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With This ‘Gypsy’ Song, Audra McDonald Makes You Rethink the Broadway Show

Near the end of “Gypsy,” the Tony-nominated actress sings a song that makes you rethink the show you’ve been watching. I talked to her about it.

By Ben Brantley

Actors and Actresses Lencia Kebede Theater Theater (Broadway) Wicked (Play)

An Actress of Many Passions, Now Making History in ‘Wicked’

“The place where Elphaba and I meet is empathy and advocacy for justice,” said Lencia Kebede, who is the first Black actress to play the role full time on Broadway.

By Salamishah Tillet and Dina Litovsky

Jacobs-Jenkins, Branden Pulitzer Prizes Purpose (Play) Steppenwolf Theatre Co Theater (Broadway) Theater (Off Broadway)

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins on Winning a Pulitzer for ‘Purpose’

“It’s the most surreal day ever,” the playwright said as he learned the news while getting ready to attend his first Met Gala.

By Michael Paulson

Cats (Play) Deaths (Obituaries) Hanan, Stephen Mo Jolson & Co. (Play) Jolson, Al Shakespeare in the Park Street Performers The Pirates of Penzance (Opera) Theater (Broadway) Theater (Off Broadway)

Stephen Mo Hanan, Who Played Three Roles in ‘Cats,’ Dies at 78

He sang arias on the streets of San Francisco, performed on Broadway and collaborated on a musical about Al Jolson, which he also starred in.

By Richard Sandomir