Hinton Battle, a dazzling dancer who won the first of his three Tony Awards in 1981 for his performance in the Duke Ellington musical revue “Sophisticated Ladies” after learning how to tap dance in the weeks leading up to opening night, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 67.
Tag: Musicals
‘The Color Purple’ Tips Its Hat to Classic Black Musicals
Even when Hollywood saw little use for Black performers other than as mammies and butlers, the musical genre, a storytelling mode composed of magical realist fantasy and hoofing artistry, provided space for Cab Calloway, Lena Horne and Dorothy Dandridge to manifest their glamorous glow. Through rapturous songs, sung in resplendent
Name These Books That Became Broadway Musicals
Welcome to Great Adaptations, the Book Review’s monthly quiz about books that have been made into television shows, movies, theatrical productions and more. This month’s challenge is about books that were adapted into Broadway musicals; coincidentally, all of the correct answers were adapted into films before they made it to
These were the most frequently performed plays and musicals in high schools this year
Spring Woods High School in Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production of The Addams Family. Susan Doremus/Educational Theatre Associaton hide caption toggle caption Susan Doremus/Educational Theatre Associaton Spring Woods High School in Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production
Broadway and Beyond: Plays and Musicals to See This Season
PLAZA SUITE Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker star in a revival of Neil Simon’s 1968 comedy, made up of three one-act farces about three different couples — all played by the same actors — staying in the same hotel room at different times. It will be the first time
In London, Musicals That Stay True to a Brand
LONDON — There’s a human story embedded within the shiny toy that is “Back to the Future: The Musical,” which opened Monday night at the Adelphi Theater here. But you pretty much know from the start that a revved-up audience is saving its greatest roar of recognition for a certain
Musicals Return to Broadway With ‘Waitress’ and ‘Hadestown’
“Without Broadway,” he said, “New York would never come back economically.” The longest shutdown in Broadway history started to end in late June, when Bruce Springsteen began a return engagement of his concert show, “Springsteen on Broadway,” which sold strongly and is scheduled to conclude on Saturday; the first play,