There was a moment I knew much was going wrong with Aaron Sorkin's musical bookwriting debut with the "Camelot" Broadway revival. It arrives when Phillipa Soo groans at the title number "Camelot" with an attitude that reads "Is this guy seriously doing a musical number?"
Yet, the same scene builds to a realization that Sorkin's penmanship can go right. It's when the young King Arthur (Andrew Burnap) persuades his arranged betrothed, Guenevere (Soo), of a risky experiment: "Together we may discover if power might be harnessed as a force of good." The promise of this experiment persuades the skeptical princess that her marital purpose might yield a net gain — as long as she doesn't over-test her obligations.
Those aware of "Camelot" and its often-adapted legend source material (credited to T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" in this case) know that the burgeoning passions between Guenevere and the...
Yet, the same scene builds to a realization that Sorkin's penmanship can go right. It's when the young King Arthur (Andrew Burnap) persuades his arranged betrothed, Guenevere (Soo), of a risky experiment: "Together we may discover if power might be harnessed as a force of good." The promise of this experiment persuades the skeptical princess that her marital purpose might yield a net gain — as long as she doesn't over-test her obligations.
Those aware of "Camelot" and its often-adapted legend source material (credited to T.H. White's "The Once and Future King" in this case) know that the burgeoning passions between Guenevere and the...
- 4/19/2023
- by Caroline Cao
- Slash Film
Ruthie Ann Miles continues to soldier on in the wake of tragedy.
The Tony Award winner has booked her first gig since the car crash that took the life of her 5-year-old daughter and the loss of her unborn baby less than a year ago.
On March 4, 2019, the actress, 35, will join Lin-Manuel Miranda in a performance of Camelot to benefit New York City’s Lincoln Center, where the concert will be held, according to a press release from the theater.
Miranda will star as King Arthur and Miles will play Nimue, the enchantress who gives the legendary monarch his magical sword,...
The Tony Award winner has booked her first gig since the car crash that took the life of her 5-year-old daughter and the loss of her unborn baby less than a year ago.
On March 4, 2019, the actress, 35, will join Lin-Manuel Miranda in a performance of Camelot to benefit New York City’s Lincoln Center, where the concert will be held, according to a press release from the theater.
Miranda will star as King Arthur and Miles will play Nimue, the enchantress who gives the legendary monarch his magical sword,...
- 1/31/2019
- by Maura Hohman
- PEOPLE.com
Today in 1980, the first Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the New York State Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1980 cast starred Richard Burton, Christine Ebersole, and Richard Muenz.
- 7/8/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1993, the second Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1993 cast starred Robert Goulet, Steve Blanchard, and Patricia Kies.
- 6/21/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1960, Camelot opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 873 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, won four Tony Awards and spawned several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version.
- 11/3/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1980, the first Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the New York State Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1980 cast starred Richard Burton, Christine Ebersole, and Richard Muenz.
- 7/8/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1993, the second Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1993 cast starred Robert Goulet, Steve Blanchard, and Patricia Kies.
- 6/21/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Good News Musical Theatre Fans BroadwayWorld.com has confirmed Lincoln Center Theater's The King And I, which features a cast led by Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens and Ken Watanabe as the King of Siam will receive a cast recording this summer on the the Decca Broadway Universal Music Classics label, produced by David Lai David Caddick and Bruce Pomahac. Of note, the the production features the musical's original 1951 orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett with dance and incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann. Music director Ted Sperling conducts a 29-piece orchestra which will be heard on the album as well.
- 3/14/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1960, Camelot opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 873 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, won four Tony Awards and spawned several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version.
- 11/3/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1993, the second Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1993 cast starred Robert Goulet, Steve Blanchard, and Patricia Kies.
- 6/21/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1960, Camelot opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 873 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, won four Tony Awards and spawned several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version.
- 11/3/2013
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1980, the first Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the New York State Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1980 cast starred Richard Burton, Christine Ebersole, and Richard Muenz.
- 7/8/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1993, the second Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1993 cast starred Robert Goulet, Steve Blanchard, and Patricia Kies.
- 6/21/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1960, Camelot opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 873 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, won four Tony Awards and spawned several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version.
- 12/3/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1980, the first Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the New York State Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1980 cast starred Richard Burton, Christine Ebersole, and Richard Muenz.
- 7/8/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1993, the second Broadway revival of Camelot opened at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 56 performances. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe music. It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King. The original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart and orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning four Tony Awards and spawning several revivals, foreign productions and a 1967 film version. The 1993 cast starred Robert Goulet, Steve Blanchard, and Patricia Kies.
- 6/21/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Following last season?s triumph of Rodgers & Hammerstein?s Carousel, Lyric Stage Founding Producer Steven Jones has reunited director Cheryl Denson and music director Jay Dias for the world premiere of the newly restored The King and I, featuring a 35-piece orchestra playing the original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations. Performances are June 19, 20, 25, 26 and 27 @ 8:00 Pm and June 21 & 28 @ 2:30 Pm. Performances are in the Irving Arts Center?s Carpenter Performance Hall, 3333 N. Mac Arthur Blvd,. Irving, Texas. Tickets, priced from $20-$50, are available online at www.lyricstage.org or by calling 972-252-2787.
- 6/19/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
New York City Center Presents Encores! Music In The Air with tickes avaliable for as low as $20.00. Music in the Air, a rarely seen 1932 musical, will be directed by Gary Griffin with music direction by Rob Berman and choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. The production runs for five performances at City Center, West 55th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues). In addition to Kristin Chenoweth, the cast includes Douglas Sills, Dick Latessa, Tom Alan Robbins, Sierra Boggess, Walter Charles, Anne L. Nathan, David Schramm, Ryan Silverman, Robert Sella and Sally Ann Howes. Music in the Air, with music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett, has been restored by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and not been seen in New York in its original form since its premiere Broadway engagement at the Alvin Theatre in 1932. Opening on November 8th of that year, it...
- 1/22/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Old-fashioned Broadway revivals Gypsy and South Pacific ruled at the 62nd annual Tony Awards on Sunday, taking home the top awards of the night.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific edged out competition from beloved favourites Grease and Sunday in the Park with George to claim the award for Best Revival of a Musical, as well as six other awards, including best actor - for the lead, Paulo Szot - and a best director prize for Bartlett Sher.
Stephen Sondheim, whose shows Gypsy and Sunday in the Park With George were both competing for best musical revival, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award.
The ceremony, which was hosted by actress Whoopi Goldberg, featured performances by the casts of stage shows such as The Lion King, Rent, The Little Mermaid and Young Frankenstein.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Play: "August: Osage County"
Musical: "In the Heights"
Book-Musical: "Passing Strange"
Original Score (music and/or lyrics): "In the Heights"
Revival-Play: "Boeing-Boeing"
Revival-Musical: "South Pacific"
Actor-Play: Mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing"
Actress-Play: Deanna Dunagan, "August: Osage County"
Actor-Musical: Paulo Szot, "South Pacific"
Actress-Musical: Patti LuPone, "Gypsy"
Featured Actor-Play: Jim Norton, "The Seafarer"
Featured Actress-Play: Rondi Reed, "August: Osage County"
Featured Actor-Musical: Boyd Gaines, "Gypsy"
Featured Actress-Musical: Laura Benanti, "Gypsy"
Direction-Play: Anna D. Shapiro, "August: Osage County"
Direction-Musical: Bartlett Sher, "South Pacific"
Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler, "In the Heights"
Orchestrations: Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, "In the Heights"
Scenic Design-Play: Todd Rosenthal, "August: Osage County"
Scenic Design-Musical: Michael Yeargen, "South Pacific"
Costume Design-Play: Katrina Lindsay, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Costume Design-Musical: Catherine Zuber, "South Pacific"
Lighting Design-Play: Kevin Adams, "The 39 Steps"
Lighting Design-Musical: Donald Holder, "South Pacific"
Sound Design-Play: Mic Pool, "The 39 Steps"
Sound Design-Musical: Scott Lehrer, "South Pacific"
Regional Theater Tony Award: Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Special Tony Award: Robert Russell Bennett
Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Sondheim.
Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific edged out competition from beloved favourites Grease and Sunday in the Park with George to claim the award for Best Revival of a Musical, as well as six other awards, including best actor - for the lead, Paulo Szot - and a best director prize for Bartlett Sher.
Stephen Sondheim, whose shows Gypsy and Sunday in the Park With George were both competing for best musical revival, was honoured with a lifetime achievement award.
The ceremony, which was hosted by actress Whoopi Goldberg, featured performances by the casts of stage shows such as The Lion King, Rent, The Little Mermaid and Young Frankenstein.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Play: "August: Osage County"
Musical: "In the Heights"
Book-Musical: "Passing Strange"
Original Score (music and/or lyrics): "In the Heights"
Revival-Play: "Boeing-Boeing"
Revival-Musical: "South Pacific"
Actor-Play: Mark Rylance, "Boeing-Boeing"
Actress-Play: Deanna Dunagan, "August: Osage County"
Actor-Musical: Paulo Szot, "South Pacific"
Actress-Musical: Patti LuPone, "Gypsy"
Featured Actor-Play: Jim Norton, "The Seafarer"
Featured Actress-Play: Rondi Reed, "August: Osage County"
Featured Actor-Musical: Boyd Gaines, "Gypsy"
Featured Actress-Musical: Laura Benanti, "Gypsy"
Direction-Play: Anna D. Shapiro, "August: Osage County"
Direction-Musical: Bartlett Sher, "South Pacific"
Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler, "In the Heights"
Orchestrations: Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, "In the Heights"
Scenic Design-Play: Todd Rosenthal, "August: Osage County"
Scenic Design-Musical: Michael Yeargen, "South Pacific"
Costume Design-Play: Katrina Lindsay, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses"
Costume Design-Musical: Catherine Zuber, "South Pacific"
Lighting Design-Play: Kevin Adams, "The 39 Steps"
Lighting Design-Musical: Donald Holder, "South Pacific"
Sound Design-Play: Mic Pool, "The 39 Steps"
Sound Design-Musical: Scott Lehrer, "South Pacific"
Regional Theater Tony Award: Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Special Tony Award: Robert Russell Bennett
Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Sondheim.
- 6/16/2008
- WENN
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