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The Broadway actor's battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
The Broadway actor's battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
The Broadway actor's battle with the coronavirus was followed closely by many as his wife chronicled his experience on social media.
Watching through windshields. Audiences of two. An elbow bump instead of a kiss. Theaters across the country find novel ways to play in a pandemic.
Disney+ is streaming a live-capture film of "Hamilton." It's just the latest chapter in a deepening relationship between the company and the musical's creator.
The Wilma, seeking to reopen in Philadelphia, says it will erect a new seating structure in which every party is in its own separate box.
The industry has not yet set a reopening date, but said it would now refund tickets through Jan. 3.
The organization will commission a comprehensive survey to get a handle on diversity onstage, backstage and in production offices.
From the very beginning, it was clear the musical was going to be a big news story. I've been reporting on it, from the East Village to San Juan, ever since.
The film, a live capture of the hit Broadway show, will stream on Disney Plus beginning July 3. That wasn't always the plan.
In the wake of a sexual harassment allegation, Eric Schaeffer retired after 30 years from a theater that has earned acclaim for presenting musicals.
The Public Theater, prevented by public health concerns from performing in Central Park, has joined forces with WNYC to turn "Richard II" into a four-part radio play.
Among its founders: Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Billy Porter and Wendell Pierce. Among its plans: mentorship programs for young black artists.
A new sector-wide study finds programming and creative teams are far more white than the audiences.
More than 300 sign a letter saying theater is a "house of cards built on white fragility and supremacy."
Actors' Equity Association, which represents 51,000 theater performers and stage managers, lays out guidelines aimed to keep its members safe.
The ceremony, honoring Off and Off Off Broadway theater, has been forced online by the pandemic, and is being recorded and edited before the June 4 streaming.
The show is the first Broadway musical felled by the coronavirus.
The Broadway League canceled performances through Sept. 6 and said it did not know when they might resume.
In a surprise move, the film of the original Broadway production is being released 15 months early.
'Mrs. Doubtfire' got through three performances before the pandemic intervened. This is the story of what happened next.
"Spotlight on Plays," featuring John Malkovich, Patti LuPone, Sally Field, Bryan Cranston and others, will aid the Actors Fund.
Barrington Stage Company in the Berkshires is bucking the trend of cancellations, planning instead a limited season with a litany of precautions.
The Public Theater, which runs the festival but is closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, anticipates a shortfall of up to $20 million.
The Broadway Cares fund-raiser, featuring a concert of Disney songs, is being rescheduled after the musicians' dropped a demand that members be compensated.
