Jinkx Monsoon talks about feeling like a lifetime of hard work is finally paying off, and her return to Broadway as a zany maid in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical.”
Category: Theater (Broadway)
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Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Old Friends’ Review: A Broadway Party With 41 Songs
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga lead the festivities in a new Broadway revue of the great musical dramatist’s work.
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‘Boop! The Musical’ Review: Betty Gets a Broadway Brand Extension
The It girl with the spit curl looks great for 100, but her Broadway musical, which feels like one big merch grab, is boop-boop-a-don’t.
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At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories
At a gathering in the Broadway theater renamed to honor the star, speakers including Denzel Washington and Phylicia Rashad described Jones as an inspiration.
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6 Songs From ‘Just in Time’ That Capture Bobby Darin’s Legacy
The show’s star, Jonathan Groff, and members of the creative team on how songs like “Splish Splash” and “If I Were a Carpenter” illuminate Darin’s life.
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‘The Last Five Years’ Review: Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren Star in a Muddy Revival
Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren star in a muddy revival of Jason Robert Brown’s still-scathing musical.
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‘Boop!’ Arrives on Broadway, With a Surprising 100-Year Back Story
From her 1930 debut as a poodle-human hybrid to a modern-day symbol of empowerment, Betty Boop has had an unusual journey to the Broadway stage. Boop-oop-a-doop!
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Review: Clooney, Fair and Balanced, in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
George Clooney makes Edward R. Murrow a saint of sane journalism for a world that still needs one in a stage adaptation of the 2005 movie.
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Review: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ With Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr
Kieran Culkin, Bill Burr and Bob Odenkirk star in a bumpy revival of David Mamet’s play about salesmen with nothing worth selling.
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Othello and Iago, a Marriage Made in Both Heaven and Hell
Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that easy to call.
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Scott Rudin, Producer Exiled for Bad Behavior, Plans Return to Broadway
Rudin stepped away from show business four years ago amid reports that he had bullied assistants. He says he has “a lot more self-control” now.
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How ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Brings a Beloved Song to Life on Broadway
Of all the “Buena Vista Social Club” songs, the beloved “Chan Chan” is the most recognizable. But figuring out where in the musical to put it became a challenge.