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When you think of rock operas, you may think of The Who’s Tommy or Pink Floyd’s The Wall. But Phantom of the Paradise director Brian De Palma thought of The Carpenters. It was the early 1970s, and De Palma wasn’t yet known for classics like Carrie, Scarface and The Untouchables. […]

Magic in the Air: The Muppet Christmas Carol at 30 Aimee Knight  16 Dec 2022 “A blue, furry Charles Dickens who hangs out with a rat?” —Gonzo the Great and Rizzo the Rat narrate The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992).  As […]

Read Chicago Tribune’s review of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas here

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Paul Williams will receive the Icon Award at the 2023 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, set for Sunday March 5 at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. The Legacy Award will be posthumously presented to Pilar McCurry, who served as […]

Paul Williams to Get Johnny Mercer Award at Songwriters Hall of Fame – Variety)

NEW YORK — There are many holiday TV favorites this time of year. Some people line up behind the Griswold family and their Christmas antics, while others follow Ralphie on his quest to secure a Red Ryder BB gun. There are […]

Dec 9, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/theater/emmet-otter-jug-band.html Remember Emmet Otter and His Jug Band? They’re Back, and Onstage. By Elisabeth Vincentelli The Jim Henson TV special was a hit in 1978. Now its furry creatures return in a new theatrical production in Manhattan, […]

December 7, 2021 https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/12/07/paul-williams-rediscovers-the-fun-in-emmet-otter/ Paul Williams Rediscovers the Fun in ‘Emmet Otter’ By Rob Weinert-Kendt The songwriter talks about adapting his beloved Muppet musical for the stage, about never growing up, and about the things you can learn from an […]

December 7, 2021 https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/interview-paul-williams-emmet-otter_93080.html Interview: Songwriter Paul Williams on Bringing Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas to the Stage By David Gordon Williams is perhaps best known as the cowriter of the Kermit the Frog hit, “Rainbow Connection.” Few songwriters are more […]

Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-band ChristmasiTheatrics in association with the Jim Henson CompanyDecember 10, 2021 – January 2, 2021 Purchase Tickets Here: The New Victory Theater

Bugsy Malone makes its Blu-ray debut and here is a review of the Blue Ray by hd-report.com

Maya and the Three – “Maya and the Three Trailer” Performed by Kali Uchis, Written by Gustavo Santaolalla and Paul Williams The Hollywood Music in Media Awards announced their winners and the Maya and the Three trailer won for song/score […]

Alan Parker’s directorial debut, a one-of-a-kind gangster musical acted out by children (including Scott Baio in the title role and a then-13-year-old Jodie Foster as a sassy nightclub chanteuse), was an early career triumph for Paul Williams. Williams is everything […]

Recordings by Janet Jackson, Labelle, Nas, Marlo Thomas, Louis Armstrong, Ira Glass and Kermit the Frog Among 25 Selected for Preservation Read the full story here

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In the six months since the COVID-19 pandemic hit this country, home-bound audiences have become accustomed to watching virtual productions of all kinds: livestreamed concerts, awards shows beamed to us from across the globe and, for the first time in […]

Members of the music branch came up with these shortlists from longer lists of 75 eligible songs and 170 eligible scores. Members of the music branch will also determine the final nominees, which will be announced on Jan. 13. The […]

Read the full article at billboard.com ‘Phantom of the Paradise’ at 45: Composer/Star Paul Williams Talks the Bizarro Cult Fave

Read the full article at npr.org https://www.npr.org/2019/07/25/744832650/rainbows-frogs-dogs-and-the-muppet-movie-soundtrack-at-40  

Read the full article at vanityfair.com https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/06/rainbow-connection-muppet-movie-kermit-the-frog-making-of

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