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Sarah Silverman’s ‘The Bedwetter’ Musical Announces New 2022 Off-Broadway Debut
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Sarah Silverman’s ‘The Bedwetter’ Musical Announces New 2022 Off-Broadway Debut

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 15, 2021June 15, 2021

Originally set to premiere in the spring of 2020, the Atlantic Theater Company is pleased to announce new dates for The Bedwetter, a highly-anticipated new musical …

Rachel Bloom and Fran Drescher adapting The Nanny into Broadway musical
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Rachel Bloom and Fran Drescher adapting The Nanny into Broadway musical

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 9, 2020January 9, 2020

This is really happening. Fran Drescher, who starred as The Nanny for 146 episodes from 1993-99, is developing the sitcom into a Broadway musical, co-writing the …

ABC is mounting a live TV rendition of Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein, the musical
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ABC is mounting a live TV rendition of Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein, the musical

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 9, 2020January 9, 20204

ABC has announced it will debut its latest live musical event this fall with “Young Frankenstein Live!” produced by the legendary director, writer, actor, comedian, …

2018 Tony Awards to honor John Leguizamo, nominees include Amy Schumer, Tina Fey
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2018 Tony Awards to honor John Leguizamo, nominees include Amy Schumer, Tina Fey

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 1, 2018May 2, 2018

Mean Girls, Amy Schumer and John Leguizamo are among the comedic stars getting feted this year by the Tony Awards for their work on Broadway. …

FOX casts Maya Rudolph for live TV musical performance of A Christmas Story in 2017
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FOX casts Maya Rudolph for live TV musical performance of A Christmas Story in 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 8, 2017

FOX had a cultural hit in bringing a live version of the musical Grease to TV, and this Christmas, they hope to capture the same …

Review: Groundhog Day finds its own way to dazzle as a Broadway musical
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Review: Groundhog Day finds its own way to dazzle as a Broadway musical

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 18, 2017April 18, 2017

You have opinions about Groundhog Day, the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray as weatherman Phil Connors, stuck in Punxsutawney, Penn, reliving the same day until …

Groundhog Day will become a Broadway musical in 2017
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Groundhog Day will become a Broadway musical in 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 3, 2015April 3, 2015

Mark your calendars for January and March 2017 and circle Feb. 2, 2017, while you’re at it. Because the folks who turned the Roald Dahl …

HA! The Musical, an Off-Broadway production about stand-up comedy starring stand-up comedians
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HA! The Musical, an Off-Broadway production about stand-up comedy starring stand-up comedians

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJuly 9, 20143

Not all of the new Broadway musicals staged in New York City are based on hit movies. Rehearsals began last week for HA! The Musical, …

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