Kate Fessler Mrs. Den Boer 8C LA 15 May, 2014 Idina Menzel Nominated for Tony Award for Best Performance for Featured Actress in a Musical, and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. Awarded Tony Award Best Performance for Featured Actress in a Musical, Audience Award for Best Lead Actress, Best Diva Performance, Best Onstage Pair with Kristin Chenoweth (Idina Menzel, Wikipedia). These are just a few of the achievements in the music and acting world that Idina Menzel has
What is critically known as the best American musical, Gypsy provides American musical theatregoers with dynamic characters, a captivating story and extraordinary music. Gypsy is an American musical that is based on the self-written book, “The Memoirs of ‘Gypsy Rose Lee’”. It is often referred to as, Gypsy: A Musical Fable. The musical made its debut on May 21, 1959 at The Broadway Theatre in Manhattan. The characters have been subject to many in depth analysis throughout its lifetime, adding a lot
Legally Blonde, a romance/comedy musical show and a Broadway production, musically and lyrically composed by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, had many positive reviews including seven Tony nominations, ten Drama Desk nominations, a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical, and received award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical. Legally Blonde the Musical was premiered on April 23, 2007 in the Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco, California. However, it was opened in April 29, 2007 at the Palace
the psychoanalysts to create their paradigm of fairy tales and true life. Lapine’s book was interwove expertly and deftly, and Mankin’s work helped me field the thesis of how the musical brought our inner child out to realize our true struggles in life. Stempel, Larry. Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2010. Print. Stempel’s work gave more insight to the relationship between Lapine and Sondheim, especially after the separation of Sondheim and