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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

The Actors With Disabilities Redefining Representation by Mark Harris

These performers are creating a new template for the artist-as-activist, challenging their industry — and their audiences — to reconsider what inclusion really means.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:36PM
Sunday, August 26, 2018

Thanks For the Good Times, Neil Simon by Mark Harris

In 1991, on his tenth try, and after a theater career that had spanned thirty years and almost as many Broadway productions, Neil Simon finally won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He was rewar…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:06PM
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Why Is the Edward Albee Estate Afraid of a Black Virginia Woolf? by Mark Harris

You have to give Edward Albee credit: Fifty-five years after its Broadway debut, and less than a year after its author’s death, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has once again become the …

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:00AM
Sunday, November 20, 2016

The Hamilton-Pence Incident Was More Than Just a Distraction by Mark Harris

Of course the home of Hamilton would turn out to be the room where it happened. The reignition of the culture wars, with the arts as the battlefield — a form of jousting so antiq…

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:52PM
Thursday, August 25, 2016

A Star Is Born Is the Ultimate Hollywood Horror Story, and Lady Gaga Might Be Perfect Casting by Mark Harris

Last week, when Warner Brothers green-lit a new version of the movie A Star Is Born that will pair Bradley Cooper with Lady Gaga, it was as if a roulette wheel that had been spinni…

SOURCE: Vulture at 11:33AM
Monday, June 8, 2015

Why are the Tony Awards so afraid of the Tony Awards? by Mark Harris

On Sunday night’s Tony Awards, history was made. Unfortunately, it was made during the commercial breaks. Early in the three-hour show, while viewers at home watched commercials for the wi…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 07:33PM
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Books of The Times: ‘Song of Spider-Man,’ Glen Berger’s Take on a Troubled Show by Mark Harris

Glen Berger’s new book looks at the making of the Spider-Man musical that seemed to be doomed on several fronts.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:26PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards