The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
This week, the musician Kim Gordon performed after a star-studded Dior runway show in Brooklyn. And, luminaries honored Tony Bennett during Jazz at Lincoln Center’s annual gala.
Category: Theater (Broadway)
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‘The Wiz’ Review: A Black Classic Returns to Broadway
The New York Times – Film:
Almost 50 years after it debuted, this classic Black take on “The Wizard of Oz” tries to update its original formula.
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Huey Lewis Lost His Hearing. That Didn’t Stop Him From Making a Musical.
The New York Times – Music:
“The Heart of Rock and Roll,” a Broadway show built around the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, has given the singer a reason to “get out of bed.”
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Trevor Griffiths, Marxist Writer for Stage and Screen, Dies at 88
The New York Times – Film:
For him, “art played a particular role in social change,” the director Mehmet Ergen said. “Everything was political.”
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‘The Who’s Tommy’ Review: Going Full Tilt
The New York Times – Music:
Will the Who’s rock opera about a traumatized boy hit the jackpot again?
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Nicole Scherzinger to Star in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ on Broadway in the Fall
The New York Times – Music:
The revival, birthed in London, is a radically reimagined version of the 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a 1950 Billy Wilder film.
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‘Illinoise,’ a Sufjan Stevens Dance Musical, Is Moving to Broadway
The New York Times – Music:
The production will make its transfer unusually fast, with an opening set for April 24, just 29 days after it wraps up a sold-out run at the Park Avenue Armory.
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How Ingrid Michaelson Made ‘The Notebook’ Into a Musical
The New York Times – Music:
Family history is “wrapped up in these songs,” said the singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, who is making the leap to Broadway with an adaptation of the popular romance novel.
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Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal to Lead Broadway ‘Othello’
The New York Times – Film:
Kenny Leon will direct a starry revival of Shakespeare’s tragedy in the spring of 2025.