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Drawing From Bob Dylan’s Songbook, Learning Lessons in Mortality

Todd Almond wrote an oral history on Conor McPherson’s “Girl From the North Country” and its passage through Broadway’s pandemic shutdown.

By Laura Collins-Hughes

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Cynthia Erivo Will Host This Year’s Tony Awards

The actress won a Tony Award for “The Color Purple,” and is now nominated for an Oscar for playing Elphaba in the film adaptation of “Wicked.”

By Michael Paulson

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For Playwrights, Making It to Midcareer Is a Cliffhanger

Act 1 was a constant struggle for rent and opportunity. But now that these emerging dramatists have emerged, what will they make of Act 2?

By Jesse Green

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Hundreds of Artists Call on N.E.A. to Roll Back Trump’s Restrictions

A letter signed by 463 playwrights, poets, dancers, visual artists and others pushes back against new grant requirements that bar the promotion of diversity or “gender ideology.”

By Michael Paulson