The 2015 Tony Awards, Part 2

We debate whether Something Rotten! is mocking or celebrating musical history, trace The Visit’s long road and short stay, and celebrate Kelli O’Hara’s sixth-time’s-the-charm win for The King and I. Plus: more dream (and nightmare) threesomes, a couple of failed attempts to find a “What?!”, and maybe a little too much joshing at Josh Groban’s expense.

Works referenced/cited:

Behind the Music of SOMETHING ROTTEN! with Karey & Wayne Kirkpatrick

Associated Press. How 3 Broadway Novices Wrote 'Something Rotten!' San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2015.

Billington, Michael. “The Guardian Profile: Sir David Hare.” The Guardian, 13 Feb. 2004.

Brantley, Ben. “Once Scorned, Now Rich and Vengeful.” The New York Times, 7 Aug. 2014.

Brantley, Ben. “Review: Chita Rivera Stars in Kander and Ebb's 'The Visit'.” The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2015.

Brantley, Ben. “Review: 'On the Twentieth Century,' With Kristin Chenoweth, Opens on Broadway.” The New York Times, 16 Mar. 2015.

Brantley, Ben. “Review: 'Skylight,' With Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy, Opens on Broadway.” The New York Times, 3 Apr. 2015.

Brantley, Ben. “Review: 'Something Rotten!,' an Over-the-Top Take on Shakespeare.” The New York Times, 23 Apr. 2015.

Brantley, Ben. “Review: 'The King and I,' Back on Broadway.” The New York Times, 17 Apr. 2015.

Buruma, Ian. “Thailand's Banned 'King'.” The New York Review of Books.

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Gans, Andrew. “What Did Critics Think of London's The King and I, Starring Kelli O'Hara and Ken Watanabe?” Playbill, 5 July 2018.

Green, Jesse. “Theater Review: A Little Engine Keeps On the Twentieth Century Moving.” Vulture, 16 Mar. 2015.

Green, Jesse. “Theater Review: Shall We Dance Once Again? The King and I Returns.” Vulture, 17 Apr. 2015.

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Hofler, Robert. “'Something Rotten!' Theater Review: Or How a Musical Called 'Omelette' Begat a Play Called 'Hamlet'.” TheWrap, 23 Apr. 2015.

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Jones, Kenneth. “Rivera Is Triple Threat in Kander & Ebb's The Visit, Opening Oct. 1.” Playbill, 1 Oct. 2001.

“Kelli O'Hara on Revisiting The King and I in London & Gearing Up for Kiss Me, Kate on Broadway.” Broadway.com.

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