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Lot’s Wife. Sharon D. Clarke. Playhouse Theatre.

#Caroline or Change #Lot's Wife #Sharon D Clarke #Tony Kushner #Jeanine Tesori

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Yeah but I’d be down with having Donna Murphy actually deliver the State of the Union.

#donna murphy

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Dixie Carter, Madeline Kahn and Lily Tomlin sing of camp in Below the Belt.

#Dixie Carter #Madeline Kahn #Lily Tomlin #Below the Belt #Off-Broadway #Rare

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Dixie Carter sings of birth control in the Upstairs at the Downstairs revue Below the Belt.

#Dixie Carter #Off-Broadway #Soprano #Below the Belt #Upstairs at the Downstairs #Rare

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Ethel Merman and the Waiters perform the the title song from Hello, Dolly! at the show’s final performance on 12/27/1970.

I’m posting this more for the insane audience reaction than the performance itself (which is marvelous).

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Reposting this in honor of the opening night.

#Hello Dolly!#Ethel Merman #Jerry Herman #showstopper

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SCALP THE BITCH

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Glenn Close brings Sunset Boulevard to a crashing halt with “As If We Never Said Goodbye” (2.15.2017).

#Sunset Boulevard #Glenn Close #Andrew Lloyd Webber #As If We Never Said Goodbye

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I do not think everyone in America is ignorant! Far from it! But we are today, probably, the most uneducated, under read, and illiterate nation in the western hemisphere. Which makes it all the more puzzling to me why the biggest question on your small mind is whether or not little Johnny is gonna recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning! I’ll tell you something else, Mr. Brickett. I have had it up to here with you and your phony issues and your Yankee Doodle yakking! If you like reciting the Pledge of Allegiance everyday then I think you should do it! In the car! In the shower! Wherever the mood strikes you! But don’t try to tell me when or where I have to say or do or salute anything, because I am an American too, and that is what being an American is all about! And another thing, I am sick and tired of being made to feel that if I am not a member of a little family with 2.4 children who goes just to Jerry Fallwell’s church and puts their hands over their hearts every morning that I am unreligious, unpatriotic, and un-American! Because I’ve got news for you, Mr. Brickett. All liberals are not kooks, anymore than all conservatives are fascists! And the last time I checked, God was neither a Democratic nor a Republican! And just for your information, yes I am a liberal, but I am also a Christian. And I get down on my knees and pray everyday - on my own turf - on my own time. One of the things that I pray for, Mr. Brickett is that people with power will get good sense, and that people with good sense will get power… and that the rest of us will be blessed with the patience and the strength to survive the people like you in the meantime!

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#Designing Women #Julia Sugarbaker #Dixie Carter

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Jennifer Holliday goes Full Jennifer Holliday on “Push Da Button” at the final performance of The Color Purple.

#The Color Purple #Jennifer Holliday #Broadway #Showstoppers

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Australian performer Julie Anthony sings the hell out of “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” in the 1976 London revival of Irene.

#Julie Anthony #Irene #Belters

On this very special episode of Behind The Curtain: Broadway’s Living Legends, Rob and Kevin take a look back at some of the great artists who made their final exit in 2016. From Follies&#821…

I made my podcast debut talking about the theatre legends we lost in 2016.

#Behind the Curtain #Podcast #Broadway #In Memoriam

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Duet for One (The First Lady of the Land)

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Victoria Clark sings “Duet for One” from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in NYCO’s concert Lucky to Be Me: The Music of Leonard Bernstein.

(Also: Michael Cerveris is the Chief Justice and Cheyenne Jackson is the President).

#Victoria Clark #1600 Pennsylvania Avenue #Leonard Bernstein #Alan Jay Lerner #Flops #Showstopper

“My kingdom for a revival of She Loves Me!” is a thing I once tweeted. I fell in love with the original Broadway cast recording in high school, but it would be years before I would get to see it onstage. That chance arrived in 2013, when Ted Sterling presented a 50th anniversary concert at Caramoor. Cut to 2016. Exactly four years to the day after sending out this desperate missive, I was at the fourth preview of an enchanting revival at the Menier Chocolate Factory (and the second major production I’d seen this year).