NEW YORK — Lear deBessonet, a theater director who grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, didn’t see a professional production of a musical until she was 17, when her school choir, on a trip to New York, got seats to “Rent” and “Les Misérables.”
Michael Friedman, a theatrical songwriter who died in 2017 at just 41, left behind a chorus of grieving friends and family. He also left a lot of music.
LONDON — Jack Thorne has no shortage of ways to characterize his own eccentricity. “I’m a slightly deranged adult.” “I’m not very good with other people.” “I’m mental.”
NEW YORK — After the talk of taxi ads and touring, what to do about scalpers and what’s up with the cast recording and how much will the investors be repaid, the conversation turned, improbably, to artificial flowers.
Faye Dunaway, the Oscar-winning actress whose reputation has long been dogged by suggestions that she is difficult to work with, has been fired by the producers of a one-woman show that had been planning to come to Broadway this season.Kenya The New York Times entertainment18 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Jonathan Groff has never been in a production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Unless, that is, you count the hours in the kitchen of his childhood home, belting out “Skid Row.”
NEW YORK — As soon as the Tony-winning “All the Way” closed on Broadway, the playwright, Robert Schenkkan, turned his attention to the sequel.Kenya The New York Times entertainment18 Aug 2024
You know who was nominated. But who got left out? And who might have been startled to find his or her name on Tuesday morning’s Tonys list? Here’s a guide to the day’s snubs and surprises:
“Hadestown,” a folk-and-blues-inflected musical reimagining the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, led the Tony nominations Tuesday, winning nods in 14 categories and becoming a front-runner in the hotly contested, and financially significant, race for the season’s best new musical.
You know who was nominated. But who got left out? And who might have been startled to find his or her name on Tuesday morning’s Tonys list? Here’s a guide to the day’s snubs and surprises:Kenya The New York Times entertainment18 Aug 2024
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