Stephen Sondheim: Last News

Stephen Sondheim is due to be remembered in song at the upcoming Grammy Awards by Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt and Rachel Zegler, sources tell Variety.The performances, which have not yet been officially announced, are said to be part of the show’s traditional In Memoriam segment, rather than a separate moment during the telecast.Sondheim died on Nov. 26 at age 91.

Rita Moreno is back on the awards season circuit with Steven Spielberg's celebrated new adaptation of the Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical and ready to cheer on Ariana DeBose, who is poised to make Oscars history once again with a win for the same role.«I'll tell you what, this is an Oscar part,» Moreno told ET's Will Marfuggi at the 74th Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday night. «And I can tell you the scene that seals it, and it's the scene in the candy store.

Daniel Radcliffe will tackle Stephen Sondheim next season in a new revival of the 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along at the Off Broadway New York Theatre Workshop.

West Side Story has a new adaptation in the works, with the Disney+ streaming service being home to the musical adaptation. The movie is directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and is the second feature-length adaptation of the 1957 stage musical.

Veteran actress Patti LuPone tested positive for Covid-19 before Saturday’s Broadway matinee of Company, triggering increased testing protocols for the rest of the performers and staff.

Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed on as a co-lead opposite Lisette Alexis in National Treasure, Disney Branded Television’s TV series for Disney+ produced by ABC Signature.

Marlee Matlin (“CODA”) and Bradley Whitford (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here.They met 20 years ago in a fictional Oval Office and have stayed real friends. On Aaron Sorkin’s hit TV drama “The West Wing,” Bradley Whitford played deputy chief of staff Josh Lyman, who crushes on Marlee Matlin’s whiz pollster Joey Lucas.

MORE: Stephanie Seymour shares heartbreaking post following shock death of her sonThe incident occurred at the José Asunción Flores amphitheater on Sunday night, when a musical show called Ja'umina Fest was taking place, attended by thousands of people. Cristina 'Vita' Aranda has been tragically killed at 29Vita – a mother of three – was one of the casualties; she was transferred to hospital but passed away a short time later.

THE WASHINGTON BALLET: SWAN LAKEJulie Kent and Victor Barbee have been preparing for years to unveil a new production of Swan Lake. The married duo at the helm of the Washington Ballet — Kent as artistic director and Barbee as associate artistic director — had long planned for the quintessential classical ballet to follow, as Kent has put it, as “the logical next step in building the repertoire for the company,” following Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, and other kindred 19th-century romantic ballets in prior seasons.“Victor and I will curate and tailor the production to our company — drawing on our years of experience, the detailed [choreographic] notations, and various research — to present a wonderful marriage of dramatic theatricality and technical proficiency,” to quote Kent.Now, a full two years after its intended debut, postponed because of the pandemic, the company is ready to share the tragic love story set to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s powerful score and featuring the iconic choreography of Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov — enhanced with additional staging and some refined movement by Kent and Barbee.The company’s dancers, including Adelaide Clauss as Princess Odette and Gian Carlo Perez as Prince Sigfried, will be aided by exquisite costumes and scenic design by Peter Cazalet and accompanied by a live orchestra conducted by Charles Barker to conjure senses of magic, intrigue, melancholy, and suspense — all in service to the Washington Ballet’s triumphant return to the Kennedy Center and specifically the Eisenhower Theater.Performances begin Wednesday, Feb.

From West Side Story through Bye Bye Birdie, from Chicago to Kiss of the Spider Woman, one actor has been a constant – Chita Rivera.

Martha Stewart doesn’t think that drinking is the best use of your time during the COVID-19 pandemic.The 80-year-old TV personality gave some serious side-eye to Ina Garten’s advice to pour some huge cosmopolitans to help get through the COVID-19 pandemic in a January 26 interview with People. Martha said that the 73-year-old Barefoot Contessa host’s advice wasn’t “charming.”

Rachel Zegler had the ultimate New Jersey experience.

died suddenly at his Roxbury, Conn. home in November, a day after celebrating Thanksgiving, his lawyer and friend F.

his death.MORE: In memoriam: remembering famous faces we lost in 2022The 53-year-old supermodel took to Instagram to share a carousel of images of Harry, both as a young child and more recently.WATCH: Stephanie Seymour makes an appearance at the 2013 MOCA galaShe also posted a poignant poem by author Donna Ashworth. It read: "I missed you today but that's nothing new, I missed you a million times yesterday too.

West Side Story star Ariana DeBose has landed a plum gig hosting the first Saturday Night Live episode of 2022.The 30-year-old actress, who has years of Broadway experience, played the role of Anita that won Rita Moreno an Oscar in the 1961 movie version of West Side Story.Now after lending her talents to a legendary old musical she will try her hand at a comedy institution on January 15, according to Saturday Night Live's Instagram. Incoming:West Side Story star Ariana DeBose has landed a plum gig hosting the first Saturday Night Live episode of 2022In the same post the sketch program revealed that Die Young rapper Roddy Ricch will be the musical guest on the January 15 episode.Directed by Steven Spielberg, the new West Side Story film is led by Ansel Elgort - who last year denied a sexual assault allegation - and YouTube star Rachel Zegler.

Saga magazine, the actor said: "I fell from a balcony when the heart attack happened."I hit my head, so my memory was affected to some extent because it caused a bleed on the brain."I was put on life support in intensive care.

Vogue magazine."I suppose Stephen Sondheim is what brought us together," he had revealed.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen “West Side Story” star Ansel Elgort appeared on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” on Dec.

Meeting the man behind the music was a dream come true for the cast of “West Side Story”.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorThe cast of the new Broadway revival of “Company” was in the middle of a two-show Friday on Thanksgiving weekend when they heard the news that the musical’s legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim, had died at the age of 91.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:Because the “Company” ensemble had worked with and gotten to know Sondheim — he had been at the production’s first preview just a few days before — the show’s Tony-winning director, Marianne Elliott (“War Horse,” “Angels in America”), wanted to make sure she was the one to tell them the news.

according to Insider, divulged she nearly quit the production due to offensive lyrics.In the song “America,” which is an argument between Anita’s character and her boyfriend, Puerto Rico is called an “ugly” island and an “island of tropic disease.”Moreno, who hails from Puerto Rico, said it was “awful” to hear those lyrics.“It felt horrible. And I thought, ‘I can’t do this.