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"I was born, and they took a picture," says Liza Minnelli, expressing the reality of growing up in the flashbulb-popping, gossip-saturated spotlight as Hollywood royalty"as the daughter of O…
Alan Cumming feels alive in this opening song at the 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards.
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Katherine McPhee, Andrea Bocelli and David Foster perform "Can't Help Falling In Love" in this 30th anniversary celebration of Andrea Bocelli.
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Glenn Close wins the Career Achievement Award at the 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards.
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Take an intimate look into the life of Liza Minnelli, the iconic actress best known for her Oscar-winning performance in Cabaret. Following in the footsteps of her mother, the legendary Judy…
Throughout her extraordinary career, Brenda Lee has transcended genre boundaries and solidified her place as one of the most versatile female artists of the 20th century. Singer-songwriter J…
Broadway legend Cynthia Erivo performs "Days of Wine and Roses" in this tribute to Henry Mancini.
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Aaron Tveit performs Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Soliloquy" from "Carousel."
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Patrick Wilson performs Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" from "Oklahoma!"
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Kristin Chenoweth covers "I Fall To Pieces" by Patsy Cline and The Jordanaires.
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On October 10, 2007, Lily Tomlin spoke about her time on Laugh-In and how she developed her characters. Interview conducted by director Michael Kantor for the six-hour PBS comedy series, "Ma…
Audra McDonald Performs "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" by Rodgers & Hammerstein.
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Audra McDonald, Michael Ball, Daniel Dae Kim and more discuss their earliest memory of Rodgers & Hammerstein's iconic music.
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Purlie (Leslie Odom, Jr.) tells Missy (Heather Alicia Simms) about his plan to buy his church back using his cousin's inheritance in this satirical play by Ossie Davis.
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The cast of "Rodgers and Hammerstein's 80th Anniversary" (Aaron Tveit, Michael Ball, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Friedman, Audra McDonald, Julian Ovenden and more) perform "Edelweiss" from the "So…
It costs a lot of money to open a big musical on Broadway"anywhere from $18 million to $32 million just to get in the door. So, if you wanna be a producer and you have a golden ticket at you…
Audra McDonald performs "Cornet Man" from "Funny Girl" and explains her special connection to the song from her high school show choir days.
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Patrick Wilson performs "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin" from "Oklahoma" at the 80th Anniversary celebration of Rodgers and Hammerstein's work.
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The cast of Hamlet (Ato Blankson-Wood, Solea Pfieffer, and Nick Rehberger) discuss what forces influence their relationships with one another, and how a modern context helps bring new ideas …
Audra McDonald invites the audience at her London Palladium show to perform "I Could Have Danced All Night" from "My Fair Lady" with her.
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The cast of Hamlet (Ato Blankson-Wood, Solea Pfieffer, and Nick Rehberger) discuss what it means to bring Shakespeare's "Hamlet" into the modern day.
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Audra McDonald performs "Will He Like Me?" from "She Loves Me" at her concert at the London Palladium.
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Ato Blankson-Wood (Hamlet) and Lorraine Toussaint (Gertrude) perform Act III, Scene 4 in the Public Theater's production of "Hamlet."
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Solea Pfeiffer performs Ophelia's flower monologue from Hamlet Act IV Scene 5.
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Ato Blankson-Wood performs Hamlet's famous "To be, or not to be" soliloquy during the Public Theater's production.
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