The composer is breaking the rules of musical theater and finding an increasingly warm welcome this year for her rock sound. Next up, “Empire Records: The Musical.”
Category: Theater
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How Robert Wilson’s Chance Encounters Guided His Career
The 82-year-old theater director says that his storied career has been guided by fate and an ironclad work ethic instilled by his mother.
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This Theater Company in Wisconsin Banks on the Glory of the Human Voice
No musicals and no mics: At American Players Theater in Wisconsin, nothing comes between the actors, their words and the public.
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How Hollywood Glamour Is Reviving the Endangered Broadway Play
George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Denzel Washington and Mia Farrow are coming to Broadway, where some producers see plays with stars as safer bets than musicals.
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Broadway Revival of ‘Glengarry’ to Star Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr
A revival of “Glengarry Glen Ross,” David Mamet’s classic play about unscrupulous real estate agents, is to open next spring.
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The People Reimagining ‘Spirited Away’ With Puppets
Hayao Miyazaki’s classic film is now onstage, brought to life with elements including a nearly 20-foot-long dragon.
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Two New Musicals Poke at the Seamy Underbelly of the American Dream
Kristin Chenoweth stars in “The Queen of Versailles” in Boston, while a new “Gatsby” musical in Cambridge takes Myrtle seriously.
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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to Star on Broadway in ‘Waiting for Godot’
They played slacker buddies in three “Bill & Ted” films, and next year they plan to reunite for Beckett’s classic tragicomedy.
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Adam Driver Is to Star Off Broadway as a Country-Western Singer
The actor will return to the stage this fall in a revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s “Hold On to Me Darling.”
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Next Project: A ‘Warriors’ Album With Eisa Davis
The recording, inspired by Walter Hill’s 1979 film about a gang making a perilous trek through New York City, will be available on Oct. 18.
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Book Review: ‘Seeing Through,’ by Ricky Ian Gordon
In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.