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'RuPaul's Drag Race' winner Jinkx Monsoon to make their Broadway debut in 'Chicago'

Jinkx Monsoon will fulfill a dream in their Broadway debut early next year.

Los Angeles Times

Review: In ‘& Juliet’ on Broadway, this empowered Juliet hath no further need of her Romeo

NEW YORK — William Shakespeare still occupies his storied place in high school English classes, but the Elizabethan dude is under attack. Instead of dreaming at their desks of their Romeos, today’s teenage girls are more likely to figure out that Juliet gets merely a single night of passion with…

Chicago Tribune

Tony winner Joaquina Kalukango to take over the role of the Witch in Broadway’s ‘Into the Woods’

NEW YORK — Fresh off of winning a Tony Award for the recently canceled “Paradise Square,” Joaquina Kalukango has landed a plum gig in one of this Broadway season’s hottest shows.

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Lea Michele announces 'Funny Girl' Broadway cast album: 'I'm so proud of it'

Good news, "Funny Girl" fans.

Los Angeles Times

Jessica Chastain returning to Broadway for updated version of ‘A Doll’s House’

NEW YORK — Oscar winner Jessica Chastain’s return to Broadway will breathe new life into an old classic.

Tribune News Service

My worst moment: The time ‘Succession’s’ Arian Moayed froze on a Broadway stage

As the private equity investor Stewy Hosseini on “Succession,” Arian Moayed delivers the show’s piquant profanities with an elegant flair. It’s a role that has made Moayed instantly recognizable, in addition to his roles in the Disney+ series “Ms. Marvel” and the second season of the HBO anthology series “Love…

Chicago Tribune

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The Lion King sign language interpreter claims he was fired from Broadway production for being white

‘If you insert a different color, if you insert a different race, it is wrong,’ interpreter said

The Independent UK

‘The Lion King’ celebrates 25th anniversary on Broadway as original cast member breaks down its legacy

Twenty-five years after “The Lion King” roared onto Broadway, its final original cast member feels nothing but pride.

Tribune News Service

TimeLine’s scorching ‘Trouble in Mind’ takes on backstage indignities with wry wit

Going behind the scenes of a 1957 play staging, the cutting drama depicts Broadway theater as a hotbed of stereotypes and microaggressions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Medieval Times performers in California unionize following months of debate

The 27-18 vote follows the unionization of performers at the Medieval Times New Jersey location in July.

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Review: New Broadway musical ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ probes what it means to be an adult

NEW YORK — Some kids get called “old souls,” a reference not just to surprising maturity but the hint of melancholy in their demeanor. They seem to intuit life’s pending pain and losses when they’re supposed to be inhabiting the joyful intensity of youth.

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‘Bob Fosse’s Dancin’’ is stepping back to Broadway 45 years after it became a smash hit

NEW YORK — Bob Fosse’s legacy will come alive again on Broadway next spring with a revival of one of his most storied shows.

Tribune News Service

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

Bob Fosse’s all-singing, all-dancing 1978 revue “Dancin’” is headin’ back to Broadway and the late choreographer’s daughter calls “a magic carpet ride.”

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Almost Famous review – Cameron Crowe’s Broadway musical is almost there

Solid performances and rock’n’roll nostalgia can’t overcome lackluster lyrics and source material flaws in the musical adaptation of the 2000 film

The Independent UK

Oscar, Tony-nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath dies

Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and an Oscar nod for the “Bullets Over Broadway” screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, has died

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Broadway review: ‘Almost Famous’ turns iconic movie into sweet story of a broken family seeking redemption

NEW YORK — Cameron Crowe’s widely adored “Almost Famous,” an affectionate ode to the transformative power of rock music, is a movie about a shy teenage kid finding his voice. But in the first moments of the new Broadway musical based on the iconic 2000 movie, there’s our 15-year-old hero…

The Guardian - US

Oscar and Tony nominated writer-director Douglas McGrath dies aged 64

The multi-hyphenate was known for directing 1996’s Emma, co-writing Bullets Over Broadway and writing the book for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

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Newcastle Herald

Broadway show at Civic attracts strong interest

A City of Newcastle spokesperson said the early sales had "exceeded expectations".

The Independent UK

Emerging playwrights get a boost in Terrence McNally's honor

If it was show time at any of the city’s myriad off-Broadway theaters, audience members could likely expect to see a theatrical giant in their midst — playwright Terrence McNally

Chicago Sun-Times

Lena Horne Theatre becomes first Broadway venue named after a Black woman

“Lena personified elegance and grace while also fighting racism and injustice. Her legacy and NYC story live on,” New York Mayor Eric Adams wrote on Twitter.

The Independent UK

Sienna Miller says Broadway producer told her to ‘f*** off’ after she asked for equal pay to male costar

Miller refused to name the production

Chicago Sun-Times

Seminal ‘Trouble in Mind’ still resonates nearly 70 years later

The Alice Childress drama about the Black experience in the theater world is as powerful today as it was when it was written in the mid-1950s.

The Independent UK

'Bluey,' 'Funny Girl' set for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

The debut of a giant “Bluey” balloon, Lea Michele and the Broadway cast of “Funny Girl” and the legendary Dionne Warwick are some of the highlights slated for this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cameron Crowe’s ‘Almost Famous’ Rocks Out on Broadway

Composer Tom Kitt got a compliment the other day that any songwriter would sing about. A friend had seen his Broadway stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe's film “Almost Famous” and couldn't tell which songs Kitt had supplied and which ones were classics. Mind you, those classics included songs by the…

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