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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

In ‘A Christmas Carol,’ Sally Vahle Has Played Nearly Every Role

Over three decades, Sally Vahle has played Scrooge, ghosts and many of the other characters in Dallas Theater Center’s annual production of the Dickens classic.

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Thursday, December 19, 2024

‘Dead Outlaw,’ a Musical With a Corpse, Is Broadway Bound

by Michael Paulson

“Dead Outlaw,” a musical about the mummified body of a bandit, will open at the Longacre next spring, following a successful Off Broadway run.

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Saturday, December 7, 2024

‘Wicked’ Alumnae Class Notes: What They Learned at Shiz University

by Michael Paulson and Alexis Soloski

Only the women who’ve played Elphaba and Glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing — and so rewarding, too.

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Thursday, December 5, 2024

Avett Brothers Musical ‘Swept Away’ to Close on Broadway After Short Run

by Michael Paulson

The new musical, about a shipwreck and its aftermath, opened Nov. 19 at the Longacre Theater.

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Monday, December 2, 2024

Jason Laks Named President of Broadway League

by Michael Paulson

The Broadway League, an industry trade organization, named Jason Laks as its new president. “I think our mission has to be more than to make it 2019 again,” Laks said.

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Blue Man Group to End New York Run After Three Decades Off Broadway

by Michael Paulson

The troupe is also closing its Chicago company, but continues to perform in Berlin, Boston, Las Vegas and, soon, Orlando.

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Stratford-Upon-Lake-Michigan: Royal Shakespeare Company Plays Chicago

by Michael Paulson

With less touring, it’s been a while since all the world has been its stage, but the troupe is working with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater — where it has family ties.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

‘Tammy Faye’ Musical to Close After Failing to Find Broadway Audience

by Michael Paulson

Well-reviewed in London but poorly received in New York, the musical with an Elton John score will end its run on Dec. 8.

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TKTS to Open Booth in Philadelphia, Hoping to Boost Local Theaters

by Michael Paulson

The first domestic TKTS outpost outside New York comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics.

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Monday, November 11, 2024

Paul Mescal Rides ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ to Brooklyn

by Michael Paulson

The award-winning production will begin performances in February as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s next season.

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Everyone Else Is Giving a Standing Ovation. Do I Have To?

by Michael Paulson

Theatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.

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Friday, November 1, 2024

‘Phantom of the Opera’ Closed on Broadway. Now It’s Hitting the Road.

by Michael Paulson

The enduring Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will begin a multiyear tour in Baltimore in November 2025.

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

‘Back to the Future’ to Close on Broadway, Rerouting DeLorean to Germany

by Michael Paulson

The musical, which opened in London three years ago, is still going strong there and touring North America, while productions are planned in Japan and on a cruise ship.

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

This N.Y.C. Theater Was a Haven for Adventurous Art. Then the Archdiocese Intervened.

by Michael Paulson

The Connelly Theater has suspended operations after its church landlord began more carefully scrutinizing show scripts and its general manager resigned.

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Lin-Manuel Miranda Releases ‘Warriors’ Album With Eisa Davis

by Michael Paulson

He collaborated with Eisa Davis to make a concept album inspired by the 1979 movie. One big change: the main gang is made up of women.

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Sadie Sink to Star in ‘John Proctor Is the Villain’ on Broadway

by Michael Paulson

Kimberly Belflower’s “John Proctor Is the Villain” will be directed by Danya Taymor, who won a Tony this year for “The Outsiders.”

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Monday, October 14, 2024

York Theater Artistic Director Out After ‘Hurtful’ Diversity Comments

by Michael Paulson

James Morgan, who has been with the small New York theater company for 50 years, blamed the effects of a stroke for his behavior.

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Friday, October 11, 2024

‘Suffs,’ the Tony-Winning Broadway Musical, Will Close Jan. 5

by Michael Paulson

The musical, created by Shania Taub, announced that it will play its final performance on Jan. 5 and start a national tour next fall.

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Broadway Lights to Dim for Gavin Creel

by Michael Paulson

The landlords also said they would reconsider their process for determining who to honor with full and partial dimmings.

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Jonathan Groff, Fresh Off Tony Win, Will Return to Broadway as Bobby Darin

by Michael Paulson

“Just in Time,” a new musical about the “Mack the Knife” pop singer, will open next spring at Circle in the Square in Manhattan.

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Sarah Snook to Make Broadway Debut in One-Woman ‘Dorian Gray’

by Michael Paulson

The “Succession” actress plays all 26 characters in a London stage production of the Oscar Wilde novel.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

‘Water for Elephants’ to Close on Broadway

by Michael Paulson

The musical, based on the best-selling novel, featured dazzling acrobatics and puppetry. Its final performance will be Dec. 8.

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Musical Comedy ‘Operation Mincemeat’ to Open on Broadway Next Spring

by Michael Paulson

The show is about a real World War II episode in which British intelligence planted disinformation on a dead body to fool the Germans.

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Monday, September 30, 2024

Gavin Creel, Tony-Winning Musical Theater Actor, Dies at 48

by Michael Paulson

He won the award playing a Yonkers feed store clerk in “Hello, Dolly!” and was also nominated for roles in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Hair.”

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Friday, September 27, 2024

Andrew Scott Will Perform One-Man ‘Vanya’ Off Broadway Next Spring

by Michael Paulson

The Olivier Award-winning revival, in which the actor plays all of the parts, is to begin previews March 11 at the Lucille Lortel Theater.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

The Nation’s Politics Are Dramatic. Now Its Dramas Are Political.

by Michael Paulson

For the second year in a row, a play about the Constitution is the most-staged in America. And a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular.

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Roundabout, With 3 Broadway Theaters, Finds Leader in California

by Michael Paulson

Christopher Ashley, the artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse and a Tony winner for “Come From Away,” will run the large New York nonprofit.

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Monday, September 16, 2024

A ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Musical Will Open on Broadway Next Year

by Michael Paulson

The show, which had a previous run at Atlantic Theater Company, is scheduled to begin previews in February at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.

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Sunday, September 15, 2024

On Broadway, a Covid Switcheroo: Marsha Mason in for Mia Farrow

by Michael Paulson

Mason, an associate director of the comedy, which opened on Broadway last week, will step in as Patti LuPone’s counterpart.

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

‘Real Women Have Curves’ Musical Plans Broadway Bow Next Year

by Michael Paulson

The show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.

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Hollywood Is Heading for Broadway (and Off). Here’s a Cheat Sheet.

by Michael Paulson

George Clooney as Murrow! Denzel Washington as Othello! Mia Farrow as a larcenous landlord! So much to see!

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Lincoln Center Theater Chooses Lear deBessonet as Artistic Director

by Michael Paulson

DeBessonet, currently the artistic director of Encores!, will work alongside Bartlett Sher, who will serve as executive producer.

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

‘The Notebook’ Will End Its Broadway Run in December. A Tour Is Next.

by Michael Paulson

The show, nominated for three Tony Awards, opened March 14 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. It will go on a national tour starting next September.

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Friday, August 30, 2024

Was 45 Years Leading Second Stage Enough? Not for Carole Rothman.

by Michael Paulson

As she departs the acclaimed nonprofit, Rothman discussed why women need to be in leadership, her Tony Awards mic drop and the “perfect production.”

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Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Tony Winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Returns to Broadway With ‘Purpose’

by Michael Paulson

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins had Broadway success this year with a drama starring Sarah Paulson. In February, he’ll return with a new play directed by Phylicia Rashad.

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

How Hollywood Glamour Is Reviving the Endangered Broadway Play

by Michael Paulson

George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington and Mia Farrow are coming to Broadway, where some producers see plays with stars as safer bets than musicals.

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Broadway Revival of ‘Glengarry’ to Star Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr

by Michael Paulson

A revival of “Glengarry Glen Ross,” David Mamet’s classic play about unscrupulous real estate agents, is to open next spring.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

A ‘Stranger Things’ Prequel Is Coming to Broadway Next Spring

by Michael Paulson

The play, now running in London, is set 24 years before the start of the Netflix series.

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to Star on Broadway in ‘Waiting for Godot’

by Michael Paulson

They played slacker buddies in three “Bill & Ted” films, and next year they plan to reunite for Beckett’s classic tragicomedy.

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Adam Driver Is to Star Off Broadway as a Country-Western Singer

by Michael Paulson

The actor will return to the stage this fall in a revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s “Hold On to Me Darling.”

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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Next Project: A ‘Warriors’ Album With Eisa Davis

by Michael Paulson

The recording, inspired by Walter Hill’s 1979 film about a gang making a perilous trek through New York City, will be available on Oct. 18.

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Monday, July 29, 2024

Two More New York Theaters to Share Space

by Michael Paulson

The prestigious downtown nonprofit Soho Rep will share space with Playwrights Horizons in Midtown Manhattan while figuring out a longer-term plan.

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Monday, July 1, 2024

Brooke Shields Has Worn Many Hats. Now She’s a Labor Boss.

by Michael Paulson

The model-turned-actress-turned-businesswoman is the new president of Actors’ Equity. In an interview, she explained what she’s doing there.

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Thursday, June 27, 2024

Second Stage Becomes First Broadway Nonprofit in Decades to Name New Leader

by Michael Paulson

The organization, which won this year’s best play revival Tony Award for “Appropriate,” has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next artistic director.

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Betty Boop Time Travels to New York, and Broadway, Next Spring

by Michael Paulson

“BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” had a run in Chicago late last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert theater in April.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

After a Brief Run, ‘Tommy’ Revival to Close on Broadway

by Michael Paulson

“The Who’s Tommy,” which has a rock score by Pete Townshend, will end on July 21. A national tour is in the works.

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Leslye Headland’s ‘Cult of Love’ to Open on Broadway in the Fall

by Michael Paulson

The play will be produced by Second Stage, which is also planning an Off Broadway production of a two-character drama by Donald Margulies.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The Sisters Who Turned a Sondheim Flop Into a Tony Winner

by Michael Paulson

Maria and Sonia Friedman discussed their long history with “Merrily We Roll Along,” after a bittersweet Tony Awards.

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Huey Lewis Musical to Close on Broadway as New Shows Struggle

by Michael Paulson

“The Heart of Rock and Roll” is the first new Broadway musical to announce a closing plan following Sunday’s Tony Awards.

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Monday, June 17, 2024

Jay-Z’s Big Tonys Duet With Alicia Keys Was Pretaped

by Julia Jacobs and Michael Paulson

The two stars brought down the house with “Empire State of Mind,” their 2009 love song to New York City, which they had recorded earlier on a grand marble staircase outside the auditorium.

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Why Jay-Z’s Big Tonys Duet With Alicia Keys Was Offstage

by Julia Jacobs and Michael Paulson

The two stars brought down the house with “Empire State of Mind,” their 2009 love song to New York City, which they performed on a grand marble staircase outside the auditorium.

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Daniel Radcliffe Conjures Up His First Tony

by Michael Paulson

Daniel Radcliffe will forever be known for the "Harry Potter" movies, but at 34, he just won his first major award: for a Broadway musical.

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‘The Outsiders’ Wins Tony Award for Best Musical, ‘Stereophonic’ Best Play

by Michael Paulson

Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Role Along,” long considered a flop, was named best musical revival, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate” won best play revival.

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Sunday, June 16, 2024

‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Was a Flop in 1981. Now It’s a Tony Winner.

by Michael Paulson

The musical by Stephen Sondheim follows the implosion of a three-way friendship in reverse chronological order.

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Jonathan Groff’s Star Turn in ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Lands Him His First Tony

by Michael Paulson

The gregarious performer who loves and is loved by Broadway picked up a trophy for best leading actor in a musical.

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‘The Outsiders,’ a Broadway Adaptation of the Classic Novel, Wins the Tony for Best Musical

by Michael Paulson

The gritty, bloody and relentlessly youthful musical features some of the most effectively vivid violence seen on a Broadway stage.

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Daniel Radcliffe Conjures Up His First Tony

by Michael Paulson

“Merrily We Roll Along” is Radcliffe’s fifth show on Broadway, but the first for which he was even nominated for a Tony Award.

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Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren to Star in ‘Last Five Years’ on Broadway

by Michael Paulson

Whitney White will direct the first Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown’s popular musical, which plans to open next spring.

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5 Ways This Year’s Tony Awards Reveal That Theater Is Changing

by Michael Paulson

As Broadway prepares to celebrate the best of the season, our theater reporter explores what the nominations tell us about the industry and the art form.

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Saturday, June 15, 2024

How to Watch the Tony Awards 2024: Date, Time, Streaming

by Michael Paulson

The main event will be broadcast on CBS and livestreamed for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers. A simulcast will also air at Damrosch Park in Manhattan.

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Friday, June 14, 2024

Tony nominees speak to the shows that shaped them

by Michael Paulson and Julia Jacobs / The New York Times

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Tony Predictions: Expect Wins for ‘Merrily’ and ‘Stereophonic’

by Michael Paulson

Our reporter surveyed a quarter of Tony voters before Sunday’s ceremony. One certainty: Sondheim’s onetime flop seems destined for redemption.

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Idina Menzel Will Return to Broadway in ‘Redwood’

by Michael Paulson

The new musical, about a woman seeking healing, is to arrive early next year.

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This Year’s Tony Nominees in Portraits

by Dana Scruggs, Michael Paulson, Julia Jacobs, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

The Tony Awards are Sunday. Each year we photograph nominated performers and talk to them about their craft. This time, we asked about early theater memories.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

A Cave Explorer Died 99 Years Ago. Now His Story Is Broadway Bound.

by Michael Paulson

“Floyd Collins,” a musical about a trapped spelunker and the media circus surrounding his failed rescue, had a brief Off Broadway run in 1996.

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Thursday, June 6, 2024

Dolly Parton Says a Musical About Her Life Is Broadway Bound

by Michael Paulson

The show, expected to arrive on Broadway in 2026, will be called “Hello, I’m Dolly.”

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Jez Butterworth’s ‘The Hills of California’ to Open on Broadway

by Michael Paulson

The play, about a group of English sisters who reunite at their mother’s deathbed, plans to open in New York in September. It ends a London run this month.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Audra McDonald to Star in ‘Gypsy’ Revival on Broadway This Fall

by Michael Paulson

The six-time Tony-winning actress will play musical theater’s most famous stage mother in a production directed by George C. Wolfe.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Two More ‘Succession’ Actors Are Broadway Bound, in ‘Job’

by Michael Paulson

Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon will star in the two-hander, a psychological thriller that previously found success downtown.

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Friday, May 24, 2024

Brooke Shields Elected President of Labor Union Actors’ Equity

by Michael Paulson

She takes office immediately. The previous leader, Kate Shindle, had been president since 2015, and did not run again.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Headline Broadway ‘Romeo and Juliet’

by Michael Paulson

A production featuring the screen stars, with music by Jack Antonoff, will open in October at Circle in the Square.

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

A Times Reporter Visits the Latest Broadway Shows

by Michael Paulson

What’s it like to attend twelve productions in nine days? Michael Paulson, the Times theater reporter, shared his sprint around Midtown Manhattan.

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Friday, May 17, 2024

Avett Brothers Musical, ‘Swept Away,’ to Open on Broadway This Fall

by Michael Paulson

The show, inspired by a 19th-century shipwreck, has had previous runs in Berkeley, Calif., and Washington.

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Sutton Foster to Star in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ on Broadway

by Michael Paulson

The revival, which had an earlier run at New York City Center, is scheduled to open in August and close in November, followed by a run in Los Angeles.

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