Tag: Theater
Erivo on near-EGOT status: ‘I’m just going to keep working’
NEW YORK — “The Color Purple” turned into Grammy, Tony and Emmy gold for Cynthia Erivo.
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Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear goes to ‘Loony Porn’
BERLIN — Judges at the Berlin Film Festival announced Friday that the satirical movie ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ by Romanian director Radu...
Tonywatch: Elizabeth Stanley seeks ‘healing and connection’
NEW YORK — A short time after Broadway shut down last year, Elizabeth Stanley went on a tiny rescue mission.
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Scholarship created to honor choreographer Ann Reinking
NEW YORK — Long before she became a Tony Award-winning choreographer, Ann Reinking waited tables to save up enough money to move to New...
Tonywatch: Aaron Tveit rides a roller coaster of a year
NEW YORK — Even in a crazy year with so many ups and downs, consider the last 12 months of Aaron Tveit.
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Tonywatch: Dede Ayite’s costumes always ‘build up layers’
NEW YORK — One of the most intriguing parts of the costumes at the Broadway play “A Soldier's Story” was something the audience likely...
Tonywatch: Clint Ramos on designing a better Broadway
NEW YORK — The audience watching the searing and provocative “Slave Play” on Broadway often caught a glimpse of themselves onstage — in more...
Tonywatch: Playwright Katori Hall ‘reaching for humanity’
NEW YORK — Most playwrights who dip their toes into musical theater for the first time go small. Not Katori Hall: Her first assignment...
La Vie Boheme: ‘Rent’ musical celebrates 25th anniversary
NEW YORK — Twenty-five years ago, stage actors Adam Pascal and Daphne Rubin-Vega had been cast in a new, edgy musical downtown and wondered...
Lee Daniels and Andra Day take on Billie Holiday’s legacy
Lee Daniels didn’t want to touch the story of Billie Holiday. “Lady Sings the Blues” already existed after all. The 1972 film with Diana...