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Carlos Valdes (Gaslit, The Flash) is set to lead Hulu‘s musical romantic comedy series Up Here alongside previously announced Mae Whitman.

Tony awards in New York on Sunday night. Known as US entertainment’s grand slam, the illustrious acronym EGOT signifies a recipient of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe music branch of Emmy voters is not always impressed by big names. Take last year, when Beyonce, Cher, H.E.R. and even Bruce Springsteen had songs in the mix for consideration Voters ignored them, shutting out superstars in favor of composers and songwriters within the.

Just because he was in “Frozen” doesn’t mean Josh Gad knows the words to the animated movie’s hit song.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Good Girls star Mae Whitman has been tapped as the female lead in Up Here, Hulu’s musical romantic comedy series from Tick, Tick… Boom! and Dear Evan Hansen writer Steven Levenson, The Carmichael Show‘s Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Hamilton director Thomas Kail; and the Frozen and WandaVision songwriting duo of Kristen Anderson-Lopez.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorHusband-and-wife team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are no strangers to writing musical earworms. They’ve won Oscars for “Let It Go” from “Frozen” and “Remember Me” from “Coco” and an Emmy for “Agatha All Along” for “WandaVision.” Now they’re reuniting with friends and family, penning “You Are the Music” for the Apple TV Plus animated comedy “Central Park,” which returns to the streamer March 4.Songwriters Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson (Kristen’s sister) invited the duo to write a song, and it was an offer they couldn’t turn down.

A cellphone video of a little Ukrainian girl named Amelia singing a sweet and defiant rendition of Frozen‘s “Let It Go” from a bomb shelter in Kyiv has been viewed by many thousands since going viral yesterday, with no less than the film’s original Elsa – Idina Menzel – taking notice.

Lin Manuel-Miranda is so close to hitting a major milestone!

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLin-Manuel Miranda is one step closer to achieving EGOT status after earning an Oscar nomination in the best original song category for “Encanto’s” “Dos Oruguitas.” Miranda already has Emmy, Tony and Grammy awards.Should he succeed in winning the Oscar, he would join the elite group of artists who have achieved the status, including John Legend, Marvin Hamlisch and Robert Lopez. Composer Alan Menken was the most recent artist to achieve EGOT status in 2020, when he won an Emmy for outstanding original song in a children’s, young adult or animated program for “Waiting in the Wings” from Disney’s “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.”Miranda also has the rare distinction of winning a Pulitzer Prize for “Hamilton.” There are currently only two other people in the world who hold that honor, Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers.

Hulu has given an eight-episode series order to Up Here, a musical romantic comedy from Tony-winning playwright Steven Levenson (tick, tick… BOOM!), Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (The Carmichael Show, My Name Is Earl), Tony-winning Hamilton director Thomas Kail and Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Frozen, WandaVision). 20th Television and Kail’s Old 320 Sycamore Productions co-produce the series, which is currently casting with production set to begin this summer in New York.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHulu has ordered the musical romantic comedy series “Up Here,” with an all-star lineup set behind the camera.Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, the songwriters of “Frozen” and “Frozen 2,” Steven Levenson, who wrote the book for “Dear Evan Hansen,” and veteran TV writer Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (“New Girl,” “My Name Is Earl”) will all serve as writers and executive producers on the series.Levenson will also serve as showrunner, while the Anderson-Lopez and Lopez will write original songs for the series. Thomas Kail, who previously directed Broadway shows like “Hamilton” and “In the Heights,” will direct and executive produce under his Old 320 Sycamore Productions banner.

, the acclaimed Apple TV+ animated musical series, is back with all-new episodes of its second season. And after an extended delay, the platform is celebrating the series’ return with the release of the original song, “You are the Music,” led by Josh Gad and Rory O’Malley, who voice the characters, Birdie and Elwood, respectively.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Book of Mormon” is the latest long-running show to announce its return to Broadway.In another sign that the lights are flickering back on along the Great White Way, “The Book of Mormon” will return to the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Friday, November 5, 2021.

If you’ve seen the latest episode of the Marvel series WandaVision on Disney+, then you know about the song “Agatha All Along.”

WandaVision song ‘Agatha All Along’ is now available to stream on Spotify.The track, which was recorded for the seventh episode of the Marvel and Disney+ series, is played when Kathryn’s Hahn’s character Agnes is revealed to be Agatha Harkness, a notorious witch.Agnes’ identity is then looked back upon in the series in a musical montage underscored by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez’ song ‘Agatha All Along’.The pair, who also wrote the music for Frozen, recently told Entertainment Weekly that the perfect theme music must be “catchy” with a “strong melody” and a “real shape”.In NME’s recap of episode 7, Paul Bradshaw wrote: “Despite all the kookiness, we don’t know yet whose side Agatha is really on.

WandaVision theme song has been released, sung by Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna – listen to it below.Each episode of Marvel‘s new Disney+ series pays homage to a sitcom from the past, including nods to shows like Bewitched, I Love Lucy, and more.The show’s latest episode touches down in the ’90s, and included within the many Easter eggs is a brand new theme song, performed by the Bikini Kill frontwoman.Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, the married songwriting team behind Frozen, you can listen to ‘Let’s Keep It Going’ below:“Shout out to the amazing @kathleenhanna of bikini kill and le Tigre fame,” Anderson-Lopez tweeted.

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany are all dressed up for a magic show in the brand new TV spot for WandaVision, coming to Disney+ sooner than you think.

reviewer described it as 'wickedly funny, risque and inappropriate, but also sassy and sweet'.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorOn July 26, composer and songwriter Alan Menken officially became an EGOT — joining 16 others in achieving the rare distinction of having won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award — via his Daytime Emmy for outstanding original song in a children’s, young adult, or animated program for “Waiting in the Wings” from Disney’s “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure.”Joining the likes of John Legend, Marvin Hamlish and Robert Lopez in the honor, Menken spoke with Variety on the heels of his historic moment.I didn’t take it on as a life goal, but I have to admit that since it didn’t happen after a few times, I thought it wasn’t important. When it finally happened and I got the call saying I had finally won, I was surprised at

Alan Menken won a Daytime Emmy on June 12, which makes him the 16th EGOT. He won for composing “Waiting in the Wings” from Tangled: The Series: Rapunzel and the Great Tree, with lyrics by Glenn Slater. The song won outstanding original song in a children’s, young adult or animated program. Menken is the third of the 16 EGOT winners whose only Emmy is a Daytime Emmy, no