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Tony's Favorite Musicals
Tony Musicals

The Tony Awards

The relationship between Broadway and Hollywood — or more precisely the Broadway musical and the film musical — has been a long, passionate, sometime embittered, often co-dependent affair. Originally Hollywood just took and took — actors, writers, musicals, and musicians — and used them as it saw fit. But by the 50s, the movie musical started to be a thing all its own. Broadway had its shows, and Hollywood had its MGM musicals. In recent years, however, as Broadway has faltered, Hollywood has been there, giving it plots (from Legally Blond to Grey Gardens), musical scores, even financial backing.

This week, Broadway celebrates itself with the Tony Awards being held on June 15. In recognition, we wanted to celebrate the bond between Broadway and Hollywood by asking five Tony nominees to name their own favorite Hollywood musicals.


And the Nominees Are
Kerry Butler

Kerry Butler

Singer and actress Kerry Butler, nominated for Best Actress in Xanadu, chooses her top movie musicals.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of In The Heights, picks his top big screen musicals.

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Kelli O'Hara

Kelli O'Hara

Kelli O'Hara, the Broadway ingénue winning plaudits in South Pacific, chooses her top movie musicals.

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Adam Schlesinger

Adam Schlesinger

Adam Schlesinger, Cry Baby composer and Fountains of Wayne frontman, chooses his favorite musicals for our Tony week coverage.

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Stew and Heidi Rodewald

Stew and Heidi Rodewald

Stew and Heidi Rodewald, the creative team behind Passing Strange, offer us their top movie musical picks.

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