When Lin-Manuel Miranda sings about the drive of the "young, scrappy and hungry" immigrant, he's not singing about just any immigrant. He's singing about the man on the ten dollar bill, Alexander Hamilton. As Mo Rocca reports, Hamilton's musical journey to the stage is as revolutionary as the young ...

n London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for the...

David Frost presents Barbra with a special Tony in 1970. For the first time since 1970, Barbra Streisand will grace the stage as a presenter at the 70th Annual Tony Awards. The show will air live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City.As previously announced, the evening will include appearances b

The King and I is a musical, the fifth by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon, which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Sia...

Disney Newsies has been nominated as best music play for 2012 staring Jeremy Jordan and Alan Menken.

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Ben Platt achieved superstar status as Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen, originating the lead role. The New York Times lauded him as a “breakout star,” and he went on to receive the 2017 Tony® Award for “Best Actor in a Musical.” Other honors included “Best Musical Theater Album” at the 2018 GRAMMY®

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The official music video for Ben Platt's "Imagine"."Imagine." Fans worldwide fell head over heels for Ben Platt during his Tony® Award-winning turn in the title role of Dear Evan Hansen and on-screen in films such as the Pitch Perfect franchise. As the vocalist, actor, and performer sang life into a

Set in the vivid world of prizefighting’s past, Golden Boy is the story of Joe Bonaparte (Seth Numrich), a promising young violinist who forsakes his family and artistic dreams for the lure of fame and fortune in the ring. Joe’s immigrant father (Tony Shalhoub), along with Moody, Siggie, Roxy, Peppe