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The West End Productions of "Hamilton" and "Les Miserables" are under fire on Twitter for their "ironic" tributes to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.#Hamilton #LesMiz -
5 Quarantine-Inspired Parodies Loved by the Internet
The global coronavirus outbreak has postponed music events, tours, and festivals left and right. Fortunately, it has also spawned a variety of ingenious ways to keep people connected and sharing that much-needed positivity. Other people, however, have taken the current state of things to rework some of the songs we all know and love. -
Hamilton Cast Album Sells 1.46 Million Copies, Becomes 5th Largest Selling Cast Recording
'Hamilton,' recorded by the Broadway cast, surpassed the Jersey Boys as the fifth biggest-selling cast album since 1991. It sold over 1.46 million copies, according to Nielsen Music. -
Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan 'Stages' 2016 Tour Tickets On Sale!
Multi-platinum selling artist Josh Groban announced last month that he will be hitting the road this summer to support his hugely successful 2015 release, 'Stages,' which features a collection of songs from Broadway musicals. The tour, which he has penned 'Josh Groban: On Stage,' will kick off on July 15 in New Orleans and will run until August 26 in Los Angeles. Groban's tour will include Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan for all dates, and the ticket demand has quickly risen to see the dynamic pair perform live this summer. -
Wiz Khalifa's 'See You Again' and More: 5 No. 1 Soundtracks and The Singles That Powered Them
This week's Billboard 200 featured the soundtrack to Furious 7 reaching no. 1 after four weeks on the charts. What's propelled the album to higher and higher sales every week? For one thing, the release of the film. More importantly however is the new metrics behind the Billboard 200, which now counts song streams and downloads toward "equivalent album sales." When an album has one song that really hits home with the population, that in turn helps the album that features it to move higher on the Billboard 200 charts. For Furious 7, that song is "See You Again," a track by Wiz Khalifa paying homage to deceased actor Paul Walker. -
'Chicago,' 'Cats,' 'The Lion King' and More: Broadway's 7 Longest Running Theater Productions
This week marks several important dates for long-running Broadway productions, as Grease closed on this date during 1980 after 3,883 performances—at that point the record for longest running show in history in the New York theatre district—and just this week Mamma Mia! pulled the plug after getting to no. 8 all time with 5,582 total performances. So yes, the record has lengthened greatly since Grease first closed its doors. The following are the 7 longest-running Broadway plays in history, including Cats, Chicago, The Lion King and more: -
New Musical Play by Alain Boublil Is Off-Broadway Bound
A new musical play by the 'Les Misérables' and 'Miss Saigon' lyricist/librettist is scheduled to open in December at 59E59 Theaters. -
Why Elton John and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' Will Work as an Animated Film
The Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is to be turned into an animated film. This won't be the first before-the-cameras version of the popular show. In 1999 Donny Osmond, Joan Collins, Richard Attenborough and Maria Freidman... -
Cast Announced for 'Miss Saigon' 25th Anniversary Production at London's Prince Edward Theatre
We always knew it would happen. The famous helicopter in the musical (actually, it's a through-sung rock opera, but let's not quibble) 'Miss Saigon' is set to land again in London--along with the rest of the show, in a new production. The occasion is the 25th anniversary... -
Lang Lang, Hans Zimmer, Pavarotti Win Big at Classic Brit Awards 2013 [FULL LIST]
They might have been on strike at Carnegie Hall, but across the pond in Blightly, the Classic Brit Awards still steamrolled ahead. A massive production--filmed for mainstream, primetime TV (the ITV1 channel)--it was a cast of... -
Five Quickies: Les Misérables with Lawyers, Donald Rosenberg on Modern American Symphonies, Britten's Lost 'Sylphides,' Charlie Parker's Birthday, Snapchat Opera
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Miley Cyrus 'On My Own' [LISTEN]: Liam Hemsworth's Fiance Covers Favorite 'Les Miserables' Song, Future on Broadway? Song for 2013 Album?
Miley Cyrus recently posted an audio track to her YouTube account of a one-minute, 38-second cover of "On My Own." This song is a stand out track from the musical and movie Les Miserables, sung by the heartbroken character Eponine...
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