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Broadway’s ‘The King and I’ Gets To Know New Anna, Marin Mazzie After Kelli O’Hara Exit

The cast of Broadway’s 'The King and I' will soon be getting to know an all new Anna Leonowens. Kelli O’Hara is leaving the hit revival this April and Marin Mazzie will be filling her shoes soon after. Mazzie is known for her roles in Cole Porter's 'Kiss Me, Kate' and Stephen Sondheim's 'Passion,' Mazzie has been absent from the stage recently while fighting breast cancer. Thankfully Mazzie is now in remission and ready to make her return to the Great White Way.
By James Knight

  • Disney ‘Frozen the Musical’ Coming to Broadway in 2018 with Kristen Anderson & Robert Lopez

    Winter is coming and it's coming in 2018. That is right, Frozen the Musical is coming to Broadway in just two short years. That means just as you are finally to get “Let it Go,” out of your head, you going to get have it stuck right back in skull again. The Disney musical will feature the same writing team of husband and wife Robert Lopez (E.G.O.T winner, Book of Mormon, Avenue Q) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (Disney’s Finding Nemo the Musical) providing the music and Jennifer Lee penning the book.
    By James Knight

  • NBC ‘Hairspray Live’ Producers Talk Race Relations and Their History with The Broadway Show

    This winter NBC is taking us back to the 60’s with a live tv musical production of 'Hairspray.' The show will be produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron who in addition to producing last year’s musical 'The Wiz Live,' also produced the 2006 film version of 'Hairspray.' Now Zadan and Meron are opening up about the reasons why they decided to go back to 'Hairspray' noting the nation's growing problems regarding race relations.
    By James Knight