Broadway was a big winner at the 2014 Academy Awards, with Bobby Lopez (Avenue Q, The Book of Mormon) winning for co-composing the song Let It Go, making him only the 12th person to join the competitive #EGOT club (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) and Catherine Martin (Tony winner for La Boheme) won two Oscars for “The Great Gatsby.”

But did you know 2014 Oscar nominated director Martin Scorsese directed a musical on Broadway? It was called The Act, it featured music by Kander and Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago) and it starred Liza Minnelli, who played a fading film star!
The connection between Hollywood and Broadway is, granted, not as deep as it used to be. But take a look at the list of Oscar winners and nominees below.

And some of the connections are hidden. For example Frozen, which won for best animated feature AND best song, is voiced by many Broadway veterans: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana, Ciaran Hinds.

Judi Dench Hates Shakespeare

Bruce Dern

Bradley Cooper

June Squibb

Catherine Martin, production and costume designer

Martin Scorsese

Woody Allen

Composer Bobby Lopez

Sally Hawkins

Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts

Missed John Travolta mispronouncing Idina Menzel’s name?

He should know better; they’re both Broadway veterans, he for Grease and Over Here, she for Rent, Aida, Wicked, and the forthcoming If/Then.

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— Jonathan Mandell (@NewYorkTheater) March 3, 2014