Tony Awards
The 2024 Tony Awards were electrified by a surprise performance from Alicia Keys and Jay-Z, who delivered their iconic hit “Empire State of Mind.” The duo last performed the song together in 2016. The event, hosted by Ariana DeBose, was held at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Alicia Keys, dressed in a […]
Alicia Keys’ musical “Hell’s Kitchen,” a tribute to her upbringing in New York City, has achieved significant recognition at the 2024 Tony Awards with 13 nominations, tying with another musical, “Stereophonic.” The play has been nominated across several major categories, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Direction, and Best Choreography. Notably, Maleah […]
The 75th annual Tony Awards were held Sunday night, returning to Radio City Music Hall for the first time since the pandemic. While it was an exciting night to see the awards ‘return to normal,’ it was even extra cool to see a little bit of Rochester there. Kenita Miller, who grew up in Penfield, […]
Rochester’s own Kenita Miller was one of the nominees for the 2022 Tony Award “Best Featured Actress in a Play.” Miller who grew up in Penfield, was nominated for the production of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf.” The award went to Phylicia Rashad for her work in […]
Jennifer Hudson joins the elite status of “EGOT”. The awards term “EGOT” refers to people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony over the course of their careers in entertainment. At the 2022 Tony Awards Hudson achieved EGOT with her Tony win for producing “A Strange Loop.” Notable figures who […]
“A Strange Loop,” a scalding story about a gay, Black theater artist confronting self-doubt and societal disapproval, won the Tony Award for best new musical. “MJ,” a jukebox musical about the entertainer Michael Jackson, also landed key prizes. Winning lead performance by Myles Frost, a 22-year-old in his first professional stage role, and for the […]
Post the infamous Will Smith/Chris Rock slap, the Tony Awards organizers felt the need to address what would happen if this were to happen again at their awards ceremony. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the organization stated: “The Tony Awards has a strict no violence policy. In the event of an incident, the perpetrator will […]
Billy Porter has just signed a new deal with Island Records and Republic Records. “Music is my first love,” said Porter. “I grew up singing in the church. When I first put out commercial music in 1997, the industry was not ready for all this Black Boy Joy! But luckily the world has caught up. […]
Sources say that Lashana Lynch has been cast in Netflix’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Lynch will be playing the part of Matilda’s sweet, yet strong teacher, Miss Honey. The film will combine the original plot of the 1996 movie and the 2010 musical production, Matilda The Musical which won 7 Oliver Awards and […]
Robert De Niro said some words about Donald Trump during his speech at the Tony Awards that got him a standing ovation. He said something that a lot of people across the nation want to say and have said just not on this level.
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