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Readathon: FINISHING THE HAT Part 4

Saturday Night The first show that Stephen Sondheim discusses in Finishing the Hat is a show that was written in the 1950s, but which remained unproduced until 1997 and about which Sondheim has previously said in “Conversations with Sondheim”: I … Continue reading

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THE NUTTY PROFESSOR for Broadway

In an interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal, Jerry Lewis said that he was hoping that the stage musical adaptation of The Nutty Professor, with book and lyrics by Rupert Holmes and music by Marvin Hamlisch, is aiming for … Continue reading

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NEWSFLASH: A New DAMN YANKEES Movie?

Playbill reports the following about a remake of Damn Yankees: The classic Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musical Damn Yankees is heading back to the silver screen…. The cast will be headed by film stars Jim Carrey as the Devil … Continue reading

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