The Color Purple Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo made a guest appearance at the 2019 Tony Awards June 9, performing the Elton John–Tim Rice song “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King (as a remake of the Disney film heads to theatres) during this year’s In Memoriam segment.
The late Carol Channing, Georgia Engel, and 2019 Tony honoree Marin Mazzie were among those commemorated.
Watch the performance above.
After starring in The Color Purple, marking her Broadway debut, Erivo went on to appear on the big screen in Widows and Bad Times at the El Royale. She will soon lead the Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet.
The current revival celebrated the work's 58th anniversary November 20.
Filmed in 2023, the one-night-only event featured Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald, Peter Friedman, and more from the Ahrens and Flaherty musical's original cast.
Tina Landau, who wrote the musical alongside Adam Guettel, will direct the Lincoln Center Theater production.
Surrounded by period-accurate, 19th-century holiday decorations lit via candlelight, the 70-minute production is based on Dickens' own script of the classic.
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The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark will make its American premiere in Chicago at Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
De'Adre Aziza, Zachary Noah Piser, Khaila Wilcoxon, and more will star in the Tina Landau-Kate Diaz musical at the Nederlander Theatre in 2025.
Bill Buckhurst will direct the Tom Kitt-Brian Yorkey musical.
Several shows have canceled and/or added performances during the holiday week.
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