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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

The Independent UK

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.

WEKU

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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.'

Marie Claire

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.

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

Leonard Bernstein was a towering figure on Broadway

The Independent UK

‘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.”

The Independent UK

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

WEKU

‘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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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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

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Frances Sternhagen, Tony Award-winner who appeared on ‘Sex and the City’ and ‘Cheers,’ dies at 93

More recently, Sterhnagen had a recurring role in “Sex and the City” as Bunny MacDougal, the strong-minded mother-in-law of Charlotte (Kristin Davis), which brought her her third Emmy nomination.

Chicago Sun-Times

Veteran Broadway team crafts ‘Boop! The Musical’ as a love story for a new age

Two-time Tony Award-winning director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell tapped Jasmine Amy Rogers for the lead role in the world-premiere musical at Chicago’s CIBC Theatre.

WEKU

Broadway costuming legend accused of sexual assault in civil suit

William Ivey Long, a six-time Tony Award winner and past chairman of the American Theatre Wing, is one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by Court Watson, a set and costume designer.

The Guardian - US

Hell’s Kitchen review – Alicia Keys jukebox musical is a marvel

The star helps craft a show-stopping semi-autobiographical off-Broadway musical that brings the house down

The Independent UK

Elton John's musical about Tammy Faye Bakker to land on Broadway next season

Elton John’s musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is coming to Broadway from London

The Independent UK

Billy Porter hits the dance floor on his fifth album with the goal of 'trying to heal people'

Billy Porter is strutting off in an entirely new sonic direction on his fifth album

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