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Broadway embraces diversity, but have things really changed?

NEW YORK – This season, the theater community is celebrating how Broadway has finally become the Great un-White Way. Black actors have taken center stage in “The Color Purple,” “...

DATE: Jun 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Sally Field to return to Broadway in ‘The Glass Menagerie’

NEW YORK – Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway this spring in a revival of “The Glass Menagerie,” playing a part she has tackled before but never managed to shake. ...

DATE: Jun 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Frank Sinatra stage musical in the works for 2018

NEW YORK – A new jukebox stage musical about the life of Frank Sinatra is in the works. The late singer’s family has teamed up with the Ambassador Theatre Group and movie producer...

DATE: Jun 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Director Thomas Kail on how the best idea won at ‘Hamilton’

NEW YORK – Director Thomas Kail had a free night in New York a few days ago and went to see “The Phantom of the Opera” for the first time. He had a special reason to check out the...

DATE: Jun 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

David Mamet, David Yazbek premieres set for Atlantic Theater Co.

NEW YORK – World premiere works from David Mamet and David Yazbek as well as a musical for kids by the co-composer of “Frozen” are some of the highlights of the Atlantic Theater Co.’s upcomi...

DATE: May 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Identical acrobat twins make you see double at ‘Paramour’

NEW YORK – On Broadway these days is a pair of brothers who, quite literally, put their lives in each other’s hands every day. Andrew and Kevin Atherton are identical twins who so...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

At Tony Award nominations Tuesday, all eyes on ‘Hamilton’

NEW YORK – One thing practically assured on Tuesday is that the Broadway megahit “Hamilton” will get plenty of Tony Award nominations. The real question is how many. Lin-Manuel Mi...

DATE: May 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ wins Pulitzer for drama

NEW YORK – “Hamilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama, honoring creator Lin-Manuel Miranda for a dazzling musical has captured p...

DATE: Apr 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Phil Collins returns, saying: Take a (new) look at me now

NEW YORK (AP) – Singer and drummer Phil Collins is taking one tentative step out of musical retirement by offering up huge chunks of his past. The multiple Grammy Award-winner is ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Stage version of ‘Frozen’ to kick off in Denver in 2017

NEW YORK (AP) – Disney has announced that Denver will be the place where it tests its upcoming “Frozen” musical. Disney Theatrical Productions said it will mount the show at the B...

DATE: Feb 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts

Broadway hit ‘Hamilton’ to launch company in Chicago

NEW YORK – The mega-hit Broadway show “Hamilton” is on the move – a production will open in Chicago next September. Producers said Tuesday that performances will begin Sept. 27 at...

DATE: Dec 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

How to make a tin man? Ask the wizards of ‘The Wiz Live!’

NEW YORK – Peek behind the curtain at “The Wiz Live!” and you’ll find there is indeed a wizard – or three. They are costumer Paul Tazewell and makeup artists Dave and Lou Elsey, w...

DATE: Dec 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment