Why Funny Girl Might Be for You: The Broadway Applause Series Salutes Funny Girl!

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Written by: Brittani Samuel

The “greatest star” is back! More than five decades after its original Broadway debut, Funny Girl is running now under the bright lights of the August Wilson Theater. The 1964 Tony-nominated musical-turned-movie was the vehicle that launched American songstress Barbra Streisand’s entertainment career into the stratosphere. Now, the role of the lovable, plucky hopeless romantic Fanny Brice is bringing delight to a new generation of musical theatre lovers. Here are six reasons why you do not want to miss Funny Girl’s long-awaited revival.

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“VICTOR VICTORIA” AT LIPS FORT LAUDERDALE WILL RETURN WITH THE ROLE REVERSALS OF LEADING MEN AND WOMEN TO BENEFIT NEIGHBORS 4 NEIGHBORS ON OCTOBER 6

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (August 16, 2022) – Lips, the ultimate in drag dining, will celebrate the return of its annual “Victor Victoria” event benefiting Neighbors 4 Neighbors. This cherished event will feature the role reversal and stage debut of Ashley O., Erick Eldridge, Jackie Nepola and Justin Nepola,  at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 6.

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1997 TV Cinderella, Starring Brandy, Sets 25th Anniversary Reunion Special on 20/20

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Written by: Logan Culwell-Block


Film & TV News

1997 TV Cinderella, Starring Brandy, Sets 25th Anniversary Reunion Special on 20/20

The event will feature original cast members Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Victor Garber, and more.

The 1997 TV production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, starring Brandy and the late Whitney Houston, has set a 25th anniversary reunion special for ABC-TV’s 20/20, airing August 23 during Disney’s World Princess Week. The one-hour-long event will feature original cast members Brandy and Whoopi Goldberg, Paolo Montalban, Victor Garber, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, Veanne Cox, along with Billy Porter, Todrick Hall, Jade Jones, and more reflecting on the impact of the movie musical. The special will be followed by the first broadcast TV airing of the film in more than two decades.

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Olivia Newton-John, Star of Grease and Xanadu Films, Dies at 73

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Written by: Andrew Gans

Obituaries

Olivia Newton-John, Star of Grease and Xanadu Films, Dies at 73

The singer and actor also enjoyed a string of hits, including “Physical,” “I Honestly Love You,” and “Have You Never Been Mellow.”

 

The angelic-voiced Olivia Newton-John, who rocketed to superstardom opposite John Travolta in the blockbuster film version of the Broadway musical Grease, passed away August 8, according to a statement from husband John Easterling. She was 73.

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The Broadway at LPAC Series Announces 2023 Season Lineup at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center

LAUDERHILL, FL:  Arts Center Management (ACM), a multi-platform theatre management company, will partner with the City of Lauderhill to produce the Broadway at LPAC Series at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center in 2023. The blockbuster three-show season kicks off in January 2023. This year’s lineup will feature the smash hit musicals The Full Monty, 42nd Street and Always Patsy Cline!

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RPM: A Night of One Acts

Art ON in conjunction with Miami Arts Studio REP presents RPM: A Night of One Acts. Written by Miami native playwright Ozzie Quintana, we follow two stories of machismo and feminism with a Cuban backdrop; almost a hundred years apart in time, but timeless in their content.

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IN A TIME OF LOSS AND GRIEF, GABLESTAGE BRINGS JOAN DIDION’S ‘THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING’ TO LIFE

Posted By Christine Dolen
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Celebrated writers Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne were married for four decades, partners in life and sometimes in their work. They were, as she said to her nephew Griffin Dunne in the 2017 Netflix documentary “The Center Will Not Hold,” each other’s first reader. If one wrote the first draft of a screenplay, the other would function as a kind of “super editor (“Didion’s term), changing and rewriting until it was nearly impossible to tell who did what. In other words, their lives were uncommonly entwined. So when Dunne died suddenly of a heart attack in December 2003, Didion’s world was forever altered.

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