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winner, to take over the lead role. The London production at Menier
Chocolate Factory, directed by John Doyle, was co-produced by Sanders, Winfrey and Roy Furman and ran from July to September 2013. On January 9, 2015, producers Sanders, Furman, and Winfrey announced that the Menier Chocolate Factory
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Musical, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Lighting Design of a Musical, Best Sound Design of a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Choreography), earning the award for choreography. It also earned three
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Tootsie opened its pre-Broadway world premiere engagement at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre on September 30, 2018. Critics, in widely positive reviews, praised the contemporary updates that the stage musical's creative team have made to the 1982 movie comedy. Variety wrote,
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presents its halftime entertainment. In the years since, the NFL has, at every single Super Bowl, followed the model
Sanders & Jackson created in 1993 enlisting big-name, contemporary, broad-appeal artists to perform during halftime in an effort to keep viewers from straying. He made his first
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as an investor and producer. The production was noted for its contribution to a "redefinition of the
Broadway crowd," a reference to its ability to attract a multi-racial audience. Later, Sanders would describe the work of producing a musical as "wrestling an
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wrote, "Very Funny...a boffo musical comedy with comic characters as outlandishly successful as The
Producers." The production begins performances on Broadway on March 29, 2019, at the Marquis Theatre and officially opens on April 23, 2019.
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Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, which opened at the Marquis Theatre on April 5, 2012. The production starred Argentinian sensation
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as Pee-wee Herman and featuring the entire
Playhouse cast of characters. It opened at Los Angeles Club Nokia on January 12, 2010. After receiving strong reviews in Los Angeles, Sanders brought the show to Broadways
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halftime show, starring Jackson, raised NBC's halftime rating higher than the Super Bowl action before it. Sanders' reconstituted show is credited with transforming the way the
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was also the most-nominated production at the 2014 Astaire Awards, where it won for Outstanding Male Dancer, Outstanding Female Dancer and Outstanding Choreographer.
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won the Tony Award for Best Choreography. Over the course of its run on Broadway, the production featured a rotating array of special guest stars, including
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revival (2015). In 1996, Sanders co-founded Mandalay Television, along with Mandalay Entertainment Chairman
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in 2016. He won his third Tony Award as a co-producer for Best Musical Revival winner Company in 2022.
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and popular cultural events outside of the venue including
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Sanders, along with jazz legend Wynton Marsalis, produced
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foray into Broadway while still at Radio City, producing
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production would be mounted as a Broadway revival, with
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Afinidad-Bernardo, Deni Rose M. (February 13, 2017).
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making her Broadway debut in the role of Shug Avery,
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An Evening with Harry Connick, Jr. and his Orchestra
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Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
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1179:"Review/Pop; The Unpredictable Aretha Franklin"
860:In 2004 Sanders won a Primetime Emmy Award for
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1896:"A Black 'Cat,' Catching an Elusive Audience'"
1447:"How Michael Jackson Redefined the Super Bowl"
1245:"Concert: Bette Midler Performs at Music Hall"
143:He also produced the 2016 Broadway revival of
2553:"The Color Purple Cast Album Wins the Grammy"
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1988:Rutti, Ron (August 29, 2015).
1914:Gans, Andrew (March 6, 2013).
1829:The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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2255:Healy, Patrick (2010-06-09).
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2646:Songwriter Universe Magazine
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1969:. CBS News. August 29, 2015
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2530:The Sydney Morning Herald
2092:"Scott Sanders: Producer"
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1569:Scott Sanders Productions
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1848:Bloomberg Businessweek
1686:The Hollywood Reporter
1130:Saint Petersburg Times
926:Best Book of a Musical
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1579:Zachary Pincus-Roth,
1032:University of Florida
869:Best Jazz Vocal Album
567:The Weinstein Company
440:Best Jazz Vocal Album
239:Radio City Music Hall
213:University of Florida
169:Radio City Music Hall
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878:The Dana Owens Album
745:Walt Disney Pictures
559:Quiara Alegría Hudes
470:on August 15, 2012.
468:Walt Disney Pictures
446:New England Patriots
428:The Dana Owens Album
226:St. Petersburg Times
2584:The Philippine Star
2317:on January 16, 2009
2201:. November 11, 2010
1824:"Inspiring Journey"
922:Best Original Score
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601:about adapting her
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2610:The New York Times
2198:The New York Times
2191:Charles Sherwood.
1946:The New York Times
1901:The New York Times
1661:The New York Times
1643:The New York Times
1586:2008-07-06 at the
1533:2007-11-02 at the
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1348:The New York Times
1315:The New York Times
1282:The New York Times
1249:The New York Times
1216:The New York Times
1183:The New York Times
1150:The New York Times
1026:2008-08-19 at the
779:and pop superstar
693:Cotton Club Parade
549:Lin-Manuel Miranda
501:In November 2018,
415:Executive Producer
223:department of the
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1688:. 2 November 2018
1594:, March 21, 2007.
1077:BroadwayWorld.com
918:Best Choreography
576:Crazy Rich Asians
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