‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’: Northlight delivers romantic wartime letters full of romance, humor Sarah Price, Casey Hoekstra crackle with chemistry as the couple courting by mail. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 17, 2022
Review: Broadway revival of Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods’ still makes for a powerful journey NEW YORK — All great musicals rely on metaphors. But Broadway never has come up with a more pliable one than “Into the Woods,” the beloved masterpiece by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine that uses a fairy-tale mashup to explore the universals that please, worry, seduce, calm and destroy us. Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022
Glee’s Sammie Ware Slams Broadway For Casting Lea Michele After She Allegedly ‘Abused’ Co-Stars Ware slammed Broadway for "upholding whiteness". Pedestrian.tv · Jul 12, 2022
Broadway’s ‘Music Man’ star Sutton Foster tests positive for COVID for second time COVID has hit Sutton Foster for the second time around. Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2022
Tony-winning ‘Company’ to close on Broadway, go on national tour NEW YORK — Broadway will soon have a little less “Company.” Tribune News Service · Jun 22, 2022
Cruise ship with Broadway stars to steam off in spring 2023 The maiden voyage of a cruise ship starring a boatload of musical theater stars — like Tony Award-winners Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming and Lena Hall — will set sail next spring The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022
With the Tony-winning ‘A Strange Loop,’ Jennifer Hudson reaches EGOT status Jennifer Hudson has become an EGOT winner. Los Angeles Times · Jun 13, 2022
Tony Moments: A Night for Broadway to Reclaim its Groove Surely many in the audience were thinking it, but “Company” director Marianne Elliott said it most directly at Sunday's Tony awards: In the devastating two years since the pandemic hit, it “felt at times that live theater was endangered.” As in, the industry might never recover. The exuberant ceremony Sunday… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 13, 2022
John Stamos ‘disappointed’ Bob Saget was ‘left out’ of Tony Awards in Memoriam tribute ‘Bob loved Broadway and I know the community loved him,’ Stamos tweeted, prior to the ceremony The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022
6 takeaways from the 2022 Tony Awards Ariana DeBose should host everything. Jennifer Hudson makes history. And we should all celebrate understudies. WEKU · Jun 13, 2022
British talent scoops top prizes at 75th Tony Awards Best leading actor in a play went to veteran actor Simon Russell Beale and the direction categories were dominated by Sam Mendes and Marianne Elliott Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2022
Tony awards 2022: Company and The Lehman Trilogy lead big night for Brits Broadway transfers of West End shows were out in front at this year’s celebration of the best of New York theatre The Guardian - US · Jun 13, 2022
Tony Awards Has Stars — And Those Usually Far from Spotlight Darren Criss’ favorite night of the year has arrived. It’s the Tony Awards. “I’ll never shut up about the Tonys. I love the Tonys,” he says. Criss will not only be watching the Tonys on Sunday, he’ll also be working. Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 12, 2022
The Great White Way is still too white, Black Broadway stars and advocates say NEW YORK — Broadway is living up to its old nickname of the Great White Way in more ways than one. Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022
Chicago Tribune · Jun 10, 2022 My worst moment: Broadway and ‘Gilded Age’ star Kelli O’Hara talks about a prickly (literally) situation Kelli O’Hara is currently filming the second season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” where she plays Aurora Fane, the sweetest of the society snobs. “I’m trying to find more ways to be spicy,” said O’Hara, “but I think Aurora is definitely one of those who is trying to play by…
The Conversation · Jun 9, 2022 With 9 Broadway musicals currently on Australian stages, musical theatre is thriving again With nine Broadway musicals currently playing on Australian stages – and a further three set to open or reopen in coming months – audiences could be forgiven for thinking “what pandemic?”
The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022 On Broadway, more visibility, yes, but also an unseen threat For the first full season since the death of George Floyd reignited a conversation about race and representation in America, Broadway responded with one of its most diverse Tony slates yet
The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022 Almost Famous: The Musical is set to open on Broadway The film’s director Cameron Crowe wrote the new show and song lyrics
The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2022 L Morgan Lee on making Broadway history: ‘I could not stop crying’ The actor has become the first openly trans performer to receive a Tony nomination for her role in the Pulitzer prize-winning musical A Strange Loop
Chicago Sun-Times · May 13, 2022 Reshaped play, reshaped country key to the relevance of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ “We can only hope that [audiences] learn something, that they leave the theater more empathetic,” says actor Yeagel T. Welch, who stars as Tom Robinson.
Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022 Dylan musical 'Girl From the North Country' tour will debut in Minneapolis in 2023 MINNEAPOLIS — Fresh off being nominated for seven Tony Awards Monday, Broadway's "Girl From the North Country" has announced a national tour debuting in the state its songwriter, Bob Dylan, hails from.
Los Angeles Times · May 10, 2022 What the 2022 Tony nominations say about the state of Broadway The 75th Tony nominations were announced Monday, nearly a week behind schedule, in a Broadway year still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, things are markedly better. But for a season that began with a delta wave and finished with an omicron onslaught, timetables have had to be…
Los Angeles Times · May 9, 2022 ‘A Strange Loop,’ ‘Lehman Trilogy’ lead the 2022 Tony nominations There were stumbles, heartbreak, elation and plenty of cancellations, but Broadway made it through its first full post-shutdown season and on Monday announced the Tony Award nominations to prove it.
WEKU · May 9, 2022 'A Strange Loop' garners 11 Tony nominations, including Best Musical These nominations are for Broadway's first season after the 2020 COVID shutdown.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 9, 2022 ‘A Strange Loop’ leads Broadway pack with 11 Tony Award nominations “Paradise Square,” which enjoyed its pre-Broadway world premiere last year in Chicago, received 10 nominations.