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Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed at The Broadway Theatre. Conceptually, it is Bizet's opera Carmen updated to a World War II-era, African-American setting.
Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film featuring an African American cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pearl Bailey and produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II , from the 1943 stage musical of the same name , set to the music of ...
Based on the 1975 stage musical about two murderous women directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, "Chicago" remains an important, beloved, and most importantly, meme-able film.
Conceived while he was a student at Wesleyan University, the show made it to Broadway in 2008 (with Miranda playing the lead role), won the Tony Award for Best Musical, and ran for 1,185 ...
She made her début on Broadway in December 1943, taking the title role in Carmen Jones, an updated version of Bizet's Carmen by Billy Rose and Oscar Hammerstein with an African-American cast. [2] At that time, US opera companies were segregated — in the cast of 115, only one had previous Broadway experience. [2]
A musical is eligible for consideration in a given year if it has not previously been produced on Broadway and is not "determined... to be a 'classic' or in the historical or popular repertoire", otherwise it may be considered for Best Revival of a Musical. [1] Best Musical is the final award presented at the Tony Awards ceremony.
Held in spring 2021 at Madrid’s Fernán Gómez Theater, the exhibition Carlos Saura and Dance began with a wall panel of B&W photos the director took at the 1956 Granada Intl. Festival of Music ...
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2016; Currently running at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (venue since opening) Most Tony Award nominations for a production (16) 19 Fiddler on the Roof: M 3,242 [19] September 22, 1964: July 2, 1972: 9 Tony Awards in 1965, including Best Musical; A Special Tony Award in 1972 for becoming Broadway's ...