[ad_1] Broadway icon Chita Rivera, best known for her role as Anita in the original 1957 Broadway cast of “West Side Story,” has died at age 91. Rivera died Tuesday in New York after a brief illness, her daughter said in a statement provided to CBS News. Rivera, a trailblazer for other Latinas aspiring to the…
[ad_1] One of the most highly coveted honors in Hollywood is becoming an EGOT — one of those rare performers who’s won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Cinching these major awards in TV, music, film and Broadway isn’t easy and only 19 people have done it so far. Here is a full…
[ad_1] Passage: In memoriam – CBS News Watch CBS News “Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including Tony- and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick (“Fiddler on the Roof”). Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On…
[ad_1] Nonbinary actors make Tony Awards history as show goes on without script – CBS News Watch CBS News J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell became the first openly nonbinary performers to win Tony Awards for acting. The ceremony was held Sunday and done without a script due to the ongoing writers’ strike. Be the…
[ad_1] Tony Awards history was made Sunday when Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting as the Broadway community seized the moment amid a Hollywood writers’ strike that left theater’s biggest night without a script. “Thank you for the humanity. Thank you for my incredible company…
[ad_1] “Camelot”: King Arthur, in myth and music – CBS News Watch CBS News Nominated for five Tony Awards including best musical revival, Lerner & Loewe’s “Camelot” is a romantic telling of King Arthur, Queen Guenevere and the Knights of the Round Table. But did Arthur really exist? Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with professor Dorsey…
[ad_1] Andrew Lloyd Webber on the future of Broadway – CBS News Watch CBS News With the closing of “Phantom of the Opera,” and his latest musical, “Bad Cinderella,” there is no Andrew Lloyd Webber production on Broadway for the first time in 43 years. The composer who helped define musical theater over the past…
[ad_1] Curtain up for the 76th annual Tony Awards – CBS News Watch CBS News The spotlight shines bright on Broadway tonight with the 76th annual Tony Awards, presented live on CBS and Paramount+. “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley offers a preview with some of the creators and performers being celebrated. Be the first to…
[ad_1] Joel Grey on a life in the theater – CBS News Watch CBS News As Broadway prepares for the Tony Awards, renowned song and dance man Joel Grey, who will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award, offers his thoughts on the special community formed by those in the theater – and the audience….
[ad_1] Writers want to stop AI from taking jobs Writers strike focuses on whether AI could take jobs from screenwriters 05:40 Striking Hollywood writers have asked their fellow Writers Guild of America members who are up for Tony Awards not to attend the ceremony on June 11, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The WGA recently…
