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*Cicely Tyson, Patina Miller, Billy Porter and Valisia LeKae are among the nominees up for a 2013 Tony Award. Tyson received a nod for Best Lead Actress in a Play for her starring role in “The Trip to Bountiful,” which itself was nominated for Best Revival of a Play. Pippen and its star Miller each [...]
*Pippin is headed back to Broadway. The original Broadway version starred Ben Vereen as the Leading Player, an emcee-like role that won him a best-actor Tony. It was directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse and starred John Rubinstein in the title role. Producers of the revival that is currently playing at the American Repertory Theater [...]
*Two decades after she made her Broadway debut at the age of 5, singing with the Boys Choir of Harlem, Raven-Symoné returns to the stage as the star of a Broadway musical, reports Deadline.com The actress-singer is set to take over the lead role in the musical Sister Act based on the hit 1992 movie, [...]
“The Scottsboro Boys,” a searing tale of 1930s injustice framed as a minstrel show, received 12 nominations, including best musical, best book of a musical, best original score as well as a leading actor and two featured actor nods. The show received the second-highest nominations after “The Book of Mormon,” who leads with 14, including [...]
*To celebrate her West End run in the musical “Sister Act,” Madame Tussauds London unveiled a wax figure of Whoopi Goldberg wearing an exact replica of the costume she wears on stage for her role as Mother Superior. In the 1992 original film and 1994 sequel, Goldberg played Deloris Van Cartier — a Reno lounge [...]
*Before beginning another season of “The View” this fall, co-host Whoopi Goldberg will head to London’s West End next month to star in the stage version of “Sister Act,” a musical based on her 1992 film. The Oscar-winning actress will take over the role of Mother Superior from Sheila Hancock, who has played the role [...]
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