Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said that New York urgently needs to bring the arts back — not only to help jobless artists, but to make sure that New York City survives.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMFans in the theater world, including Matthew Broderick and Debra Messing, will appear in a Christmas Day telethon to try to save the West Bank Cafe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMThe Department of Cultural Affairs announced Tuesday that more than 1,000 of the city’s cultural organizations would receive the funds.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMLike her character, Jo Ellen Pellman identifies as queer, and she is making her film debut in the Netflix musical alongside A-listers like Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMRichard D. Parsons, the former Time Warner chief executive who led the Harlem nonprofit’s board for 19 years, will be succeeded by Charles Phillips.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMThe Westchester Broadway Theater was one of the last remaining professional dinner theaters in the country.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMLee and Kwame Kwei-Armah will write the movie musical, about the invention of the little blue pill, which will feature music by Stew Stewart and Heidi Rodewald.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:03PMThe 54-year-old man fell from a ladder above the stage at the theater that most recently hosted “Beetlejuice.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:32PM“The Right Girl,” about a film executive who confronts sexual exploitation, was aimed for a live production. Instead, it was recorded by actors at home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18AMAfter a grueling run and tumultuous summer, the Tony-nominated star of “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” relishes the time to heal.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AM“I’m so deeply moved,” said the actor, who was nominated for best lead actor for his role in “Sea Wall/A Life” and was a producer for that show and “Slave Play.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMThe 56-year-old actress received her fourth Tony nomination for her role as a creative-writing professor grappling with a cancer diagnosis in “The Sound Inside.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PMTwelve nominations, including one for Best Play, is an encouraging sign: “It feels very invigorating that the community wants to have this conversation right now.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMAfter three decades, the noted experimental New York theater company will stop producing shows in 2022.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMAnd just 20 percent of shows on New York stages were written by people of color in the 2017-18 season, a report says.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:03PMThe Billie Holiday Theater in Brooklyn will spearhead The Black Seed, a strategic plan that will offer grants to up to 50 theaters across the country.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36AMTen voices from around the world reflect on performing in — and ushering and seeing — some of the first live shows since March.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMLaura Linney, Patti LuPone and Jeremy O. Harris will also feature in the digital performance of scenes from Tony Kushner’s two-part epic on Oct. 8.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06AMCreative professionals can receive $5,000 grants through the end of the year, thanks to additional funding by the Mellon Foundation and others.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMHe directed unconventional works and championed diversity, both in the material he staged and in the actors performing it. He died of the coronavirus.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PM“The Life” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” which focus on people of color in Manhattan, are planned for the 2020-2021 season of Encores!, the center’s popular series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMDr. Anthony Fauci said a vaccine would need to exist for nearly a year before people might feel comfortable returning to theaters unmasked, which he said would likely be mid- to late 2021.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMA gift of 20,000 pounds will help sustain the Brontë Parsonage Museum, which is facing mounting losses because of the coronavirus.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMThanks to a donation of land, the staple of New York summer theater will move to a nearby location. Riverside views will remain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMThrough articles, a book, a play and more, a Times special project commemorating the ratification of the 19th Amendment focuses on lesser-known women who were crucial to the fight.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03AMThough no dates are set, Adam Greenfield plans to present four plays, all directed by women, at the Off Broadway theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMWhat was meant to have opened Shakespeare in the Park’s season has found new life as a four-part audio play with resonance in the wake of Black Lives Matter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMThis year, the Kilroys collective turned a spotlight on work by female and transgender writers whose productions were canceled or postponed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PMAll of New York City’s major classical music institutions will be closed at least until the end of 2020.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMThe Broadway soprano can no longer walk. But by propping herself up on the arms of her wheelchair, she can deliver a song. And on Wednesday night, she will.
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