Friday, January 27, 2017
Original cast members of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit "Hamilton: An American Musical," will sing "America the Beautiful" during pregame festivities at Super Bowl 51, the NFL and Fox a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:14PMThursday, January 26, 2017
Elton John has been tapped to write the songs for a devilish upcoming musical — "The Devil Wears Prada." Producer Kevin McCollum said Thursday that John, the composer of Broadway hits "The…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:34PMWednesday, December 21, 2016
Winning a Pulitzer Prize and a clutch of Tony Awards in a single one year would be enough for anyone. Not Lin-Manuel Miranda. Not in 2016. The "Hamilton" writer-composer picked up those hono…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:39AMSaturday, November 19, 2016
Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Friday was the latest high-profile person to attend the Broadway hit "Hamilton," but he became the first to get a sharp message from a cast member from the…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 01:24AMThursday, October 13, 2016
Italian playwright Dario Fo, whose energetic mocking of Italian political life, social mores and religion won him praise, scorn and the Nobel Prize for Literature, died Thursday. He was 90. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:11AMThursday, June 23, 2016
This year's Kennedy Center honorees include musicians who span genres including pop, rock, gospel, blues, folk and classical — and an actor known for his extraordinary range. The John F. K…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 04:17PMThursday, June 16, 2016
The news that no die-hard "Hamilton" fan — or anyone who hasn't seen the Broadway smash yet — wants to hear has arrived: Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator and star, is leaving the show thi…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 02:05PMThe news that no die-hard "Hamilton" fan — or anyone who hasn't see the Broadway smash yet — wants to hear has arrived: Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator and star, is leaving his show. Mir…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:11AMWednesday, June 15, 2016
The Roundabout Theater Company's revival of "She Loves Me" will become the first Broadway production to livestream a performance, with the title -- nominated for eight Tony Awards and starri…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 02:56PMThe Roundabout Theater Company's revival of "She Loves Me" will become the first Broadway production to livestream a performance, with the title -- nominated for eight Tony Awards and starri…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:40AMMonday, June 13, 2016
"Hamilton," the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Tony Award for best new musical, capping an emotional night in which many in the Broadway community rallied to emb…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:15PMSunday, June 12, 2016
The shooting at a gay Florida nightclub cast a shadow on the 2016 Tony Awards, with organizers dedicating Sunday's ceremony to the victims and Broadway performers rushing to embrace the LGBT…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:54PMWednesday, June 8, 2016
The curtain has risen on Harry Potter's latest adventure — and J.K. Rowling is urging fans not to ruin the magic by letting its secrets out. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" has had its…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:24PMIllinois' attorney general is warning theater-goers to be wary of websites offering tickets to the mega-hit musicals "Hamilton" and "Aladdin" before they go on sale to the general public. Bo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:33AMMonday, June 6, 2016
British playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died. He was 90. Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, said the playwright died Monday while o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:09PMMonday, May 16, 2016
The creator of "Hamilton" says the hit Broadway musical is a needed reminder during a heated political season that "immigrants get the job done." Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the inventive, biog…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:04PMThursday, April 7, 2016
Heather Headley, the theater-fan favorite who hasn't had an ongoing Broadway role since she won a 2000 Tony Award for "Aida," will take over for Jennifer Hudson in "The Color Purple," which …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:09PMHeather Headley, the theater-fan favorite who hasn't had an ongoing Broadway role since she won a 2000 Tony Award for "Aida," will take over for Jennifer Hudson in "The Color Purple," which …
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