Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Bugsy Siegel and Show Business by Trav S.D.

This post is cooked up in the spirit of my earlier one on Al Capone. Gangsters and organized crime and the lore that goes with them aren’t what get me up in the morning, though I do enjoy …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:54PM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)
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San Francisco Ballet Pulls Out of Kennedy Center Performances by Julia Jacobs

The ballet company, one of the country’s most prestigious, had been under pressure to cancel its shows amid President Trump’s takeover of the performing arts center.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:40PM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Real Families Really Matter in “The Reservoir” and “You Got Older” by Jan Simpson

Ever since Sophocles put the fall of the House of Oedipus onstage, the theatrical canon has been chock-a-block with unhappy families. And that makes sense because they make for good drama. B…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 11:42AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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CHARLIE by Ron Fassler

Charles Durning (1923–2012).February 28, 2026: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler An update of a column written and published in 2018. Born on this date more than a hundred year…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:50AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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The Bomb

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:50AM

A Monument to Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs by Trav S.D.

Today we celebrate that unlikely rock and roll giant, Domingo Samudio (b. 1937), better known as Sam the Sham, of Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs. It’s likely that a majority of our readers …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:42AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace by Loren Noveck

Jesse Malin and a killer band bring Malin's life story to the stage. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.

SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 08:57AM

Go Inside Shenandoah University's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN on Our Instagram Story

Go inside Shenandoah University's production of Catch Me If You Can on our Instagram Story! Second-year BFA Musical Theatre student Emerson Riley, who leads the production, will be taking ov…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Florida poet ID’d among dead in Cuba shootout fantasized about counter-revolution by Tribune News Service

Before his homeland of Cuba accused him of being a terrorist hellbent on toppling the island’s government, Pavel Alling Peña was a writer. For years, the 45-year-old man shared the poems …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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The Other Sidney Smith by Trav S.D.

February 28 was the birthday of silent screen comedian Sidney “Sid” Smith (1892-1928). The title of this post is to differentiate its subject from the cartoonist, creator of the comic st…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:36AM

Mom of a preemie crochets colorful yarn octopi for tiny tots at Detroit hospital NICU by The Associated Press

By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — Joelle Haley went into labor on Christmas Day, giving birth to a son two days later — premature at 24 weeks. In the soothing darkness of a Detroit hospit…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:20AM

What to Stream: Harry Styles, ‘War Machine,’ Steve Carell, ‘Young Sherlock’ and Pokémon Pokopia by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Harry Styles’ fourth solo album, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” and Guy Ritchie’s detective series “Young Sherlock” are some of the new televis…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:05AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Women’s History Month kicks off with a Russian drama, World War II swashbuckling and classical pop by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks for March 1-7 also include Boy George at Mohegan Sun, Saxsquatch at Space Ballroom and renown music photographer Henry Diltz at The Kate and Sacred Heart.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:45AM

The Art of The Elegant Unraveling – The Interview by Ross

A Frontmezzjunkies Interview: Becky London and the world of The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife Conducted by Michael Raver Certain actors drift toward the kind of comedy that requires a wink…

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 05:44AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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We tackle the SOTU and Olympian Lilly King talks trash by NPR

This week, we're live in Bloomington, Indiana with Olympic champion Lilly King and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Josh Gondelman, and Faith SalieTo manage podcast ad preferences, review the links …

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00AM
Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Saturday, February 28, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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London's MJ the Musical Closes February 28 by Andrew Gans

Jamaal Fields-Green heads the cast at the Prince Edward.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AM

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