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Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jeannie Santiago attend the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson will both star in his own one-man play, "Lackawanna Blues" and direct "Skeleton Crew" this year.

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Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer

7:00am July 10, 2021

by Josie Fischels

Seven new work by Black playwrights are scheduled to make their Broadway debut in 2021; Five of these writers are set to see their work performed on the Broadway stage for the very first time.

Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) runs a corner bodega and dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic in In the Heights.

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'In The Heights' Star Anthony Ramos Says The Movie Sees 'Good In Every Hood'

2:59pm June 14, 2021

by Terry Gross

Ramos says Lin-Manuel Miranda's Broadway musical In the Heights filled him with hope. Now he's starring — and singing and dancing and rapping — in the film adaptation.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that Broadway could reopen in May. Above, the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre near Times Square on Jan. 15, 2021.

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Broadway Shows Can Reopen In May, But That Doesn't Mean They Will

5:29pm May 03, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says Broadway can open on May 19. But opening a show takes time.

A sign of the "Hamilton" marquee at New York City's Richard Rogers Theater on Mar. 12, 2021, commemorating Broadway's "lost year" and a hope to return to live performances by fall 2021.

NYC Mayor Promises To Help Broadway Reopen By September

12:16pm March 25, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

At a Thursday press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a series of public health measures aimed at re-starting New York City's cultural life and theatrical industry.

Ann Reinking, pictured holding her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical Chicago in 1997, died on Saturday, her family said in a statement.

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Actress, Dancer, Choreographer Ann Reinking Dies At 71

9:56am December 15, 2020

A mainstay in Broadway musicals, her standout turn as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 1977 earned her widespread praise. She reprised the role in 1996 and won a Tony.

The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

1:39pm October 09, 2020

by Andrew Limbong

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.

Nick Cordero, here in January on opening night of Rock of Ages in Hollywood, has emerged from a coma during a difficult fight with COVID-19, according to his wife.

Broadway's Nick Cordero Emerges From Coma During Battle With COVID-19

6:25pm May 13, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The performer had been in a medically induced coma for weeks, and doctors also had to amputate his right leg. Still, this week his wife said she received "just the best news you could hear."

A common street scene in New York's Theater District: a completely empty street, shot on May 6. Broadway theaters will remain shuttered until at least early September.

Broadway Theaters Will Remain Dark At Least Through Labor Day

2:09pm May 12, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The Broadway League, which represents theater owners and producers, announced Tuesday that their productions will continued to be shuttered through at least Sept. 6.

Laura Benanti performs in Washington in 2015. She recently asked high school students to send her videos of their musical theater performances after many of them were canceled.

A Broadway Star And #SunshineSongs Bring High School Musical Theater To Small Screens

1:37pm March 17, 2020

High school musicals are canceled around the country over coronavirus concerns. Broadway star Laura Benanti asked disappointed high school singers for the next best thing: performance videos.

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This 1972 file image shows singer and actress Diahann Carroll. Carroll passed away Friday at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer. She was 84.

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Diahann Carroll, Groundbreaking Television And Broadway Star, Dead At 84

3:25pm October 04, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Carroll is remembered as the first black actress to depict a non-stereotypical character on television on NBC's Julia, which debuted in 1968. She was also a Tony winner and Oscar nominee.