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Stephen Sondheim Belongs in the Pantheon of American Composers
“You know, I had the idealistic notion, when I was 20, that I was going into the theater,” Stephen Sondheim once said. “I wasn’t; I was going into show business, and I was a fool to think otherwise.” It was a remark characteristic of Sondheim, the ...
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Casey Likes of ‘Back to the Future,’ Is on a Roll
“I either suck or I’m awesome,” Casey Likes said as he entered Frames, a snazzy bowling alley tucked into a corner of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. “There is no in-between.” It was shortly after 11 p.m. on a recent Thursday, and Likes, 21, the ...
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‘Here We Are’ Review: The Last Sondheim, Cool and Impossibly Chic
This inventive, beguiling and not quite fully solved puzzle of a show is a worthy and loving farewell to the great musical dramatist.
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‘Suffs’ Heads to Broadway With Hillary Clinton as a Producer
The musical, about early-20th-century efforts to win the right to vote for women, will open in April at the Music Box Theater.
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In Germany, ‘Hamilton’ Hangs Up Its Musket
After a year of less-than-stellar ticket sales, the German-language translation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage hit is closing. But it has helped diversify German musicals.
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In Season 3 of ‘Only Murders,’ the Show, and the Deaths, Went On
Tuesday’s finale of “Only Murders in the Building” wrapped a season that was a love letter to Broadway musicals, not least because it was a little silly.
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Tom Jones, Half of Record-Setting ‘Fantasticks’ Team, Dies at 95
He wrote the book and lyrics to a little show that opened in 1960 in Greenwich Village and became “the longest-running musical in the universe.”
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At BroadwayCon, Diversity in Theater Takes Center Stage
The eighth annual fan event will host a variety of discussions about how to diversify stages, songs and scripts. Here are six to look out for.
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How a Neurodiverse Musical Theater Artist Spends Sundays
Sarah Kaufman writes, acts, sings and makes podcasts and TikToks — and not to mention works a day job.