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countdown!Only 10 days until my daughter Lovina and Daniel's wedding! This week is shopping week – my least favorite part of a wedding. It requires a lot of brainpower to calculate the exact number of eggs, flour, milk, butter, sugar, and other ingredients needed to feed 1,000 people. I'm not talking 1,000 people, but I have to calculate how many people are coming for lunch, how many are coming for dinner, and then add those numbers up.My friend Ruth has come to help me again. She is a great help in this business. Not only does she take me to…

The 2024 Tony Awards ceremony had a lot of surefire winners, including “Stereophonic,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” and Daniel Radcliffe. But this year's winners list also featured some unexpected twists. Want some ignored works? Want some surprises? Find out here. Surprise: Early F-word slips past Pluto TV censors”I can't believe I'm crying in front of this whole audience,” Cody Spencer (The Outsiders) said in his acceptance speech for Best Musical Sound Design during the “Act One” portion of the ceremony, heard by the entire audience on Pluto TV, the streaming platform that aired “Act One.” That was funny enough, but…

On Sunday night, they were no outsiders. After a fierce battle, the brilliant new musical “The Outsiders” finally won the coveted Best Musical trophy at the Tony Awards, held at Lincoln Center and honoring the very best of Broadway. Most critics (not me!) predicted that Alicia Keys' semi-autobiographical “Hell's Kitchen” (also a fun night out) would win. “The Outsiders” won four Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions No. Despite Keyes' aggressive campaigning, the innovation and beating heart of “The Outsiders,” based on S.E. Hinton's classic novel about Oklahoma gang warfare, won over Tony voters in…

Maleah Joy Moon won a Tony Award for best actress in a musical on Sunday night for her Broadway debut in “Hell's Kitchen,” a fictional remix of Alicia Keys' childhood.Moon recently spoke to The New York Times about her Tony nomination for her first professional role as a 17-year-old girl who chafes under her mother's watchful eye but discovers her talent for piano.”It's surreal and it's ridiculous and it's crazy and it's insane and all that,” says Moon, 21. “But the kid inside me who wanted to be Nala on Broadway is like, this is right, this is God's will,…

Broadway celebrated its best on Sunday night, with David Azimi's “Stereophonic” winning five Tony Awards, including best play, and “The Outsiders” taking home four trophies, including a surprise win for best musical.Jonathan Groff won best actor in a musical, while his co-star Daniel Radcliffe won best supporting actor for “Merrily We Roll Along,” which won four awards in total, including best revival of a musical. Alicia Keys' musicals “Hell's Kitchen” and “Stereophonic” led the way at the ceremony with 13 nominations each, joining a star-studded roster of nominees that includes Eddie Redmayne from “Kit Kat Klub Cabaret,” Jessica Lange and…

The 2023-24 theater season is finally coming to an end. This year was a year in which waterfront productions stood out (Days of wine and roses and notebook) and rain (Outsider and Uncle Vanya) and Fire (Saffus) and doll (Water for elephants) and one water cart (Back to the Future). Just thinking about it makes me exhausted. Now, on June 16th, Ariana DeBose will sing them goodnight at the 77th Tony Awards ceremony at Lincoln Center. The most nominated play of the night was a musical play. Stereophonic Musical with Alicia Keys Hell's Kitchenboth of which received 13 nominations. But…

Malea Joy Moon won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role in Hell's Kitchen.Maleah Joy Moon made her professional debut in the Off-Broadway lead role of “Ali” in the Alicia Keys musical “Hell's Kitchen.” She showed off her wide vocal range and singing talent at the 2022 ABC/Disney Discovery Showcase and was recognized as an exciting newcomer starring in “Mystic Christmas.” They are repped by Buchwald Talent Agency and Authentic Talent & Literary Management.In the mid-90s, in an apartment high above the energy and grittiness of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood, 17-year-old Ali peers out…

Tony Awards Hell's Kitchen Star Malea Joy Moon wins the 2024 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Moon won her first Tony Award for her role as Ali in the Alicia Keys musical. Malea Joy Moon and Hell's Kitchen Mark J. Franklin Hell's Kitchen Lead actress Maleah Joy Moon won the award for Best Actress in a Musical at the 77th Tony Awards ceremony held at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater on June 16. Moon received the award for her role as Ali in the new musical inspired by the life of 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys.…

Tonight is the night! The 77th Annual Tony Awards Ceremony has begun!Check here for the full list of winners, which will be updated live.The cast of Hell's Kitchen took to the stage to perform a medley of songs from the show, including “The Gospel,” “Authors of Forever” and “Fallin'.” Alicia Keys then took to the stage herself to perform “Empire State of Mind,” before Jay-Z appeared on screen.Watch the full performance below:The 77th Annual Tony Awards Ceremony will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM ET and 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM PT, and…

An inmate at a Georgia prison shot and killed a food service worker on Sunday, then shot and killed himself, authorities said. Jaedrex Hart, 34, was serving a 20-year sentence at Smith State Prison for intentional homicide and aggravated assault. Hart shot and killed Orleon Shabea Grace, 24, before turning the gun on himself and later dying. The Georgia Department of Corrections is still investigating how Hart obtained the gun. “The weapon is now in the custody of GDC and a full and thorough investigation will be carried out into the circumstances that led to this tragic incident,” police said.…