At the turn of the century, Broadway figured it was time to redefine the musical yet again. Enter Contact, a dance musical that won the Tony Award for Best Musical with much controversy. So much so that they created a whole new award called Special Theatrical Event for future Tony Award seasons (well, that is [...]
Image via Wikipedia The Lion King cleaned up at the Tonys, including Best Musical. With music by Time Rice and Elton John, and both direction and design by the talented Julie Taymor, The Lion King shook Broadway again, this time with the sheer magnitude of the big pocketbook that Disney could offer. It wasn’t long [...]
Another of my all-time favorite musicals was also quite controversial at first. That would be Tony Award winning Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner Rent. The book, music, and lyrics were all created by the unknown Jonathan Larson, who unfortunately died just before the show opened. Now considered a classic, this production really [...]
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