Theater (Broadway) – Page 40

Roundabout to Stage ‘Pirates of Penzance’ and ‘Yellow Face’ on Broadway

Roundabout Theater Company, the biggest nonprofit on Broadway, said it would produce the three shows next season.

By Michael Paulson

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Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Is Becoming a Musical From Orin Wolf

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is lined up to write the book, and Lileana Blain-Cruz will direct.

By Michael Paulson

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Ani DiFranco Learned (and Cried) a Lot During Her First Year in N.Y.C.

“The lessons that New York has for you around every corner — it was a big part of my young adulthood, this city,” said the singer-songwriter, who will make her Broadway debut in “Hadestown.”

By Kathryn Shattuck

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Fantasia Barrino-Taylor on ‘The Color Purple’ and a Painful Role

Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie, the star faced a difficult path.

By Tiffany Martinbrough