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Billy Porter attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. "Fabulous and serious can go hand in hand. I am proof positive of that," he says.

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Billy Porter makes peace with himself: 'I set myself free, honey. No more secrets'

4:21pm October 19, 2021

by Terry Gross

Fourteen years after his initial diagnosis, the Pose actor revealed publicly that he is HIV-positive. Porter says being open about his health status felt like a rebirth. His new memoir is Unprotected.

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Will Cobbs and Pete Simpson play FBI agents interrogating Emily Davis's Reality Winner, in Is This a Room.

This new Broadway play doesn't have a script — but it does have a transcript

7:21am October 12, 2021

by Alexandra Starr

Is This a Room is based entirely on the transcript of the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor who was imprisoned for leaking classified information.

A performer was killed Saturday during a performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, pictured here in a May 2020 photo.

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A performer was killed in an onstage accident at the Bolshoi Theatre in Russia

3:48pm October 10, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

Video shows the actor being crushed by a piece of the set during a scene change, as his fellow performers frantically waved their arms to get the crew to lift the structure off of him.

Arts

'Dear Evan Hansen' Actor Ben Platt Escapes From Anxiety By Being In The Spotlight

2:27pm September 27, 2021

by Terry Gross

Platt frequently worries about the past and what's to come, but there's one place where his anxiety tends to subside. "Being on stage, for me, is kind of the antidote to that," he says.

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Broadway performers at the Tony Awards on Sunday.

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Highlights From The Tony Awards

12:38pm September 27, 2021

by Nell Clark

Moulin Rouge! The Musical took home 10 awards, including the night's biggest: Best musical. The Inheritance won for best play, and A Soldier's Play for best revival.

"Moulin Rouge! The Musical," dominated the 2021 Tony Awards on Sunday.

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'Moulin Rouge! The Musical' Sashays Home With 10 Tony Awards

11:10pm September 26, 2021

by The Associated Press

The honors bestowed to the adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film included best new musical. "The Inheritance" was named the best new play, and "A Soldier's Play" won best play revival.

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.

Several Iconic Broadway Shows Reopen Tuesday

6:33am September 14, 2021

The Lion King, Aladdin and Hamilton are among the Broadway shows reopening Tuesday night. Three Broadway veterans recorded audio diaries of their experiences as the shows prepared to reopen.

Arts

'Hadestown' Returns To Broadway

6:22pm September 04, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

Broadway is coming roaring back on Sept. 2 and one of the musicals to open that day is Hadestown. We follow the cast and crew as they remount the show and celebrate opening night.

The cast of Hadestown gathered, masked, for their first rehearsal in 17 months. Broadway has strict safety protocols but there has been at least one breakthrough infection in a touring cast.

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Curtains Up! Broadway Musicals Return, But COVID Concerns Are Center Stage

6:11pm September 01, 2021

by Jeff Lunden

Broadway shows have implemented strict protocols, but anxiety is high. "The culture of 'the show must go on,' it has to be left behind," says the executive director of the Actors' Equity Association.