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'The Phantom of the Opera,' Broadway's longest-running show, will close next year

5:49pm September 16, 2022

by The Associated Press

The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts — will play its final performance in New York on Feb. 18, 2023.

Dorcas Sowunmi and Mary Badham on the national tour of To Kill A Mockingbird.

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Scout from the 'To Kill A Mockingbird' film now plays the racist neighbor onstage

5:58am July 19, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Mary Badham was 10 years old when her performance as Scout earned her an Oscar nomination. Now, six decades later, she's touring the country's stages in the Broadway version.

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Broadway star Beth Leavel delivered UNCG commencement address

1:09pm May 06, 2022

by David Ford

Broadway star and University of North Carolina Greensboro alumna Beth Leavel gave the commencement speech at her alma

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Some of the vendors at the Broadway Makers Marketplace, which carries their handmade goods

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At the Broadway Makers Marketplace, theater fans find both crafts and community

5:22pm March 19, 2022

by Jeff Lunden

A pop-up shop in a New York subway station is home to all things Broadway: memorabilia, live performances and handmade goods created by fans. Now, the shop's owners hope to find a permanent home.

Illustrator Peter Emmerich says he drew on both research and his own personal memories to draw people like Stephen Sondheim. "I put him in the book wearing what he was wearing when I met him," says Emmerich. "Because, like, I will never forget him in that

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Theater stars spring to life on the pages of 'B is for Broadway'

5:20pm January 29, 2022

by Jeff Lunden

A few years ago, a children's book called A is for Audra celebrated musical theater divas. Its creators have written a new book, B is for Broadway, celebrating theater from auditions to Ziegfeld.

Lynn Nottage photographed at A Broadway Celebration at the Times Square EDITION, in December 2021.

Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage turns a triple play in New York City

2:37pm January 14, 2022

by Jeff Lunden

Nottage, the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has a new play on Broadway, an opera at Lincoln Center Theater and a Michael Jackson musical opening soon.

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Shoba Narayan, the first South Asian actress to play Aladdin's Princess Jasmine, took on the role in 2021.

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Shoba Narayan's fight for South Asian representation began long before Jasmine

5:00am January 09, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Cast as Aladdin's first South Asian Princess Jasmine in 2021, Shoba Narayan has been committed to bringing her cultural background to the character and the show.

The Broadway cast of Come From Away had to cancel a week's performances before Christmas due to a COVID-19 outbreak. When it returned, eight out of the 12 actors in the show were substitutes.

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With COVID outbreaks, Broadway's understudies take center stage

11:09am January 03, 2022

by Jeff Lunden

Breakthrough infections from the omicron variant have been spreading like wildfire among casts and crews, so understudies and swing performers have been helping keep shows afloat.

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Court Watson and William Ivey Long at The Lost Colony, in a photo that Watson believes was taken in 2001 or 2002.

A prominent Broadway costume designer is accused of sexual abuse

1:53pm November 16, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

William Ivey Long is an iconic presence on Broadway, designing costumes for shows such as Diana: The Musical and Chicago. Now two men have accused the former Tony Awards chairman of sexual abuse.

Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr. will host different parts of the Tony Awards broadcast on Sept. 26: the awards ceremony and the following two-hour celebration of Broadway's return, respectively.

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4 Things To Know Ahead Of The 2021 Tony Awards

7:54am September 26, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

The 74^th Annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 26 more than 15 months after they were previously scheduled. But these pandemic Tonys are by no means business as usual.