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Pope.L, world-renowned performance artist and teacher at University of Chicago, dies at 68

Pope.L called himself a “fisherman of social absurdity.” He once crawled along New York’s Broadway in a Superman costume and ate scraps of the Wall Street Journal while sitting on a toilet.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Color Purple’s Fantasia Barrino Reveals She Actually 'Hated' Being In The Broadway Show

Fantasia Barrino admits she “hated” being part of Broadway’s The Color Purple and explained why that was the case.

Cinemablend

Broadway actor, dancer and choreographer Maurice Hines dies at 80

Maurice Hines, who started tap dancing at the age of five, starred alongside his late brother Gregory Hines in the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola movie The Cotton Club.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Reunited With Danny DeVito To Catch His Broadway Show, And It's Giving Me Hope For Twins 2 Again

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito had a sweet meet-up, and it really has me hoping the Twins sequel will get off the ground.

Cinemablend

Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright and creator of 'Sarafina!,' has died at 68

Renowned South African playwright Mbongeni Ngema was killed in a car crash, his family said. He was best known for creating the hit "Sarafina!," which premiered on Broadway in 1988.

WEKU

32 Broadway Shows That Ran For A Crazy Amount Of Time

Broadway has had some awesome shows that have run for a long time. Here are some of the best that you have to know about.

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Finding new dimensions, sisterhood, and healing in ‘The Color Purple’

It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again

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Powerful ‘Color Purple’ balances heavy drama with exhilarating musical numbers

Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks lead the impressive ensemble playing resilient women who persevere in an unforgiving world.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Everyone walked away with part of themselves healed' – 'The Color Purple' reimagined

Blitz Bazawule's musical re-imagining of the 1982 Alice Walker novel The Color Purple finds new joy among the pain.

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Sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning Gave Us a Double Dose of The Row, Head-To-Toe

The two stepped out for Elle’s debut in the Broadway show 'Appropriate.'

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Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins: ‘I’ve stopped needing to ask for permission’

The two-time Pulitzer prize finalist talks his starry Broadway play Appropriate and handling the pressures put on Black playwrights

The Guardian - US

Appropriate review – Sarah Paulson wows in blazing tragicomic drama

The star is astonishing in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s funny yet moving Broadway debut about a complicated family reunion

The Guardian - US

After Beyonce's Renaissance Movie And Broadway's Waitress On Fathom, I Think Special Events Are My New Favorite Movie Theater Outings

Renaissance, Eras, and Waitress have brought some exciting special events to theaters.

Cinemablend

Behind the 'Maestro' biopic are a raft of theater stars supporting the story of Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein was a towering figure on Broadway

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‘New York became my college’: Michael Imperioli on his new bar, Broadway debut, and the city that saw him grow

The Sopranos and White Lotus star and his wife, interior designer Victoria Imperioli, sit down with Clémence Michallon at the newly opened Scarlet Lounge

The Independent UK

76ers' Daryl Morey mixes basketball with shot at Broadway in absurdist musical 'Small Ball'

Philadelphia 76ers President Daryl Morey is the executive producer of a basketball-themed musical called “Small Ball.”

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Reneé Rapp: Rising Star Navigates Fame, Music and Vulnerability

Rising star Renée Rapp navigates fame, from Broadway to pop stardom, harnessing her unique voice both in music and personal struggles.

The Guardian - UK

Michael Blakemore, venerable theatre director, dies aged 95

The double Tony-winning director staged acclaimed productions by Michael Frayn, Peter Nichols and many others in the West End and Broadway

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Broadway audiences are getting a little bit younger and more diverse

But the Broadway League said — in its first full demographics report since before the pandemic — that New York City's celebrated tourism draw has still not fully rebounded to pre-COVID levels.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ coming to Chicago

The hit Broadway show will make its North American tour debut with a 21-month run in Chicago starting next fall.

The Independent UK

Autism is front and center in the pioneering new musical 'How to Dance in Ohio' on Broadway

The stage musical “How to Dance in Ohio” opens on Broadway on Sunday, celebrating those on the autism spectrum and opening a window about autism’s highs and lows for the neurotypical

The Independent UK

It Used to Be Hers: Sara Bareilles dons her apron once more with ‘Waitress’ live-capture film

She was an admired pop star with a voice like butter

The Independent UK

Michael Urie keeps the laughter going as he stars in a revival of Broadway 'Spamalot'

Michael Urie has a very hard job this winter: Not cracking up when he’s not supposed to on Broadway

The Independent UK

Alicia Keys' semi-autobiographical stage musical 'Hell's Kitchen' moves to Broadway in spring

Broadway audiences will soon be hearing the hit songs of Alicia Keys not far from where the multiple-Grammy-winner grew up

Chicago Sun-Times

A ‘Wiz’ that hums because of the plentiful things it does

Bound for Broadway, an eye-popping and high-intensity revival of the Motown-flavored musical both exhilarates and exhausts.

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