On Sunday, Megan Hilty performed a solo from Death Becomes Her at the Tonys. Today, she announced she has to take off for three to four weeks due to a vocal injury. The only way for her to recover from it is vocal rest.
It’s hard for me to admit I am human, particularly because performers are often asked to push through and pretend that we’re not. I am so fortunate to work with the best producers, company, & stage managers, who don’t subscribe to that way of thinking and fully support me and my fellow cast mates when our bodies tell us it’s time for a break.
I kindly ask for your patience and understanding – not just for me, but for all Broadway performers. What we do with our teeny tiny vocal cords is nothing short of a Herculean task – one that most people take for granted and very few actually understand. I encourage you to do the research and see for yourself how your own vocal cords work – it is fascinating and I guarantee it’ll make you all the more impressed the next time you see a live performance.
We are athletes. And just like a professional basketball player, we are going to get injured from time to time – not because we aren’t good at our jobs, it simply comes with the territory because of the extraordinary demands we put on our bodies.
Thank you for your patience and support while I take this time to take care of myself to ensure my longevity with the show and my career, in general.
Hopefully, she will recover from her injury during her time off and return better than ever. Hilty is one of the Broadway brightest stars, and we need her beautiful voice to be heard!
Harry Potter has gone from the pages of a book to the big screen and finally to the stage.
Nine years ago, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child made its debut on the West End, two years after it came to Broadway. In all of that time, no one from any of the movies starred in the play. Can you believe that?
That is all going to change on 11/11. Tom Felton will be reprising his role as Draco on the Great White Way for 19 weeks.
I don’t know who initiated this casting, but it was a brilliant choice. You could say it is a thing of magic.
Ten years ago, Hamilton lit a fire on Broadway! And it has never been the same. In 2006, the Broadway musical dominated the Tonys with a record-breaking 16 nominations and 11 wins.
In honor of the show’s 10th anniversary, the original cast is reuniting for a special, and I am sure memorable, performance at the Tonys.
The reuniting cast is: Carleigh Bettiol, Andrew Chappelle, Ariana DeBose, Alysha Deslorieux, Daveed Diggs, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Sydney James Harcourt, Neil Haskell, Sasha Hutchings, Christopher Jackson, Thayne Jasperson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Stephanie Klemons, Morgan Marcell, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Javier Muñoz, Leslie Odom, Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, Phillipa Soo, Seth Stewart, Betsy Struxness, Ephraim Sykes, and Voltaire Wade-Greene.
Lea Michele is returning to Broadway this Fall, and she is doing it with Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher. The three actors will star in an updated version of the 1984 musical Chess, written by Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Danny Strong.
It’s America versus Russia at the World Chess Championship, where the espionage and romance are as complicated and exhilarating as the game itself. For the two players and the woman torn between them, everything—personal, professional, and political—is at risk… and nobody’s rules are the same.
The score was created by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, and lyrics were written by EGOT winner Tim Rice.
I thought Michele’s next role was taking Funny Girl to the big screen. I guess there was no interest, which is why she is returning to the Great White Way!
Fresh off of being nominated for ten Tonys, the cast of Death Becomes Her sang two songs on Today this morning.
Michelle Williams sang If You Want Perfection, and her performance was just that. Then, Megan Hilty, Christopher Sieber, and Jennifer Simard performed Tell Me, Ernest, and it was not perfect.
That is because of the end of the number, Simard sang it as she would on stage. However, that is on stage, and on live TV, you can’t sing, “So fucking glad.” But she did. And when she realized that she didn’t censor herself, she adorably reacted with, “Oops!”
Because of that, she had better bring home the Tony!
DBH extended its run at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre until next April.
