'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 โHellโs Kitchenโ fueled by Alicia Keys songs, and the play โStereophonicโ about a โ70s rock band at the edge of stardom โ each earned a leading 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday.
Broadway-bound revival of 'The Wiz' finds its next Dorothy, thanks in part to TikTok
A 24-year-old triple threat who toured in โHairspray,โ competed on โAmerican 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 โThe Wiz.โ.
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 monthโs Tony Award telecast, clearing a thorny issue facing show organizers and opening the door for some sort of Broadway razzle-dazzle.
'A Strange Loopโ makes history at Tonys; โCompanyโ wins 5
โA 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 Broadwayโs most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.
The Chris Thomas Band performing with The Jacksonville Symphony
The Chris Thomas Big Band with the Jacksonville symphony strings presents RAT PACK at Times-Union Center Feb 4 & 5, 7:30pm. Show features CTB 18 piece big band feat. Chris Thomas with special guests Cortnie Frazier (local favorite and performed with Post Modern Jukebox) and Olivia Donalson (currently on Broadway in Aladdin, just landed a lead role in SIX). This will be Chris Thomasโ last public performance of 2022. The band is continuing on fulfilling events as Bold City Classics featuring multiple singers.
Cheers greet the reopening of three mega-hit Broadway shows
Kristin Chenoweth, Julie Taymor and Lin-Manuel Miranda welcomed back boisterous audiences to โWicked,โ โThe Lion Kingโ and โHamiltonโ for the first time since the start of the pandemic, marking Tuesday as the unofficial return of Broadway.
As New York salutes health workers, Missouri fights a surge
New York has thrown a ticker-tape parade for the health care workers and others who helped the city pull through the darkest days of COVID-19, while authorities in Missouri are struggling to beat back a surge blamed on the fast-spreading delta variant and deep resistance to getting vaccinated.
Jacobsโ post-pandemic runway: Parading puffers in patterns
In another unmistakable sign that New York is coming back to life, Marc Jacobs celebrated a long-awaited return to in-person fashion shows when he presented his fall collection Monday evening at the grand Fifth Avenue branch of the New York Public Library.
'Hadestown' jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons
โHadestown,โ the brooding musical about the underworld, has set its Broadway reopening date on Sept. 2, jumping ahead of such megahits as โHamiltonโ and โWickedโ to position itself as the first show to welcome audiences on Broadway since the pandemic.
New York City launches push to vaccinate theater workers
After the virus descended on New York, the only sounds in the streets were wailing ambulance sirens. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK โ New York City is taking steps toward the reopening of the city's theaters, creating vaccination and testing sites for stage workers in a bid to restore a key part of New York's draw. Itโll be staffed by workers from the theater industry. The city also plans for a mobile unit that will serve off-Broadway theaters and pop-up testing sites at or near theaters. โVaccination and testing sites for theatre workers are a great step towards recovery and bringing Broadway back," said a statement from The Broadway League.
Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker to star in spring plays
Mary-Louise Parker attends the Broadway opening of "After Midnight" on Nov. 3, 2013 in New York, left, and Meryl Streep arrives at the premiere of the film 'The Laundromat' at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, on Sept. 1, 2019. Parker and Streep have signed on to perform in a new virtual play series this spring while Broadway is closed. (AP Photo)NEW YORK โ Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Audra McDonald, Kevin Klein, Carla Gugino and Keanu Reeves have signed on to perform in a new virtual play series this spring while Broadway is closed. The series kicks off Thursday with โThe Thanksgiving Playโ by Larissa FastHorse, directed by Leigh Silverman starring Reeves, Bobby Cannavale, Heidi Schreck and Alia Shawkat. The next show โ on April 8 โ will feature โAngry, Raucous and Shamelessly Gorgeousโ by Pearl Cleage directed by Camille A.
Atwood, Grisham among contributors to pandemic novel
Atwood and Grisham are among several authors participating in a novel about the pandemic. The Authors Guild Foundation announced Thursday that it had reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media to publish Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering." (AP Photo)NEW YORK โ One of the first novels about the pandemic will be a collaborative effort, with Margaret Atwood, John Grisham and Celeste Ng among the writers. โHunger Gamesโ author Suzanne Collins made a โmajorโ donation to the Guild foundation to support the project. Atwood is editing โFourteen Daysโ and helped recruit a wide range of contributors, including Dave Eggers, Ishmael Reed, Monique Truong, Hampton Sides, Mary Pope Osborne and Emma Donoghue.