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‘Illinoise’ Theater Review: Justin Peck Transforms Sufjan Stevens’ Concept Album Into a Soaring Rush of Late Adolescent Experience
Co-written with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury, the dance musical is a transcendent distillation of youth in all its pain and glory.
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‘Mary Jane’ Theater Review: Rachel McAdams Makes a Moving Broadway Debut in Amy Herzog’s Portrait of Motherhood Under Duress
The actress plays a single mother navigating an unforgiving healthcare system while caring for her sick child.
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Gayle Rankin on Finding Her Sally Bowles in Broadway’s Debauched and Divisive ‘Cabaret’
In 2014, Gayle Rankin made her Broadway debut in Sam Mendes’ revival of Cabaret, playing the supporting role of Fraulein Kost. Now, exactly a decade later, Rankin is playing the lead role of Sally Bowles opposite Eddie Redmayne in a new Broadway production that opened April 21. “I feel like a completely different person,” says Rankin, […]
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Cole Escola’s ‘Oh, Mary!’ Will Move to Broadway This Summer
Oh, Mary!, the Off-Broadway comedy hit about Mary Todd Lincoln, is transferring to Broadway for a 12-week engagement this summer. The show, written by and starring Cole Escola as Mary, will begin previews at the Lyceum Theatre starting June 26, with an opening night on July 11. The engagement runs through Sept. 15. In Oh […]
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Dua Lipa Among Stars Reading Int’l Booker Prize Hopefuls in Shorts From Sharon Horgan’s Merman
Short films featuring the likes of Dua Lipa and Tobias Menzies (The Crown, Game of Thrones, Manhunt) reading extracts from the six books on the 2024 shortlist for the International Booker Prize for fiction translated into English will debut on Thursday, courtesy of Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s production company Merman. The other performers are Eleanor […]
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‘Titanique’s’ Marla Mindelle Will Bring ‘Big Gay Jamboree’ Off-Broadway This Fall
Marla Mindelle, who starred in and co-created the Off-Broadway hit Titanique, is debuting her new musical The Big Gay Jamboree Off-Broadway this fall. The show is co-written by Mindelle and is described as a parody of musical theater itself. Sue Wagner, John Johnson, and Margot Robbie’s production company LuckyChap are serving as producers of the […]
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‘Patriots’ Theater Review: Michael Stuhlbarg Stars in Peter Morgan’s Chronicle of Russian Oligarchs Who Fueled Putin’s Rise
The 'Call Me by Your Name' actor plays Boris Berezovksy in 'The Crown' creator's show, Netflix's first foray into Broadway.
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PEN America Ceremony Canceled Amid Criticism Over Response to Israel-Hamas War
Facing widespread unhappiness over its response to the Israel-Hamas war, the writers’ group PEN America has called off its annual awards ceremony. Dozens of nominees had dropped out of the event, which was to have taken place next week. PEN, a literary and free expression organization, hands out hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes each […]
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‘Stereophonic’ Theater Review: David Adjmi’s Audaciously Original Play Is a Transfixing Look at Building Art Out of Emotional Wreckage
Daniel Aukin’s lauded production, featuring new songs by Will Butler of Arcade Fire, transfers to Broadway with its gifted ensemble of actor-musicians intact.
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Camille Claudel, Portrayed Onscreen by Juliette Binoche and Isabel Adjani, Seen Anew in Getty Show
Known in France as a giant of modernist sculpture, to the rest of the world Camille Claudel is mainly remembered as Auguste Rodin’s lover. Her tragic life, which included spending the last decades of her life in an asylum, has been immortalized on film by Isabelle Adjani opposite Gerard Depardieu in 1988’s Camille Claudel, and again by Juliette […]
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‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Set to Become Stage Musical, With Direction by Jon M. Chu
A musical stage adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians is under development, with Jon M. Chu set to direct. The musical, which is being developed by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Kevin Kwan, features a book by Leah Nanako Winkler, music by Helen Park and lyrics by Amanda Green and Tat Tong. The production is aiming […]
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Rachel Zegler, Kit Connor to Star on Broadway in ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor will make their Broadway debuts in a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet this fall. The production will feature music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff, who is also making his Broadway debut, movement by Sonya Tayeh (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) and direction by Sam Gold. Exact dates and […]
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Christie’s to Sell the Art Collection of Norman Lear
Christie’s has secured the art collection of television writer, producer, and political advocate Norman Lear and his wife, Lyn Davis Lear, the auction house announced Monday. Lear passed away in December at 101 years old. Seven works from the collection will debut during the house’s 20th Century Evening Sale on May 16, with additional works appearing in […]
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Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Hecht Set for Performance of ‘Ironweed’ at BAM (Exclusive)
Mark Ruffalo is returning to the stage in a one-night performance of the new play Ironweed: An Evening of Art & Humanity. Ruffalo will star opposite Jessica Hecht in a performance set for May 17 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The play is based on William Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which was first published […]
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Olivier Awards Winners Include Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Snook, ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ ‘Stranger Things’
Nicole Scherzinger, Succession star Sarah Snook, Game of Thrones and Sherlock actor Mark Gatiss, a revival of the musical Sunset Boulevard and the play Stranger Things: The First Shadow were among the winners at the 2024 Olivier Awards, which celebrate achievements in London theater. The ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in the British capital was […]
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Jane Fonda Teams With Gallerist Larry Gagosian for Art Sale That Takes on Big Oil
“When Jane Fonda calls, you show up,” explained John Legend, tickling the ivories in front of a large crowd of glittery art lovers, environmentalists and celebs. “Wouldn’t you?” The large artist, art collector and celeb crowd mingling in the white chandelier-strewn tent behind Gagosian Gallery made it pretty clear they not only would, but did. […]
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