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RIP: The Original Dolly Levi, Sparkling Broadway Legend Carol Channing, Dies at Age 97

by Roger Friedman - January 15, 2019 9:06 am

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Broadway Record: “Hamilton” First Ever to Gross $4 Mil in One Week, Thanks to Kennedy Center Honors, Takes in $1 Mil More Than It Technically Can

by Roger Friedman - January 2, 2019 9:26 pm

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Broadway Review: A New, Re-worked “To Kill a Mockingbird” Has Characters Speaking Up, Drawing Conclusions, Taking Swings

by Roger Friedman - December 12, 2018 4:57 pm

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Broadway Tony Award Chess Game: “Network” With Bryan Cranston’s Sizzling Performance Extends til Next April, Goes Against “To Kill a Mockingbird”

by Roger Friedman - December 12, 2018 8:49 am

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Bryan Cranston Gives a Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance in “Network,” A Play That Predicted Fox News 20 Years Before it Happened

by Roger Friedman - December 6, 2018 11:52 pm

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LA Theater: Ben Levi-Ross Makes A Splash in “Dear Evan Hansen” with A List Audience Cheering Him On

by Leah Sydney - October 22, 2018 6:27 pm

Ben Levi Ross literally tore the hearts out of the audience at the recent Ahmanson opening of the...

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Broadway: “Funny Girl,” Barbra Streisand’s Famed Musical, Will Be Revived, With Rosie O’Donnell, Without Lady Gaga

by Roger Friedman - October 9, 2018 2:17 pm

It's exciting news for Broadway, but not for Lady Gaga fans. The star of "A Star is Born" will not be playing Fanny Brice on...

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Broadway: “Roseanne” Star Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow Will Play “Hillary and Clinton” in New Play About Her 2008 Presidential Campaign Next Spring

by Roger Friedman - October 4, 2018 12:22 pm

Broadway news: "Roseanne" star Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow will play Hillary and Bill Clinton in a new play by Lucas Hnath, who wrote...

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Broadway Review: Janet McTeer Soars in Tony-Certain Performance for Topical, Funny “Bernhardt-Hamlet”

by Roger Friedman - September 30, 2018 10:33 pm

Janet McTeer is a frustrating performer. With "Bernhardt/Hamlet" she's only starred in five Broadway productions since 1997. How is that possible? To date, if...

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Off Broadway: Dana Delany, on a Break before CBS’s “The Code,” Puts on Boxing Gloves for “Collective Rage”

by Regina Weinreich - September 28, 2018 10:28 pm

You know that you are dealing in the abstract when the five characters in a single play are called Betty, as in the MCC...

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“Scandal” Stars on Broadway: Kerry Washington in “American Son,” Now Tony Goldwyn in “Network”

by Roger Friedman - September 27, 2018 10:22 am

The cancellation last season of "Scandal" has proven to be a boon for Broadway. First Kerry Washington signed to star in "American Son." Now Tony...

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Don’t Cry for Him: Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber Gets the Royal Treatment from American Theater Wing

by Regina Weinreich - September 25, 2018 11:16 am

This is most certainly Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s year. He is, among many accolades, a newly minted EGOT, joining a rarified few like Rita...

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Broadway: Shonda Rhimes Gives Her Name to Kerry Washington’s “American Son,” Cameron Crowe’s “Almost Famous” Almost a Musical

by Roger Friedman - September 25, 2018 10:27 am

Broadway is bursting with news this morning. First of all, Cameron Crowe's Oscar nominated 2000 movie "Almost Famous" is being turned into a musical. Crowe...