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Lynn Nottage on 'MJ' and 'sustaining the complexity' in her dramatic works

LOS ANGELES — Playwright Lynn Nottage has been making up for lost time. After the lengthy pandemic pause, she had three productions running simultaneously in New York this year.

Los Angeles Times

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

The Independent UK

Michael Jackson musical to open in London’s West End

Play has already been accused by some critics of ‘sanitising’ Jackson’s legacy

The Independent UK

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MJ: The Musical – the award-winning broadway show is set to premiere in London in 2024

The smash-hit musical is coming to the West End

Evening Standard

London theatre is officially back with a vengeance

And we’re back. Founded in 1955, the Evening Standard Theatre Awards are the UK’s oldest dramatic accolades, an annual recognition by London’s newspaper of the excellence of London’s theatre. Across seven decades, the awards honoured the great and the good both on and off stage in acting, writing, musical performance,…

Evening Standard

‘Sanitised’ new musical about Michael Jackson to open in London

MJ the Musical, based around the making of the singer’s 1992-93 Dangerous world tour, won four Tony awards in New York

The Guardian - UK

Plays by Black writers are finally getting the spotlight, from Broadway to the West

DALLAS — It’s a great time to be a Black playwright.

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Lynn Nottage on ‘Intimate Apparel’ premiering on PBS: ‘I want people to really think about the Black women narratives that have gone unrecognized’

NEW YORK — Playwright Lynn Nottage described writing the opera adaption of her “Intimate Apparel” play as revisiting “an old friend” — and PBS viewers will get to experience the 2004 work which premieres Friday.

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‘Clyde’s’ serves up food for the soul in a deliciously comedic staging at the Goodman Theatre

Cooks at a local diner hope to rebuild their shattered lives, one sandwich at a time.

Chicago Sun-Times

'Shine the light': Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards

Tony Award host and theater veteran Ariana DeBose says this year’s telecast will spread its arms wider to celebrate both Broadway’s stars and the unsung heroes like understudies and swings who kept shows open during the pandemic restart

The Independent UK

What the 2022 Tony nominations say about the state of Broadway

The 75th Tony nominations were announced Monday, nearly a week behind schedule, in a Broadway year still in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, things are markedly better. But for a season that began with a delta wave and finished with an omicron onslaught, timetables have had to be…

Los Angeles Times

'A Strange Loop' garners 11 Tony nominations, including Best Musical

These nominations are for Broadway's first season after the 2020 COVID shutdown.

WEKU

‘A Strange Loop’ leads Broadway pack with 11 Tony Award nominations

“Paradise Square,” which enjoyed its pre-Broadway world premiere last year in Chicago, received 10 nominations.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago April 14-20

The Broadway musical “The Prom,” Lynn Nottage’s “Intimate Apparel” and an Easter Egg-Stravaganza at Lincoln Park Zoo are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

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Rebounding from pandemic, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage makes more history on and off Broadway

NEW YORK — It may be an understatement to say that Lynn Nottage has emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic on a high note.

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