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The rat really raked it in — for a good cause. Inspired by social media and co-produced and co-created by Broadway pros including Lucy Moss (“Six”), Jeremy O. Harris (“Slave Play”), Tituss Burgess and Ashley Park, the digital presentation of “Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” raised a total of … [Read More...]
The new film “One Night in Miami” began life as a successful play — but New Yorkers might not know that, because despite accolades in Los Angeles and London, the play never got a production in New York. Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: For Kemp Powers, the … [Read More...]
One of the most prominent legacy Black theaters in America is transforming itself, and it’s more than just a pandemic-era pivot. In the coming years, Penumbra Theater in St. Paul, Minn. — the 44-year-old theater that gave August Wilson his first professional production — will expand to … [Read More...]
What do Pulitzer winner Michael R. Jackson (“A Strange Loop”), Tony winner Ali Stroker (“Oklahoma!”), Guggenheim grant recipient Taylor Mac (“A 24-Decade History of Popular Music”), “Hadestown” actor Amber Gray and composers Shaina Taub (“The Devil Wears Prada,” “The … [Read More...]
A note to creators looking to make theater during the coronavirus lockdown: “Zoom is not the answer to everything.” Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below: That’s advice from Paul Wontorek, the Broadway.com editor in chief who has, in recent weeks, become Broadway’s go-to … [Read More...]
In a theater festival with 3,398 shows, it can be hard to get your voice heard. But making his presence felt more than most on this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is Irvine Welsh, whose name is attached to no fewer than three productions. As well as a revival of “… [Read More...]
The musical adaptation of “Amelie” has locked in a slot in the 2016-17 Broadway season, lining up a run that opens in April at the Walter Kerr Theater. Based on Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 2001 movie, “Amelie” squeezes onto a Broadway slate that is already crowded with new musicals — … [Read More...]
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the 31-year-old playwright who’s considered one of the theater world’s most important young creatives, is among the 23 artists and scientists to receive a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship, the $625,000 grant that’s often referred to as the “Genius Grant.” Comic book writer Gene Luen … [Read More...]
Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin are among the actors set to join Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce in the highly anticipated Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” this spring. Creel, recently seen in “She Loves Me” and a Tony nominee for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern … [Read More...]
“Come From Away,” inbound for Broadway this spring, has locked in its New York dates, setting a March opening night after pre-Broadway runs in Washington, D.C. and Toronto. The cast of the show, about a tiny Newfoundland town that welcomed 6,600 airline passengers rerouted in the immediate … [Read More...]