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Thursday, May 9

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Directors Jack O’Brien and George C. Wolfe to Receive Lifetime Achievement Tony Awards

Directors Jack O’Brien and George C. Wolfe will each receive a 2024 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Wolfe is a five-time Tony-Award winning director, helming shows including Angels in America: Millennium…

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Jessica Lange on Returning to Broadway in ‘Mother Play’: “It Still Thrills Me”

Paula Vogel’s Mother Play is Jessica Lange’s fourth Broadway show, among the many other film and television projects that have populated her decades-long career. But unlike her past roles, in which she has put her own spin on well-known…

Wednesday, May 8

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How Small Talking Changed the Course of Casey Wilson and Jessica St. Clair’s Careers

In January 2022, Casey Wilson was a guest on The Deep Dive, a podcast hosted by her longtime friends and frequent comedy collaborators June Diane Raphael and Jessica St. Clair. The episode kicked off what the pod was calling their Lifelong…

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Yulin Kuang on Debut Novel, “Great Suffering” in Romance and Emily Henry Adaptations

Yulin Kuang knows she hit the literary jackpot. The writer-director, whose credits include The CW’s I Ship It, Hulu’s Dollface and Netflix’s The Healing Powers of Dude, is adapting Emily Henry’s People We Meet On Vacation for film and…

American Express to Host Outdoor Tony Awards Simulcast Event (Exclusive)

American Express will host an outdoor simulcast event for the Tony Awards on June 16. The “Broadway Fanfare” event will take place in Damrosch Park, an outdoor area on the Lincoln Center campus which has a stage and seating for about 1,900…

Tuesday, May 7

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Rochelle Oliver, ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Star and Admired Acting Teacher, Dies at 86

Rochelle Oliver, who starred on Broadway in Lillian Hellman’s Toys in the Attic and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and taught acting at New York’s respected HB Studio since the 1970s, has died. She was 86. Oliver died April…

Billy Porter to Receive Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for LGBTQ+ Activism

Billy Porter will receive the 2024 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award for his dedication and contributions as an activist and spokesperson for the LGBTQ+ communities. The honor, announced Tuesday, includes the Pose star’s work with The…

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Hannah Brown Embarks on a New Love Story With Debut Romance Novel

Hannah Brown knows a thing or two about love. After appearing on season 23 of The Bachelor, the former Miss Alabama USA went on to became a fan favorite which led her to lead season 15 of The Bachelorette. Each week audiences watched as…

Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut This Fall

Robert Downey Jr. is making his Broadway debut this fall in a new play by Ayad Akhtar. The new play, called McNeal, will see Downey portraying a talented writer who grapples with a new novel, a broken family life and “an unhealthy…

Saturday, May 4

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Edgar Lansbury, Tony-Winning Producer and Brother of Angela Lansbury, Dies at 94

Edgar Lansbury, the Tony-winning producer and younger brother of famed actress Angela Lansbury who guided the Broadway and big-screen versions of The Subject Was Roses and Godspell, has died. He was 94. He died Thursday at his home in…

Thursday, May 2

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Alex Edelman to Receive Special Tony Award for ‘Just For Us’

Alex Edelman is among the honorees being presented a special Tony Award for his comedy show, Just for Us, which debuted on Broadway in June 2023. Edelman’s one-man show, which ran through August at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, saw the comic,…

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Mia Farrow, Patti LuPone to Return to Broadway in ‘The Roommate’

Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone will come to Broadway in the new comedy, The Roommate, by Jen Silverman. The play, directed by Jack O’Brien, will begin performances on Aug. 29, with an official opening night on Sept. 12, at the Booth Theatre.…

Wednesday, May 1

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Herb Alpert Foundation Reveals the 10 Winners of the 30th Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (Exclusive)

The Herb Alpert Foundation has announced the winners of its 30th annual Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, which recognizes mid-career artists in the fields of dance, music, film/video, theater and visual arts. In all, there are 10 winners for…

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Eddie Redmayne on Audience Interaction and the “Chaotic Wonder” of Performing in ‘Cabaret’

Eddie Redmayne received his second Tony Award nomination Tuesday, for his role as the shape-shifting Emcee in the Broadway revival of Cabaret. It’s a role the actor, known for leading films such as The Theory of Everything and in the…

Tuesday, Apr 30

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Alicia Keys on ‘Hell’s Kitchen’s’ 13 Tony Nominations and Bringing the Musical to Broadway

Alicia Keys was doing a meditation Tuesday morning to try to stay calm amid some nerves ahead of the Tony nominations announcement. After finishing the meditation, Keys said she received a call, alerting her to the fact that Hell’s Kitchen…

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Tony Awards Noms Snubs, Surprises: ‘Stereophonic’ for Best Score; ‘The Wiz,’ Steve Carell Shut Out

Stereophonic became the most nominated play in Tony Awards history on Monday, scoring a surprisingly strong 13 nominations, including acting nods for almost the entire cast. Several other shows also saw most of their leading roles…

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‘Stereophonic,’ Alicia Keys’ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Lead Tony Award Nominations

The Alicia Keys musical Hell’s Kitchen and new play Stereophonic, about a fictional band in the 1970s, led the Tony nominations with 13 nominations each. The Outsiders, a musical based on the 1967 S.E. Hinton book, followed with 12…

Lost Photos From a Legendary Hollywood Archive

When photo archivist Michael Ochs brokered a deal to offload his sprawling collection of 20th century iconography to Getty Images in 2007, neither seller nor buyer knew absolutely everything that was included in the transaction. Ochs had a…

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How to Watch the 2024 Tony Awards Nominations Livestream

The 2024 Tony Awards nominations are slated to be revealed on Tuesday morning. Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry will reveal this year’s nominees live at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT in an announcement that will be streamed on the…

Friday, Apr 26

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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.

Wednesday, Apr 24

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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…

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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…

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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…

‘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…

Tuesday, Apr 23

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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.

Monday, Apr 22

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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.…

Saturday, Apr 20

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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.

Wednesday, Apr 17

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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…

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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 Nanko Winkler, music by…