Sunday, July 5, 2020
The Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36PMThe Broadway actor’s battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
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Watching through windshields. Audiences of two. An elbow bump instead of a kiss. Theaters across the country find novel ways to play in a pandemic.
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Disney+ is streaming a live-capture film of “Hamilton.” It’s just the latest chapter in a deepening relationship between the company and the musical’s creator.
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The Wilma, seeking to reopen in Philadelphia, says it will erect a new seating structure in which every party is in its own separate box.
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Sunday, June 28, 2020
The organization will commission a comprehensive survey to get a handle on diversity onstage, backstage and in production offices.
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From the very beginning, it was clear the musical was going to be a big news story. I’ve been reporting on it, from the East Village to San Juan, ever since.
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The film, a live capture of the hit Broadway show, will stream on Disney Plus beginning July 3. That wasn’t always the plan.
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In the wake of a sexual harassment allegation, Eric Schaeffer retired after 30 years from a theater that has earned acclaim for presenting musicals.
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The Public Theater, prevented by public health concerns from performing in Central Park, has joined forces with WNYC to turn “Richard II” into a four-part radio play.
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Among its founders: Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Porter and Wendell Pierce. Among its plans: mentorship programs for young black artists.
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A playwright, a director, an artistic director and an actor share their experiences — and prescriptions for change.
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
Miranda’s rap. Rylance’s poems. Jackman’s pelvis. And a brassy reunion for Bea Arthur and Angela Lansbury. Now set your clock for “Turkey Lurkey Time.”
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Actors’ Equity Association, which represents 51,000 theater performers and stage managers, lays out guidelines aimed to keep its members safe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24PMThe ceremony, honoring Off and Off Off Broadway theater, has been forced online by the pandemic, and is being recorded and edited before the June 4 streaming.
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Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
The Broadway League canceled performances through Sept. 6 and said it did not know when they might resume.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PMIn a sign of the pandemic’s toll, New York’s cultural institutions, large and small, feel compelled to share their woes and tactics in strategy sessions.
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‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ got through three performances before the pandemic intervened. This is the story of what happened next.
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“Spotlight on Plays,” featuring John Malkovich, Patti LuPone, Sally Field, Bryan Cranston and others, will aid the Actors Fund.
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Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires is bucking the trend of cancellations, planning instead a limited season with a litany of precautions.
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Friday, April 17, 2020
The Public Theater, which runs the festival but is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, anticipates a shortfall of up to $20 million.
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The Broadway Cares fund-raiser, featuring a concert of Disney songs, is being rescheduled after the musicians’ dropped a demand that members be compensated.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54PMBroadway Cares said it would reschedule a canceled event featuring a concert of Disney songs after the American Federation of Musicians dropped a demand for additional compensation.
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Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS had planned to stream a concert of Disney songs, but canceled the program when a union demanded compensation for musicians.
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