The 2023-2024 Broadway season has been positively packed with an abundance of talent as dozens of new productions danced across New York City stages. The nominating committee for the Tony Awards usually does a great job in selecting the best of the best, thanks to a fair system that requires committee members to see all eligible productions. But given the sheer volume of shows this season, David Buchanan and I thought it best to remind these voters of contenders most in need of recognition.
David and I sat down to stump for 10 Tony Awards hopefuls who find themselves on uncertain ground heading into nominations (plus a few shoutouts to some stellar designers). Watch the full video slugfest above to hear our passionate pleas to the voters on the nominating committee. Hey Tony voter nominators, please don’t forget these incredible artists!
See 2024 Tony Awards eligibility rulings (round 3): ‘Uncle Vanya...
David and I sat down to stump for 10 Tony Awards hopefuls who find themselves on uncertain ground heading into nominations (plus a few shoutouts to some stellar designers). Watch the full video slugfest above to hear our passionate pleas to the voters on the nominating committee. Hey Tony voter nominators, please don’t forget these incredible artists!
See 2024 Tony Awards eligibility rulings (round 3): ‘Uncle Vanya...
- 4/28/2024
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“Character is kind of where I start from,” explains Jocelyn Bioh, “I feel like all of my work is character driven narratives.” She made her Broadway debut as a playwright this season with “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” at Manhattan Theatre Club, a play bursting at the seams with unique characters. “Sometimes I don’t actually know where I’m going,” says Bioh of her process, “I just know what the character is, and I’ll just start writing and see what they say, see where it kind of leads me.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
In the play, audiences are dropped into the titular Harlem braiding shop where they soon grow intimately familiar with the stylists and clientele. There’s Marie (Dominique Thorne), the owner’s young daughter with a bright future ahead of her. There’s Bea (Zenzi Williams), a veteran stylist who dominates much of the...
In the play, audiences are dropped into the titular Harlem braiding shop where they soon grow intimately familiar with the stylists and clientele. There’s Marie (Dominique Thorne), the owner’s young daughter with a bright future ahead of her. There’s Bea (Zenzi Williams), a veteran stylist who dominates much of the...
- 4/8/2024
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“We played games and we laughed. And I felt like that was where the trust really began,” recalls Zenzi Williams of a pivotal potluck where she and her “Jaja’s African Hair Braiding” cast members bonded. Manhattan Theatre Club presented the critically lauded new play by Jocelyn Bioh on Broadway during the fall, with many journalists tipping their hat to the synergy of its ensemble cast. According to Williams, their strong “sense of play” was born out of the closeness that the company felt during that initial dinner party. “We kind of brought that into the space and it just blossomed from there,” she explains. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Williams portrays Bea in the play, a veteran stylist at the titular Harlem braiding salon. The actress infuses Bea with an exuberant, no-nonsense attitude. Though her mood is soon tampered by younger stylists who steal her clients. The closeness...
Williams portrays Bea in the play, a veteran stylist at the titular Harlem braiding salon. The actress infuses Bea with an exuberant, no-nonsense attitude. Though her mood is soon tampered by younger stylists who steal her clients. The closeness...
- 3/26/2024
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Christmas With You is a romcom starring Aimee Garcia and Freddie Prinze Jr. It is directed by Gabriela Tagliavini.
A young woman who has it all, health, wealth and success, and yet is still a bit lost. However, thanks to Christmas she will recover the true Yuletide spirit in the most traditional way. Does it sound familiar?
Premise
Angelina is a pop star who feels burned-out, and despite it all decides to grant a young fan’s wish in a small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Movie Review
New York is so generous in film, that includes the most used clichés, especially, when it comes to the Christmas theme. So if we add to that a music star who has lost the Christmas feel, we have the perfect premise for a season movie.
When it...
A young woman who has it all, health, wealth and success, and yet is still a bit lost. However, thanks to Christmas she will recover the true Yuletide spirit in the most traditional way. Does it sound familiar?
Premise
Angelina is a pop star who feels burned-out, and despite it all decides to grant a young fan’s wish in a small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Movie Review
New York is so generous in film, that includes the most used clichés, especially, when it comes to the Christmas theme. So if we add to that a music star who has lost the Christmas feel, we have the perfect premise for a season movie.
When it...
- 11/17/2022
- by Veronica Loop
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
As sweet, sticky and snappy as a candy cane, “Christmas with You” provides a refreshing, sugary boost to any Netflix subscriber’s cinematic diet. This holiday offering, centered on a burnt-out pop star searching for creative inspiration and finding love, welcomes its co-star Freddie Prinze Jr. back to rom-coms, a genre from which he’s been absent for the past two decades. It also delivers unexpected seasonal delights with authentic, universal appeal. The ease with which it packages comedic hijinks and poignancy allows specifics of Latin American culture to shape and broaden its genuine emotional impact. And what a lovely gift that turns out to be.
Recording artist Angelina (Aimee Garcia) has been conquering the pop charts for decades, but finds herself stuck at a creative crossroads. The industry at large and her record producer Barry (Lawrence J. Hughes) are determined to pit her against label-mate/ingénue Cheri (Nicolette Stephanie Templier), who has stronger songs,...
Recording artist Angelina (Aimee Garcia) has been conquering the pop charts for decades, but finds herself stuck at a creative crossroads. The industry at large and her record producer Barry (Lawrence J. Hughes) are determined to pit her against label-mate/ingénue Cheri (Nicolette Stephanie Templier), who has stronger songs,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
This holiday season, love has a surprise in store.
On Wednesday, Netflix debuted the trailer for their upcoming movie “Christmas With You”, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Aimee Garcia.
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“Feeling career burn out, pop star Angelina (Garcia) escapes to grant a young fan’s wish in small town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love,” the longline reads.
Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.
In the trailer, Prinze’s character, the father of that young fan, played by Deja Monique Cruz, gets help from Angelina with writing a brand new Christmas music hit.
Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.
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The film also stars Zenzi Williams and Lawrence J. Hughes.
Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.
“Christmas With You” premieres Nov.
On Wednesday, Netflix debuted the trailer for their upcoming movie “Christmas With You”, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Aimee Garcia.
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“Feeling career burn out, pop star Angelina (Garcia) escapes to grant a young fan’s wish in small town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love,” the longline reads.
Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.
In the trailer, Prinze’s character, the father of that young fan, played by Deja Monique Cruz, gets help from Angelina with writing a brand new Christmas music hit.
Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.
Read More: Sarah Michelle Gellar Shares Beautiful Wedding Throwback On 19th Anniversary Of Marrying Freddie Prinze Jr.
The film also stars Zenzi Williams and Lawrence J. Hughes.
Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.
“Christmas With You” premieres Nov.
- 10/19/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
"I really think this could be the one, Mo." "The song, or the music teacher?" Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a schmaltzy holiday romance called Christmas With You, one of their latest Hallmark Channel offerings. The streamer continues to make "content" that is generic and easily digestible, resulting in a lot of Hallmark-esque low quality films that will be forgotten as soon as the credits roll. What is this one about? Seeking inspiration for a hit holiday song, and feeling career burn out, a pop star named Angelina grants a young fan's Christmas wish to meet her — and finds a shot at true love along the way. This seems like a rip-off mash-up of the plots from both Marry Me and Notting Hill previously, both of which are much better films than this. Christmas With You stars Aimee Garcia as Angelina, Freddie Prinze Jr. as her "music teacher" love interest,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
New York is the city that never sleeps, and with so many events and activities each week across all five boroughs, it can be hard to know what’s actually worthwhile. Here are the events New York City actors should have on their radars this week. Celebrate the wizard of “Wicked.”Stephen Schwartz, esteemed composer behind “Pippin,” “Godspell,” and most famously, “Wicked,” will celebrate his 70th birthday with an all-star lineup of theater stalwarts. The Dramatists Guild Foundation will fete the talent at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre on April 23, with a concert featuring performances from Ben Platt, Rachel Bay Jones, Laura Benanti, Darren Criss, Judith Light, and others. The evening will also be the first in the Dgf: Toasts series, honoring the life and work of American theater’s greatest writers. (Tickets start at $55) Don’t miss the Bard’s birthday.Beginning April 23, which happens to be the birthday of William Shakespeare,...
- 4/20/2018
- backstage.com
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