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The Off Off Broadway theater, which ended programs for emerging artists in December, will return next year with a model that centers the work of underrepresented artists.
The American Rescue Plan Act, with its $87.8 million in funding, will support projects at nearly 300 cultural and educational institutions in the country.
The ceremony is taking place at the Winter Garden Theater on Sunday. We bring you up to speed on everything that has happened since the shutdown.
The Tony-nominated actor and comedian discusses his love for overalls, citrus trees and trying to sell his teenage daughter on Frank Sinatra.
The innovative Brooklyn performing arts space is moving three L stops away, to a former dairy plant in Bushwick " and prepping for a new chapter as a neighborhood cultural hub.
Sarah Benson, the theater's artistic director, said she hopes that the productions this season will respond to a transformative moment in theater.
It was pushed out of the Winter Garden to make way for "The Music Man." Now this fan-favorite musical is getting a second life at the Marriott Marquis.
The American Ballet Theater dancer discusses the beauty of anime soundtracks, the virtue of late '90s music videos and playing video games backstage.
The 41-year-old singer-songwriter is back on Broadway in September for her fourth starring turn in "Waitress."
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A version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is planned, along with the company's puppet series, an examination of the Tulsa Race Massacre and more.
The fall season also includes appearances by a Supreme Court justice, Broadway actress and presidential biographer.
Highlights include a photography exhibition on female leaders in public housing and a contemporary play about the life of Mary Shelley, the author of "Frankenstein."
The Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater will use the funds, along with $7 million from the city over the last eight years, for an expanded South Bronx space.
"Merry Wives," an adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, had already pushed back its opening night by nearly two weeks after an injury to its leading man.
The composer and producer blamed Britain's coronavirus restrictions for the delay.
The Lucille Lortel Theater Foundation, which has managed the 97-year-old theater for the past decade, will take over the building in Greenwich Village.
The foundations are adding $5 million to the Disability Futures program, which will continue through 2025 with two more classes of 20 fellows each.
The theater will produce three plays in an ambitious 2021-22 season, but it has also committed to a five-day workweek and reforms that prioritize artists.
"Sun & Sea," which won top honors at the Venice Biennale in 2019, will make its U.S. premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this fall.
Arbery's "Corsicana" was added to the theater's slate for next summer, along with four plays previously announced for 2021.
The Criminal Queerness Festival offers three works that address subjects including addiction, fluid identity and social change.
How did the ratings board overlook songs filled with lust and damnation? "Maybe we bamboozled them with gargoyles," one filmmaker said.
When The Times staged a musical number for its live event series, the performance served as a sneak preview of a theater world preparing for takeoff.
