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Thornton Wilder Estate Goes Outside Family For New Literary Executor As Interest In Playwright’s Work Surges
EXCLUSIVE: With interest in the great 20th Century American writer Thornton Wilder about to get one of its periodic surges – a major Broadway revival of Our Town is coming this year, and Hello, Dolly!, the musical based on Wilder’s 1954 play The Matchmaker, will open on London’s West End this summer in a…
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‘Purple Rain’ Forecast For Broadway In Stage Adaptation By ‘Appropriate’ Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Purple Rain, Prince’s smash 1984 music-packed film, is being developed for the stage by a Broadway producer, with a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and direction by Tony nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz.
Jacobs-Jenkins’ Appropriate is currently a hit on Broadway and an…
Jo Koy Opens Golden Globes With Hit And Miss Monologue About Barbenheimer, Harry & Meghan, Bradley Cooper’s Nose And Barry Keoghan’s Penis: The Best & Worst
Stand-up comic Jo Koy did his best to bring laughs back to the Golden Globes – or at least back to the opening monologue – with jokes about Meryl Streep, Succession, Oppenheimer, Ryan Gosling, Harry & Meghan and even Hall & Oates.
He was occasionally successful.
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Tony-Winning Musical ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Announces Spring Broadway Closing
Kimberly Akimbo, winner of five 2023 Tony Awards including Best Musical, will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, April 28, producers announced today.
Remarkably for Broadway, the entire original company, which has been performing together since the musical's Off Broadway world premiere…
Gladys Knight, N.W.A, Laurie Anderson & Tammy Wynette Among 2024 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
Avant-garde composer-performer Laurie Anderson, R&B icon Gladys Knight, groundbreaking rap group N.W.A, disco queen Donna Summer and country legend Tammy Wynette are among this year’s Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees, the academy announced today.
Also included on the list: gospel…
Glynis Johns Dies: ‘Mary Poppins’ Mom, Broadway’s Tony Winner Who Debuted ‘Send In The Clowns’ Was 100
Glynis Johns, remembered by movie audiences as Mrs. Banks from Mary Poppins and by Broadway devotees as the first person to sing Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” on a national stage, died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living home in Los Angeles. She was 100.
Her death was announced…
Trey Curtis Taking Over ‘Hamilton’ Role On Broadway
Trey Curtis, the actor-musician whose credits include numerous roles in various productions of Hamilton, will take on the lead role in the Lin-Manuel Miranda Broadway musical this month.
The Houston native will take over for Miguel Cervantes, whose final performance is January 7. Curtis becomes the…
Nicole Scherzinger Confirmed To Make Broadway Debut As Norma Desmond In ‘Sunset Boulevard’
The hit London revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard is heading to Broadway later this year and bringing star Nicole Scherzinger and the rest of the West End principal cast with it.
As Deadline’s Baz Bamigboye revealed before Christmas, Scherzinger will make her Broadway debut reprising…
Broadway’s ‘Tommy’ Crowns Its Acid Queen And Casts The Pinball Wizard’s Family
The original Chicago cast of the newly reimagined The Who’s Tommy will join star Ali Louis Bourzgui when the musical revival opens on Broadway in March.
Producers Stephen Gabriel and Ira Pittelman announced full principal casting today, with Chicago’s Goodman Theatre line-up heading to New…
Herman Raucher Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Summer Of ’42’ Screenwriter Was 95
Herman Raucher, whose Oscar-nominated Summer of ’42 screenplay became one of Hollywood’s best-loved coming-of-age tales, has died of natural causes at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, CT. He was 95.
His December 28 death was announced by daughter Jenny Raucher, who was by his side when he…
Oak Ridge Boys Singer Joe Bansall Retires After 50 Years Due To Neuromuscular Disorder
After a half-century as an Oak Ridge Boy, singer Joe Bonsall has announced his retirement more than four years after being diagnosed with a neuromuscular disorder.
The announcement, made during a concert Saturday in Greenville, MS, comes amid increased speculation about Bonsall among fans of the…
‘The Lion King’ Reigns During Theater’s Happy Holiday Week – Broadway Box Office
A double-holiday week on Broadway – the final week of 2023 – saw a surge in box office, with many shows posting record numbers.
Winner of the week? Disney’s The Lion King, which grossed a massive $4,316,629, not only setting a house record at the Minskoff but a Broadway record for the highest…
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