"on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. Cheek to Cheek ""Cheek to Cheek"" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1935, for the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movie ""Top Hat"" (1935). In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance. The song was nominated for the Best Song Academy Award for 1936, which it lost to """"Lullaby of Broadway"""". The song spent five weeks at #1 on Your Hit Parade and was named the #1 song of 1935. Astaire's 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall"
"(Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase), Original Song (Irving Berlin for ""Cheek to Cheek""), and Dance Direction (Hermes Pan for ""Piccolino"" and ""Top Hat""). In 1990, ""Top Hat"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". The film ranked number 15 on the 2006 American Film Institute's list of best musicals. ""Top Hat"" has been nostalgically referenced — particularly its ""Cheek to Cheek"" segment — in many films, including ""The Purple Rose of Cairo"" (1985), ""The English Patient"" (1996), ""The Green Mile"" (1999),""La La Land"""
"Jackson had molested young boys at his Neverland ranch became a tabloid scandal, the project was abandoned. Later that year Donen directed a stage version of ""The Red Shoes"" at the George Gershwin Theater. He replaced the original director Susan Schulman just six weeks before the show opened. It closed after four days. In 1998, Donen was awarded an Honorary Academy Award ""in appreciation of a body of work marked by grace, elegance, wit and visual innovation."" In his acceptance speech he danced with his Oscar statue while singing Irving Berlin's ""Cheek to Cheek"", a song first popularized by his"
"Cheek to Cheek (album) Cheek to Cheek is a collaborative album by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. It was released on September 19, 2014 by Interscope and Columbia Records. Bennett and Gaga first met at the Robin Hood Foundation gala in New York City in 2011. After the two later recorded together a rendition of ""The Lady Is a Tramp"", they began discussing plans for working on a jazz project. ""Cheek to Cheek"" consists of jazz standards by popular composers such as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin. It was inspired by Bennett and Gaga's"
"to; of an 88-year-old legend with whom she has zero chemistry; and, most disappointingly, of our eagerness to follow her down an unlikely creative path."" At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards on February 8, 2015, ""Cheek to Cheek"" won a Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. ""Cheek to Cheek"" debuted at number one on the ""Billboard"" 200 with 131,000 copies sold in its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan, earning Gaga her third consecutive number-one album and the second for Bennett. It also topped the Jazz Albums and Traditional Jazz Albums charts. Bennett beat his own record—previously achieved in"
"Cast members include Treat Williams, John Savage, Beverly D'Angelo, Don Dacus, Annie Golden, Dorsey Wright, Nell Carter, Cheryl Barnes, Richard Bright, Ellen Foley and Charlotte Rae. Dance scenes were choreographed by Twyla Tharp, and were performed by the Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation. The film was nominated for two Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture (for Williams). ""Hair"" is a rock musical focusing on the lives of two young men against the backdrop of the hippie counterculture of the Vietnam era. Claude Hooper Bukowski is a naive Oklahoman"
"previews and 69 performances. It was nominated for 3 Tony Awards and 6 Drama Desk Awards. With new direction and production design, the musical transferred to London and opened at the Playhouse Theatre in January 2015, where it received mixed to positive reviews and 2 Laurence Olivier Award nominations. It closed in May of that year. In October 2009, a workshop reading for the Lincoln Center Theater production of the musical was held, featuring Salma Hayek, Jessica Biel, Matthew Morrison and Paulo Szot. Patti LuPone, Tom Hewitt, and Sherie Rene Scott were in workshop readings of the musical in March"
"for the musical because Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe did not want to produce a ""jukebox musical"" in the vein of ""Mamma Mia!"" or ""We Will Rock You"". Several of the musical's songs were pre-released on the Pet Shop Boys' 1999 album ""Nightlife"", including ""Closer to Heaven"", ""In Denial"", and ""Vampires"". ""Nightlife"" was recorded whilst they were writing ""Closer to Heaven"" and originally more of the album's tracks appeared in the musical. The oldest song is ""Shameless"", which originally appeared as the B-side to ""Go West"" in 1993. An album, ""Closer to Heaven (Original Cast Recording)"", was released in October"
"The musical includes such hits as ""Super Trouper"", ""Lay All Your Love on Me"", ""Dancing Queen"", ""Knowing Me, Knowing You"", ""Take a Chance on Me"", ""Thank You for the Music"", ""Money, Money, Money"", ""The Winner Takes It All"", ""Voulez-Vous"", ""SOS"" and the title track. Over 60 million people have seen the show, which has grossed $2 billion worldwide since its 1999 debut. A film adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Stellan Skarsgård and Julie Walters was released in July 2008. As of 2018, the show has productions in London's West End, where it is"
"""Cheek to Cheek"" sheet music autographed by Bennett, 8×10 art prints housed in a vellum envelope and others. Bennett told ""Billboard"" that they were also inspired by Porter's 1936 musical, ""Red, Hot and Blue"", for a possible sequel to ""Cheek to Cheek"". He wanted to see how ""Cheek to Cheek"" fared after its release, but Gaga wanted to start working on the collaboration ""right away"". Bennett added: ""we're gonna do two albums in a row with her. We'll have to try and do that as soon as possible, just as a follow-up for a second album."" In June 2014, Gaga"
"The musical was then nominated for 13 Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, and won six. It was later adapted into a motion picture from DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures in 2006. The film starred Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, and Keith Robinson. Act I: 1960s In 1962, The Dreamettes, a hopeful black girl group from Chicago, enter the famous Amateur Night talent competition at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York (""I'm Lookin' for Something"", ""Goin' Downtown"", ""Takin' the Long Way Home""). The group is composed of full-figured lead singer"
"from the musical ""Hair"", Laura Nyro's ""Eli's Comin'"" (US #10), Randy Newman's ""Mama Told Me Not to Come"" (US #1), Paul Williams' ""Out in the Country"" (US #15), ""The Family Of Man"" (US #12), and ""An Old Fashioned Love Song"" (US #4), Hoyt Axton's ""Joy to the World"" (US #1) and ""Never Been to Spain"" (US #5), Arkin & Robinson's ""Black and White"" (US #1), Argent's Russ Ballard's ""Liar"" (US #7), Elton John and Bernie Taupin's ""Lady Samantha"" and ""Your Song"", Daniel Moore's ""Shambala"" (#3), Leo Sayer's ""The Show Must Go On"" (US #4), John Hiatt's ""Sure As I'm Sittin'"
"nominees included ""Anastasia"" – 13; ""Hello, Dolly!"" — 10; ""The Band's Visit"" and ""Come from Away"" — 7; ""Groundhog Day"" — 5; ""A Bronx Tale"" — 4; ""Falsettos"", ""Holiday Inn"", and ""Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"" — 3; and ""Miss Saigon"", ""Sunset Boulevard"" — 1. Multiple winners: ""Come from Away"" and ""Hello, Dolly!"" – 4; ""The Band's Visit"" and ""Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812"" – 2. The Outstanding New Broadway Musical was ""Come from Away"", and the Outstanding New Broadway Play was ""Oslo""; Outstanding Revival of a Play was ""Jitney"" and Outstanding Revival of"
"an Off-Broadway production at Second Stage Theatre in March to May 2016. At the 71st Tony Awards, it was nominated for nine awards, winning six, including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Actor in a Musical for Ben Platt, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Rachel Bay Jones. The musical has its origins in an incident that took place during Pasek's high school years at Friends' Central School. The musical ""takes the notion of a teenager, ... Evan Hansen, who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn."" Evan Hansen is a teenager"
"Visual Presentation: ""Beauty and the Beast"" Best Musical Score: ""Les Misérables"" Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer Best Song in a Musical: “'Til We Reach That Day” (1st Act Finale) from ""Ragtime"" Best Direction: Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall for ""Cabaret"" Best Costumes: Ann Hould-Ward for ""Beauty and the Beast"" Best Choreography: Bob Fosse for ""Fosse"" Best Actor in a Play: Barry Humphries in ""Dame Edna: The Royal Tour"" Best Actor in a Musical: David Pittu in ""Parade"" Best Actress in a Play: Sherri Parker Lee in ""The Vagina Monologues"" Best Actress in a Musical: Louise Pitre in"
"before the release that month of the two stars' much-delayed collaborative effort and resultant Grammy-winning album, ""Cheek to Cheek"", which debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, extending the 88-year-old Bennett's record for the oldest artist to do so. At the end of 2014, Bennett and Lady Gaga kicked off their co-headlining Cheek to Cheek Tour. The pair also appeared in a Barnes & Noble commercial. On September 25, 2015, he released an album of songs composed by Jerome Kern, featuring Bill Charlap on piano, called """". On November 1, 2015, Bennett, joined by the choir from the Frank"
"third consecutive number-one album on the ""Billboard"" 200, and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. The duo recorded the concert special """", and embarked on the Cheek to Cheek Tour from December 2014 to August 2015. In February 2015, Gaga became engaged to Taylor Kinney. After ""Artpop"" lukewarm response, Gaga began to reinvent her image and style. According to ""Billboard"", this shift started with the release of ""Cheek to Cheek"" and the attention she received for her performance at the 87th Academy Awards, where she sang a medley of songs from ""The Sound of Music"" in"
"Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! is an American concert television special featuring live performances by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga in support of their collaborative studio album, ""Cheek to Cheek"", released in September 2014. It was held at the Rose Theater of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in July following the announcement of the album's release, and was aired on PBS on October 24, 2014, as part of the network's ""Great Performances"" series. The concert was watched by an audience consisting of invited guests and students"
"collaboration, titled ""Cheek to Cheek"", and confirmed their album would be released in September 2014. Following the announcement of the release, a short concert was held at the Rose Theater of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Titled ""Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!"", the concert aired on PBS as part of their ""Great Performances"" series on October 24, 2014. It was watched by an audience consisting of invited guests and students from New York schools. Set and lighting was created by Robert Wilson, while David Horn directed it. Bennett and Gaga were joined onstage by 39-piece"
"He attended Ryerson University for two years and left to perform in the band Lovemethod. Nick Cordero Nick Cordero is a Canadian actor. He appeared on Broadway in 2014 in the musical ""Bullets Over Broadway"" in the role of Cheech, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. He won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical and a Theater World Award for the role. He originated the title role in the Off-Broadway production of"
"nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Hawn), Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Chase) and Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Moore), as well as for the Academy Award for Best Song, but won none. Recent divorcée Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn) is a San Francisco librarian. While attending a party, she is encouraged by a friend to leave herself open to new experiences. On the way home, Gloria picks up an attractive man named Bob ""Scotty"" Scott (Bruce Solomon) when she encounters him and his disabled"
"medley of songs from the film, was critically lauded. She and Tony Bennett also released ""Cheek to Cheek"", an album of jazz duets, in September 2014 to generally favorable reviews. It debuted atop the ""Billboard"" 200, becoming Gaga's third consecutive number-one album in the United States, and won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Additionally, Gaga starred in """" (2015–2016), the fifth season of the American anthology television series ""American Horror Story"", winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film. While collecting her award, the singer confirmed that she would be releasing"
"first big break came after auditioning for comedians Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson in 1939. Their song ""G'Bye Now"" made it into Olsen and Johnson's Broadway revue ""Hellzapoppin""'. In 1946 Livingston and Evans signed a contract with Paramount Studios in Hollywood. Livingston and Evans, both members of ASCAP, won three Academy Awards, in 1948 for the song ""Buttons and Bows"", written for the movie ""The Paleface""; in 1950 for the song ""Mona Lisa"", written for the movie ""Captain Carey, U.S.A.""; and in 1956 for the song ""Que Sera Sera"", featured in the Alfred Hitchcock movie ""The Man Who Knew Too"
"from a Movie or TV Show"", but eventually lost to Furious 7's ""See You Again"", performed by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth. It was also nominated for a 2015 MTV Europe Music Award for ""Best Song"", but lost to Taylor Swift's ""Bad Blood"". At the 2015 BBC Music Awards, the song was nominated for ""Song of the Year"". It won the award of 'Best International Song"" at the 2015 Los Premios 40 Principales. The song is also nominated for ""Favorite Song of the Year"" at the 42nd People's Choice Awards and received two nominations at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards:"
"a 2016 Obie Award for Musical Theatre. The duo have written original music for several television shows. As of 2007, Pasek and Paul were writing music for the Disney Channel show ""Johnny and the Sprites"", with songs used in six episodes and for one story in the season's premiere. Their original material was featured on season 2 of NBC's ""Smash"" in 2013, and have risen to the Top 25 on the iTunes Pop Charts. Pasek and Paul also wrote the original song ""Runnin' Home to You"" performed by Grant Gustin for ""The Flash"" episode ""Duet"", a musical crossover between ""The"
"and became the second highest-grossing film of the year in the United States. The film won ten Academy Awards in its eleven nominated categories, including Best Picture. It received the most Academy Awards (10 wins) of any musical film, including Best Picture. Rita Moreno (Anita) was the first Latina actress ever to win an Oscar. The soundtrack album won a Grammy Award and was ranked No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" chart for a record 54 weeks. Differences in the film from the stage version include that ""Tonight"" is moved to follow ""America"", and Bernardo sings a line in ""America"" instead"
"was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to theatre. Donnellan was born in Manchester and grew up in Ealing, London. He was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English and Law. After leaving Cambridge, he was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1978. He founded Cheek by Jowl with Nick Ormerod in 1981. Since 2006 the company has been part of the Barbican's International Theatre Program (BITE) resulting in co-productions of ""The Changeling"" (2006), ""Cymbeline"" (2007) and ""Troilus and Cressida"""
"Award for Best Musical, and Lauren Bacall won the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. Composer Charles Strouse and lyricist Lee Adams (who had previously collaborated on the score to ""Bye Bye Birdie"", among others) wanted to write a musical version of the 1950 movie, ""All About Eve"". However, Twentieth Century Fox, which owned the rights to the movie, refused to grant them the rights to the script or the title. They were, however, able to purchase the stage rights to the short story on which ""All About Eve"" had been based, Mary Orr's ""The Wisdom of Eve"". The"
"Cheek to Cheek Tour The Cheek to Cheek Tour was a co-headlining tour by American singers Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga in support of their album, ""Cheek to Cheek"" (2014). The tour, which began with a two-night run at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, played a total of 36 shows across Europe and North America during the first half of 2015. Many of the tour's shows were part of music festivals, such as the Ravinia Festival, the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, the North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Gent Jazz Festival. The Cheek to Cheek Tour grossed $15.3 million from 27"
"Award for Best Musical. This has been followed by a string of professional tours and worldwide productions and numerous cast albums, as well as a major 1996 film of the musical starring Madonna and Antonio Banderas. The musical was revived in London in 2006, and on Broadway in 2012, and toured the UK again in 2013–14 before running for 55 West End performances at the Dominion Theatre in September–October 2014. Act I In 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina, a crowd is watching a film (""A Cinema in Buenos Aires, July 26, 1952"") that is interrupted when news breaks of the death"
"the role created by Jack Gilford, also co-produced. ""Pretty Little Picture"" and ""That'll Show Him"" were dropped from the show, and were replaced with ""Echo Song"" (sung by Hero and Philia), and ""Farewell"" (added for Nancy Walker as Domina, as she and Senex depart for the country). ""Echo Song"" and ""Farewell"" had been added to a production staged in Los Angeles the previous year and were composed by Sondheim. They had to close soon after Phil Silvers suffered a stroke. The show won two Tony Awards, Best Leading Actor in a Musical for Silvers, and Best Featured Actor in a"
"""Starlight Express"", ""The Sound of Music"", ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", ""Monty Python's Spamalot"", ""Beauty and the Beast"", ""West Side Story"", ""Jesus Christ Superstar"", ""Thoroughly Modern Millie"", ""The Rocky Horror Show"", ""Fame - The Musical"", ""Never Forget"", ""Priscilla Queen of the Desert - the Musical"", ""Cabaret"", ""Blood Brothers"", ""Saturday Night Fever"", ""Carousel"", ""Footloose - The Musical"", ""Grease"", ""Anything Goes"", ""Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake"", ""Our House"", ""Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story"", ""Carousel"", ""Tap Dogs"", ""Taboo"", ""Flashdance - The Musical"", ""Annie"", ""Annie Get Your Gun"", """", ""Dancing in the Streets"", ""Sister Act"", ""An Inspector Calls"", ""Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"", ""Rock of Ages"", ""Chicago"","
"charted on top 10 in many countries, including UK and France. Credits and personnel adapted from the concert special program. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! is an American concert television special featuring live performances by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga in support of their collaborative studio album, ""Cheek to Cheek"", released in September 2014. It was held at the Rose Theater of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in July following the announcement of the album's release, and was aired on PBS on October 24, 2014, as"