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The digital experimentation born of the pandemic shutdown is continuing: the final 16 performances of Lynn Nottage's "Clyde's" will be streamed, for $59.
The musical, about a comedian's rise and fall, plans to open at the Nederlander Theater in the spring.
Under her leadership, the nonprofit produced "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and other shows that made it to Broadway.
Mandy Greenfield has resigned and Jenny Gersten will be interim artistic director. The festival gave no reason for the move, but it follows complaints about working conditions.
The production brings the world of the playwright Adrienne Kennedy, 90, to Broadway for the first time.
The $60 million building in Hell's Kitchen, which will present theater, dance, music and more, is scheduled to open in December.
The two experimental works will end their runs on Nov. 14. They had been scheduled to close Jan. 16.
"The Book of Mormon," "The Lion King" and "Hamilton" are among those making changes as theaters reopen following the lengthy pandemic shutdown.
The show will be rewritten for a production set on the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s, directed by Tony Goldwyn and Savion Glover.
The Broadway show had just returned to the stage on Tuesday with several understudies.
Ruth Negga will co-star as Lady Macbeth in a production directed by Sam Gold and scheduled to open next April.
The play, which had been nominated for 12 Tony Awards, will return to Broadway in November.
The ceremony, held for the first time in more than two years, honored shows that opened before the pandemic and tried to lure crowds back to Broadway.
Odom, 40, won a Tony Award in 2016 for "Hamilton," and this year was nominated for two Academy Awards for his work as both a performer and songwriter for the film "One Night in Miami."
Warren's performance as Tina Turner, a role she originated in London and then again when the show opened in New York in 2019, has thrilled audiences.
This year was the first time Tveit has been nominated, and the circumstances were unusual: he was the only person nominated in the category, best leading actor in a musical.
This year's Tony Awards are taking place, live and in-person, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern on Paramount+, followed by a 9 p.m. concert on CBS.
She has won more competitive Tony Awards than any other performer, and tonight, when she is a nominee for the ninth time, she is presiding over the awards ceremony.
The musical, featuring Alanis Morissette songs, is planning to resume performances on Broadway next month.
Most of the awards are being streamed at 7 p.m. Eastern on Paramount+, followed by a 9 p.m. musical theater concert (including three big prizes) broadcast on CBS.
The two discussed the ceremony's recognition of Broadway's reopening, but also its pandemic losses.
The actor Nathan Lane said he had recently participated in a reading of the show, titled "Square One."
After some members of a touring company tested positive for the coronavirus, Wednesday night's show did not go on.
Theater seems to be responding to demands for diversity. Artists are both delighted and worried about the precarious moment in which the gates have opened.
