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Menopause The Musical is a 2001 musical with book and lyrics by Jeanie Linders which premiered on March 28, 2001 in Orlando, Florida.The musical follows four mature women shopping for lingerie at a Bloomingdale's sale, with lyrics parodying popular music from the baby boomer era to reflect symptoms of the menopause.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specifically Curculio, Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus, and Mostellaria, the musical tells the bawdy story of a slave named Pseudolus and his attempts to win his freedom by ...
Funny Girl is a musical with score by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and book by Isobel Lennart, that first opened on Broadway in 1964.The semi-biographical plot is based on the life and career of comedian and Broadway star Fanny Brice, featuring her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein.
The song won a Grammy in 1958 for best R&B performance, and in 2001, the song was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Michael Ochs Archives - Getty Images “Diana” by Paul Anka (1957)
From then through 2003, it was awarded as the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album. In 2004 the award was reinstated within the comedy field as the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album, once again allowing musical comedy works to be considered. Bill Cosby holds the record for most consecutive wins, with six earned between 1965 and 1970.
The play won the 1987 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Book (Robertson). [5] The Hollywood Playhouse (in California) produced Lady Day in October 1987, directed by Andre Ernotte, and with S. Epatha Merkerson reprising her role as Holiday. Ernotte said that he wanted to "deglamorize Billie: show the dark, sad side.
The 1998 Broadway revival won the Tony for Best Revival. The 1972 film adaptation became popular. Danny Burstein nominated for Featured Actor in 2014 Broadway revival, Linda Emond for Featured Actress. La Cage aux Folles: 1983 Jerry Herman Herman Harvey Fierstein: 1984: The Broadway revivals in both 2004 and 2010 both won the Tony Award for ...
Marilyn made her Broadway debut at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in the original cast of Catskills on Broadway, [24] which won the Outer Circle Critics Award for Best Comedy. [25] She performed in her own revue, Broadway Ballyhoo, at Harrah's in Atlantic City, [26] and was the host of the radio show The Broadway Hour on WEVD-AM New York. [27]