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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Lloyd Suh’s Plays About the Past Speak Directly to Our Present by Richard Morgan

The playwright of “The Far Country” is using a contemporary lens to show “the way in which memory becomes hereditary.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:42PM

Monday, December 24, 2018

‘Aquaman’ box office helps Hollywood set another record by Richard Morgan

“Aquaman” is swimming in ticket sales — and US movie theaters are ringing up yet another year for the history books. The superhero action flick reeled in $67.4 million last weekend, dr…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:13PM

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Why comic-book fans are stoked about Disney’s $52B Fox deal by Richard Morgan

Welcome home, Magneto. Long time no see, Mystique. Disney’s deal to buy the 20th Century Fox movie assets means the X-Men will be reunited with their Marvel comics pals like Captain Americ…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:59PM

Saturday, October 28, 2017

This off-Broadway play is more relevant than ever by Richard Morgan

The Harvey Weinstein charges have exposed plenty of hurt and shame, but they’ve also made the off-Broadway play “What We’re Up Against” as relevant today as it was when written in 19…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:32PM

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Shuffle Along’s Brandon Victor Dixon Cast As Hamilton’s Next Aaron Burr, Lexi Lawson Cast As Elizabeth Schuyler by Richard Morgan and Samantha Rollins

Some new blood will soon be in the room where it happens: Brandon Victor Dixon, Lexi Lawson, and Michael Luwoye are joining the cast of Broadway's Hamilton in the roles of Aaron Burr, Hamilt…

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:39PM

Friday, June 10, 2016

Read Hamilton Acceptance Speeches From the Show’s Sweep of the 2015 Off Broadway Lortel Awards by Richard Morgan

Before Lin-Manuel Miranda became a Pulitzer Prize–winning Star Wars composer with official Genius swagger and (finally!) got his portrait at Sardi's, before Jonathan Groff ascended the thr…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:43AM

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Why 'Hamilton' Star Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Better Than Perfect | Rolling Stone by Richard Morgan

Creator of the Broadway smash hit may not be the best singer, but he's the everyman we need to re-write the American Dream

SOURCE: Rolling Stone at 10:00PM

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Hamilton’s Out-of-Control Standby Line: Marriott Says No to This by Richard Morgan

Some fans are not going to get their shot. For the first time since it debuted on Broadway in July, Hamilton has capped its standby line for people waiting on cancelled tickets. At aro…

SOURCE: Vulture at 10:55PM

Friday, July 4, 2014

Four Plays by African-American Playwrights by Richard Morgan

A civic-minded theater company in Brooklyn is performing readings of four obscure plays about slavery and racism, and will let audiences help decide which gets a full staging.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:06PM

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The Circus That Doesn’t Leave Town by Richard Morgan

Circus acts have infused almost every kind of entertainment option in the city, and demand for circus-related services is surging.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:52PM

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

'Bombshell' Doesn't Exist, but Its Songs Are Real Hits by Richard Morgan

On any given night at Marie’s Crisis, a cozy singalong piano bar in Greenwich Village, the pianist can be reliably counted on to deliver a fistful of standards. Songs made famous by Broadw…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PM

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