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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

The Illusionists Set To Bring ‘Magic Of The Holidays’ To Broadway by Dino-Ray Ramos

It’s going to be a magical holiday season in New York — literally. Coming off their successful magic spectaculars Witness The Impossible, Live on Broadway and Turn of the Century…

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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Tony Winner Sarah Jones Brings One-Woman Show ‘Sell/Buy/Date’ To Los Angeles by Dino-Ray Ramos

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Jones is making her return to the west coast to open her one-woman show Sell/Buy/Date at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center on Oct…

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Monday, August 6, 2018

Rosie O’Donnell & Broadway Stars Protest Trump With Show Tunes Of Resistance by Dino-Ray Ramos

Broadway made its way down from New York City to Washington D.C.’s Lafayette Park Monday when Rosie O’Donnell and company members from Hamilton, Wicked, The Phantom of the Oper…

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‘Waitress’ Review: A Musical Slice Of Sweet Joy Drizzled With Female Empowerment by Dino-Ray Ramos

In Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s stage musical adaptation of the feature film Waitress, there’s a purity and innocence baked into the sweet story which follows, like the t…

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

New ‘Diary Of Anne Frank’ Stage Production Reimagined With Immigration Narrative by Dino-Ray Ramos

Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s play The Diary of Anne Frank is getting a timely retooling. Director Stan Zimmerman is helming a new version of the play that will change the na…

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Saturday, June 16, 2018

‘Henry IV’ Review: Tom Hanks & Hamish Linklater Give Charismatic Pulse To Shakespeare Classic by Dino-Ray Ramos

For the average theatergoer, going to a production of a William Shakespeare play can either be an enlightening night of poetic culture or it can feel like homework. The Shakespeare Center of…

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Sunday, June 10, 2018

Tony Awards Review: Theater Geek Culture Is Celebrated During Lively, Emotional And Politically-Lite Ceremony by Dino-Ray Ramos

After last year’s Kevin Spacey-hosted Tony Awards, the annual award show honoring the best of Broadway needed a palette cleanser for obvious reasons. With Sara Bareilles and Josh Grob…

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Tony Awards: Hosts Sara Bareilles & Josh Groban Celebrate The Losers In Opening Number by Dino-Ray Ramos

True to form, hosts Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban opened the 72nd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York with an original piano duet. As they played their grand pianos side…

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Monday, May 21, 2018

Obie Awards Complete Winners List: Rajiv Joseph’s ‘Describe The Night’ Among Honorees by Dino-Ray Ramos

The American Theatre Wing’s President and CEO Heather Hitchens and The Village Voice President and CEO Peter Barbey revealed the winners of the 63rd Annual Obie Awards Monday night. Ra…

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Monday, May 14, 2018

Obie Awards Set Andrew Garfield, Lucy Liu, Matthew Broderick As Presenters by Dino-Ray Ramos

Heather Hitchens, President and CEO of The American Theatre Wing and Peter Barbey, President and CEO of The Village Voice announce today the lineup of presenters at the 63rd Annual Obie A…

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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Jim Parsons Injury Forces Cancellation Of ‘The Boys In the Band’ Performance by Dino-Ray Ramos

During a Saturday matinee performance of the Broadway revival of the 1968 off-Broadway hit The Boys in the Band, cast member Jim Parsons tripped causing a cancellation of the evening show.…

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Monday, May 7, 2018

‘School Of Rock’ Review: Talented Kids Amp Up Bland Musical Adaptation Of Linklater Classic by Dino-Ray Ramos

School of Rock is one of the many musicals based on a movie that has been woven into the fine tapestry of Broadway in the past two decades. Based on the 2003 Richard Linklater comedy starrin…

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Monday, February 5, 2018

John Mahoney Dies: Emmy-Nominated ‘Frasier’ Star Was 77 by Dino-Ray Ramos

John Mahoney, who played Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce’s father on the hit NBC sitcom Frasier, died on Sunday, Deadline has confirmed. He was 77. Born in England, Mahoney firs…

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Monday, January 15, 2018

‘Aladdin’ Review: Stage Adaptation Of Disney Classic Dazzles L.A. With A Familiar Magic Carpet Ride by Dino-Ray Ramos

Translating a Disney animated feature into a Broadway stage musical seems that it would be a seamless task considering the fantasy, magic, the vibrant moral storytelling, and, of course, the…

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

Denzel Washington Set For ‘The Iceman Cometh’ On Broadway With George C. Wolfe Directing by Dino-Ray Ramos

Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington is set to star in  Eugene O’Neill’s acclaimed play The Iceman Cometh on Broadway. Five-time Tony Award winner George Wolfe, who d…

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Review: ‘Hamilton’ Lives Up To The Hip-Hop Hype While Challenging The Status Quo by Dino-Ray Ramos

The cross-pollination of the culture of hip-hop and the Broadway musical has always been dangerous territory where artists rarely venture. The result has often been campy and embarrassingly …

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Lin-Manuel Miranda Brings #Ham4Ham Live Performance For ‘Hamilton’ Opening Night In L.A. by Dino-Ray Ramos

A swarm of Hamilton fans gathered in front of the Pantages Theatre on closed-down Hollywood Boulevard hoping to snag $10 tickets to opening night of the Tony-winning hip-hop-infused histori…

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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Michael Moore Leads Audience In Trump Tower Protest After His Broadway Show by Dino-Ray Ramos

Donald Trump’s comments about the violence at Charlottesville rally and his inability to condemn neo-Nazis involved has caused a deluge of criticism from many on social media and now f…

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

‘Hamilton’ Juggernaut Lands In L.A. With Record Sales, $600 Tix by Dino-Ray Ramos

The touring production of the Broadway blockbuster known as Hamilton sets up camp at the Hollywood Pantages for a run from August 11 through December 30. And while tickets flying off the s…

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