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"American Buffalo," at Circle in the Square, is sticking with masking till it closes, July 10, citing the "proximity of the audience to the actors" and "the staging in the round."
Despite picking up 5 prizes at this month's Tony Awards, the Sondheim-blessed revival was facing a tough summer at the box office.
The Huntington Theater Company is staging a play based on the seminal J. Anthony Lukas book, reconsidering the legacy of the busing crisis.
Most theaters stopped requiring proof of vaccination this spring. Now they are going "mask optional."
The 20th anniversary Broadway revival will be directed by Kenny Leon. Previews begin in September at the John Golden Theater.
"The Lehman Trilogy" won best play, "Company" won best musical revival and "Take Me Out" won best revival of a play at the 75th Tony Awards.
The ceremony returns to Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night.
We surveyed voters ahead of this year's ceremony on Sunday. They are strikingly split in the races for leading musical performers.
A white teaching artist at the theater organization says it discriminated against white people. The nonprofit declined to comment.
The Broadway ensemble member turned Oscar winner vows that the ceremony will celebrate the often unsung actors who have stepped in so often during the pandemic.
Horne, a renowned singer and activist, will be the first Black woman to have a theater named after her once the Brooks Atkinson is renamed.
The musical, which opened in 2017, is the third to announce a closing in two days, as many shows struggle in a pandemic-softened marketplace.
The Tony-winning musical will close in September after suffering a double blow from the coronavirus pandemic and a poorly received film adaptation.
The play, about a Jewish family in Vienna in the first half of the 20th Century, will begin previews Sept. 14 and open Oct. 2 at the Longacre Theater.
Rachel Chavkin will direct Larissa FastHorse's satire, which takes aim at American mythology, next spring at the Helen Hayes Theater.
The stage adaptation, with book and lyrics by Cameron Crowe and music and lyrics by Tom Kitt, will begin previews Sept. 13.
The Rainbow Room event is meant to honor nominees; guests aren't allowed. But when your father works there, that changes everything.
The fairy-tale musical, with songs by Stephen Sondheim, will feature Sara Bareilles and a cast of much admired theater performers.
The freelance director will succeed James Nicola, who has led the Off Broadway nonprofit since 1988.
The star of stage, film and screen has already won five competitive Tony Awards, and starred in several Stephen Sondheim musicals.
The decision comes at a time when New York City has declared a "high Covid alert."
Just five years after he performed as Michael Jackson at a high school talent show, Myles Frost is making his debut in a Broadway musical about the King of Pop.
Performers and stage managers were released from agreements they signed to work on four shows that were produced by Scott Rudin after their union, Actors' Equity, filed complaints.
"A Beautiful Noise" will start at Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston next month and transfer to Broadway's Broadhurst Theater in November.
