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‘Water for Elephants’ Brings the Circus to Broadway

Circuses Gustin, Grant (1990- ) Imperial Theater (Manhattan, NY) PigPen Theater Stone, Jessica (1970- ) Theater Theater (Broadway) Water for Elephants (Play)

‘Water for Elephants’ Brings the Circus to Broadway

Based on the 2006 novel by Sara Gruen, the musical follows a young man who hops a train and falls in with a ragtag, traveling group of entertainers.

By Alexis Soloski and Peter Fisher

Reviving ‘The Wiz’ Through ‘the Blackest of Black Lenses’

Black People Dancing Hannah Beachler Knight, JaQuel Marquis Theater (Manhattan, NY) Music Pop and Rock Music Ruffin, Amber The Wiz (Play) Theater Theater (Broadway) Williams, Schele

Reviving ‘The Wiz’ Through ‘the Blackest of Black Lenses’

The beloved 1975 musical returns to Broadway this spring, with nods to Black culture like second-line parades and Underground Railroad quilts.

By Naveen Kumar

‘A Sign of the Times’ Review: A Confused 1960s New York

Barre, Gabriel Clark, Petula Lindsey Hope Pearlman New World Stages Richard J. Robin Theater Theater (Off Broadway)

‘A Sign of the Times’ Review: A Confused 1960s New York

A jukebox musical about a Midwesterner’s big dreams is heavy on the Petula Clark.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

On the Road With ‘The Outsiders,’ Where the Greasers and Socs Rumbled

Books and Literature S.E. Hinton The Outsiders (Play) Theater Theater (Broadway) Tulsa (Okla)

On the Road With ‘The Outsiders,’ Where the Greasers and Socs Rumbled

It’s one of the best-selling Y.A. novels of all time and a star-studded Coppola movie from the ’80s. On its way to Broadway, the show’s cast and creators paid S.E. Hinton a visit.

By Melena Ryzik and Adali Schell