Emma Donoghue adapted the show from her best-selling 2010 novel; she also wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film.
Category: Theater (Broadway)
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‘Room’ Will Be Staged on Broadway, Starring Adrienne Warren
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How Do You Measure a Season on Broadway? In Cast Albums.
The New York Times – Music:From “A Strange Loop” to “Funny Girl,” most Broadway musicals of 2022 were recorded, offering listeners a chance to love or hate them again.
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When Black Characters Double-Deal to Make Ends Meet, It’s Never Enough
The New York Times – Business:In three Broadway plays this season, a quest for financial stability can’t undo the trauma of the past or dismantle the architecture that places a ceiling on Black futures.
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‘Here Lies Love,’ an Imelda Marcos Disco Musical, Will Play Broadway
The New York Times – Music:The immersive dance show, with music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, will arrive this summer after a decade of productions Off Broadway and in London and Seattle.
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Onstage, It’s Finally Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Again
The New York Times – Music:After one holiday season lost to the pandemic and another curtailed by Omicron, seasonal staples including “The Nutcracker,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Messiah” are back in force.
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Musical Adaptation of ‘Almost Famous’ Will Close on Broadway
The New York Times – Music:The show, a passion project for Cameron Crowe, opened on Broadway in early November, but has faced soft sales in a competitive market.
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‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Will Transfer to Broadway Next Fall
The New York Times – Music:Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez and Daniel Radcliffe, now starring in an Off Broadway revival, will lead the Broadway production as well.
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Best Arts Photos of 2022
The New York Times – Music:These are the images that defined a remarkable time across the worlds of art, music, dance and performance.
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Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation
The New York Times – Movies:A Broadway musical version of the Billy Wilder film finds exhilarating new ways to make the gender comedy sing.
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Broadway’s ‘KPOP’ Will Close on Sunday
The New York Times – Music:The final performance, just two weeks after its opening, will include a panel discussion about Asian American and Pacific Islander representation.
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10 Stages and Screens Where I Saw Connection
The New York Times – Music:For our critic-at-large, “Fat Ham,” “Severance,” “A Strange Loop” and “Sandman” were some of the places she found truth and transcendence.
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Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Makes for a Morose Neil Diamond Musical
The New York Times – Music:In the new Broadway show, Will Swenson plays the superstar, who seems perpetually dissatisfied, as if on a quest — but for what?