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Broadway performers at the Tony Awards on Sunday.

Highlights From The Tony Awards

Sep 27, 2021
Moulin Rouge! The Musical took home 10 awards, including the night's biggest: Best musical. The Inheritance won for best play, and A Soldier's Play for best revival.
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Movies
Singer and actor Leslie Grace stars as Nina Rosario (center), the beloved and brilliant neighborhood sweetheart in the film adaptation of the musical <em>In the Heights.</em>

The Limitations Of 'Latinidad': How Colorism Haunts 'In The Heights'

Jun 15, 2021
Film critic Monica Castillo reflects on the glaring absence of Afro-Latino actors from the new screen adaptation of In the Heights and how colorism still affects Latino representation on screen.
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Movie Interviews
Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) runs a corner bodega and dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic in <em>In the Heights</em>.

'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

Jun 14, 2021
Ramos says Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical In the Heights filled him with hope. Now he's starring — and singing and dancing and rapping — in the film adaptation.
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'Manson Family,' 'Royale' Highlights Of A Strong Fall Theater Season

Dec 06, 2019

November was a big month for local theater. UNLV put on the 2014 Pulitzer winner for drama.

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Book Reviews
<em>The Movie Musical!,</em> by Jeanine Basinger

'The Movie Musical!' Is A Symphony In Praise Of The 'Razzmatazz' Of The Genre

Nov 10, 2019
Jeanine Basinger argues, authoritatively and passionately, that the musical has never really left us, that there's relevance and inspiration to be gleaned from the golden age of Hollywood musicals.
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Music

The Name Behind This Year's Most Popular Album? P.T. Barnum

Jul 04, 2018
The soundtrack to the movie The Greatest Showman is outselling Kanye West, Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake this year. Critic Rob Harvilla reviewed the album for The Ringer and explains its success.
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Goodbye, Norma Jean

Jun 14, 2018

Thoughts on the short life (and not wholly unexpected demise) of Marilyn! the New Musical

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The Two-Way
David Cassidy walks down a street in London in April 1974.

David Cassidy, Singer And 1970s TV Heartthrob, Dies At 67

Nov 21, 2017
Cassidy's role as an adolescent aspiring musician on the TV show The Partridge Family turned him into a real-life, teen-dream pop idol.
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All Tech Considered

Listen: 'Web Site Story,' NPR's Musical About The Internet — From 1999

Aug 29, 2016
Found in our archives: an Internet-themed remake of West Side Story from the dot-com bubble era. It begins with Bill Gates and features the sound of a modem but isn't as obsolete as you might expect.
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'Peanuts' Gang Comes To Henderson Pavilion

May 22, 2015

Charlie Brown has been the star of the "Peanuts" comic strips and animated movies since the franchise began in October 1950. 

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Green Day's American Idiot Hits Vegas

Nov 08, 2013

Written by Green Day, American Idiot tells the story of three lifelong friends forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia

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Summer Camp! The Musical

Jul 31, 2012
Blow up the beach ball and slap on some sunscreen..
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Bonnie's Old West Musical Revue

Jul 11, 2012
Ladies, cinch your corsets and flash a smile.  Gentlemen, straighten your vest and grab your bowler hat.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Apr 26, 2012
Nevada Conservatory Theater has a new production of a classic musical based on an even more classical play. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is based on the plays of Plautus - the Roman comedian.
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Best Little Whorehouse Comes to Las Vegas

Apr 04, 2012
Image on the right provided courtesy of Plaza downtown Las Vegas.
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The Phantom is Closing

Jan 17, 2012
After more than five years on the Las Vegas Strip, Phantom - the Las Vegas Spectacular is closing. Those five years make Phantom something rare in Las Vegas - a long-running Broadway show.
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Menopause the Musical

Dec 15, 2011
It may be the only show on the Strip that inspires sweating, hot flashes, and chocolate cravings.  "Menopause the Musical" celebrated its 2,500th show at the Luxor Hotel and Casino.
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Farewell Lion King

Dec 13, 2011
When the Lion King opened at Mandalay Bay, there was plenty of skepticism. How could a Disney musical possibly survive in a major casino resort? What were they thinking.
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Broadway Holiday

Dec 05, 2011
It's time for the holiday shows. And Broadway Holiday will be coming to the Ham Concert Hall on the UNLV campus this Saturday night.
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Tiger Mother the Musical

Nov 29, 2011
The term "tiger mother" became synonymous with strict Asian parenting, after the controversial book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," hit shelves.  In the book, a Yale professor describes how she raises her Asian-American children by threatening "no lunch, no dinner" if they didn't play the piano perfectly.
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Lend Me A Tenor - The Musical

May 20, 2011

Regional theater companies usually look to Broadway and the West End for future plays. That process has been reversed in the case of "Lend Me A Tenor - The Musical.

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Nunsense!

Nov 26, 2010
Nuns! In Vegas! The director and the cast of "Nunsense" talk about bringing one of the longest-running off-Broadway musicals to Las Vegas, and how they tweaked it to fit the Strip.
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Great Expectations

May 01, 2010
Most of Charles Dickens's books have been turned into plays and movies. But he might have raised an eyebrow (or danced a jig) to see the latest incarnation: "Great Expectations".
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Musical of Musicals

Mar 23, 2010
This weekend the Nevada Conservatory Theatre is presenting the Musical of Musicals - The Musical. No that's not a mistake.
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