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Shaina Taub's 'Suffs' Earns Six Tony Nominations, Including Best Musical
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/shaina-taubs-suffs-earns-six-tony-nominations-including-best-musical-40781296(note that Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai are coproducers)
Shaina Taub's 'Suffs' Earns Six Tony Nominations, Including Best Musical
By MARY ANN LICKTEIG
Published April 30, 2024 at 12:17 p.m.
Hannah Cruz as Inez Milholland, center, and the 'Suffs' company
COURTESY OF JOAN MARCUS
Suffs, the musical created by Waitsfield native Shaina Taub, received six nominations on Tuesday for the 2024 Tony Awards, including a nomination for Best Musical.
Taub, 35, wrote the book, music and lyrics for the show, which chronicles the final, turbulent years of the women's suffrage movement. She stars as Alice Paul.
[...]
Suffs, one of 15 new musicals on Broadway this season, opened April 18 at the Music Box Theatre with Hillary Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as coproducers. Rachel Sussman and Jill Furman are lead producers.
Best Musical is "generally the prize with the biggest economic impact," according to Michael Paulson of the New York Times. The other musicals vying for that honor are Hell's Kitchen, Illinoise, The Outsiders and Water for Elephants.
[...]
By MARY ANN LICKTEIG
Published April 30, 2024 at 12:17 p.m.
Hannah Cruz as Inez Milholland, center, and the 'Suffs' company
COURTESY OF JOAN MARCUS
Suffs, the musical created by Waitsfield native Shaina Taub, received six nominations on Tuesday for the 2024 Tony Awards, including a nomination for Best Musical.
Taub, 35, wrote the book, music and lyrics for the show, which chronicles the final, turbulent years of the women's suffrage movement. She stars as Alice Paul.
[...]
Suffs, one of 15 new musicals on Broadway this season, opened April 18 at the Music Box Theatre with Hillary Clinton and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as coproducers. Rachel Sussman and Jill Furman are lead producers.
Best Musical is "generally the prize with the biggest economic impact," according to Michael Paulson of the New York Times. The other musicals vying for that honor are Hell's Kitchen, Illinoise, The Outsiders and Water for Elephants.
[...]
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More on Ms. Taub:
https://www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture/waitsfields-shaina-taub-arrives-on-broadway-starring-in-her-own-musical-suffs-40679260
Waitsfield’s Shaina Taub Arrives on Broadway, Starring in Her Own Musical, ‘Suffs’
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