A Bronx Tale (musical)
''A Bronx Tale'' is a musical based on the play by the same name with a book by Chazz Palminteri, music by Alan Menken, and lyrics by Glenn Slater. After a ten-year development process, the original one man show was adapted into a new musical and premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey on February 4, 2016, before opening on Broadway December 1 later that year. The original Broadway production was co-directed by Robert De Niro Robert Anthony De Niro ( , ; born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, and film producer. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of his generation. De Niro is the recipient of List of awards and ..., who had directed the original film, and Jerry Zaks, who had directed the one man show on Broadway in 2007. The show also features choreography by Sergio Trujillo. Tommy Mottola serves as the production's leading producer. Production history The musical began previews on Broad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alan Menken
Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received List of awards and nominations received by Alan Menken, numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Awards, Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award. He is one of 21 recipients to have won the competitive EGOT, EGOT (Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony). He is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Menken's contributions to ''The Little Mermaid (1989 film), The Little Mermaid'' (1989), ''Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Beauty and the Beast'' (1991), ''Aladdin (1992 Disney film), Aladdin'' (1992), and ''Pocahontas (1995 film), Pocahontas'' (1995) won him two Academy Awards for each film. He also composed the scores and songs for ''Little Shop of Horrors (film), Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''Newsies'' (1992), ''The Hunchback of Not ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Howell Binkley
Howell Bagby Binkley (July 25, 1956 – August 14, 2020) was an American lighting designer in modern dance and musical theatre. He received the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical for ''Jersey Boys'' in 2006, and again in 2016 for ''Hamilton''. Early life and education Binkley was born in 1956 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As a teenager, he became interested in theatre, participating in theatre summer camps for three years at the North Carolina School of the Arts. In addition, Binkley picked up jobs unloading trucks at the R. J. Reynolds Memorial Auditorium in Winston-Salem. He attended the adjacent to Richard J. Reynolds High School. He considered studying architecture in college, and applied to architecture programs at multiple state universities in North Carolina, but was not admitted to any of them. Binkley instead enrolled in the theatre program at East Carolina University (ECU) in Greenville, North Carolina in 1974. Less than two years into his studi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Musicals Set In New York City
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the light opera works of Jacques Offenbach in France, Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and the works of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by Edwardian musical com ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Broadway Musicals
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous with the district, it is closely identified with Times Square. Only three theaters are located on Broadway itself: the Broadway Theatre, Palace Theatre, and Winter Garden Theatre. The rest are ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Musicals Based On Plays
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the light opera works of Jacques Offenbach in France, Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and the works of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by Edwardian musical com ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016 Musicals
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Coco Jones
Courtney Michaela Ann "Coco" Jones (born January 4, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Born in Columbia, South Carolina and raised in Lebanon, Tennessee, Jones began auditioning as a child to pursue a career in entertainment. She first appeared on the competition series Radio Disney's The Next Big Thing, ''Radio Disney's Next Big Thing'' (2010–11), which led to her signing with the company's Hollywood Records and being cast in several The Walt Disney Company, Disney Channel properties as recurring roles including the sketch comedy ''So Random!'' (2011–12) and the sitcom ''Good Luck Charlie'' (2012–13). She had her breakthrough role as Roxanne "Roxy" Andrews in the 2012 Musical film, musical television film ''Let It Shine (film), Let It Shine'', where she co-starred with Tyler James Williams and lent her vocals to the Let It Shine (soundtrack), soundtrack. She returned to a recording career in 2022, signing with High Standardz and Def Jam Recordings and rele ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joshua Colley
Joshua Robert Colley (born January 20, 2002) is an American actor and singer. Early life Joshua Robert Colley was born on January 20, 2002, to Brad and Robbie Lynn Colley. Colley was raised in Trinity, Florida. He has a twin brother named Cameron. Career Colley played the role of Les in the musical ''Newsies'' between March 11, 2013, and February 2, 2014. In January 2014, it was announced that Colley would play the role of Gavroche in the Broadway revival of ''Les Misérables'', alternating in that role with Gaten Matarazzo. Colley started with the show when it began previews on March 1, 2014, and performed until March 1, 2015. ''The Huffington Post'' called Colley's performance "'grounded and believable and anything but an outtake from ''Oliver!''" In 2014, Colley was cast as the voice of Pig Robinson in the Nick Jr. Channel animated television show ''Peter Rabbit''. He voiced the role from 2014 to 2015. Colley played the lead role in ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joseph Barbara (actor)
Joseph Edward Barbara (born December 5, 1967) is an American television and soap opera actor. Early life Barbara was born on December 5, 1967, in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He has a B.S. in television and film production from Syracuse University. After leaving college, he worked briefly as a production assistant at ''Entertainment Tonight''. Career Barbara is currently starring in the first national tour ''A Bronx Tale - The Musical'', written by Chazz Palminteri and directed by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks. He is best known for his role on '' Another World'' as Joseph Carlino (from 1995 to 1999). He then appeared on ''All My Children'' in 2000 as Paolo Caselli. He also appeared on Broadway in the revival of the musical '' Grease'' (as Danny Zuko) and off-Broadway in '' Tony and Tina's Wedding'' (as 'Dominick Fabrizi'). He is currently performing the role of mob boss Gyp DeCarlo in the Las Vegas production of ''Jersey Boys''. He was also the voice of Ray Boccino in ''Grand ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Broadway Licensing
Broadway Licensing Global is a theatrical licensing agency and publisher based in New York City, founded in 2017 by Sean Cercone. In 2023 the company rebranded from Broadway Licensing Group to Broadway Licensing Global to reflect its international growth. Broadway Licensing Global and its imprints currently have over 8,000 plays and musicals available for professional and non-professional licensing. Playwrights include Arthur Miller, Lynn Nottage, Tom Stoppard, John Leguizamo, and more. Recently acquired titles '' Jaja's African Hair Braiding'' by Jocelyn Bioh, '' Oh, Mary!'' by Cole Escola, ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'', based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne. History Broadway Licensing was established in 2017 by Rebel Rebel Capital, which had previously acquired Playscripts, Inc. in 2014. Cercone was named president, and purchased Broadway Licensing, as well as Playscripts, two years laters in 2019, with the company rebranding as t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ariana DeBose
Ariana DeBose (; born January 25, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She has received List of awards and nominations received by Ariana DeBose, various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2022, ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named her one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world. DeBose was a contestant on the So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series) season 6, sixth season of ''So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series), So You Think You Can Dance'' in 2009, where she finished in the top 20. She made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in ''Bring It On: The Musical'' in 2011 and continued her work on Broadway with roles in ''Motown: The Musical'' (2013) and ''Pippin (musical), Pippin'' (2014). From 2015 to 2016, she was one of the original ensemble members in Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical ''Hamilton (musica ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard H
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Ander ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |