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Fox Theatre Season to Include Lion King, Book of Mormon and & Juliet

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Atlanta’s Fox Theatre has announced its musical and play subscription season for 2024-25 that includes perennial favorites, recent Broadway hits, and a few surprises. The season includes five Atlanta premieres. 





Tickets are not yet on sale, but fans can reserve Priority Access with a $49 deposit by clicking here: https://atlanta.broadway.com/deposit





Here are the shows that will be lighting up Atlanta:





Disney's The Lion King – The long-running Elton John musical based on the Disney animated film. October 2-20, 2024





’Twas the Night Before... Cirque de Soleil puts its unique spin on the classic Christmas poem with a story about a jaded young girl who rediscovers the magic of the holidays. – November 29-December 15, 2024





& Juliet – The recent Broadway hit that imagines what would have happened to Juliet of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet if she had lived. January 7-12, 2025





Clue – Murder mystery based on the popular board game. January 28-February 2, 2025





Mamma Mia! – The joyous musical built around the songs of the rock group ABBA. February 25-March 2, 2025





A Beautiful Noise – A biographical musical based on rocker Neil Diamond’s life and songbook. March 11-16, 2025





Parade – Jason Robert Brown’s musical drama about a man wrongly accused of murder in 1913 Atlanta. April 1-6, 2025





Peter Pan – The beloved musical about the magical boy from Neverland who refuses to grow up. April 22-27, 2025





Shucked – A wacky Broadway musical comedy about how a warmhearted Southern town deals with a con man who says he can save their dying corn crop. May 20-25, 2025





The Book of Mormon – The hit musical comedy about two young Mormons who set off on their mission trip and find an unorthodox way to convert the locals. Adult themes. June 24-29, 2025





Click here to view the season trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBqDaeO85M





Photo: A scene from Disney’s The Lion King, coming to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. 


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Atlanta’s Fox Theatre has announced its musical and play subscription season for 2024-25 that includes perennial favorites, recent Broadway hits, and a few surprises. The season includes five Atlanta premieres.  …

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Carlos Simon: Curating a Concert with a Powerful Social Conscience

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A Conversation with Phil Kloer about the Atlanta Symphony performance of Carlos Simon’s curated works February 15-16, 2024.





Growing up in Atlanta, Carlos Simon never attended the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.





“Tickets were just too expensive for our family,” he recalls. More than that, his father, pastor of Galilee Way of the Cross Church in College Park, discouraged any music other than gospel in the Simon home.





So, when the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra contacted him a year and a half ago and asked him to curate a special program, Simon felt called to make it one that would reflect both the Black experience in music and his own journey in becoming one of the premier Black classical composers in the United States. A composer in residence at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., where he lives, he is also an associate professor at Georgetown University.





“When they approached me,” he says, “I remembered singing in the Morehouse Glee Club with the ASO with Robert Spano about 2004, singing Porgy and Bess, singing Beethoven’s Ninth. It changed my life.





“I said I’m going to have a piece performed by the Atlanta Symphony someday. But I had no idea how to get there.”





Up and Coming





Simon’s family moved from Washington, D.C., to East Point when he was 10. “East Point at the time was not what it is today,” he says.





“Now it’s up and coming, but then it was kind of the hood.” His father’s church provided a community and was “the center of everything” when he was a boy. But his friends were all clued into the latest hip-hop hits, and he was clueless.





“I’m still playing catch-up,” he says with a chuckle. Attending Tri-Cities High School in East Point, alma mater of Outkast’s Big Boi and Andre 3000, he flourished in the performing arts, learned piano and composition, and was exposed to the breadth of Black music.





Although he had been limited to a diet of mostly gospel, he discovered, as he frames it now, “A lot of Black music, including jazz, hip hop, and gospel, is birthed out of extreme hardship. Even if it’s positive, it comes out of something that is dark. And that’s one thing I learned: Hip hop had the same DNA as gospel music.”





After earning his PhD at the University of Michigan, Simon taught music at both Spelman and Morehouse Colleges, before moving to Georgetown University in 2019. In 2021, he received the Sphinx Medal of Excellence from the Sphinx Organization.





Something to Take Away





His compositions reflect his interest in social justice. Elegy is dedicated to Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner and Michael Brown, and Requiem for the Enslaved combines spirituals, hip hop and elements of the Latin Mass to tell the story of slaves once owned by Georgetown University.





The ASO program Simon has assembled reflects his eclecticism, so it includes spirituals, arias from European composers, and ring dance music. “We wanted something where everyday people who don’t normally go to the Atlanta Symphony could have something to take away,” he says.





It was also important for Simon, a Morehouse grad, to honor the importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); the glee clubs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges are both on tap for the evening.





“I wanted to highlight the role of HBCUs, particularly in classical music. Brian Major and I were at Morehouse at the same time, and we have him singing an aria and a spiritual. Same thing with soprano Kearstin Piper Brown.”





‘You Listened’





Finally, the evening showcases Simon’s passion for social justice, closing with brea(d)th, his 35-minute composition about the killing of George Floyd, in collaboration with poet/librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. The two men spent three years talking to people in Minneapolis who had known Floyd to write the piece.





“We talk about the [killing] in brea(d)th, but it’s more about the future and what we need to do collectively to make sure this doesn’t happen again, and being aware of how much work needs to be done for equity,” he says.





It was commissioned by the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra and premiered there in April 2023. “The greatest compliment we received was from his aunt,” he says. “It was: ‘You listened.’”





“And that was the greatest part, listening to them talking about him and who he was, not what you saw on CNN.





“Hopefully,” he adds, “it was something George Floyd would have wanted to hear.”





Photo: Carlos Simon. Photo by Terrance Ragland







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A Conversation with Phil Kloer about the Atlanta Symphony performance of Carlos Simon’s curated works February 15-16, 2024. Growing up in Atlanta, Carlos Simon never attended the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. …

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“Bohème Project” Will Open Atlanta Opera 24-25 “Hero” Season

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The Atlanta Opera will open its 2024-25 season (the company’s 45th) with two installments in its multi-season “Bohème Project”: a contemporary and immersive opera experience that alternates a new version of Giacomo Puccini’s tragedy La bohème set during the 2020s COVID-19 pandemicwith its modern-day analogue, Jonathan Larson’s Rent, set in the during the darkest days of the AIDS epidemic. 





Both will be performed at Atlanta’s converted industrial complex Pullman Yards (Sept. 18-Oct. 16). They follow the current (January 2024) production of the opera in its traditional 19th century setting when the leading character is dying of tuberculosis.





They will be part of a full season of six opera productions inspired by the archetypal “hero’s journey” found in myths and fairytales from around the world. 





The two “Bohème Project” operas will be followed by General & Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun’s new production of Wagner’s Siegfried (April 26-May 4), the third opera in The Atlanta Opera’s Ring Cycle. As Siegfried, the acclaimed Greer Grimsley is joined by the “impassioned” (Parterre Box 2022) heldentenor Stefan Vinke, together with luminaries of the Wagner repertory Barry Banks as Mime, Lise Lindstrom, who “brings instant star power to the role of Brunnhilde” (Classical CD Reviews) and the “burning, taut contralto” (New York Classical Review) of Lindsay Ammann in the role of Erda 





In its first complete season as one of the 10 top-tier opera companies in the U.S., The Atlanta Opera’s mainstage series at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre includes Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Nov 2-10) featuring Rainelle Krause as Queen of the Night in her company debut and Santiago Ballerini as the hero Tamino. Michael Mayes will play the anti-hero of Giuseppe Verdi’s Macbeth (March 1-9) joined by Sara Gartland as Lady Macbeth.  The regular season will conclude with Handel’s Semele featuring Lauren Snouffer as the hero who, like Macbeth, allows her ambition to mislead her into disaster (June 7-15). 





All mainstage series productions will be livestreamed and filmed for release by The Atlanta Opera Film Studio.


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Broadway

Kimberly Akimbo, Leopoldstadt Win Top 2023 Tony Awards

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Kimberly Akimbo won Best Musical and Leopoldstadt won Best Play at the 76th annual Antoinette Perry (“Tony”) Awards ceremony on June 11, celebrating the best in Broadway theatre.





Best Revival awards went to Parade for Musical and Topdog/Underdog for Play. 





Kimberly Akimbo was the top award-getter, earning five: Best Musical, Best Book (David Lindsay-Abaire), Best Score (Jeanine Tesori and Lindsay-Abaire), Best Actress in a Musical (Victoria Clark) and Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Bonnie Milligan).





Many of the shows announced plans for national tours in the weeks since the nominations were made public, including Kimberly Akimbo, Some Like it Hot, & Juliet and New York, New York.





Though 12 of the season’s 40 productions won at least one Tony Award, several major productions came away with no award at all, including & Juliet and Into the Woods. 





As part of its agreement with the Writers Guild of America, which is currently on strike, the Tony Ceremony used no script, which eliminated canned banter. That left more time for performances. The ceremony still ran four hours, including one hour of technical awards and special awards on a streaming service, and three hours of the major awards on CBS-TV.





Hosted again this year by Ariana DeBose, the Tonys were presented jointly by The American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League.





Here is a complete list of the 2023 winners:





Best New Musical
Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori





Best New Play
Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard





Best Musical Revival
Parade by Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown





Best Play Revival
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks





Best Original Score
Kimberly Akimbo, music by Jeanine Tesori; lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire





Best Book of a Musical
David Lindsay-Abaire, Kimberly Akimbo





Best Choreography
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot





Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo





Best Leading Actor in a Musical
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot





Best Leading Actor in a Play
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar





Best Leading Actress in a Play
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie





Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Alex Newell, Shucked





Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo





Best Featured Actor in a Play
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt





Best Featured Actress in a Play
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window





Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, Parade





Best Direction of a Play
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt





Best Orchestrations
Charlie Rosen and Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot





Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York





Best Scenic Design of a Play
Tim Hatley and Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi





Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot





Best Costume Design of a Play
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt





Best Sound Design of a Musical
Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street





Best Sound Design of a Play
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi





Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street





Best Lighting Design of a Play
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi





Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement
Joel Grey and John Kander





Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theater
Lisa Dawn Cave, Victoria Bailey and Robert Fried





Isabelle Stevenson Award
Jerry Mitchell





Regional Theater Tony Award
Pasadena Playhouse





Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education
Jason Zembuch Young





Award totals by show:





Kimberly Akimbo: 5
Leopoldstadt: 4
Some Like It Hot: 4
Life of Pi: 3
Parade: 2
Sweeney Todd: 2
Good Night, Oscar: 1
New York New York: 1
Prima Facie: 1
Shucked: 1
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window: 1
Topdog/Underdog: 1





Photo: Tony winner Victoria Clark and Tony nominee Justin Cooley in Kimberly Akimbo.


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Some Like It Hot, &Juliet Lead in Tony Nominations 

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Nominations were announced May 2 for the American Theatre Wing’s 76th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards for superlative achievement on Broadway.





Some Like It Hot, a musical based on the 1959 film comedy about two musicians on the run from the mob, led the field of musicals with 14 nominations, including Best Musical. It was nominated at least once in every category for which it was eligible.





Some Like It Hot was followed by &Juliet; New York, New York; and Shucked, all of which earned nine nominations apiece.





Among non-musical plays, three were tied for most nomination, with six apiece: Ain't No Mo’, A Doll’s House and Leopoldstadt.





Fat Ham, a reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set at a Southern barbecue, followed with five nominations. The show previously won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. 





Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the Tonys were announced May 2 by Lea Michele, star of the current Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and 2022 Tony Award winner Myles Frost (MJ).





The Tony Awards ceremony will be hosted for the second consecutive year by Ariana DeBose, who won an Oscar for her performance in the 2021 film adaptation of West Side Story. The 2023 Tony ceremony will be broadcast live from the United Palace Theatre in New York City, on Sunday, June 11. The celebration will commence at 7-8 PM, ET/4–5 PM PT, with exclusive content streaming only on the Paramount+ streaming service, followed by the presentation of the awards from 8-11 PM, LIVE ET/5-8 PM, LIVE PT on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+.





The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 39 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. A total of 27 of the 41 shows that opened in the 2022-23 season earned at least one nomination. The 2023 Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. 





Here is the complete list of nominations for the 2023 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards. 





Best Play
Ain't No Mo’
Author: Jordan E. Cooper





Between Riverside and Crazy
Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis





Cost of Living
Author: Martyna Majok





Fat Ham
Author: James Ijames





Leopoldstadt
Author: Tom Stoppard





Best Musical
&Juliet
Kimberly Akimbo
New York, New York
Shucked
Some Like It Hot 





Best Revival of a Musical
Into the Woods
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Parade
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street





Best Revival of a Play
A Doll's House
Author: Henrik Ibsen
New Version: Amy Herzog





August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Author: August Wilson





The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Author: Lorraine Hansberry





Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Author: Suzan-Lori Parks





Best Book of a Musical
& Juliet
David West Read





Kimberly Akimbo
David Lindsay-Abaire





New York, New York
David Thompson & Sharon Washington





Shucked
Robert Horn





Some Like It Hot
Matthew López & Amber Ruffin





Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Almost Famous
Music: Tom Kitt
Lyrics: Cameron Crowe & Tom Kitt





Kimberly Akimbo
Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire
Music: Jeanine Tesori





KPOP
Music & Lyrics: Helen Park & Max Vernon





Shucked
Music and Lyrics: Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally





Some Like It Hot
Music: Marc Shaiman
Lyrics: Scott Wittman & Marc Shaiman





Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Corey Hawkins, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Between Riverside and Crazy
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog
Wendell Pierce, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman





Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Jessica Chastain, A Doll’s House
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie
Jessica Hecht, Summer, 1976
Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders





Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Christian Borle, Some Like It Hot
J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like It Hot
Josh Groban, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Brian d'Arcy James, Into the Woods
Ben Platt, Parade
Colton Ryan, New York, New York





Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Annaleigh Ashford, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sara Bareilles, Into the Woods
Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Lorna Courtney, & Juliet
Micaela Diamond, Parade





Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Jordan E. Cooper, Ain't No Mo’
Samuel L. Jackson, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson
Arian Moayed, A Doll’s House
Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
David Zayas, Cost of Living





Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Nikki Crawford, Fat Ham
Crystal Lucas-Perry, Ain't No Mo’
Miriam Silverman, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living
Kara Young, Cost of Living





Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Kevin Cahoon, Shucked
Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Kevin Del Aguila, Some Like It Hot
Jordan Donica, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Alex Newell, Shucked





Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Julia Lester, Into the Woods
Ruthie Ann Miles, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo
NaTasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot
Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet





Best Direction of a Play
Saheem Ali, Fat Ham
Jo Bonney, Cost of Living
Jamie Lloyd, A Doll's House
Patrick Marber, Leopoldstadt
Stevie Walker-Webb, Ain't No Mo’
Max Webster, Life of Pi





Best Direction of a Musical
Michael Arden, Parade
Lear deBessonet, Into the Woods
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Jack O’Brien, Shucked
Jessica Stone, Kimberly Akimbo





Best Choreography
Steven Hoggett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Casey Nicholaw, Some Like It Hot
Susan Stroman, New York, New York
Jennifer Weber, & Juliet
Jennifer Weber, KPOP





Best Orchestrations
Bill Sherman and Dominic Fallacaro, & Juliet
John Clancy, Kimberly Akimbo
Jason Howland, Shucked
Charlie Rosen & Bryan Carter, Some Like It Hot
Daryl Waters & Sam Davis, New York, New York





Best Scenic Design of a Play
Miriam Buether, Prima Facie
Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding, Life of Pi
Rachel Hauck, Good Night, Oscar
Richard Hudson, Leopoldstadt
Dane Laffrey & Lucy Mackinnon, A Christmas Carol





Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, New York, New York
Mimi Lien, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Michael Yeargan & 59 Productions, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Scott Pask, Shucked
Scott Pask, Some Like It Hot





Best Costume Design of a Play
Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell, Life of Pi
Dominique Fawn Hill, Fat Ham
Brigitte Reiffenstuel, Leopoldstadt
Emilio Sosa, Ain't No Mo’
Emilio Sosa, Good Night, Oscar





Best Costume Design of a Musical
Gregg Barnes, Some Like It Hot
Susan Hilferty, Parade
Jennifer Moeller, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Clint Ramos & Sophia Choi, KPOP
Paloma Young, & Juliet
Donna Zakowska, New York, New York





Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Leopoldstadt
Natasha Chivers, Prima Facie
Jon Clark, A Doll's House
Bradley King, Fat Ham
Tim Lutkin, Life of Pi
Jen Schriever, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman
Ben Stanton, A Christmas Carol





Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, New York, New York
Lap Chi Chu, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
Heather Gilbert, Parade
Howard Hudson, & Juliet
Natasha Katz, Some Like It Hot
Natasha Katz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street





Best Sound Design of a Play
Jonathan Deans & Taylor Williams, Ain't No Mo’
Carolyn Downing, Life of Pi
Joshua D. Reid, A Christmas Carol
Ben & Max Ringham, A Doll's House
Ben & Max Ringham, Prima Facie





Best Sound Design of a Musical
Kai Harada, New York, New York
John Shivers, Shucked
Scott Lehrer & Alex Neumann, Into the Woods
Gareth Owen, & Juliet
Nevin Steinberg, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street





Several special awards have been announced in advance. Director-choreographer Jerry Mitchell will receive the 2023 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award in recognition of “his outstanding dedication and contributions to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) and for more than three decades of volunteer service through the arts.”





Special Tony Awards honoring Excellence in the Theatre will be given to production stage manager, Lisa Dawn Cave; Victoria Bailey, Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund; and theatrical accountant, Robert Fried.





Tony Nominations by Production:





Some Like It Hot - 13





&Juliet - 9





New York, New York - 9





Shucked - 9





Kimberly Akimbo - 8





Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - 8





Ain't No Mo’ - 6





A Doll's House - 6





Into the Woods - 6





Leopoldstadt - 6





Parade - 6





Cost of Living - 5





Fat Ham - 5





Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot - 5





Life of Pi - 5





Prima Facie - 4





A Christmas Carol - 3





Good Night, Oscar - 3





KPOP - 3





Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog - 3





Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman - 2





August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson - 2





Between Riverside and Crazy - 2





The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window - 2





Almost Famous - 1





Ohio State Murders - 1





Summer, 1976 - 1


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Nominations were announced May 2 for the American Theatre Wing’s 76th Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards for superlative achievement on Broadway. Some Like It Hot, a musical based on the …

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Stars of MJ and Funny Girl to Announce 2023 Tony Nominations May 2

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Lea Michele, star of the current Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and 2022 Tony Award winner Myles Frost (MJ) will announce the 76th Annual Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, May 2, 2023.





The nominations announcement will air live on the Tony Awards’ official YouTube Page. A selection of categories will be read live on “CBS Mornings” at 8:30 AM ET. A complete list of the 2023 nominations will be available at.TonyAwards.com immediately following the announcement.





The 2023 Tony ceremony, which recognizes the best of the current Broadway season, will air live from United Palace Theatre in New York City, on Sunday, June 11. The celebration will commence at 7-8 PM, ET/4–5 PM, P,T with exclusive content streaming only on Paramount+, followed by the presentation of the awards from 8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00 – 8:00 PM, LIVE PT on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose will host the Tony ceremony.





The American Theatre Wing’s Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards are presented by the Wing in association with The Broadway League.





Photo: Lea Michele in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. Photo by Matthew Murphy


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Lea Michele, star of the current Broadway revival of Funny Girl, and 2022 Tony Award winner Myles Frost (MJ) will announce the 76th Annual Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, May …

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Aurora Theatre Announces Leadership Change and 2022-23 Signature Season

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The Aurora Theatre announced that co-founder Anthony Rodriquez will join HUB404 Conservancy, a multi-purpose nine-acre greenspace in Buckhead, as its first executive director. While he will maintain a presence on Aurora’s board of directors, Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director Ann-Carol Pence and Managing Director Katie Pelkey will continue to lead the theatre’s day-to-day operations.










In addition, the Lawrenceville Arts Center is celebrating its first full season in the new Lawrenceville Arts Center, with an expanded mission to “lift up underrepresented voices, develop our internal talent and expand our community impact, in order that we may serve as a beacon of hope for what a community of belonging should be. It may sound serious, but it is joyful work,” said Pence.





Aurora Theatre’s 2022/2023 Signature Series will bring an unbeatable line-up of professional theatre to Gwinnett County, including two returning favorites. Aurora Theatre’s award-winning production of Disney’s Mary Poppins will open the season featuring familiar faces from Aurora’s original 2014 presentation. Galen Crawley will reprise the title role, a performance that earned her the 2014 Outstanding Lead Female Actor in a Musical Suzi Bass Award. She will be joined by fellow Suzi Bass Award recipient Andy Meeks, who will be returning as Bert. 





The beloved Gwinnett holiday tradition Christmas Canteen will also return for its 27th year, bringing its beloved holiday joy and spirit as well as exciting, new twists. New shows taking the stage at the Lawrenceville Arts Center include the award-winning Kim’s Convenience, which is now a popular Netflix series, the biographical Summer: The Donna Summer Musical and the hilarious, Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong.


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The Aurora Theatre announced that co-founder Anthony Rodriquez will join HUB404 Conservancy, a multi-purpose nine-acre greenspace in Buckhead, as its first executive director. While he will maintain a presence on …

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Georgia Players Guild takes on CCR

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The iconic music of Creedence Clearwater Revival is brought to life again by The Georgia Players Guild as it presents “Fortunate Sons.” This tribute to CCR brings soaring, gritty vocals to the swampy and bluesy guitar riffs that recreates the rock group’s distinctive sound.  





The Georgia Players Guild is faithful to a wide variety of music legends. Since 2014, they have staged hundreds of performances of over 30 different shows, paying tribute to over half a century of iconic music. earlsmithstrand.org


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The iconic music of Creedence Clearwater Revival is brought to life again by The Georgia Players Guild as it presents “Fortunate Sons.” This tribute to CCR brings soaring, gritty vocals …

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Circus Is in Town!

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Akme Instant Circus comes back to the Lawrenceville Arts Center for a limited engagement of a dazzling cirque experience, “FOUR,” which explores the power and grace of opposing forces. Told through music, movement, and jaw-dropping skill on various apparatus, the story begins with four distinctly different groups at odds. Yet, just like the essential elements—fire, water, air and earth—they must learn to coexist in order to thrive. cdcclpac.com


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Akme Instant Circus comes back to the Lawrenceville Arts Center for a limited engagement of a dazzling cirque experience, “FOUR,” which explores the power and grace of opposing forces. Told …

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Aurora Theatre Offers Summer Fun

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The Aurora Theater in Lawrenceville has plenty of activities to keep young and old engaged with the arts throughout the summer. For instance, there is Aurora Comedy Nights: Dad’s Garage on June 17 and 18, and “It’s Electric!,” an exploration of electricity and heat as the Big Thinkers Science Exploration team experiment with a 5,000-volt Tesla coil. The audience is encouraged to join in the fun, which includes hands-on demonstrations of a hair-raising electrostatic generator, an indoor lightning strike and an experiment with levitation using static electricity.





Squeeze the Clown takes the audience on a wonderful trip of clown music, magic and imagination, and expands our perception of what is possible. Squeeze the Clown will perform his antics for two shows on June 22. auroratheatre.com


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The Aurora Theater in Lawrenceville has plenty of activities to keep young and old engaged with the arts throughout the summer. For instance, there is Aurora Comedy Nights: Dad’s Garage …

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