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Friday, June 5, 2026

The Bean Tones by Nicole

Wrapping up many weeks on the road together, and a long time as close friends, the Bean Tones sing beautifully and banter comfortably between songs. The post The Bean Tones appeared first on…

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38 Tony Nominees Reveal the Strangest Skills They’ve Picked Up by Dana Scruggs, Michael Paulson, Alexis Soloski, Nicole Herrington, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

The stars of “Giant,” “Fallen Angels,” “The Rocky Horror Show,” “Ragtime” and more prove they’ll go to great lengths to be believable in a role.

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Thursday, June 5, 2025

The 2025 Tony Nominees Discuss Their Biggest Tests and Triumphs by Thea Traff, Michael Paulson, Alexis Soloski, Nicole Herrington, Jolie Ruben and Amanda Webster

George Clooney, Audra McDonald, Daniel Dae Kim, Sarah Snook and other Broadway stars talk about the challenges they've faced " and surmounted.

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

2025 Oscar Nominations: 'Emilia Pérez' Leads the Way With 13 by Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

"The Brutalist" and "Wicked" secured 10 nominations apiece in a year with a wide-open best picture race. Acting nominees include Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Adrien Brody and Timothée Chalame…

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2025 Oscar Nominations: 'Emilia Pérez' and 'The Brutalist' Get Multiple Nods by Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

The two films secured nominations in most of the major categories, including best picture, a wide-open race. Acting nominees include Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Adrien Brody and Timothée Cha…

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Friday, December 20, 2024

21 Movies, Books and Albums With a Theater Focus to Consume During the Holidays by Nicole Herrington and Rachel Sherman

Make it through the holidays with these movies, books and music from the past year that are adapted from stage productions or evoke a theatrical spirit.

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Sunday, June 18, 2023
Monday, June 12, 2023

Tony Awards 2023: The 5 biggest talking points by Isobel Lewis,tom Murray and Nicole Vassell

Ariana DeBose hosted night, which saw big wins for non-binary representation and British shows

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Tony Awards " live: Jodie Comer, Sean Hayes win big as Hamilton star makes 'Grand Wizard' joke about DeSantis by Nicole Vassell and Tom Murray

Jodie Comer, Jessica Chastain and Ben Platt are among the actors vying for the theatrical awards

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:37AM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 11, 2023

Tony Awards " live: Lupita Nyong'o, Jodie Comer, Ariana DeBose and more arrive at Broadway's biggest night by Nicole Vassell and Tom Murray

Jodie Comer, Jessica Chastain and Ben Platt are among the actors vying for the theatrical awards

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Monday, December 19, 2022

Jodie Comer, a gen-Z Elle Woods and a giant swimming pool: The best theatre of 2022, ranked by Jessie Thompson,isobel Lewis,nicole Vassell and Annabel Nugent

The Independent's theatre critics have chosen their top stage shows of 2022, a year in which fresh new writing and charming musicals reigned supreme

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Times Square May Get One of the Few Spectacles It Lacks: A Casino by Dana Rubinstein, Nicole Hong and Michael Paulson

The battle to win a New York City casino license has heated up in Manhattan, with real estate and gambling giants offering competing proposals for Times Square and Hudson Yards.

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

Why comedian Grace Campbell refuses to be silenced about sex " podcast by Presented By Nosheen Iqbal With Grace Campbell; Produced By Natalie Ktena and Rudi Zygadlo; Executive Producers Nicole Jackson, Elizabeth Cassin and Joshua Kelly

Comedian Grace Campbell on why after being raped last year, she worried that her openness about her sex life would be used against her Grace Campbell, comedian and author of Amazing Disgrace…

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Friday, May 13, 2022

'Mrs. Doubtfire' to Close on Broadway, a Month After Reopening by Nicole Herrington and Michael Paulson

The musical, which shuttered temporarily in January as the Omicron variant spread, has struggled with the slow return of tourists to the theater.

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Sunday, April 25, 2021

Oscars 2021: What to Watch For by Brooks Barnes and Nicole Sperling

It has been a surreal time in Hollywood, but Sunday night's Academy Awards, which begin at 8 p.m. Eastern, could go down in movie industry history for several reasons.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Is British theatre about to go out of business? by Presented By Anushka Asthana With Elizabeth Newman and Llanre Bakare, Produced By Elizabeth Cassin and Axel Kacoutié, Executive Producers Nicole Jackson and Phil Maynard

Every year, 34 million people go to the theatre, double the number that attend Premier League football. But lockdown and physical distancing rules mean the industry is on the edge of collaps…

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

How These Black Playwrights Are Challenging American Theater by Michael Paulson and Nicole Herrington

Jackie Sibblies Drury, Jeremy O. Harris, Antoinette Nwandu and Jordan E. Cooper, on influences, gatekeepers and helping "the young black theater nerd find work that looks like them."

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Thursday, February 8, 2018

Top 10 Things to Do Around DC for Valentine's Day by Nicole Hertvik and Darby Dejarnette

Hearts, flowers, chocolates…love is in the air here in the DC area! While this part of the country may be more known for partisanship than romance, we've got plenty of awesome events to ch…

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Nicole and Deb Give Their 15 Top Picks for Valentine's Day in NYC by Deb Miller and Nicole Hertvik

If you're in New York City for Valentine's Day and planning to celebrate your love of the stage, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Nicole Hertvik and Senior Reviewer Deb Miller have some suggest…

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Sunday, January 7, 2018

The Broadway legend Ben Vereen is accused of sexually assaulting and harassing actresses during the production of 'Hair' by Nicole Bitette and Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News

When Ben Vereen held auditions for "Hair" at a community theatre in Florida in 2015, the Tony winner said he wanted to break new ground with the rock musical.

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

New movies, TV series and plays explore the perils of lust by Joe Dziemianowicz and Nicole Lyn Pesce

Summertime and the living is ... sexy. The spike in mercury brings about a bumper crop of booty calls in movies, TV shows and plays " and who says that fictional hookups can't teach us a thi…

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Monday, January 28, 2013

RHA Cylinder Collection Exhibit by Nicole Marie Wallace

The Collection and Exhibit The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound at the New York Library for the Performing Arts currently houses a collection of more than 3,000 wax and …

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Cruel and the Cool: Two Plays, Two Reviews by Nicole Finkbiner and J. Cooper Robb

Death. Rock n' roll. Post-apocalyptic dance. The Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe digs deep in "Some Other Mettle" and "27."

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

PW's Picks for Live Arts & Philly Fringe by J. Cooper Robb and Nicole Finkbiner

It can be a daunting task deciding what to see from among the nearly 200 productions at this year's Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe. To help you out, we're offering our recommendations fo…

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Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off