
The play, by Jordan E. Cooper, is a biting comedy set in an America that offers to relocate Black citizens to Africa.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMThe play, by Anthony McCarten, will be presented this fall by the Manhattan Theater Club, following a run earlier this year at the Young Vic in London.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42AMThe jukebox musical, which is already running in London, features songs by the Swedish writer and producer Max Martin, including “Since U Been Gone” and “ … Baby One More Time.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18AM“American Buffalo,” at Circle in the Square, is sticking with masking till it closes, July 10, citing the “proximity of the audience to the actors” and “the staging in the round.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:42PMDespite picking up 5 prizes at this month’s Tony Awards, the Sondheim-blessed revival was facing a tough summer at the box office.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42PMThe Huntington Theater Company is staging a play based on the seminal J. Anthony Lukas book, reconsidering the legacy of the busing crisis.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMMost theaters stopped requiring proof of vaccination this spring. Now they are going “mask optional.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMThe 20th anniversary Broadway revival will be directed by Kenny Leon. Previews begin in September at the John Golden Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:03PM“The Lehman Trilogy” won best play, “Company” won best musical revival and “Take Me Out” won best revival of a play at the 75th Tony Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06AMLansbury, 96, was not present to accept the award in person, but the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus sang “Mame” as a special tribute.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:33PMThe ceremony returns to Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AMWe surveyed voters ahead of this year’s ceremony on Sunday. They are strikingly split in the races for leading musical performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:12AMA white teaching artist at the theater organization says it discriminated against white people. The nonprofit declined to comment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PMThe Broadway ensemble member turned Oscar winner vows that the ceremony will celebrate the often unsung actors who have stepped in so often during the pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PMHorne, a renowned singer and activist, will be the first Black woman to have a theater named after her once the Brooks Atkinson is renamed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMThe musical, which opened in 2017, is the third to announce a closing in two days, as many shows struggle in a pandemic-softened marketplace.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:33PMThe Tony-winning musical will close in September after suffering a double blow from the coronavirus pandemic and a poorly received film adaptation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMThe play, about a Jewish family in Vienna in the first half of the 20th Century, will begin previews Sept. 14 and open Oct. 2 at the Longacre Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMAs Broadway embarked on its road to recovery, these 45 theater artists helped pave the way.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMRachel Chavkin will direct Larissa FastHorse’s satire, which takes aim at American mythology, next spring at the Helen Hayes Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMThe stage adaptation, with book and lyrics by Cameron Crowe and music and lyrics by Tom Kitt, will begin previews Sept. 13.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AMThe Rainbow Room event is meant to honor nominees; guests aren’t allowed. But when your father works there, that changes everything.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMThe fairy-tale musical, with songs by Stephen Sondheim, will feature Sara Bareilles and a cast of much admired theater performers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:42AMThe freelance director will succeed James Nicola, who has led the Off Broadway nonprofit since 1988.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMThe star of stage, film and screen has already won five competitive Tony Awards, and starred in several Stephen Sondheim musicals.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMThe decision comes at a time when New York City has declared a “high Covid alert.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMJust five years after he performed as Michael Jackson at a high school talent show, Myles Frost is making his debut in a Broadway musical about the King of Pop.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:33AMPerformers and stage managers were released from agreements they signed to work on four shows that were produced by Scott Rudin after their union, Actors’ Equity, filed complaints.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PM“A Beautiful Noise” will start at Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston next month and transfer to Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater in November.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMAt times it felt like a game of survival. But during a Broadway season unlike any other, productions showed their resourcefulness while learning how to live with Covid.
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