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Strong performances in An Enemy of the People

Julian Rocha - MANAGING EDITOR April 9, 2024

When one sits down in the Circle in the Square Theatre for a date night on Broadway, the last thing you would expect to see is the ensemble dumping bucket after bucket of ice over actor Jeremy Strongs head.

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A grand slam on Broadway: Take Me Out

Alexis Friedman -- EDITOR IN CHIEF December 7, 2022

The Tony Award winner for Best Revival of a Play is Broadways newest hit, Take Me Out. It delves into all the ways one can be taken out by telling the fictional story of Darren Lemming (Jesse Williams) coming out to his baseball team.

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Broadways The Little Prince dazzles, reaching just below the stars

Alexis Friedman April 15, 2022

After nearly 15 previous musical and theatrical adaptations of the classic work The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, another rendition of the story opened Monday, April 11, on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre.

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Wives of Henry VIII tell their story in Broadways Six

Eleni Kothesakis - Arts & Entertainment Editor December 8, 2021

The six wives of Englands King Henry VIII have made their royal arrival to Broadway. The latest hit sensation, Six, follows the lives of Henrys six wives as they battle it out to see who had the worst marriage and ultimately lived the worst life.

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74th annual Tony Awards: Better late than never

Kayla Blonigen October 6, 2021

After COVID-19 put a damper on the world, Broadway included, the 74th Annual Tony Award show was postponed for over a year.

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Broadway is opening up following COVID-19 shutdown

Eleni Kothesakis - Arts & Entertainment Editor September 14, 2021

510 days after Broadway shutdown due to COVID-19, the Great White Way is lighting up its marquees again. Broadway returned officially with the preview for Pass Over on Wednesday, Aug. 4, and officially opened on Sunday, Aug. 22, at the August Wilson Theatre. Musicals returned to Broadway on Thursday, Sept. 2, with the reopening of Hadestown and the return of Waitress, which had previously left Broadway in January 2020.

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Broadways reopening remains an open question

Anna DeGoede-EDITOR IN CHIEF March 24, 2021

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced that certain entertainment venues can begin operating at reduced capacity beginning on Friday, April 2, according to ABC7. While the new regulation change applies to numerous art spaces, most Broadway shows will remain closed to the public. Certain theaters with more flexible spaces will host some live programming.

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74th Tony Awards nominations announced after five-month hiatus

Madeline Armstrong October 27, 2020

After nearly five months since the initial postponement of the 74th Annual Tony Awards, nominations were finally announced on Thursday, Oct. 15.

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The future of the entertainment industry after COVID-19

Eleni Kothesakis - Arts & Entertainment Editor April 22, 2020

Movie theaters, Broadway theaters and concert venues all lie dormant as they wait for COVID-19 to end and for their patrons to return. Since entering this period of isolation more than a month ago, which most expect will last well into the summer, the entertainment industry has had to adapt from its traditional methods of engaging with its audience and pushing content into the digital world. But as entertainment faces this period of uncertainty, industry leaders are creating the blueprint for what can be our future well past COVID-19.

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Broadway practices social distancing

Alexis Friedman March 28, 2020

On the evening of Thursday, March 12, all 31 current Broadway shows were canceled until further notice. This was a combined order from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Charlotte St. Martin, the president of the Broadway League. In the announcement, Gov. Cuomo said that gatherings with 500 people or more will not be permitted in NY state.

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‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ soars to new heights on Broadway

Eleni Kothesakis - Arts & Entertainment Editor February 4, 2020

Eight times a week on the Shubert Theatre stage, Harper Lees classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, comes to life. While the novel is well-known and loved by many, the Broadway production of the novel is still in its infancy. It opened on Broadway over a year ago on Dec. 13, 2018, and since then it has already become the highest-grossing American play ever. 

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The Rose Tattoo returns with Tomei as star

Eleni Kothesakis - Arts & Entertainment Editor November 5, 2019

Tennessee Williams, the famous playwright known for works The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire, has returned to Broadway with the revival of The Rose Tattoo. The play is currently running in the American Airlines Theatre for a limited-time engagement. 

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