The star-studded 2015 US live TV production of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Featuring Queen Latifah in the title role and Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch of the West, The Wiz Live! proved a hit with […]
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and John Legend join the EGOT elite
US broadcaster NBC’s live production of Jesus Christ Superstar has helped Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and leading man John Legend join a select group of multi-award winners. The threesome added an Emmy to their Tony, Grammy and Oscar haul when the critically-acclaimed broadcast was named as the best live variety special at Sunday’s glittering Emmy […]
NBC plans Jesus Christ Superstar Live! for Easter 2018
US broadcaster NBC has revealed its next live production of a major musical will be Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. Following on from its successful Christmas season broadcasts of star-studded live musical productions, the network giant has unveiled its plans to bring the groundbreaking musical to the small screen for one […]
Kristin Chenoweth joins NBC’s Hairspray Live!
Kristin Chenoweth is the latest big name to join the star-studded cast of Hairspray Live!, this year’s festive season TV show from US broadcaster NBC. The Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress who was the original Glinda in Wicked on Broadway, will play the manipulative Velma Von Tussle in the three-hour live broadcast on 7 December this year. […]
NBC’s Hairspray Live! – Martin Short and Derek Hough join cast
Comedian and actor Martin Short and dancer Derek Hough are the latest big name stars to join the cast of US broadcaster NBC’s Hairspray Live! Award-winning comedy star Short will play Wilbur Turnblad while Dancing With the Stars stalwart turned actor Hough will play Corny Collins in the production alongside the already announced Broadway legend Harvey […]
