSE ON MAPLE AVENUE from last year’s Tony winning Fun Home on Broadway. It was written by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron.
From last year’s telecast, Tony winner Michael Ceveris and Tony nominees Beth Malone and Sydney Lucas perform the showstopper RING OF KEYS. That performance went viral on YouTube and got a lot of attention especially people praising Lucas’ portrayal of the Young Allison Bechdel.
FUN HOME (based on Allison Bechdel’s life and graphic novel of the same name) was developed at the Sundance Institute Theatre lab in White Oak, NY in 2012 before Premiering OFF Broadway at The Public Theater in 2013 earning rave reviews. It moved to Broadway’s Circle in the Square last year where it continues to play to pack houses every night. The show was nominated for 12 Tony Awards at the same time winning 5 including Best Musical. In addition the show’s composer/lyricist Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron made history as the first ever female duo writing team to win for Best Original Score.
Isn’t this show a powerful, emotional, haunting, and dark?!
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HELLO BROADWAY FANS. Who is ready to wake up for another set of showtunes over the past 70 years with our Top 30 Tony Awards?countdown? We are just 4 days away from Broadway’s biggest night of the year.
At #4 on our countdown, it’s “LIGHTS UP” on one of New York City’s most famous neighborhoods, meeting residents all with big dreams. Before earning more acclaim now with his hot smash and record-breaking 16-time Tony-nominated Hamilton: An American Musical, Tony-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped his heart out by creating his own show inspired by his very own life EN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS?with his breakout Broadway debut musical hit,?In The Heights. It was also co-written by Quiara Alegr?a Hudes.
From the 2008 telecast, Tony-nominees this year (for our very own Hamilton) Lin-Manuel Miranda and Christopher Jackson, past Tony-nominee Robin De Jesus, Andrea Burns, Janet Decal, future Tony-winner?Karen Olivo, and members of the original cast perform a medley of the show’s opening title song and the show-stopping “96,000.”
IN THE HEIGHTS was first developed by Miranda in 1999 while being a Sophomore at college and continued to expand it for many years. Following a final workshop at Eugene O’Neill Theater Center‘s National Music Theatre Conference in 2005, the show had its official world premiere Off-Broadway at Baryshnikov Arts Center in 2007. It earned critical acclaim before the show officially moved to Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2008 and earned more worldwide attention with this fresh new face starring in a new musical that he wrote all by himself. IN THE HEIGHTS ran on Broadway for a total of 1,213 performances. It received 13 Tony Award nominations in 2008, winning 4 including Best Musical. It also won a Grammy for Best Cast Album. IN THE HEIGHTS?still continues to be performed around the world by schools, community theaters, Regional Theatre, and many more. A new premiere production that opened in London’s West End recently was nominated for this year’s Olivier Awards and is running until October.
Will Lin-Manuel Miranda take home the Tony glory again this Sunday Night?!!
Isn’t this show so funky and gets you into the hip-hop groove?
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RISE AND SHINE BROADWAY FANS. Are you guys ready for some more show tunes from the past 70 years in our Top 30 Tony Awards?countdown? Well here we go. Broadway’s biggest night is only 5 days away.
At #5 on our countdown is a very bewitching musical. If you think you know about the Good Witch and the Bad Witch from The Wizard of Oz, think again. There’s more to the story than what you think. We of course are talking about Stephen Schwartz‘s smash hit blockbuster WICKED The Musical. It was also co-written by Winnie Holzman.
From the 2004 telecast, Tony winning Broadway powerhouses Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel (in their breakout roles of Glinda and Elphaba) perform the show’s signature Act 1 Finale anthem DEFYING GRAVITY.
WICKED originally premiered in San Fransisco before flying into Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre where it continues to enchant sold out houses every night. The show has been nominated for over 15 major awards including for 10 Tony Awards in 2004 winning 3 including Best Performance By A Leading Actress in A Musical (for Idina Menzel). WICKED is currently the 10th Longest Running Show in Broadway surpassing RENT (another popular musical featuring Menzel) and will later surpass MAMMA MIA as the 9th Longest Running Show coming up. It has played way over 5,400 performances so far.
Isn’t this musical still high flying and spectacular?
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