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UNCOVERED: 3 - The Untold Story

How Hollywood took over Broadway and obliterated box office records

US CULTURE: George Clooney, Denzel Washington and Kieran Culkin led Broadway to a record year thanks to sky-high ticket prices. As the 2025 Tony Awards loom, ‘The Independent’s’ resident Broadway expert Caitlin Hornik examines what this could mean for the Great White Way

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The Wildest Moments in Tonys History

Theater's biggest night is full of theatrical moments.

Marie Claire

Kara Young, already on a Broadway streak, could make Tony history with her role in 'Purpose'

Kara Young’s work in the play “Purpose” has earned her a Tony Award nomination and a chance to make history

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10 Scandals That Shook Broadway—Including Patti Lapone's apology and Hugh Jackman's infidelity

From 'Hair' in the 70's to the 'Spiderman' fiasco and the accusations against 'Hamilton' and 'Jagged Little Pill', here are 10 Broadway scandals that made history.

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500 Broadway artists sign open letter condemning Patti LuPone

Over 500 Broadway artists have signed an open letter condemning Patti LuPone over her remarks about Audra McDonald and Kecia Lewis.

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Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' dies at 96

Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway’s industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic hits as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” has died

The Independent UK

Cynthia Erivo to play Dracula and 22 supporting roles in West End transfer of Australian show

Wicked star to play Bram Stoker’s bloodsucking fiend in a production from the creators of Olivier award-winning hit The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Nicole Scherzinger 'trained like an Olympian' for her role in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway

Nicole Scherzinger "trained like an Olympian" for her role in 'Sunset Boulevard' and thinks that the part is the culmination of everything she has "fought" so hard to do in her career.

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Broadway's Andrew Durand, who plays a corpse in 'Dead Outlaw,' reveals the secret to stillness

One of Broadway's more impressive performances this season is by Andrew Durand, who is a kinetic force in the first half of “Dead Outlaw” and absolutely motionless in the second

The Independent UK

Brian Cox blasts Broadway ticket prices

Brian Cox has blasted the escalating price of theatre tickets in America, singling out 'Othello' for particular criticism.

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The Last Five Years review – Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren soar in relationship musical

The cult favorite musical, about a doomed couple, gets a mostly impressive new staging, lifted by two magnetic performances

The Guardian - US

Lee Montague obituary

Actor who toured with Laurence Olivier and Peter Brook, starred on Broadway and had a long career in film and TV

The Guardian - UK

Broadway's Eva Noblezada, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt and Kelli O’Hara star on album

Lea Salonga stepped onto a Manhattan stage last spring and sang something unusual for her — “Edelweiss” from the musical “The Sound of Music,” a song usually performed by the paternal Captain von Trapp

The Independent UK

FIRE Files Challenge to Texas A&M Drag Show Ban

From the motion for a TRO and preliminary injunction in Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council v. Mahomes, just filed yesterday… The post FIRE Files Challenge to Texas A&M Drag Show Ban appeared first on Reason.com.

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Harry Connick Jr. to premiere composition at Carnegie Hall for 100th anniversary of mother's birth

Harry Connick Jr. will premiere a composition for the 100th anniversary of his mother’s birth for Carnegie Hall’s 2025-26 season

The Guardian - US

English review – funny and moving Pulitzer prize winner makes Broadway leap

Sanaz Toossi’s 2023 recipient makes an effortless transfer, focusing on Iranian students studying English, a play that brings both laughter and real emotion

The Independent UK

A Broadway dancer vanished from his home over three months ago. His distraught family ‘absolutely’ believes foul play is involved

Zelig Williams, who has performed in hit shows ‘Hamilton’ and ‘MJ The Musical,’ has been missing for over three months and there have been no answers on where he might be. Andrea Cavallier talks to his distraught family who haven’t given up as they share next steps in the search…

The Independent UK

Failed businesses, wannabe authors, and law school — what the Jan 6 rioters did next

This is what has happened to some of the January 6 rioters since the storming of the Capitol four years ago today

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Hugh Jackman seen supporting Sutton Foster in Once Upon a Mattress amid dating rumors

Wolverine actor reportedly attended Foster’s Once Upon a Mattress performance alongside Carol Burnett

The Independent UK

From Liam Payne to Maggie Smith, the stars of music, film, TV and comedy we lost in 2024

One Direction star Liam Payne, Oscar-winning Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey’ actor Maggie Smith and ‘Charmed’ star Shannen Doherty were among the notable figures who died this year

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15 Celebrities Whose Cheating Scandals Rocked 2024

Celebrities-Cheating-Scandals-2024 The post 15 Celebrities Whose Cheating Scandals Rocked 2024 first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - AU

Australia on stage: the best theatre, musicals, dance and opera of 2024

Guardian Australia critics pick out the best live stage experiences of the year

Evening Standard

Drag Race's Michelle Visage shares 'joy' of bringing Edward Scissorhands-inspired musical to London

EXCLUSIVE RuPaul’s right-hand woman and all-round icon intends to make 2025 her year to shine both on the stage and screen

The Independent UK

Universal addresses rumors about Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s huge Wicked pay disparity

‘Wicked’ co-stars ‘received equal pay,’ a spokesperson for the production studio said in a statement

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Broadway Star Gavin Creel Memorial Tribute Livestream Announced

Memorial tribute and full marquee dimming for late Broadway star Gavin Creel. Livestreamed event details included.

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