Tony Award

The nominees for the Tony Awards are chosen by a revolving group of 10 to 50 people picked by the Tony Awards Administration Committee (TAAC). These people are tasked with attending or seeing every show that Broadway puts on. They all gather at the end of the year and discuss which shows will make it onto their ballot system and then they all vote from the ballots. The major categories for the Awards are as follows: Best Play, Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score (Music and/or

Brian Stokes Mitchell Brian Stokes Mitchell was born in October 31, 1957. He is a powerful baritone singer and had won Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for his performance in Kiss Me Kate. Mitchell was born in Seattle, Washington and has 3 other siblings. He was the son of George Mitchell, who was an electronic engineer, and Lillian Mitchell, who was a school administrator. He grew up in several military bases overseas. As a teenager he lived in San Diego, California where he began

Hamilton is a musical written by Lin Manuel Miranda that was debuted on January 20th, 2015. It was a great success winning alone 11 Tony awards (“Tony Awards 2016” 2016). From The Public Theater to Broadway, Hamilton has reached the eyes and ears of many leaving people thirsty for more of Hamilton. Hamilton the Musical is the owner of 46 tracks that lead the listener through the life of Alexander Hamilton; from childhood up until his unfortunate duel that results in his death. Hamilton the Musical

What musical theatre does best is to be abstract, not literal reality. Julie Taymor director  of The Lion King, did exactly this when she directed the musical The Lion King. The Lion King  Broadway show in 1997 won six Tony awards, eight Drama Desk awards and the Theatrical  World Award. Everything in this show including lighting, choreography, orchestration, scenery,  costume design, and performance all came together to make an unforgettable masterpiece.  Director,choreographer, and designer Judith Taymor transformed the staged musical The Lion 

Megan Chacalos 3/18/2017 Bill T. Jones Our politicians toss around the term “the American Dream” loosely these days, but Bill T. Jones has lived that dream. Sometimes the dream has seemed more like a nightmare, but the larger arc of his life looks triumphant, a genuine fulfillment of American striving and ambition, very much in the real, waking world. Bill T. Jones, byname of William Tass Jones, born February 15, 1952, Steuben county, New York, U.S., American choreographer and dancer who, with Arnie

Additionally, during the performance of “Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down),” the characters of Hamilton and Lafayette both proclaim, “Immigrants: We get the job done.” Each song reinforces the concept of an “American dream” where anyone, including immigrants, can aspire to climb the social ladder as long as they remained dedicated and determined to accomplish their goals. Furthermore, Miranda takes considerable effort to promote equality and inclusion in his production via hiring a racially

As the 1996 Pulitzer and Tony Award Winner, I had long thought of it as my personal unicorn. Something I had heard and dreamt of, but would never experience myself. As we dressed for the show, my thoughts were flooded with images and ideas. We descended the hotel stairs, hailed

We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway. Broadway has evolved tremendously since its opening, from more theatres to a larger audience. A numerous amount of plays have been performed that have left unforgettable memories on everyone. Broadway has made major effective impacts on the economy, tourism, and entertainment industry. In 1750 when Walter Murray and Thomas Kean decided to open their theatre company on Nassau Street, is when the origin of Broadway

Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is a play written in 1949 by Arthur Miller. Miller received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a Tony Award for the Best Play, and today many people still enjoy reading it. Death of a Salesman took place in the 1940’s and is about a man named Willy Loman and his family. The play discusses the hardships the family goes through and how the family tries to get through them. Willy Loman is a salesman who lives in New York City. He lives with his wife, Linda, and has

intense numbers and unprepared in-depth personal interviews. It’s within the interviews where each performer discloses personal and intimate stories about how the became who they are (Playbill Inc., 2017). Thus, one of the shows successes in winning Tony awards and Pulitzer Prize for