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‘The Harder They Come’ Was a Hero's Journey Set to Reggae. It's About to Become a New Musical
On its 50th anniversary, the groundbreaking 1972 film starring Jimmy Cliff is being adapted for the stage by the creatives behind musicals about Ray Charles and the Temptations
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Hear 'Like a Rolling Stone' From Bob Dylan Musical 'Girl From the North Country'
Musical returns to the Broadway stage in October
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Broadway Is Back: 'Freestyle Love Supreme,' 'Tina,' 'Ain't Too Proud,' 'Jagged Little Pill' Set Re-Opening Date
As Broadway’s three biggest hits — Hamilton, The Lion King, and Wicked — make plans to return to this fall, many other shows set their sites on opening
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'Girl From the North Country': A Dylan Musical Worth Seeing Makes It to Broadway
The production, based around the songs of Bob Dylan, offers a new take on the jukebox musical — sometimes for the best, and sometimes simply confounding
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‘You Oughta Know’: How Lauren Patten Helped Save Alanis Morissette’s Song From Itself
Its message about demanding to be seen is finding a whole new generation of converts in the ‘Jagged Little Pill’ musical
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'My Girl': See Cast of Broadway's 'Ain't Too Proud' Sing the Temptations' Hit on NYC Subways
Motown released the original single of “My Girl” on December 21, 1964
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Tina Turner on Her Journey to Broadway
“You’re not Tina. Don’t try to mimic me," the queen of rock & roll told Adrienne Warren, who plays her onstage. "And you have to be a little bit yourself”
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Flashback: Night Ranger's Hair Metal Masterpiece 'Sister Christian'
Revisiting the 1984 power ballad that became the "Stairway to Heaven" of hair metal
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On a Hot Summer Night, Meat Loaf Joined the 'Bat Out of Hell' Cast Onstage
Singer performs "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)," his first time onstage in over two years
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Love Lifts Us Up: 'Moulin Rouge! the Musical' Packs More Pop Than One Show Can Handle
With 70 pop songs — including "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Bad Romance" — the Broadway adaptation is a spectacle that attempts to balance excess and doom
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