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Merrily We Roll Along: Sondheim's Cult Musical Gets the Hollywood Treatment
A journey from rock bottom to new beginnings - but told backwards? That's the magic of Stephen Sondheim's Tony award-winning Merrily We Roll Along, which is now officially making its way to the big screen. A filmed version of the recent Bro...
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He may have little stage time (9 minutes, with 6 of those minutes sung), but his British Invasion-inspired songs, paired with his over-the-top cape-flipping, make this loony monarch a complete standout. In honour of Daniel Boys (Hamilton UK...
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Wands at the ready! The theatrical heavyweight, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to you on tour! Following record-breaking and multi-award-winning runs in London's West End and on Broadway, countrywide audiences can now experience the magic of the astounding production when it apparates to your city from 2025 onwards. A continuation of The Boy Who Lived's story, 'Cursed Child catches up with Harry and co. as grown-ups, where the challenges of adulthood, jobs, and kids prove far scarier than anything Voldemort could have cooked up!...
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The seven-time Tony-winning hit, "The Wiz," is back with a brand new tour the first in 40 years! The soul, gospel, funk, and R&B-fused reimagining of Frank L. Baum's "The Wizard of Oz" is taking to the road on the second leg of its tour in a brand new production directed by Schele Williams, presenting William F. Brown and Charlie Smalls' vibrant musical for the 21st century. With additional material by Amber Ruffin and choreography by Jaquel Knight, join Dorothy, Toto, Tinman, Scarecrow, and Lion as they boogie down the Yellow Brick Road in search of heart, knowledge, courage, and home!...
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The 13-time Tony-nominated, Grammy-winning show is coming to you! The classic black and white romantic comedy Some Like It Hot bursts onto the stage in full technicolor during a new imagining of Billy Wilder's 1959 musical mobster classic. Widely considered one of the most influential and celebrated filmmakers of the Golden Era of Hollywood cinema, Wilder brought together silver screen legends Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon for bonafide box office success, creating one of the most beloved films of the MGM canon in the process....
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