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Saturday, March 26, 2016

‘Waitress’ Is Making Broadway History With Its All-Female Creative Team | FiveThirtyEight by Joanna Kao

The first screenplay Jessie Nelson ever wrote was about a group of waitresses, a job she herself held for 10 years. But after the script was handed off to a team of men, they reworked it to …

SOURCE: fivethirtyeight.com at 04:01PM
Friday, March 25, 2016

‘Waitress’ Is Making Broadway History With Its All-Female Creative Team by Joanna Kao

The first screenplay Jessie Nelson ever wrote was about a group of waitresses, a job she herself held for 10 years. But after the script was handed off to a team of men, they reworked it to …

SOURCE: fivethirtyeight.com at 09:58AM
Monday, June 8, 2015

The Tonys Have Never Been So Dominated By Women by Joanna Kao

Was last season the year of women on Broadway? Based on Sunday night’s Tony Awards, it might have been. This year, seven women won Tony Awards, the highest number in Tony history. The seve…

SOURCE: fivethirtyeight.com at 04:33PM
Tuesday, April 28, 2015

For Broadway Shows, There’s A Prize For Opening Late by Joanna Kao

Cherry Jones, the two-time Tony winner and veteran Broadway actress, hasn’t been to all 14 opening nights that Broadway played host to this month, but she estimates she’s attended “oh,…

SOURCE: fivethirtyeight.com at 04:24PM
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