Theater – Page 91

Topol, Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ on the Screen and the Stage, Dies at 87

Wide acclaim for the role of Tevye helped make him, according to one newspaper, “Israel’s most famous export since the Jaffa orange.”

By Margalit Fox

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‘Phantom’ Ends. For Musicians, So Does the Gig of a Lifetime.

Broadway’s longest running musical, set to close next month, has been a source of stability for orchestra members, many of whom have grown up with the show.

By Maria Clara Cobo and Todd Heisler

Fisher, Jordan (1994- ) Groban, Josh Kail, Thomas Lacamoire, Alex Lien, Mimi Lunt-Fontanne Theater Matarazzo, Gaten (2002- ) Music Seller, Jeffrey Sondheim, Stephen Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Play) Theater Theater (Broadway) Wheeler, Hugh

Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back.

Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford and a starry creative team are hoping there’s an appetite for Broadway’s first full-scale revival of Sondheim’s Grand Guignol masterpiece in 43 years.

By Rob Weinert-Kendt

Baraka, Amiri Black People Books and Literature Brooks, Gwendolyn Cooper, J California (1932-2014) Demby, William (1922-2013) Hairston, Andrea (1952- ) Hansberry, Lorraine Himes, Chester Kaufman, Bob McPherson, James Alan Poetry and Poets Reed, Ishmael Spence, Eulalie (1894-1981) Theater Toomer, Jean Writing and Writers

The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know

A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.

By Adam Bradley

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