The 2016 Tony Award nominations will be announced tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.– the 2015-2016 Broadway Season has been leading to this moment! Let’s call a spade a spade: Hamilton will likely dominate the nominations. However, there are plenty of other shows to celebrate this season. Today, we’re highlighting some Tony nominations that we hope will be announced tomorrow morning. Best Musical – Bright Star It’s no secret that we’re obsessed with Bright Star here at Pop Culturalist. Unfortunately a nomination for the biggest category–“Best Musical”– isn’t a sure thing for this gem of a show.
It’s not often that a show captures an audience in such a poignant and beautifully tragic way as Dear Evan Hansen does. The musical, which premiered at Arena Stage last summer, has found a new home: Off-Broadway’s Second Stage Theatre. Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect, The Book of Mormon) is sensational as Evan Hansen, a teenage boy who carries the burdens of social anxieties, depression and a dark facade. His story is immediately accessible to a younger audience. Evan is a senior in high school who not only struggles with social interactions such as
Soul princess Fantasia is back with a brand new track, titled “So Blue” which is from her forthcoming studio album, “The Definition Of…” which is set to be released on June 10th. The song, which is the latest taste of what to expect from the new album is the perfect song to zone out to with its cool and relaxing vibe. Fantasia rocks the extremely catchy chorus with lyrics “I’m so blue – crazy and gone over you” which sets the tone for this record about someone dealing with the
No one—no matter how good of spirit–is safe from the vengeful accusations of a mob. We’re reminded of this chilling fact in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s infamous 1953 play, The Crucible. The revival as directed by Ivo van Hove, The Crucible is at once powerful and perplexing. The Crucible is a cautionary tale that Arthur Miller wrote and that is commonly seen as a response to the McCarthyism era of the early 1950s. Using the setting of the Salem witch trials of the late 1600s, Miller was able to show audiences and