He challenged racial barriers in Hollywood, was a producer of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and earned a Tony nomination for “Home,” a paean to his Southern roots.
Category: Theater
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‘Death Becomes Her’ Musical to Open on Broadway This Fall
The musical comedy, which is now running in Chicago, stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. It is based on the 1992 film.
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‘Modern Love Podcast’: Liza Colón-Zayas, of ‘The Bear,’ on Loving Someone Who’s in the Fight of Their Life
Why it’s so hard to know what to say when the people we’re closest to need us most.
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Emcee Squared: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne on ‘Cabaret’
When two actors who have played the Emcee several times finally met, they discussed fear, courage and Berlin’s bawdiest nightclub.
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Betty Buckley Is Not Wedded to the Same Old Songs
The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She’s also looking forward to a bold new take on “Sunset Boulevard.”
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George Clooney to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
A stage adaptation of the film is planned for next spring, with Clooney playing the journalist Edward R. Murrow.
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A Night to Remember at the Opera, Complete With a Phantom
About 130 children took part in a sleepover at Rome’s opera house, part of a campaign to make up for a lack of music education by making the theater and the art form more familiar and accessible.
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A Broadway Star Gets Married With Help From Daniel Radcliffe
Lindsay Mendez, nominated for a Tony in “Merrily We Roll Along,” married actor J. Alex Brinson in a Monday ceremony officiated by castmate Jonathan Groff. Daniel Radcliffe was their ring bearer.
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By the Book Interview With Judi Dench
“They’re snapshots of the past: first-night gifts, holidays abroad, memories of lost friends and loved ones,” the award-winning actress says. Her latest, written with Brendan O’Hea, is “Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent.”
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‘The Keep Going Songs’ Review: Vexed by Grief and Worried About the Planet
Abigail and Shaun Bengson muse on death in their latest work, but its looseness makes it hard to get a handle on.
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Sting on Setting His Music to Dance in Message in a Bottle
In “Message in a Bottle,” a dance show opening at City Center, Sting’s songbook helps tell the story of a family fleeing conflict.
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A Starry Cast Navigates ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘Every Emotion Under the Sun’
Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Alison Pill and Anika Noni Rose discuss the new translation of Chekhov that brought them to the farm.