Encore: 'Into the Woods' returns to Broadway
The concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods moves to Broadway, with Sara Bareilles, Brian D'Arcy James and others.
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'Castor and Patience' opera explores systematic barriers to Black land ownership
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An outdoor Shakespearean theater in Louisville, Kentucky, needs to work around airplane noise. An expert says people also had to work around a lot of noise in Shakespeare's time.
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'Into the Woods' returns to Broadway
A concert version of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods stars Sara Bareilles, Brian d'Arcy James, Joshua Henry and others.
'The Kite Runner' brings life in Afghanistan to Broadway
The play is based on Khaled Hosseini's 2003 best-selling novel, set in Afghanistan and among Afghan migrants in the United States.
Scout from the 'To Kill A Mockingbird' film now plays the racist neighbor onstage
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.
Dancer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, of Urban Bush Women, wins prestigious Gish Award
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar created one of the first major ensembles composed solely of African-American female dancers. She's just won one of the largest cash prizes in the arts.
'A Strange Loop' writer and composer started out on Broadway as an usher
Michael R. Jackson's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is about a young Black gay musical theater writer named Usher, who works as an usher at a Broadway show — just like Jackson once did.