62nd Tony Awards Nominations Announced: In the Heights gets 13 nods

Well the Tony Awards Nominations have now been announced and the one show that has been given the most nods is In the Heights. The show is a musical about Latino families who live in the Washington area and has a rap, hip-hop and salsa flavor. The show has been given 13 nods all together, two of which are for creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda. I also think that In the Heights is worth these 13 nods, the show has a great story behind it, which is also matched by some of the best music I have heard in a while This season of shows is not about the new shows more like a revival of older shows coming back for another shot.

One of the biggest shows to be revived is Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific which is being shown at the Lincoln Center Theater, this popular show has received 11 nominations. Another popular show is Sunday in the Park with George, this show has received nine Tony nominations, and another great revival show is Gypsy which has got seven nominations. Other shows that are up in the best musical category are Cry-Baby, Xanadu as well as Passing Strange.

There is still a month to wait until we can see who wins in this category of the 62nd annual Tony awards ceremony. The awards will take place at the Radio City Hall on June 15. There are so many other categories in the Tony Awards for a full list head over to NY Times

Sabra Johnson Wins So You Think You Can Dance US

Last night we saw Sabra Johnson win So You Think You Can Dance when 16 million of you voted last night. I watched the show last night and the Lion King routine which featured all of the top 20 dancers from this season was fantastic, I love the group routines.

During the final each judge got to request one of their favourite routines of the season to see again. Starting with Mary she requested that Lauren and Pasha start things off with their Shane Sparks hip-hop dance and I don’t know about you but I loved they way this routine was put together but then again I love Hip Hop.

Judge Nigel picked his favourite routine of the season and it was the dance that Jamie and Hok done which was Wade’s famous hummingbird routine. Nigel said that it was “Definitely one of the most beautiful dances of the season”.

Jean Marc Généreux picked his favourite and that was Sabra and Dominic for their Shane Sparks hip-hop routine.

Wade wanted to see Lacey and Danny team up again and they danced the Hip Hip Chin Chin routine again this was one of my favourite.

Per Mia’s requested to see Sabra and Neil’s table dance which was choreographed by Mandy Moore. They danced to Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by the Eurythmics.

The final four dancers where all powerful in the way they moved and performed the routines.

So in fourth place was Lacey followed by Neil and then it was down to the final two Danny and Sabra both very good dancers but America voted and Sabra was named America’s favoiate dancer.

Most of these dancers have been dancing since an early age but that don’t seem to mean much when it comes down to competition. Winner Sabra has only been dancing 4 years and what an amazing dancer she has become.

Congratulations to Sabra who is the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season Three

High School Musical Tour heads to Las Vegas

The national tour of High School Musical has announced an addition to its current line-up. That’s right High School Musical Tour is heading to Las Vegas in June.

The company now completes the booking of the tour route with a stop at Las Vegas Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The tour will be there from the 4th June to the 8th June.

The remaining tour line up (subject to change) follows:

• San Francisco, CA (April 15-27)
• Spokane, WA (April 29-May 4)
• Vancouver, BC (May 6-18)
• Seattle, WA (May 20-25)
• Portland, OR (May 27-June 1)
• Las Vegas, NV (June 4-8)
• San Jose, CA (June 10-15)
• Costa Mesa, CA (June 17-22)
• Tempe, AZ (June 24-29)
• Dallas, TX (July 2-13)
• Kansas City, MO (July 15-20)
• Denver, CO (July 22-27)
• Salt Lake City, UT (July 29-August 10)
• Atlanta, GA (Aug. 15-24)

The stage company features John Jeffrey Martin as Troy, Arielle Jacobs as Gabriella,
Shakiem Evans as Chad, Shaullanda LaCombe as Taylor, and Chandra Lee Schwartz as Sharpay.

All the songs from the original soundtrack are featured in the show along with two added songs.

Tickets are available through each venue. For a complete list and further information click here