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Why Jay-Z’s Big Tonys Duet With Alicia Keys Was Offstage

The two stars brought down the house with “Empire State of Mind,” their 2009 love song to New York City, which they performed on a grand marble staircase outside the auditorium.

By Julia Jacobs and Michael Paulson

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‘The Outsiders,’ a Broadway Adaptation of the Classic Novel, Wins the Tony for Best Musical

The gritty, bloody and relentlessly youthful musical features some of the most effectively vivid violence seen on a Broadway stage.

By Michael Paulson

Actors and Actresses Merrily We Roll Along (Play) Radcliffe, Daniel Theater Theater (Broadway) Tony Awards (Theater Awards)

Daniel Radcliffe Conjures Up His First Tony

“Merrily We Roll Along” is Radcliffe’s fifth show on Broadway, but the first for which he was even nominated for a Tony Award.

By Michael Paulson

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Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren to Star in ‘Last Five Years’ on Broadway

Whitney White will direct the first Broadway production of Jason Robert Brown’s popular musical, which plans to open next spring.

By Michael Paulson