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Review: New Broadway musical ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ probes what it means to be an adult

NEW YORK — Some kids get called “old souls,” a reference not just to surprising maturity but the hint of melancholy in their demeanor. They seem to intuit life’s pending pain and losses when they’re supposed to be inhabiting the joyful intensity of youth.

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‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’’ is stepping back to Broadway 45 years after it became a smash hit

NEW YORK — Bob Fosse’s legacy will come alive again on Broadway next spring with a revival of one of his most storied shows.

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Bob Fosse's 'Dancin'" confirms Broadway return this spring

Bob Fosse’s all-singing, all-dancing 1978 revue “Dancin’” is headin’ back to Broadway and the late choreographer’s daughter calls “a magic carpet ride.”

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Almost Famous review – Cameron Crowe’s Broadway musical is almost there

Solid performances and rock’n’roll nostalgia can’t overcome lackluster lyrics and source material flaws in the musical adaptation of the 2000 film

The Guardian - US

Oscar, Tony-nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath dies

Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and an Oscar nod for the “Bullets Over Broadway” screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, has died

The Independent UK

Broadway review: ‘Almost Famous’ turns iconic movie into sweet story of a broken family seeking redemption

NEW YORK — Cameron Crowe’s widely adored “Almost Famous,” an affectionate ode to the transformative power of rock music, is a movie about a shy teenage kid finding his voice. But in the first moments of the new Broadway musical based on the iconic 2000 movie, there’s our 15-year-old hero…

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Oscar and Tony nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath dies aged 64

The multi-hyphenate was known for directing 1996’s Emma, co-writing Bullets Over Broadway and writing the book for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

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Broadway show at Civic attracts strong interest

A City of Newcastle spokesperson said the early sales had "exceeded expectations".

Newcastle Herald

Emerging playwrights get a boost in Terrence McNally's honor

If it was show time at any of the city’s myriad off-Broadway theaters, audience members could likely expect to see a theatrical giant in their midst — playwright Terrence McNally

The Independent UK

Lena Horne Theatre becomes first Broadway venue named after a Black woman

“Lena personified elegance and grace while also fighting racism and injustice. Her legacy and NYC story live on,” New York Mayor Eric Adams wrote on Twitter.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sienna Miller says Broadway producer told her to ‘f*** off’ after she asked for equal pay to male costar

Miller refused to name the production

The Independent UK

Seminal ‘Trouble in Mind’ still resonates nearly 70 years later

The Alice Childress drama about the Black experience in the theater world is as powerful today as it was when it was written in the mid-1950s.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Bluey,' 'Funny Girl' set for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The debut of a giant “Bluey” balloon, Lea Michele and the Broadway cast of “Funny Girl” and the legendary Dionne Warwick are some of the highlights slated for this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The Independent UK

Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ Rocks Out on Broadway

Composer Tom Kitt got a compliment the other day that any songwriter would sing about. A friend had seen his Broadway stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe's film “Almost Famous” and couldn't tell which songs Kitt had supplied and which ones were classics. Mind you, those classics included songs by the…

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Cameron Crowe's 'Almost Famous' rocks out on Broadway

Cameron Crowe has turned his very autobiographical coming-of-age film “Almost Famous” into a Broadway stage musical for a new audience in a new age

The Independent UK

Jesse Williams jokes he struggled with ‘shrinkage’ during infamous Broadway nude scenes

Actor stars as gay baseball player in revival of ‘Take Me Out’

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Nathan Lane returns to Broadway for limited engagement of ‘Pictures From Home’

NEW YORK — Nathan Lane is coming home.

Chicago Sun-Times

Anna Shapiro sets up new company, TV series with Chris Rock

Former Steppenwolf artistic director’s new Highwire Media also plots a Jane Lynch series and a Broadway play by Matthew-Lee Erlbach.

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‘Gilded Age’ star Denée Benton to reprise role of Cinderella in Broadway’s ‘Into the Woods’

NEW YORK — Denée Benton is ready to put on her glass slippers again.

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‘New York, New York’ heading to Broadway with Lin-Manuel Miranda writing new lyrics

NEW YORK — Start spreading the news — ”New York, New York” is coming to Broadway.

Chicago Tribune

Review: Brothers bite hard in powerhouse ‘Topdog/Underdog’ on Broadway

NEW YORK — Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog” is a phenomenal two-brother drama, every bit as intense and rich as anything by Sam Shepard and, frankly, as good an American play as most anything written during the last quarter century. And on Broadway, the director Kenny Leon has put this 2001 masterpiece…

The Independent UK

A Michael Jackson musical that doesn’t look at the man in the mirror? No thanks

With the hit Broadway show about Michael Jackson set to arrive on the West End, Jessie Thompson asks whether a production that completely avoids the more troubling questions of his legacy is appropriate – or any good

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Back To The Future: The Musical Coming To Broadway, Teaser Released

Great Scott! The DeLorean DMC-12 is coming to Broadway in 2023.

The Independent UK

A Michael Jackson musical that doesn’t look at the man in the mirror? No thanks

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Both of Carly Simon’s sisters, Broadway composer Lucy Simon and opera singer Joanna Simon, died this week

NEW YORK — Singer-songwriter Carly Simon is mourning the loss of her two sisters this week.

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