Once Wins Best Musical, Steve Kazee Wins Best Actor

Once Once, the most nominated show at the 2012 Tony Awards, was the big winner on Sunday night, walking away with the prize for Best Musical. Steve Kazee, who plays the eponymous role of “Guy” in Once, also won for the award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical. In total, Once was honored with…

The “Once” Musical is Playing Off Broadway Now! (Discount Code)

Once: A New Musical As I reported back in January, a musical of the movie Once was being planned for a Fall 2011 debut on Broadway. Well, it’s now officially Fall, (almost Winter, I suppose), and the Once musical is in fact, currently playing in our fair city pretty much as originally promised. The reason…

Wednesday’s Presales: September 14, 2011

Real Estate at Bowery Ballroom (07/15/09) Photo: Tim Griffin (more) Oct 6 Thu Andrew Watt and The Dirty Touch, Workout Mercury LoungeNew York, NY08:45 PM Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 09/14/1112:00 PM Oct 8 Sat Zelazowa Mercury LoungeNew York, NY07:45 PM Buy TicketsAmex presale begins:Wed, 09/14/1112:00 PM Oct 8 Sat The Rural Alberta Advantage Music Hall…

The Swell Season Doc at Tribeca Film Fest Today

The Swell Season Movie Sure, The Swell Season made big headlines when they won the Oscar for Best Song at the 2008 Academy Awards, but the public’s fascination with Marketa Irgolva and Glen Hansard‘s May-December relationship created a mini-tabloid bonanza. The Swell Season Movie, which screens this afternoon (Apr 29) as part of the Tribeca…

Glen Hansard Played City Winery, Playing Neil Young Tribute Tonight

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova at City Winery (02/02/10) Photo: D. Caplan The show was billed as “Glen Hansard Solo Acoustic”, but the keyboard and drums setup on stage belied the fact that we might be seeing more than one person on stage for the night. As promised, Glen came out solo with his signature…