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Shucked
''Shucked'' is a 2022 musical with music and lyrics by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and a book by Robert Horn. The Broadway production began previews at the Nederlander Theatre on March 8, 2023, before opening on April 4. The show received positive reviews and went on to receive nine nominations at the 76th Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Cast member Alex Newell became one of the first two openly non-binary performers to be nominated for and win a Tony Award, with their win for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. Premise Maizy and Beau, two residents of the rural Midwestern community of Cobb County, are forced to postpone their wedding when the corn crop is blighted. Maizy, on the advice of her cousin Lulu, the local whiskey distiller, leaves town to try and find a way to save their corn. Maizy travels to Tampa, Florida, where she meets Gordy Jackson, a con-man who claims he can help, but secretly thinks Cobb County might have riches he can take to settle his debts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
76th Tony Awards
The 76th Tony Awards will recognize the achievements in Broadway productions during the 2022–23 season. The ceremony is scheduled to be held at the United Palace in New York City on June 11, 2023, with Ariana DeBose returning as host for the second year in a row. Nominees were announced on May 2, 2023; the musical '' Some Like It Hot'' was the most-nominated show of the season, while '' Ain't No Mo''' and ''Leopoldstadt'' are tied for most nominated play. Ceremony information In January 2023, The Broadway League and American Theatre Wing renewed its contract with Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss's White Cherry Entertainment to produce the ceremony. On April 12, 2023, it was announced that Ariana DeBose would return as host for a second consecutive year. On April 25, 2023, it was announced that the streaming pre-show ''The Tony Awards: Act One'' would move from Paramount+ to the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service Pluto TV, prior to the main presentation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Innerbichler
Caroline Innerbichler is an American stage actress best known for her role as Anna in the North American tour of ''Frozen'', and as Maizy in ''Shucked'' on Broadway. Early life and education Innerbichler was born in Southern California, but grew up in Eagan, Minnesota, with her sister, Allison. Their parents frequently took the two of them to theater productions. She first acted at age 10 in a community theater production of ''Annie'' at Eagan High School. Afterwards, she began taking voice and acting lessons. After graduating from Eagan High School, Innerbichler attended the BFA Guthrie Actor Training program at the University of Minnesota, but dropped out after her first year. Career Innerbichler's first professional theater gig was as Annika in ''Pippi Longstocking'' in 2001, at age 12, with Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. She continued working as a professional through high school. After leaving her college program, she began working as a professional in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nederlander Theatre
The Nederlander Theatre (formerly the National Theatre, the Billy Rose Theatre, and the Trafalgar Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 208 West 41st Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1921, it was designed by William Neil Smith for theatrical operator Walter C. Jordan. It has around 1,235 seats across two levels and is operated by the Nederlander Organization. Since 1980, it has been named for American theater impresario David Tobias Nederlander, father of theatrical producer James M. Nederlander. It is the southernmost Broadway theater in the Theater District. The facade is relatively plain and is made of brick, with a fire escape at the center of the second and third floors. The auditorium was originally designed in the early Renaissance style, which has since been modified several times. Unlike other theaters operated by the Shubert family, the interior contained little plaster decoration. The venue has hosted a variety of shows, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the 144 extant and extinct Broadway venues use (used) the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names (12 others used neither), with many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also using the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, are the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres, each with 500 or more seats, located in the Theater District and the Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the thoroughfare is eponymous with the district and its collection of 41 theaters, and it is also closely identified with Times Square, only three of the theaters are located on Broadway itself (namely the Broadwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Newell
Alex Eugene Newell (born August 20, 1992) is an American actor and singer. They are known for their role as Unique Adams on the Fox musical series ''Glee'' and Mo on ''Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist''. Newell also starred as Asaka in the Broadway revival of ''Once on This Island'' at the Circle in the Square Theater in 2018. As a singer, Newell has released tracks with Clean Bandit, Blonde, and The Knocks. Early life Newell was born on August 20, 1992, in Lynn, Massachusetts. Their father, a deacon, died of cancer when they were six years old, at which point their mother raised them as a single parent. After four complete years of education in the first class of Kipp Lynn Academy, Newell moved on to and graduated from Bishop Fenwick High School in 2012, where they were involved in their school's choir, improv club, and costume club; they were also a member of their church choir. They never had any formal voice lessons before landing their part on ''Glee.'' They have cited Donn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Horn (writer)
Robert Horn is a playwright, screenwriter and producer. He is best known on the stage for his Tony Award-winning book for the Broadway musical adaptation of ''Tootsie'', as well as '' 13'', Disney Theatrical's ''Hercules'', and the upcoming Broadway musical ''Shucked''. For film and television, he is best known as the screenwriter for Netflix's '' 13: the Musical'' and the Disney Channel Original Movies ''Teen Beach Movie'', '' Teen Beach 2'', ''Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure'', and ''The Suite Life Movie''. Life and career Horn, a New York native, studied theater at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and New York's Circle in the Square Theatre School. Soon after, Horn moved to Los Angeles to pursue a writing career in film and television. His first major job was as a writer/producer on the television series ''Designing Women'', followed by Fox series ''Living Single'' and CBS comedy ''High Society''. After moving to Los Angeles, Horn was signed to an overall productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Neal
Mia Neal is an American hair stylist. She won an Academy Award in the category Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the film ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom''. Selected filmography * ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August Wilson, and the only one not set in Pittsburgh – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording stu ...'' (2020; co-won with Sergio López-Rivera and Jamika Wilson) References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American make-up artists Best Makeup BAFTA Award winners Best Makeup Academy Award winners 21st-century African-American women {{US-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Mackintosh
Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh (born 17 October 1946) is a British theatrical producer and theatre owner notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals. At the height of his success in 1990, he was described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" by the ''New York Times''. He is the producer of shows including ''Les Misérables'', ''The Phantom of the Opera'', '' Cats'', ''Miss Saigon'', ''Mary Poppins'', '' Oliver!,'' and ''Hamilton.'' Mackintosh was knighted in 1996 for services to musical theatre. Two of his productions, ''Les Misérables'' and ''The Phantom of the Opera'', are the two longest-running musicals in West End history. In 2008, ''The Daily Telegraph'' ranked him number 7 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture". In the '' Sunday Times Rich List'' of 2021, Mackintosh was estimated to have a net worth of £1.2 billion. Early life Mackintosh was born in Enfield, Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Shivers (sound Designer)
John Shivers is a theatrical sound designer based in New York, United States. Shivers specialises in the design of sound systems for musical theatre productions on Broadway and internationally. Career Shivers was the recipient of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical for his work on the Broadway musical '' Kinky Boots''. Shivers was also nominated for the 2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design for his work on ''9 to 5''. Broadway productions Shivers has worked on the following productions on Broadway: * "Pretty Woman" (2018) * "Gettin' The Band Back Together" (2018) * "Paramour" (2016) * "Holler If Ya Hear Me" (2014) * "Soul Doctor" (2013) * " Kinky Boots" (2013) * "Leap of Faith" (2012) * "Bonnie and Clyde" (2011) ''Hollywood Reporter'', 12/1/2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Trensch
Taylor Hunt Trensch (born May 3, 1989) is an American stage and film actor. Early life and education Trensch was born in Tampa, Florida. He began his education at Howard W. Blake High School in Tampa, Florida. He was an acting major and studied under Eric Davis. During his senior year, Trensch, representing Blake's Troupe 5742, was awarded the "Most Outstanding Performer" award from the Florida State Thespian Society. Trensch graduated in 2007. He then was accepted to Elon University's musical theatre program and attended for two years. Career In the summer of 2008, Trensch was in the summer repertory company at the Lake Dillon Theatre in Dillon, Colorado, performing in ''The Rocky Horror Show'', ''Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Into the Woods'', ''Cabaret'', and '' Rabbit Hole''. In 2009 during his sophomore year, Trensch was cast as Moritz Steifel in the national tour of '' Spring Awakening'' and took an academic leave from 2009 to 2010. For his portrayal of Moritz, Trensch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilly Grimes
Tilly Grimes is a British costume designer for theatre, opera, and film. She works between London, Dublin and New York. She is a guest artist / guest designer at The Juilliard School, New York University, Fordham University, University of Rochester (School of Art & Sciences), The Curtis Institute and Trinity College Dublin. She is co-artistic director of London/Parisian Theatre Company ''SavageCharm''. Grimes received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has taught at Brown University directing the MFA program. She began her stage costume design career in 2007 at the Edinburgh & Dublin Fringe Festival and has worked consistently in mainly theatre since then. Awards * The Balsamo Grant for Emerging Immigrant Artists * The Irish Arts Design Award * Irish Times Theatre Award Nomination. Theatre Credits Grimes has worked on productions for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Two Rivers Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Pask
Scott Pask is an American scenic and costume designer. He has worked primarily on stage productions in the United States, on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and in regional theatre, as well as in the United Kingdom. He has won Tony Awards for his work on ''The Pillowman'', ''The Coast of Utopia'' and ''The Book of Mormon''. Early life and education Pask was born and raised in Yuma, Arizona with his twin brother Bruce. Pask earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. Bruce is a noted stylist and men's fashion director at ''T: The New York Times Style Magazine''. Career His Broadway credits include ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'', ''Urinetown'', ''The Coast of Utopia'', ''The Vertical Hour'', '' Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me'', ''Kiki and Herb: Alive on Broadway'', ''The Wedding Singer'', '' La Cage aux Folles'', '' Amour'', ''Sweet Charity'', '' Little Shop of Horrors'', '' Take Me Out'', ''Nine'', ''The Pillowma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
