tony awards
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‘The Lights Are On and We Are Back!’: Winners From the 2021 Tony Awards
Sunday night’s ceremony was hosted by six-time Tony award-winner Audra McDonald.
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Laurence Fishburne Tapped to Narrate Seminal 'Autobiography of Malcolm X' For Audible
Furious Styles will bring his furious style to one of the greatest stories ever told. No, not the Bible. Another one — considered one of the most important memoirs written within the past century. Emmy and Tony award-winning actor Laurence Fishburne has signed on to narrate The Autobiography of Malcolm X for Audible. Marking the…
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Billy Porter Graces Sesame Street with Legendary Academy Award Tuxedo Gown and Pro-Life Petitioners Go Apes**t
Billy Porter went from one of the world’s most famous streets to another. The Broadway superstar will be making an appearance on Sesame Street during its 51st season. And the Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winner has taken his famous frock along for the journey. He will be wearing his showstopping 2019 Oscars outfit—a tuxedo gown,…
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Diahann Carroll, the First African-American Woman to Star on Primetime TV in Non-Domestic Role, Dies at 84
Earth has just gotten a little less beautiful. Diahann Carroll, the outstandingly talented actress and singer, has died at the age of 84. Carroll’s daughter, producer-journalist Suzanne Kay confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that her mother died in her home in Los Angeles following a long bout with cancer. As THR reports: Carol Diahann Johnson…
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'I Am What I Am': In Concert and Conversation, Audra McDonald Pulls Back the Curtain on a Brilliant Career
When you get an opportunity to see Audra McDonald perform, you take it. The record-breaking six-time Tony Award winner, Grammy and Emmy winner and 2015 National Medal of Arts recipient has conquered both stage and screen with her acting and singing and is lauded across the globe as one of the brightest lights of Broadway.…
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2019 Tony Awards: André De Shields Is a Winner in Hadestown
Curtain Call! The 73rd Annual Tony Awards was full of drama (the good kind) in New York City on Sunday night, and the big winner was a town where the wind blows…any way. Hadestown was, predictably, the biggest winner of the night, picking up eight awards, including Best Musical, Variety reports. On the non-musical side,…
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Stage Presence: The Stars Show Out for the 2019 Tony Awards
Feathers, tulle, velvet, yards of train and even more star power; the theatrical community celebrated its biggest honors Sunday night at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. While black talent didn’t take home all the Tonys we’d hoped, we nevertheless made a major showing on the red…
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Temptations, Forever: Ain’t Too Proud Scores 12 Nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards
Nominations are in for the biggest night in Broadway and members of the Tony Awards committee really are coming to see Otis. (*wink*) On Tuesday, the 73rd annual Tony Awards dropped its list of contenders vying for that coveted statuette named for Antoinette Perry. The nominations announcement was brought to us by Gayle King (CBS…
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Broadway Legend Carol Channing Dies at 97, ‘Proud as Can Be’ of Her Black Heritage
The beloved singer and actress enjoyed more than 70 years of success on stage and screen.
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Broadway Legend Ben Vereen Is Still Steppin’ Out With New Stage Gigs and Lee Daniels’ Star
Legendary song and dance man Ben Vereen is blessed, booked and busy. The award-winning showbiz vet has run the full gamut of the entertainment spectrum with a career spanning five decades. He has originated roles in the legendary Broadway musicals Jesus Christ Superstar and Pippin, recorded for Motown Records and portrayed memorable parts in…