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Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein & Zoë Wanamaker Set For Broadway’s ‘Pictures From Home’ In January

Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker, three of the theater’s most acclaimed artists, will return to the New York stage this January in the Broadway premiere of Pictures From Home, based on the photo memoir by Larry Sultan adapted for the stage by Sharr White (The Other Place, Annapurna). Pict…

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Seven-Time Tony Nominee Danny Burstein Finally Wins For ‘Moulin Rouge’: Being Called The “Susan Lucci Of The Tony Awards Gets Old, Lemme Tell Ya”

Danny Burstein, after seven Tony Award nominations, finally took home the trophy tonight for best featured performance in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. While he said he hasn’t obsessed about winning the award, Burstein said he had grown tired of hearing about his bridesmaid status. “Everywhere I go, people are telling…

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Rebecca Luker Dies: Tony-Nominated Star Of ‘Show Boat’, ‘The Music Man’ Was 59; Broadway Mourns “Beyond Heartbreaking” Loss

Rebecca Luker, a three-time Tony Award nominee and one of Broadway’s most acclaimed and popular musical actresses, died today at a New York City hospital following a nearly yearlong battle with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. She was 59. Her death was confirmed to The New York Times by her agent Sarah Fargo. Luker was…

New Dickens-Inspired ‘Estella Scrooge’ Musical To Stream With Cast & Creatives From Top Broadway Productions

EXCLUSIVE With a roster of Broadway actors from such recent or on-pause productions as Waitress, Hadestown, The Play That Goes Wrong and Moulin Rouge!, a new musical inspired by A Christmas Carol and other works of Charles Dickens will make its streaming debut before Christmas utilizing technology to combine socially…

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‘Moulin Rouge!’, ‘The Inheritance’, Danny Burstein Among Top Drama League Award Winners

Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical and The Inheritance were named outstanding musical and play of the 2019-20 theater season by New York’s Drama League, the organization announced today. The 86th Annual Drama League Awards – announced virtually in lieu of an in-person gathering – covered the shortened theater season…

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‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ Announces Cast For Pre-Broadway Boston Premiere

Tony-winner Karen Olivo, Next to Normal‘s Aaron Tveit and six-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein have been set as the principal cast in the upcoming Moulin Rouge! The Musical, the world premiere engagement in Boston of the Broadway-bound production. Based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie, the stage version, produced by…

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A ‘Fiddler On The Roof’ Broadway Revival That Reaches For Topicality – Review

Bartlett Sher’s shows tend to announce themselves with a visual bang, an effect that delights the eye and lassoes us into the story: The levitating orchestra floating away to reveal the sun-splashed setting of South Pacific; the ship that all but docks in our laps at the beginning of The King And I. For Fiddler On The…

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