FREEZE FRAME: ONCE Wins Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album
By: Walter McBride Feb. 11, 2013
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The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were held last night, Feb. 10, 2013, at Staples Center in Los Angeles and was broadcast live on CBS. Beginning at 4 p.m., three hours before the main awards show, the pre-telecast ceremony announced awards in 70 additional categories, including Best Musical Theater Album. In other theatre-related news, Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games) by T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams beat SMASH's Let Me Be Your Star by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman for Best Song Written For Visual Media.
Hosting the pre-telecast was David Alan Grier, who was nominated for a Grammy for his performance in The Gershwin's PORGY AND BESS on Broadway.
And the winner was:
ONCE: A NEW MUSICAL-Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, composers/lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti & Others) [Masterworks]
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Cristin Milioti & Steve Kazee recording the Broadway Original Cast Recording of 'Once - a new musical" at Avatar Studios in New York City on 1/17/2012. (Winner at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Musical Theater Album)
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