With the cost of staging song-and-dance spectacles skyrocketing and audiences drawn to older hits, none of the musicals that opened last season has made a profit. Fewer are planned this season.
Category: Theater
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‘Saturday Church’ Review: Saving Fabulous Souls to Sia’s Music
A new musical pulled from the pop star’s catalog among others, with a book from Damon Cardasis and James Ijames, tells the story of a Christian teen discovering ballroom and queer expression.
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‘Mexodus’ Review: A History Musical With Thrilling Loop-the-Loops
Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson take viewers south on the Underground Railroad in this electric production that feels like a jam session.
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“The Wiz” Ring That Amber Ruffin Gave Her Creative Team.
To celebrate the opening of “The Wiz” on Broadway, the writer and comedian put a ring on it.
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‘Galas’ Review: A Vocally Gifted Paper Doll
Charles Ludlam’s camp tribute to Maria Callas, featuring the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, is glamorous to a fault at Little Island.
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‘Dreamgirls’ Will Return to Broadway After Global Star Search
A revival of the much-loved 1981 musical is planned for next fall, directed by Camille A. Brown.
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In ‘Hedda,’ Tessa Thompson Puts a Sexy, Messy Spin on the ‘Female Hamlet’
Have you ever seen Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” set in the 1950s with a biracial star in a lesbian love triangle? In this new film adaptation, you will.
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Theater to Stream: Mark Rylance in ‘Twelfth Night,’ and More
This month’s picks include a 1974 adaptation of the Eugene Ionesco play “Rhinoceros,” starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, and a behind-the-scenes look at Disney.
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Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom ‘Alice,’ Dies at 88
“Kiss my grits,” her character, Flo, was known to say. But that high-profile role was just one facet of a long, busy stage and screen career.
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A TikTok Trend That Gets at the Complex Legacy of ‘Hamilton’
By recreating a snippet of the number “Best of Wives and Best of Women,” these funny shorts serve as both tribute and critique.
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‘Saturday Church’ Puts House Music, Gospel, Sia and ‘Noisy Singers’ Together
“Saturday Church” taps into music from several genres, as well as Sia, to tell the story of a teenager struggling with his sexuality and faith.
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The Girls Are Screaming
A shriekathon in “John Proctor Is the Villain” is the latest in a wave of young women letting their pipes loose — and exhorting anyone to join in.