Her new album, “Good Grief,” mourns friends including her Broadway co-star Gavin Creel, and her musical adaptation of the Meg Wolitzer novel “The Interestings” is about finding a different kind of fulfillment in a creative life than you’d once imagined, which Bareilles knows something about.
Category: Theater
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Justin Vivian Bond, Cabaret Chanteuse, Left New York for Paris. New York Called Her Back.
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Justin Vivian Bond, a cabaret performer and MacArthur “genius,” left New York to move to Paris. Now she’s back at Joe’s Pub to tell us all about it.
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How the World’s Longest-Running Musical Finally Made It to Broadway
The New York Times – Music:“The Fantasticks” ran for decades in Greenwich Village. Now, in time for its Broadway debut, it gets a gender makeover.
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How ‘Come From Away’ Became a Lasting 9/11 Story
The New York Times – Movies:“Come From Away,” about a remote Newfoundland community that embraced grounded travelers, is playing all over the world — even in the town where it takes place.
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‘Les Misérables’ Review: The Barricades Rise Above the Hudson
The New York Times – Music:In this semi-open-air staging in the Hudson Valley, the musical conjures Paris’s seedy cobblestone streets with an adept Jean Valjean leading the charge.
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Jaye P. Morgan, Hit-Making Singer and Bawdy TV Personality, Dies at 94
The New York Times – Music:With a humorous stage name adapted from that of the New York financier, she made a 1950s Hit Parade splash and later was a flamboyant talk-show regular.
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As a Storyteller, Tim Curry Had the Gift
The New York Times – Movies:He was a blast to watch, whether playing a mad scientist in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a butler in “Clue” or a singing King Arthur in “Spamalot.”
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Tim Curry: A Life in Pictures
The New York Times – Movies:Curry thrived onstage and onscreen in meaty roles that brought him widespread recognition and generations of dedicated fans.
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Tim Curry, Star of ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Dies at 80
The New York Times – Movies:The actor’s gift for garish eccentricity was indelibly appropriate for the outlandish, cross-dressing mad scientist Frank-N-Furter.
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Rupert Grint Will Join ‘Harry Potter’ Again, This Time on Broadway
The New York Times – Movies:The British actor, who played Ron Weasley in all eight films, will play the same character, this time as an adult, in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
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Tiffany, ’80s Pop Star, Is Busy Reinventing Herself
The New York Times – Music:Best known for her hit song “I Think We’re Alone Now,” she is making her Off Broadway debut in “Spandex the Musical.”