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Meet 2013 Tony Nominee: Cicely Tyson “What A Joy To Watch”

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What all can you say about a legend like Cicely Tyson that hasn’t been said already. She is a consummate actress on stage and film. She has left a mark on this profession and anyone who gets the chance to see her and and her process in A Trip To Bountiful is privilged to witness such a milestone in her career. She is such a joy to watch. She walks around with an audience in the palm of her hand every night. Her performance on Broadway this year, after nearly 30 years away, screamed “Give me a Tony!” and she’s half way there. Tyson is nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play. Only two African American women in the entire Tony Award history have won this award, Phylicia Rashad A Raisin In The Sun(2005) and Viola Davis Fences(2010). We think its time to add Cicely Tyson to that list.

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Other Honors for Cicely Tyson in A Trip To Bountiful:

—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
—Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
—2013 Drama League Nomination for the Distinguished Performance Award

Hear what Vanessa Williams had to say about working on A Trip To Bountiful with the legend that is Cicely Tyson while she was a on the Today show

Vanessa Williams talks starring with Cicely Tyson

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Get Ready Cause Here I Come: Motown the Musical Hits The Road

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Broadway’s latest smash hit, Motown The Musical, will be hitting the road starting April 2014 according to its website. That’s right the show that hasn’t had a non sold out show since beginning previews will have you doing the watusi and the boogaloo in a theatre near you. Its first stop will be the Oriental Theatre in Chicago.

It’s billed as the following: “Motown The Musical is the real story of the one-of-a-kind sound that hit the airwaves in 1959 and changed our culture forever. This exhilarating show charts Motown founder Berry Gordy’s incredible journey from featherweight boxer to the heavyweight music mogul who launched the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and so many more. Featuring all the classics you love, Motown The Musical tells the story behind the hits as Diana, Smokey, Berry and the whole Motown family fight against the odds to create the soundtrack that changed America. Motown shattered barriers, shaped our lives and made us all move to the same beat. Now, it finally comes to the Broadway stage in the world premiere of Motown The Musical“.

No additional dates or stops have been announced as of yet. If this sells like the New York production, tickets will sell out faster than you can say ABC. As soon as we find out any additional tour dates, we will let you know.

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NY Times Captures Tony Nominees Shalita Grant Courtney B Vance & Kinky Boots In Performance

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We just LOVE the “In Performance” videos that the NY Times does. They capture actors on video doing short excerpts from their current show. This time around they invited Tony nominees to do scenes on location in an environment that would resemeble the world in which their character would dwell. Take a look at Tony nominees Shalita Grant and Courtney B. Vance’s scenes below.

Shalita Grant plays a doom-predicting waitress in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Tony Awards 2013: Shalita Grant – In Performance | The New York Times

The New York Times invited Tony nominees to perform on location. In a cinematic interpretation adapted from “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” Shalita Grant plays a doom-predicting waitress.

Courtney B. Vance, who plays a newspaper editor in Lucky Guy,rants about the columnist Mike McAlary.

Tony Awards 2013: Courtney B. Vance – In Performance

The New York Times invited Tony nominees to perform scenes on location in New York. Here, Courtney B. Vance, who plays a newspaper editor in “Lucky Guy,” rants about the columnist Mike McAlary.

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Billy Porter and Stark Sands sing “Not My Father’s Son” from “Kinky Boots” at the shoemaker T. O. Dey.

Tony Awards 2013: ‘Kinky Boots’ – In Performance | The New York Times

The New York Times invited Tony nominees to perform scenes on location in New York. Here, Billy Porter and Stark Sands sing “Not My Father’s Son” from “Kinky Boots” at the shoemaker T. O. Dey.

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