The play, by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, has previously been staged at several prominent theaters and filmed by Spike Lee for Amazon.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PMThe play, by Antoinette Nwandu, has previously been staged at several prominent theaters and filmed by Spike Lee for Amazon.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMIn a statement to us, Rudin revealed that he is his resigning from the Broadway League. And, asked about his future, he said, "I am doing the work to become a better person and address my is…
SOURCE: Twitter at 10:33AMFor decades, the producer has cultivated and castigated people at all levels of entertainment. Now his past is catching up with him.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:29AMThe powerful producer of “Hello, Dolly!” and “The Book of Mormon” regrets “the pain my behavior caused” and says others will directly run his shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMThe powerful producer of “Hello, Dolly!” and “The Book of Mormon” regrets “the pain my behavior caused” and says others will directly run his shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42AMCiting recent reports of abusive behavior, including by the powerful producer Scott Rudin, the actress said advocacy matters more than a lucrative role.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PMThe play is about the effect of the Flint, Mich., water crisis on three generations of women.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMThe organization that runs the annual competition honoring theater work in Los Angeles imploded after it misidentified an Asian-American actor.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54PMThe 36-minute event, before a masked audience of 150 scattered across an auditorium with 1,700 seats, was the first such experiment since the coronavirus pandemic caused all 41 Broadway hous…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:36PMBefore a masked, distanced and virus-tested audience of 150, the dancer Savion Glover and the actor Nathan Lane performed, celebrating theater and testing safety protocols a year after the p…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMIn an unprecedented move, a recording of the show will start streaming in October, while audiences can see it live (if theaters reopen) in December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMMayor Bill de Blasio said that the city would create a vaccination site for theater workers to try to help Broadway shows reopen by the fall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PMA dust-up in Dallas and a 2,500-person petition signal that many performers believe their representatives are keeping them from getting work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMThe 1971 Melvin Van Peebles musical, about Black life in a low-income neighborhood, is a dream project for the director Kenny Leon.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMNearly 2,000 performers have petitioned Actors’ Equity for guidelines that will speed up a return to the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMThe return of Shakespeare to Central Park is among the most visible signs that theaters, orchestras and opera companies aim to return to the stage — outdoors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMWhat has this year been like for the most voracious of culture vultures? A super fan in Chicago lets us into his life without the arts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42AMChocolate fountains, Debbie Harry and an artist’s swan song cut short. We gathered scenes from the New York City cultural landscape in the last moments before lockdown.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42AMRenée Fleming, Michelle Wolf, Kelsey Lu and the New York Philharmonic will perform in April for limited audiences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMAn audio adaptation of the celebrated novel has no live actors and was a pandemic hit in London. In New York it will play to 50 people per show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:03AMCheck in with “Frozen,” “Come From Away,” “Moulin Rouge!” and “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” in Offstage, our digital series about theater during the pandemic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54PMA creative team has not yet been set for the proposed show, which would be based on the 1983 novel that spawned the hit streaming series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AMThe state will allow plays, concerts and other performances to start again April 2 for audiences of up to 100 people indoors, or 200 outdoors.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMNo shows are playing, and no one knows when they will come back. Here are answers to six questions about a process even more idiosyncratic than usual.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMTemperature-taking robots, scanning codes for contact tracing, and generous refund policies are helping shows like “Frozen,” “Come From Away” and “Hamilton” get back onstage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMCompanies and venues that put work online are finding big, new and younger audiences — but little revenue.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:54AMAmid severe budget cuts and complaints about his leadership, Ethan McSweeny, who had run the American Shakespeare Center since 2018, will not return.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMJujamcyn, which operates five of the 41 Broadway houses, said that when theater returns it will use SeatGeek instead of Ticketmaster.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PMOrganizers of the ceremony have firmed up dates for selecting favorites, but won’t commit to an event until plans for Broadway’s return are set.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMIt was a Broadway smash with big plans until 25 company members took ill and a shutdown put everybody out of work. Inside a tumultuous year, in the words of those who lived it.
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