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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Sting Never Gave Up on His Musical ‘The Last Ship.’ Now It’s Back by Alan Light

After his 2014 musical failed on Broadway, the musician is bringing a revised version of it to the Metropolitan Opera for a limited run this week.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Colman Domingo's Nat King Cole Play Explores the "Psychology of an Artist' by Alan Light

Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor's play "Lights Out" explores the beloved yet complicated performer who was subtly "advancing who we are as Americans."

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Monday, April 7, 2025

6 Songs From 'Just in Time' That Capture Bobby Darin's Legacy by Alan Light

The show's star, Jonathan Groff, and members of the creative team on how songs like "Splish Splash" and "If I Were a Carpenter" illuminate Darin's life.

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

How 'Buena Vista Social Club' Brings a Beloved Song to Life on Broadway by Alan Light

Of all the "Buena Vista Social Club" songs, the beloved "Chan Chan" is the most recognizable. But figuring out where in the musical to put it became a challenge.

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Monday, November 11, 2024

The Avett Brothers Braved Choppy Waters to Bring 'Swept Away' to Broadway by Alan Light

The Avett Brothers were all ears a decade ago when a determined crew of theater upstarts and veterans came aboard to adapt their maritime album for "Swept Away."

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Monday, October 28, 2024

Broadway Is Singing Louis Armstrong's Songs. Here Are 6 Classics. by Alan Light

By exploring Armstrong's offstage struggles and tensions, "A Wonderful World" wants to shatter the image of an entertainer who was far more than just affable.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Sting Reflects on Life at 63, His Own Mortality and a "Possible Third Act" by Alan Light

"What is it like to be an artist at 63, to go from here to the end, that mortality that's constantly moving toward you?" says the famed Police frontman, whose Broadway musical 'The Last Ship…

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Talking About Her Love of McCullers by Alan Light

The singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega branches out, writing and performing a play with music, "Carson McCullers Talks About Love," that has gestated for 30 or so years.

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