The Broadway Musical Blog – Musical theater news and gossip from the Great White Way
Dishing out daily (or almost daily) Broadway musical news and gossip. The companion site to The Broadway Musical Home (broadwaymusicalhome.com), a directory of Broadway musicals with the story, songs, merchandise, video clips, lyrics, tickets, rights & awards for almost 200 shows.Archive for Hello Dolly!
Producers Take Note: The Revivals People Want and Who to Cast
The people of Twitter and Facebook have spoken; here are the shows they think should be revived and the stars that should headline each, listed in no particular order.
- Sunset Boulevard starring Sutton Foster, Hunter Parrish, Glenn Close, Joel Grey, Bernadette Peters, Neil Partick Harris, Norbert Leo Butz, Carol Burnett, Angela Lansbury, Doris Day, Tyne Daily or Josh Young
- Once Upon a Mattress starring Megan Hilty
- Gypsy starring Sutton Foster
- Grand Hotel
- Pippin starring Neil Patrick Harris, Naya Rivera, Gavin Creel or Traci Thoms
- Mame starring Carol Burnett, Vera Charles, Lily Tomlin, Megan Mallally or Sutton Foster
- Dreamgirls starring Patina Miller, Da’vine, Joy Randolph, Montego Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Queen Latifah, LaChanze or Beyonce
- Les Miserables starring Lea Salonga
- Bombay Dreams
- Aida starring Adam Pascal and Heather Headley
- Jesus Christ Superstar starring Adam Pascal
- Beauty and the Beast starring Clémence Poésy
- The Music Man starring Jeremy Jordan
- Assassins starring Tatum Channing
- Grease starring Justin Bieber or Sam Harris
- Hello Dolly starring Patty Lupone, Bernadette Peters, Bette Midler, Danny Divito or Harvey Fierstein
- Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Sweet Charity starring Sutton Foster
- Cats starring Ryan Steele
- Lestat
- Into the Woods starring Bernadette Peters
- My Fair Lady starring Angela Lansbury
- Funny Girl starring Sutton Foster or Lea Michele
- Pirates of Penzance
- Side Show starring Laura Osnes and Cassie Levy
- Sweeny Todd starring Christian Borle and Sutton Foster
- The Rocky Horror Show
- Miss Saigon starring Lea Salonga
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Ghost starring Sutton Foster and Richard Fleeshman
- Carousel starring anyone but Taylor Swift
Is a show or star missing from this list? Add it in the comments below!
2010 Olivier Award Nominations and Winners
The West End’s Olivier Awards nominations are out and lots of trans-Pacific transfers are on the list, including the Broadway transfer of Spring Awakening, now on the West End, and the West-End transfers of A Little Night Music and Billy Elliot, now on Broadway.
The official awards ceremony took place on March 21. Here are the categories that include musicals (winners are marked with a 
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BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
HELLO DOLLY!
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
OLIVER!
BEST NEW MUSICAL
SPRING AWAKENING
DREAMBOATS AND PETTICOATS
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL
SISTER ACT
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Samantha Spiro, HELLO DOLLY!
Melanie C, BLOOD BROTHERS
Patina Miller, SISTER ACT
Hannah Waddingham, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Charlotte Wakefield, SPRING AWAKENING
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Aneurin Barnard, SPRING AWAKENING
Rowan Atkinson, OLIVER!
Bob Golding, MORECAMBE
Alexander Hanson, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Tony Sheldon, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL OR ENTERTAINMENT
Iwan Rheon, SPRING AWAKENING
Sheila Hancock, SISTER ACT
Maureen Lipman, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Kelly Price, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
BEST THEATRE CHOREOGRAPHER
Stephen Mear, HELLY DOLLY!
Matthew Bourne, OLIVER!
Bill T Jones, SPRING AWAKENING
Anthony Van Laast, SISTER ACT
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
BURNT BY THE SUN, Mark Henderson
ENRON, Mark Henderson
SPRING AWAKENING, Kevin Adams
THREE DAYS OF RAIN, Jon Clark
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT- THE MUSICAL, Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner
HELLO DOLLY!, Peter McKintosh
MADAME DE SADE, Christopher Oram
THE MISANTHROPE, Amy Roberts
BEST SOUND DESIGN
SPRING AWAKENING, Brian Ronan
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FAVOUR, Christopher Shutt
JERUSALEM, Ian Dickinson
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN, Andrew Bruce and Nick Lidster
THE AUDIENCE AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR SHOW
WICKED
BILLY ELLIOT
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
WAR HORSE
WE WILL ROCK YOU
