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Broadway writer of '& Juliet' builds show with huge pop hits

Playwright David West Read and the team behind the Broadway jukebox musical “& Juliet" have mixed high and low art

The Independent UK

Mark your calendars, theater lovers: Tony Awards are June 11

The producers of the Tony Awards have set June 11 for the show that celebrates the best of Broadway and are setting it in a new location, more than a hundred blocks north of the theater district

The Independent UK

Jodie Comer, Evening Standard Theatre Awards Best Actress 2022: ‘This play is what I’m most proud of’

The Killing Eve star won the Best Actress award for only her second appearance on the stage, in the legal drama that is heading to Broadway

Evening Standard

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Merrily We Roll Along review – Sondheim flop finds new lease of life

The infamous 1981 disaster has returned off-Broadway with help from Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe

The Guardian - US

‘A Strange Loop’ star Jaquel Spivey tapped for ‘Mean Girls’ movie musical

NEW YORK — Broadway actor Jaquel Spivey has landed his first feature movie role.

Tribune News Service

Review: Audra McDonald dives deep in shocking ‘Ohio State Murders’ on Broadway

NEW YORK — Imagine you’re a celebrity writer invited to speak by your alma mater, where you had a mostly miserable time, thanks to the racism of the time and place. Imagine further that the person inviting you asks you to talk about why you have so much violent imagery…

Chicago Tribune

Some Like It Hot review – Broadway adaptation is lukewarm

Attempts to modernise the gender politics of the classic comedy struggle but there are some moments that deliver enough razzle-dazzle

The Guardian - US

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Wendell Pierce's Loman fights to the end

Salon sits down with the Broadway actor and "The Wire" star to discuss the American Dream and Black Americans

Salon

Ohio State Murders review – Audra McDonald soars in an unsteady mystery

The Broadway debut of 91-year-old playwright Adrienne Kennedy provides its captivating lead star with stellar moments but lacks insight

The Guardian - US

Broadway's trailblazing 'KPOP' musical is abruptly closing. What went wrong?

"KPOP" made history as the first Broadway musical centered on Korean pop culture and with songs from the first female Asian composer on Broadway. But nine days after opening to mixed reviews, the show's producers surprisingly announced that it will take its final bow this coming Sunday, after just 44…

Los Angeles Times

Carolines on Broadway to shutter Times Square location after 3 decades

NEW YORK — One of New York City’s most venerable comedy institutions is shuttering after three decades of bringing laughs to Times Square.

Tribune News Service

‘KPOP’ musical to close on Broadway 2 weeks after opening, producers to dedicate final show to AAPI community

NEW YORK — Producers of the recently opened “KPOP” musical announced Tuesday that it will play its last show at New York City’s Circle in the Square Theatre on Sunday.

Tribune News Service

Julius Randle shines against nemesis Trae Young, Knicks beat Hawks 113-89

NEW YORK — Trae Young’s latest Broadway show was a flop.

Tribune News Service

Review: In ‘Ain’t No Mo’ on Broadway, Black Americans are offered a 1-way plane ticket out. Painful comedy ensues

NEW YORK — Jordan E. Cooper’s “Ain’t No Mo’,” a blast of a Broadway show, doesn’t so much occupy the space between sketch comedy and old-school play as smash a hole in whatever barrier long has been assumed to divide them.

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Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ on Broadway is the music of Neil Diamond, offering ‘Sweet Caroline’ and eternal life

NEW YORK — At their best, biographical jukebox shows like “A Beautiful Noise” dangle immortality, eight times a week. And not just for the audience.

The Guardian - US

Ain’t No Mo review – absurdist and uneven satire about race in America

Jordan E Cooper’s lively and provocative Broadway debut has moments of insight and wit but some of its targets feel dated

Tribune News Service

‘Fat Ham’ – Pulitzer-winning queer, Black twist on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ – to open on Broadway in spring

NEW YORK — Another irreverent Black, queer narrative is hitting Broadway.

The Independent UK

Quentin Oliver Lee: Broadway star dies aged 34

‘It was peaceful and perfect,’ recalls Lee’s wife of his death

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A rare recording of a musical by an 18-year-old Stephen Sondheim surfaces

Broadway-legend-in-training Stephen Sondheim was a college sophomore in 1948 when his musical Phinney's Rainbow was produced — and recorded — at Williams College in Massachusetts.

The Independent UK

New this week: Will Smith, 'Pinocchio' and 'George & Tammy'

This week’s new entertainment releases include Will Smith’s comeback campaign in the Antoine Fuqua movie “Emancipation,” a documentary about Broadway star Idina Menzel, the video game “Dragon Quest Treasures” and a TV series exploring the tumultuous relationship between country music stars Tammy Wynette and George Jones

Daily Mirror

Quentin Oliver Lee dead at 34: Broadway star dies from colon cancer while holding wife's hand

Broadway star Quentin Oliver Lee, best known for starring as Phantom in the US tour of The Phantom of the Opera, died while holding onto her hand

Tribune News Service

Amanda Kloots opens up about moving out of house she shared with late husband Nick Cordero

Amanda Kloots has moved just down the block from the home she shared with late husband and Broadway star Nick Cordero.

The Independent UK

Britney Spears' massive pop songs to land on Broadway, again

A stage musical about woke princesses that uses hit songs by Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer

Los Angeles Times

'The Wiz' will ease on back to Broadway in 2024. But first, a national tour

"The Wiz" will ease on down the road back to Broadway in an all-new adaptation set for 2024.

The Independent UK

New version of 'The Wiz' to tour and end up on Broadway

A new production of “The Wiz” is heading out on a national tour next year before following the yellow brick road to Broadway

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