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From child actor to star: Lea Michele's return to Broadway's Imperial Theatre

Read full article: From child actor to star: Lea Michele's return to Broadway's Imperial Theatre

Lea Michele returns to Broadway's Imperial Theatre, where she first heard a song from โ€œChessโ€ as a child.

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Broadway stars emphasize 'now is the time' for all to act philanthropically at Town & Country summit

Read full article: Broadway stars emphasize 'now is the time' for all to act philanthropically at Town & Country summit

Some of Broadway's biggest stars emphasized that everyone can donate something of their time, talent or treasure at Town & Country's annual Philanthropy Summit on Tuesday.

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Broadway musicians reach labor deal, averting a strike

Read full article: Broadway musicians reach labor deal, averting a strike

The union representing Broadwayโ€™s musicians reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers, averting a potentially crippling strike that would have silenced nearly two dozen musicals.

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Broadway actors and producers reach tentative labor deal, but musicians still threaten a strike

Read full article: Broadway actors and producers reach tentative labor deal, but musicians still threaten a strike

The union representing Broadway actors has reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers.

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Broadway enters an anxious time as labor action threatens to roil theaters

Read full article: Broadway enters an anxious time as labor action threatens to roil theaters

Broadway is tense as two major labor unions have authorized strike action amid ongoing contract negotiations with producers.

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Broadway opposition brings the curtain down on a planned Times Square casino backed by Jay-Z

Read full article: Broadway opposition brings the curtain down on a planned Times Square casino backed by Jay-Z

A proposed Caesars Palace casino in Times Square thatโ€™s backed by Jay-Z has lost its bid for a lucrative New York City-area gambling license amid fierce opposition from the Broadway theater industry.

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John Lithgow to return to Broadway in a Roald Dahl play that's not for kids

Read full article: John Lithgow to return to Broadway in a Roald Dahl play that's not for kids

John Lithgow is returning to Broadway in a play that might change how we read bedtime stories to our children.

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'Mamma Mia!' returns to Broadway after a decade away, bringing the dance party back to New York

Read full article: 'Mamma Mia!' returns to Broadway after a decade away, bringing the dance party back to New York

โ€œMamma Mia!โ€.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda will turn 'Hamilton' 10th anniversary into a fundraiser for immigration services

Read full article: Lin-Manuel Miranda will turn 'Hamilton' 10th anniversary into a fundraiser for immigration services

Lin-Manuel Miranda is using the 10th anniversary Broadway performance of *Hamilton* to support nonprofits providing immigration services.

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Harvey Fierstein, on eve of Tony honor, looks back on his career

Read full article: Harvey Fierstein, on eve of Tony honor, looks back on his career

Last year, Broadway actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein handed director Jack Oโ€™Brien the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

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What to watch for at the Tony Awards, Broadway's biggest night

Read full article: What to watch for at the Tony Awards, Broadway's biggest night

The Tony Awards this year will be held Sunday from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

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Denzel Washington receives surprise honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes premiere for 'Highest 2 Lowest'

Read full article: Denzel Washington receives surprise honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes premiere for 'Highest 2 Lowest'

Denzel Washington sandwiched a whirlwind trip to the Cannes Film Festival in between Broadway performances for the premiere of Spike Leeโ€™s โ€œHighest 2 Lowestโ€ and was rewarded with a surprise honorary Palme d'Or.

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Over 50 dogs saved from hoarding situation in Broadway

Read full article: Over 50 dogs saved from hoarding situation in Broadway

The Rockingham Harrisonburg SPCA announced that over 50 dogs were saved from a hoarding situation in Broadway on Thursday, May 8.

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Berglund Center announces 2025/2026 Broadway in Roanoke lineup

Read full article: Berglund Center announces 2025/2026 Broadway in Roanoke lineup

Broadway is headed back to the Berglund Center in November, and Broadway in Roanoke has a great lineup of five shows scheduled!

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Daniel Dae Kim making history at the Tony Awards and pushing for Asian representation on Broadway

Read full article: Daniel Dae Kim making history at the Tony Awards and pushing for Asian representation on Broadway

Actor Daniel Dae Kim more than made the nominee list for the Tony Awards.

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Harvey Fierstein to be awarded special Tony Award for lifetime in the theater

Read full article: Harvey Fierstein to be awarded special Tony Award for lifetime in the theater

Actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein needs to find room for another award.

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Roanokeโ€™s Mill Mountain Theatre brings Waitress: The Musical to the Star City this March

Read full article: Roanokeโ€™s Mill Mountain Theatre brings Waitress: The Musical to the Star City this March

The city of Roanoke invests nearly $340,000 each year to support local arts and culture, and one of the premier venues for experiencing this investment is Mill Mountain Theatre.

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Broadway's Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt and Kelli Oโ€™Hara star on album

Read full article: Broadway's Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt and Kelli Oโ€™Hara star on album

Lea Salonga stepped onto a Manhattan stage last spring and sang something unusual for her โ€” โ€œEdelweissโ€ from the musical โ€œThe Sound of Music,โ€ a song usually performed by the paternal Captain von Trapp.

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Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba

Read full article: Broadway's 'Wicked' welcomes Lencia Kebede, its first pioneering full-time Black Elphaba

Green tears were flowing when Lencia Kebede made history this week on Broadway, becoming the first Black actor to assume the role of Elphaba full time in the Broadway company of โ€œWicked.โ€.

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He's in the room. Lin Manuel-Miranda voted in to elite American Academy of Arts and Letters

Read full article: He's in the room. Lin Manuel-Miranda voted in to elite American Academy of Arts and Letters

At age 45, Lin Manuel-Miranda already has accomplished enough to receive a lifetime achievement honor.

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Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed after a bumpy week

Read full article: Stock market today: Wall Street ends mixed after a bumpy week

Stock indexes closed mixed on Wall Street at the end of a rare bumpy week.

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Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue and Billy Porter to perform at Macyโ€™s Thanksgiving Parade

Read full article: Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue and Billy Porter to perform at Macyโ€™s Thanksgiving Parade

The giant balloons may be flying at the Macyโ€™s Thanksgiving Day Parade, but the stars will be on street.

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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to a mixed finish after an inflation update

Read full article: Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to a mixed finish after an inflation update

U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish after the latest inflation update boosted hopes that more help for the economy will arrive next month from another cut to interest rates.

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Stock market today: Microsoft, Meta and the burden of expectations knock Wall Street sharply lower

Read full article: Stock market today: Microsoft, Meta and the burden of expectations knock Wall Street sharply lower

Drops for Big Tech companies including Microsoft and Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms led Wall Street lower.

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Crossing against the light? You won't get ticketed now that jaywalking is legal in NYC

Read full article: Crossing against the light? You won't get ticketed now that jaywalking is legal in NYC

Jaywalking is now legal in New York City.

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New York Liberty basketball team honored with ticker-tape parade in Canyon of Heroes

Read full article: New York Liberty basketball team honored with ticker-tape parade in Canyon of Heroes

Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates were showered with confetti as the Liberty celebrated winning the WNBA title in the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan.

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All of Broadway's theater lights will dim for actor Gavin Creel after an outcry

Read full article: All of Broadway's theater lights will dim for actor Gavin Creel after an outcry

All of Broadwayโ€™s marquees will dim to honor the life of Gavin Creel following an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the 48-year-old Tony Award-winnerโ€™s death last month.

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Ken Page, who starred in 'Cats' on Broadway and voiced Oogie Boogie, dies at 70

Read full article: Ken Page, who starred in 'Cats' on Broadway and voiced Oogie Boogie, dies at 70

Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncรฉ in โ€œDreamgirls,โ€ introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in โ€œCatsโ€ and scared generations of kids as the voice of Oogie Boogie, the villain of the 1993 animated holiday film โ€The Nightmare Before Christmas,โ€ณ has died.

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The 2025 Tony Awards set June 8 ceremony date at Radio City Music Hall

Read full article: The 2025 Tony Awards set June 8 ceremony date at Radio City Music Hall

Fans of Broadway, circle this date: This seasonโ€™s Tony Awards will take place on June 8 at its familiar home of Radio City Musical.

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Wall Street rally helped boost gains for 401(k) plan savers in the first half of 2024

Read full article: Wall Street rally helped boost gains for 401(k) plan savers in the first half of 2024

Strong growth for stocks on Wall Street this year have helped juice gains for savers with retirement accounts.

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The lead actors are revealed for the Broadway-bound dramatic sea musical 'Swept Away'

Read full article: The lead actors are revealed for the Broadway-bound dramatic sea musical 'Swept Away'

The four stars who helped shape the new musical โ€œSwept Awayโ€ โ€” John Gallagher Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe and Wayne Duvall โ€” will steer the nautical tale to the commercial waves of Broadway.

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New 'Glengarry Glen Ross' on Broadway attracts Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr

Read full article: New 'Glengarry Glen Ross' on Broadway attracts Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr

A revival of the cutthroat business play โ€œGlengarry Glen Rossโ€ is slated for Broadway this spring, cast with a star from โ€œSuccession.โ€.

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'Bill & Ted' stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter eye Broadway reunion in 2025 for 'Waiting for Godot'

Read full article: 'Bill & Ted' stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter eye Broadway reunion in 2025 for 'Waiting for Godot'

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, who played a pair of extraordinary slackers in three โ€œBill & Tedโ€ films, are reuniting on Broadway for a revival of the brainy, existential classic โ€œWaiting for Godot.โ€.

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Adam Lambert and Auliโ€™i Cravalho to step into 'Cabaret' on Broadway this fall

Read full article: Adam Lambert and Auliโ€™i Cravalho to step into 'Cabaret' on Broadway this fall

Get ready to say willkommen to the next stars to enter the Kit Kat Club on Broadway โ€” Adam Lambert and Auliโ€™i Cravalho.

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Tony-winning musical 'Suffs' disrupted by chanting protesters with a banner

Read full article: Tony-winning musical 'Suffs' disrupted by chanting protesters with a banner

A performance of the Broadway musical โ€œSuffsโ€ was briefly disrupted Tuesday when protesters unfurled a banner with the slogan โ€œSuffs Is a White Washโ€ and chants of โ€œCancel โ€˜Suffs.

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Tonys moments: Hillary Clinton and (sort of) Jay-Z in the house, strides for women and a late upset

Read full article: Tonys moments: Hillary Clinton and (sort of) Jay-Z in the house, strides for women and a late upset

The Tonys are often the most entertaining of awards shows, with Broadway performers showing their best work.

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Tony Award host Ariana DeBose says viewers should expect a 'full Broadway experience'

Read full article: Tony Award host Ariana DeBose says viewers should expect a 'full Broadway experience'

Ariana DeBose promises the Tony Awards on Sunday will move โ€œlike a Broadway show.โ€.

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Dolly Parton plans for a musical on her life using her songs to land on Broadway in 2026

Read full article: Dolly Parton plans for a musical on her life using her songs to land on Broadway in 2026

Broadway has had great success with โ€œHello, Dolly.โ€.

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Maria Friedman, a longtime friend of Stephen Sondheim, teaches 'Merrily We Roll Along' to sing

Read full article: Maria Friedman, a longtime friend of Stephen Sondheim, teaches 'Merrily We Roll Along' to sing

On opening night of the Broadway revival of โ€œMerrily We Roll Along,โ€ one person in the audience strangely wasnโ€™t nervous โ€” the director.

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George Clooney to make his Broadway debut in a play version of movie 'Good Night, and Good Luck'

Read full article: George Clooney to make his Broadway debut in a play version of movie 'Good Night, and Good Luck'

George Clooney will make his Broadway acting debut next year in a familiar project for the Hollywood star: โ€œGood Night, and Good Luck.โ€.

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'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' lead Tony Award nominations, 2 shows honoring creativity's spark

Read full article: 'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' lead Tony Award nominations, 2 shows honoring creativity's spark

Two Broadway shows celebrating the origins of sonic creativity โ€” the musical โ€œHellโ€™s Kitchenโ€ fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play โ€œStereophonicโ€ about a โ€™70s rock band at the edge of stardom โ€” each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.

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โ€˜Harry Potterโ€™ on the high school stage - see which Virginia school is first to perform โ€˜Cursed Childโ€™

Read full article: โ€˜Harry Potterโ€™ on the high school stage - see which Virginia school is first to perform โ€˜Cursed Childโ€™

A little bit more magic is heading to Virginia soon.

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Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condรฉ Nast

Read full article: Media workers strike to protest layoffs at New York Daily News, Forbes and Condรฉ Nast

Journalists at The New York Daily News and Forbes are striking amid contentious contract talks with management and a difficult few weeks in the news industry.

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Lindsay Lohan, Reneรฉ Rapp and the stars of the new 'Mean Girls' turn out for premiere

Read full article: Lindsay Lohan, Reneรฉ Rapp and the stars of the new 'Mean Girls' turn out for premiere

She doesnโ€™t even go here, but Lindsay Lohan still joined the cast of the new โ€œMean Girlsโ€ at the musical filmโ€™s premiere in New Year.

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It Used to Be Hers: Sara Bareilles dons her apron once more with โ€˜Waitressโ€™ live-capture film

Read full article: It Used to Be Hers: Sara Bareilles dons her apron once more with โ€˜Waitressโ€™ live-capture film

She was an admired pop star with a voice like butter.

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Alicia Keys' semi-autobiographical stage musical 'Hell's Kitchen' moves to Broadway in spring

Read full article: Alicia Keys' semi-autobiographical stage musical 'Hell's Kitchen' moves to Broadway in spring

Broadway audiences will soon be hearing the hit songs of Alicia Keys not far from where the multiple-Grammy-winner grew up.

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Jordan Fisher goes into 'Hadestown' on Broadway, 'stretching every creative muscle'

Read full article: Jordan Fisher goes into 'Hadestown' on Broadway, 'stretching every creative muscle'

Jordan Fisher is going to hell this winter and heโ€™s very happy about it.

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Elton John's musical about Tammy Faye Bakker to land on Broadway next season

Read full article: Elton John's musical about Tammy Faye Bakker to land on Broadway next season

Elton Johnโ€™s musical about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker is coming to Broadway from London.

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'80s icon Boy George is returning to Broadway in 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical'

Read full article: '80s icon Boy George is returning to Broadway in 'Moulin Rouge! The Musical'

Boy George is returning to Broadway in โ€œMoulin Rouge.

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Huey Lewis' rom-com musical 'The Heart of Rock & Roll' finds a stage on Broadway in spring

Read full article: Huey Lewis' rom-com musical 'The Heart of Rock & Roll' finds a stage on Broadway in spring

Huey Lewis, who with his band The News stormed radio in the 1980s with such rock-pop hits as โ€œThe Power of Loveโ€ and โ€œI Want a New Drug,โ€ is about to take his music to a Broadway stage.

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'Game of Thrones' creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement

Read full article: 'Game of Thrones' creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for copyright infringement

John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.

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Tony Award-winner Michael McGrath, mourned as 'adorable, mischievous, brilliant,' dies at 65

Read full article: Tony Award-winner Michael McGrath, mourned as 'adorable, mischievous, brilliant,' dies at 65

Michael McGrath, a Broadway character actor who shined in zany, feel-good musicals and won a Tony Award for โ€œNice Work If You Can Get It,โ€ has died.

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Vina Morales replaces Lea Salonga in Broadway's 'Here Lies Love' to spotlight Filipino stars

Read full article: Vina Morales replaces Lea Salonga in Broadway's 'Here Lies Love' to spotlight Filipino stars

As Tony Award winner Lea Salonga prepares to depart the first ever all-Filipino cast Broadway cast this week, her role will become a revolving door to showcase other well-known talent from the Philippines.

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Broadway-bound revival of 'The Wiz' finds its next Dorothy, thanks in part to TikTok

Read full article: Broadway-bound revival of 'The Wiz' finds its next Dorothy, thanks in part to TikTok

A 24-year-old triple threat who toured in โ€œHairspray,โ€ competed on โ€œAmerican Idolโ€ and came to the attention of casting agents with her TikTok videos has landed the plumb role of Dorothy in the Broadway-bound production of โ€œThe Wiz.โ€.

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Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

Read full article: Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

Add Angelina Jolie to the growing list of celebrities dipping their toes into producing on Broadway.

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Broadway star Phillipa Soo is working on picture book about her childhood stage fright

Read full article: Broadway star Phillipa Soo is working on picture book about her childhood stage fright

Broadway star Phillipa Soo has not forgotten her childhood stage fright.

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Amid labor turmoil in Hollywood, Broadway seems to avoid a strike

Read full article: Amid labor turmoil in Hollywood, Broadway seems to avoid a strike

Broadway and the touring theater community seem to have avoided a labor disruption like the one that has silenced the film and television industry.

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5 dead in house fire in rural North Carolina, investigation continues

Read full article: 5 dead in house fire in rural North Carolina, investigation continues

Authorities say people were killed in a house fire in rural North Carolina.

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Inside the Tony Awards: No script, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history

Read full article: Inside the Tony Awards: No script, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history

There was plenty of uncertainty in the run-up to this yearโ€™s Tony Awards, which at one point seemed unlikely to happen at all due to the Hollywood writerโ€™s strike.

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Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike

Read full article: Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike

The intimate, funny-sad musical โ€œKimberly Akimboโ€ nudged aside more splashier rivals on Sunday to win the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its muscle in the face of Hollywood writersโ€™ strike and fully embraced trans-rights with history-making winners.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda launches R.I.S.E. Network to improve diversity on Broadway

Read full article: Lin-Manuel Miranda launches R.I.S.E. Network to improve diversity on Broadway

โ€œHamiltonโ€ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda hopes to increase diversity on Broadway and in theaters across the country with a new initiative announced Thursday.

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Striking Hollywood writers vow not to picket Tony Awards, opening the door to some kind of show

Read full article: Striking Hollywood writers vow not to picket Tony Awards, opening the door to some kind of show

Striking members of the Writers Guild of America have said they will not picket next monthโ€™s Tony Awards telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for some sort of Broadway razzle-dazzle.

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'The Phantom of the Opera' closes on Broadway after 35 years

Read full article: 'The Phantom of the Opera' closes on Broadway after 35 years

The final curtain came down Sunday on New Yorkโ€™s production of โ€œThe Phantom of the Opera,โ€ ending Broadwayโ€™s longest-running show with thunderous standing ovations, champagne toasts and gold and silver confetti.

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Colman Domingo wants theater like 'Fat Ham' to happen more

Read full article: Colman Domingo wants theater like 'Fat Ham' to happen more

Colman Domingo believes in paying it forward, literally, so he joined the producer team of the Broadway play, โ€œFat Ham.โ€.

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Once a TV show, 'Smash' to make its Broadway bow in 2024

Read full article: Once a TV show, 'Smash' to make its Broadway bow in 2024

The glitzy, fictional Broadway musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe that formed the heart of the TV show โ€œSmashโ€ will make the leap to an actual Broadway stage next season.

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Build Your Dreams with Venardos Circus in Lynchburg

Read full article: Build Your Dreams with Venardos Circus in Lynchburg

Venardos Cirus is returning to Lynchburg for the first time since 2019. This Broadway-style animal-free circus has a number of incredible jaw-dropping performances for its all-new โ€œLetโ€™s Build a Dreamโ€ tour.

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Jonas Brothers announce new album, Broadway shows in March

Read full article: Jonas Brothers announce new album, Broadway shows in March

Jonas Brothers have released a new single and revealed an upcoming album and plans to hit Broadway for five shows next month.

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Vernardos Circus comes to Lynchburg

Read full article: Vernardos Circus comes to Lynchburg

The Venardos Circus is returning to River Ridge on Friday, March 3, for the first time since 2019.

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A lion roars on Broadway as box office hauls reveal winners

Read full article: A lion roars on Broadway as box office hauls reveal winners

It was feast or famine at the Broadway box office as 2022 wound down, with eye-popping revenue for popular shows โ€” including a staggering new Broadway record for โ€œThe Lion Kingโ€ โ€” not lifting all strugglers.

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Britney Spears' massive pop songs to land on Broadway, again

Read full article: Britney Spears' massive pop songs to land on Broadway, again

A stage musical about woke princesses that uses hit songs by Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer.

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New version of 'The Wiz' to tour and end up on Broadway

Read full article: New version of 'The Wiz' to tour and end up on Broadway

A new production of โ€œThe Wizโ€ is heading out on a national tour next year before following the yellow brick road to Broadway.

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'The Phantom of the Opera' extends its long Broadway goodbye

Read full article: 'The Phantom of the Opera' extends its long Broadway goodbye

The masked man of Broadway is going out strong.

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Bob Fosse's 'Dancin'" confirms Broadway return this spring

Read full article: Bob Fosse's 'Dancin'" confirms Broadway return this spring

Bob Fosseโ€™s all-singing, all-dancing 1978 revue โ€œDancinโ€™โ€ is headinโ€™ back to Broadway and the late choreographerโ€™s daughter calls โ€œa magic carpet ride.โ€.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber to transfer his 'Cinderella' to Broadway

Read full article: Andrew Lloyd Webber to transfer his 'Cinderella' to Broadway

Andrew Lloyd Webber is saying goodbye to his last remaining show on Broadway and welcoming another.

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'The Phantom of the Opera' to close on Broadway next year

Read full article: 'The Phantom of the Opera' to close on Broadway next year

โ€œThe Phantom of the Operaโ€ โ€” Broadwayโ€™s longest-running show โ€” is scheduled to close in February 2023, a victim of post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York.

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Rapper-actor Common to make his Broadway debut in November

Read full article: Rapper-actor Common to make his Broadway debut in November

Rapper and actor Common will make his Broadway debut this fall in Stephen Adly Guirgisโ€™ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, โ€œBetween Riverside and Crazy.โ€.

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Virus forces Lea Michele off Broadway stage in 'Funny Girl'

Read full article: Virus forces Lea Michele off Broadway stage in 'Funny Girl'

Fans of Lea Michele will have to wait a little more to see her singing in โ€œFunny Girlโ€ on Broadway.

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Bob LuPone, who helped lead MCC Theater, has died at 76

Read full article: Bob LuPone, who helped lead MCC Theater, has died at 76

Bob LuPone, who as an actor earned a Tony nomination in the original run of โ€œA Chorus Lineโ€ and went on to help lead the influential off-Broadway theater company MCC Theater for almost 40 years, has died.

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'Chicago' to welcome trans actor Angelica Ross as Roxie Hart

Read full article: 'Chicago' to welcome trans actor Angelica Ross as Roxie Hart

โ€œPoseโ€ star Angelica Ross is set to make her Broadway debut in the musical โ€œChicagoโ€ this fall, becoming the first openly transgender actor to play the murderous vixen Roxie Hart.

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At 'Funny Girl,' Lea Michele is in, Beanie Feldstein is out

Read full article: At 'Funny Girl,' Lea Michele is in, Beanie Feldstein is out

Lea Michele has been tapped to step in and lead the Broadway revival of the beleaguered โ€œFunny Girl" this fall.

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Broadway's 'MJ' gets a box office bump after the Tony Awards

Read full article: Broadway's 'MJ' gets a box office bump after the Tony Awards

โ€œMJ,โ€ the hit-filled Broadway musical about the King of Pop, got a huge bump at the box office after nabbing four Tony Awards and getting valuable exposure in front of millions during its electric telecast performance.

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Broadway theaters drop their mask mandate starting in July

Read full article: Broadway theaters drop their mask mandate starting in July

In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July.

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Police: 3 critically hurt when taxi jumps curb on Broadway

Read full article: Police: 3 critically hurt when taxi jumps curb on Broadway

Three people have been critically injured after a taxi cab turning onto a narrow section of Broadway hit a bicyclist, swerved onto a Manhattan sidewalk and into a group of pedestrians.

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'A Strange Loopโ€™ makes history at Tonys; โ€˜Companyโ€™ wins 5

Read full article: 'A Strange Loopโ€™ makes history at Tonys; โ€˜Companyโ€™ wins 5

โ€œA Strange Loop,โ€ an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, as voters celebrated Broadwayโ€™s most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.

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This New York City bar lets you live your Broadway-singing fantasy

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Have you ever had dreams of starring in a Broadway show and singing your heart out to hundreds of people in a packed New York theater?

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On Broadway, more visibility, yes, but also an unseen threat

Read full article: On Broadway, more visibility, yes, but also an unseen threat

For the first full season since the death of George Floyd reignited a conversation about race and representation in America, Broadway responded with one of its most diverse Tony slates yet.

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Unauthorized video of Jesse Williams onstage prompts outrage

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Video of a naked Jesse Williams captured onstage in a shower scene from a Broadway play has been posted online, prompting an outcry from the producers and the union that represents actors and stage managers.

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'A Strange Loop' earns a leading 11 Tony Award nominations

Read full article: 'A Strange Loop' earns a leading 11 Tony Award nominations

โ€œA Strange Loop,โ€ Michael R.

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Film and stage star Ariana DeBose to host the Tony Awards

Read full article: Film and stage star Ariana DeBose to host the Tony Awards

New Academy Award winner and Tony Award nominee Ariana DeBose will host this yearโ€™s Tony Awards.

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At โ€˜Macbeth,' Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga on the unspoken word

Read full article: At โ€˜Macbeth,' Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga on the unspoken word

The most commonly held taboo in the arts is uttering the word โ€œMacbethโ€ inside a theater.

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Bus to Broadway takes musical theatre fans from Martinsville to North Carolina to watch โ€˜Hamiltonโ€™

Read full article: Bus to Broadway takes musical theatre fans from Martinsville to North Carolina to watch โ€˜Hamiltonโ€™

Southside-based art museum, Piedmont Arts, wants to make sure you donโ€™t throw away your shot to see a popular Broadway musical.

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Playwright Neil Simon's papers go to Library of Congress

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Dozens of notebooks, scripts, speeches, drafts of letters, artwork and even signed baseballs owned by the late playwright Neil Simon have been donated to the Library of Congress.

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Broadway theaters extend mask mandate through May 31

Read full article: Broadway theaters extend mask mandate through May 31

Broadway theatergoers will have to keep their masks up through at least May 31, the Broadway League said Friday.

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'Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus

Read full article: 'Get used to it': Outbreaks give taste of living with virus

The U.S. is getting a first glimpse of what itโ€™s like to experience COVID-19 outbreaks during this new phase of living with the virus, and the roster of the newly infected is studded with stars.

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Sarah Jessica Parker sidelined as Broadway fights virus

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The second shoe has dropped at โ€œPlaza Suiteโ€ on Broadway.

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5 must-do things on your next visit to Nashville

Read full article: 5 must-do things on your next visit to Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee has become a hotspot for tourism in recent years, and if you ever decide to visit, youโ€™ll understand why immediately.

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COVID-19 temporarily stops Daniel Craig's return to Broadway

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Could it be the curse of the Scottish play.

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'Girl from the North Country' sets Broadway return dates

Read full article: 'Girl from the North Country' sets Broadway return dates

โ€œGirl from the North Country,โ€ the Depression-era drama set to the songs of Bob Dylan, will reopen on Broadway this spring, a little more than three months after going on hiatus because of coronavirus concerns.

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Musical about the making of the film 'Jaws' finds its star

Read full article: Musical about the making of the film 'Jaws' finds its star

The stage musical about the making of the classic film โ€œJawsโ€ has speared its leading man โ€” Jarrod Spector.

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Broadway theater will be renamed after James Earl Jones

Read full article: Broadway theater will be renamed after James Earl Jones

The Shubert Organization's Cort Theatre on Broadway will be renamed after James Earl Jones, fulfilling a promise by the theater giant to honor a Black artist in such a way.

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