Dee Hoty has never really considered herself the Dolly Levi type.
When it comes to the canon of legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman, the three-time Tony Award nominee aspired to and played the unconventional bohemian Mame in the musical of the same name, rather than the determined matchmaker of “Hello, Dolly!” Read MORE
Veteran Broadway music director Pippin will go behind the scenes of Broadway’s biggest hits at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
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What a wonderful world indeed: “Pops,” a podcast about the life of music legend Louis Armstrong, is the next project from the team behind the “Inside Jaws” podcast. “Good Girls” actor Reno Wilson will play Armstrong, narrating his life story, in the series expected to premiere in early 2019. Read MORE
Alli Mauzey is a Broadway actress known for her Theatre World Award-winning performance as Lenora in Cry Baby, Brenda in Hairspray as well as currently playing Ernestina in the Tony award-winning revival of musical Hello, Dolly! Here she tells Mandy News how she got into theatre, what a typical day working on Broadway is like and what actors can do to succeed. Read MORE
“Out there! There’s a world outside of Yonkers…”
Ten years ago, the rousing first notes of Hello, Dolly’s “Put On Your Sunday Clothes” burst back onto the big screen juxtaposed against starry animations of our galaxy, creating an unforgettable cinema moment.
WALL-E, the Pixar film about a trash-compacting robot left behind on a post-apocalyptic Earth, introduced one of the more unlikely pairings in film history by making the lovable title character a fan of the golden-age musical (specifically, the 1969 film adaptation).
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