Tag: Theater
AP PHOTOS: Rio de Janeiro artists languish in online exile
RIO DE JANEIRO — Georgia Szpilman’s soprano voice resounds beautifully in the apartment’s small living room, though the space lacks the acoustics of where...
Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site
NEW YORK — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at the grand opening of a Times...
Versatile Tom Riley tackles sci-fi fantasy in ‘The Nevers’
NEW YORK — Robert Pattinson — that A-list international heartthrob — may owe a little thanks to rising star Tom Riley.
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After Scott Rudin bullying exposé, there are mostly crickets
NEW YORK — How have Hollywood and Broadway responded to an exposé detailing routine abuse and bullying by producer Scott Rudin? Mostly, with crickets....
Classic Stage Company has a treat: Three ‘Assassins’ casts
NEW YORK — White House hopefuls may want to steer clear of Classic Stage Company next week: Not one or even two, but three...
With outdoor concert, Lincoln Center starts path to return
NEW YORK — On a sun-splashed portion of Lincoln Center, with 120 health care workers listening in neatly arranged rows of folding chairs, members...
‘Chernobyl’ and ‘Harry Potter’ actor Paul Ritter dies at 54
LONDON — Versatile British actor Paul Ritter, who appeared in the “Harry Potter” franchise and played a key figure behind nuclear disaster in “Chernobyl,”...
Arthur Kopit, three-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies
NEW YORK — Arthur Kopit, a three time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a...
‘A reset button’ — Black theater leaders push for change
NEW YORK — What's better than a powerful voice from the Black theater community singing about change? How about 13 such voices?
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Dinner theater drops ‘Cinderella’ with mostly white cast
CHANHASSEN, Minn. — A suburban Minneapolis dinner theater has scrapped plans for a production of “Cinderella” because the cast was mostly white and it...