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Category: Theater
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Frances Sternhagen, Actress Who Thrived in Mature Roles, Dies at 93
Her Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”
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Jewish Theatermakers Are in Good Company
So many of America’s great plays and musicals have been created and performed by Jews. T’s Holiday issue explores why — and gathers dozens of Jewish actors, writers and directors.
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‘Amid Falling Walls’ Review: Songs of Resilience From the Holocaust Era
A new musical from National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene stitches together music written and performed in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and ’40s.
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Suzanne Shepherd, Actress Known for Playing Mothers, Dies at 89
After establishing herself as a teacher, she started a prolific screen acting career in her 50s that included roles in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos.”
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Joss Ackland, Busy, Versatile Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies at 95
He was a villain in “Lethal Weapon 2,” C.S. Lewis on TV in “Shadowlands” and Falstaff onstage in “Henry IV” — and had a cameo in a Pet Shop Boys video.
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‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ Gets Another Life as a Musical
The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago. Now it’s an Off Broadway musical.
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Danielle Brooks and Sam Jay on Confidence and ‘The Color Purple’
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the actress and the comedian.
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‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Is Ambitious
A promising Off Broadway jukebox musical features hits by the R&B star (including “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You” and “No One”) and a story much like her own.
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Tammy Faye Bakker Is Broadway Bound. As a Musical.
A show about the televangelist, with songs by Elton John and Jake Shears, had a run in London last year and plans to open in New York next season.
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Es Devlin Imagines Worlds That Don’t Exist
The stage designer and artist Es Devlin brings decades of work to life in an experiential monograph and exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt in New York.