The Better Call Saul stars are stepping out for the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Sharon D Clarke’s performance of the showstopping musical number “Lot’s Wife” in the second act of Caroline, Or Change will almost certainly be among the Broadway highlights weighed in the minds of Tony Award voters when they cast their ballots for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical. The number, and the performance, are harrowing: Clarke’s character Caroline, the Black maid in an early 1960s Southern White Jewish household, has reached a breaking point of sorts, her years of struggle and loss erupting in one exchange of words with the young Jewish boy she’s all but raised, and the words of hate and cruelty that emerge from deep recesses of characters that had long shared real moments of connection and affection have shaken Caroline to her core.
The exchange in the musical – written by Jean Tsori and Tony Kushner, directed by Michael Longhurst – is prompted by money, a small amount to be sure. Just change, in fact, but it’s enough to dredge up such deep bigotry and resentment that the eruptions surprise even those who mouth the words.
Says young Noah:
There’s a bomb! President Johnson has built a bomb special made to kill all Negroes! I hate you, hate you, kill all Negroes! Really! For true! I hope he drops his bomb on you!
Responds Caroline:
Noah, Hell is like this basement, only hotter than this, hotter than August, with the washer and the dryer and the boiler full blast. Hell’s hotter than goose fat, much hotter than that. Hell’s so hot it makes flesh fry. And hell’s where Jews go when they die. (She gives Noah the twenty.) Take your twenty dollars baby. So long, Noah, good-bye.
Shortly after that exchange, Caroline sings the song that is arguably the emotional core of Caroline, Or Change. In
The Better Call Saul stars are stepping out for the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
The Lehman Trilogy – WINNER!The MinutesSkeleton CrewGirl from the North CountryMJMr Saturday NightParadise SquareSix: The MusicalA Strange Loop – WINNER!American Buffalofor colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enufHow I Learned to DriveTake Me Out – WINNER!Trouble in MindCaroline, or ChangeCompany – WINNER!The Music ManSimon Russell Beale, The Lehman Trilogy – WINNER!Adam Godley, The Lehman TrilogyAdrian Lester, The Lehman TrilogyDavid Morse, How I Learned to DriveSam Rockwell, American BuffaloRuben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna BluesDavid Threlfall, HangmenGabby Beans, The Skin of Our TeethLaChanze, Trouble in MindRuth Negga, MacbethDeirdre O’Connell, Dana H – WINNER!Mary-Louise Parker, How I Learned to DriveBilly Crystal, Mr Saturday NightMyles Frost, MJ – WINNER!Hugh Jackman, The Music ManRob McClure, Mrs DoubtfireJaquel Spivey, A Strange LoopSharon D Clarke, Caroline, or ChangeCarmen Cusack, Flying Over SunsetSutton Foster, The Music ManJoaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square – WINNER!Mare Winningham, Girl from the North CountryAlfie Allen, HangmenChuck Cooper, Trouble in MindJesse Tyler Ferguson, Take Me Out – WINNER!Ron Cephas Jones, Clyde’sMichael Oberholtzer, Take Me OutJesse Williams, Take Me OutUzo Aduba, Clyde’sRachel Dratch, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him AliveKenita R Miller, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enufPhylicia Rashad, Skeleton Crew – WINNER!Julie White, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him AliveKara Young, Clyde’sMatt Doyle, Company – WINNER!Sidney DuPont, Paradise SquareJared Grimes, Funny GirlJohn-Andrew Morrison, A Strange LoopAJ Shively, Paradise SquareJeannette
first: one cast member telling another that she induced an anxiety attack over some petty drama! Well... except for that whole, «I had to go on Xanax for it, Lydia!» moment from .It all unfolds in ET's exclusive first look at this week's all-new episode of , which sees Chanel Ayan (who fans now know prefers to go by her last name), Lesa Milan and Caroline Brooks sitting down for lunch. The meal starts with an extended, awkward silence, Ayan looking to Lesa, who's looking at Caroline, who's staring back at the BFF duo and sipping champagne.
Love Island: Aftersun viewers have called for the show’s new VIP bar to be named in honour of Caroline Flack. Caroline hosted the ITV2 dating show from 2015 to 2019. She stepped down as host in December 2019 after she was charged with assaulting her then-boyfriend Lewis Burton at her home in London.
KEITH JACKSON : At his most vulnerable point. The mob is gathering after Saturday’s horror show in Dublin and Clarke has no excuse for the ineptitude of that performance. He needs to get back to picking his best players because anything less than three points in Armenia could be catastrophic.
Tony Awards in New York City on Sunday with her wife Susie McKenna. The 55-year-old English actress wore a floor-length, long-sleeved gown with bright floral and geometric patterns upon arrival for the 75th annual awards ceremony at Radio City Music Hall.
where to watch the Tonys.Best PlayClyde’s, by Lynn NottageHangmen, by Martin McDonaghThe Lehman Trilogy, by Stefano Massini and Ben PowerThe Minutes, by Tracy LettsSkeleton Crew, by Dominique MorisseauBest MusicalGirl From The North CountryMJMr. Saturday NightParadise SquareSIX: The MusicalA Strange LoopBest Revival of a PlayAmerican Buffalofor colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enufHow I Learned to Drive, by Paula VogelTake Me OutTrouble in Mind, by Alice ChildressBest Revival of a MusicalCaroline, or ChangeCompanyThe Music ManBest Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a MusicalBilly Crystal, Mr.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“A Strange Loop,” “Paradise Square,” “The Lehman Trilogy” and “MJ” are among the major productions competing at the 75th Tony Awards on Sunday. The telecast, which is being hosted by “West Side Story” star Ariana DeBose, is taking place as Broadway is trying to come back from two years of COVID-related closures.
Refresh for awards updates Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss have won the Tony for their original score for Six: The Musical.
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Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterArthur Miller’s classic play “Death of a Salesman” is returning to Broadway this fall.“The Wire” actor Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke (a current Tony nominee for “Caroline, or Change”) will reprise their roles as Willy and Linda Loman in the revival, which will be told for the first time on Broadway from the perspective of an African American family. “Death of a Salesman” will run at the Hudson Theatre for only 17 weeks, starting on Sept.
EXCLUSIVE: The acclaimed Young Vic/West End revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke will begin previews on Sept. 19 at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, producers announced today.
Simon Cowell has seen several confusing auditions during his tenure as a reality competition judge, but none left him quite as divided as this one.MORE: Simon Cowell steps out with fiancée Lauren Silverman for date night ahead of busy weekALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleAmerica's Got Talent's premiere show featured an audition from Ben Lapidus, who came on giving the air of someone about to blow the judges away.VIDEO: Meet Simon Cowell's AGT Golden Buzzer act NightbirdeHe then launched into a rendition of a song about wanting to get more parmesan cheese with his Italian meal at a restaurant, a comedic ditty that featured the recurring lyric: "I always want more parmesan, but I'm embarrassed."The audience quickly started to divide in their take on the song, with a few cheering him on and some booing. Simon quickly reacted by pressing his red buzzer, as did Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara.MORE: Simon Cowell's friend Sinitta accidentally reveals his wedding date - and she's not on the guest listHeidi Klum jived along to the song for quite a bit before hitting the buzzer when Ben started getting more rock-oriented with his performance. Ben Lapidus' audition divided the judges, especially SimonThe supermodel pledged her allegiance to the cause of parmesan as well, but Simon retorted with: "I hate bloody parmesan, it's disgusting."The audience immediately started to boo him, and he maintained that he wasn't interested in putting Ben through.
Noel Clarke has said he contemplated suicide in his first interview since allegations of sexual misconduct were made against him last year.