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[ad_1] Lea Michele and Myles Frost announce 2023 Tony nominations - CBS News Watch CBS News Lea Michele and Myles Frost join "CBS Mornings" live to announce six major nomination categories for the 76th Annual Tony Awards. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/entertainment/lea-michele-and-myles-frost-announce-2023-tony-nominations/?feed_id=302792&_unique_id=6646595c2b73d

[ad_1] "Phantom of the Opera" to close on Broadway this weekend - CBS News Watch CBS News Broadway's longest-running musical, "Phantom of the Opera," will hold its final performance this coming Sunday. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On [ad_2] Source link https://worldnews2023.com/entertainment/phantom-of-the-opera-to-close-on-broadway-this-weekend/?feed_id=297933&_unique_id=661f58b083b45

[ad_1] LaChanze Sapp-Gooding, better known as LaChanze, has spent most of her life on stage. Her first Broadway show as a lead actress was "Once on This Island," in 1990. Then came starring roles in "Company," "Ragtime," and "The Color Purple." That one, in which she originated the role of Celie, landed her a Tony Award. But behind the scenes, she's faced some tougher times. In 2001, when she was pregnant with her second daughter, she got word of the 9/11 attacks. Her husband, Calvin Gooding, was a securities trader in the World Trade Center. She performed at the opening of the 9/11 Museum in 2014, but did not return to the World Trade Center site again until this past October, when she gave a one-night solo concert. "I want to claim this space as a place where I can be, and not have the fear or the anxiety of stepping on someone's ashes," she said. LaChanze performs her solo concert show. 

[ad_1] The night Broadway star Lillias White opened in the hit show "Hadestown," her descent into Hell as the character Hermes sent the audience into a rapture. Everybody hungry, everybody tired Everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow The wage is nothing and the work is hard It's a graveyard in Hadestown… Lillias White as Hermes in the Broadway musical "Hadestown." CBS News Rocca asked White, "What does it feel like when people go nuts like that?" "Wow! It makes me full," she replied. "It makes me very emotional. It demands of me that I get out there and give them my entire heart." White has been giving audiences her heart for over four decades, in shows like "Dreamgirls," "Chicago," and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." She wa