Tuesday, April 21, 2026
“The Fear of 13,” about a man who spent two decades on death row for a murder he didn’t commit, is a story that the playwright says she “couldn’t shake.”
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Now in previews, the musical comedy about an outrageous World War II spy mission is working to adjust to the particular sensibilities of its New York audience.
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Queen Elizabeth II was portrayed in plays and highbrow films, in made-for-TV movies and broad comedies and, of course, in "The Crown." Many sought to answer the question: What was she like?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:19PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 16, 2021
The Netflix version of Broadway's "Diana, the Musical" landed with a thud. But it got people talking. Now the show's lead actress is staying positive ahead of opening night.
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Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody's charming, irreverent pandemic-era posts led to unlikely social media stardom. Will the vaccine end their run?
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Elizabeth Strout created the character. Rona Munro put her at the center of a play. And Laura Linney has brought her to life in a solo Broadway show.
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The creators of "Memphis," including a longtime member of Bon Jovi, are behind the new show that explores the fallout from a seemingly fairy-tale marriage.
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With a cast of 21, plus a live goose and rabbit, the dizzying number of comings and goings in this Broadway show requires an incredible attention to detail.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016
J.K. Rowling's play picks up at the end of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," fast forwards and then shoots off into unexpected directions.
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Thursday, January 7, 2016
Monday, November 9, 2015
Mr. Bartlett discusses the use of language to transform his protagonists from cardboard figures of ridicule into full-blown characters of tragedy and pathos.
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Florence Birdwell, the exacting former voice teacher of two musical actresses vying for a Tony Award, was in Manhattan recently to catch their shows and teach a master class.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015
Preparing to open in "On the Twentieth Century" on Broadway, Ms. Chenoweth reflects on transformation, beauty pageants and a role that everybody seemed to believe she was meant to play.
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Kenneth Branagh, who stars in and jointly directs a stage production of "Macbeth," discusses its genesis on the eve of its New York opening at the Armory.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
Like Rocky the boxer, Andy Karl the actor has trained hard for his breakout moment, his being the title role in "Rocky" on Broadway.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
"Private Lives," making an Atlantic crossing after a run in London, picks up a Canadian leading man, Paul Gross, on its way to Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 21, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Michael Morpurgo's "War Horse," a "huge nonevent" when it was published in 1982, has been adapted for the stage and will be a Steven Spielberg film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:44PM[SHARE]Michael Morpurgo discusses his seemingly forgotten 1982 book, "War Horse," that is about to open at Lincoln Center Theater and is to be a Steven Spielberg film.
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