The New York Times – Film:
The Tony winner returns to the stage in “Every Brilliant Thing,” an interactive monologue with a message of hope “that might be vital for somebody to hear.”
Category: Theater (Broadway)
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André De Shields and Junior LaBeija Team Up for ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’
The New York Times – Music:
Fifty years ago, Junior LaBeija couldn’t afford to see André De Shields in “The Wiz.” Now, they’re starring together in a reimagining of “Cats.”
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‘Moulin Rouge!’ Musical Will End Its Broadway Run This Summer
The New York Times – Film:
The final New York performance will be July 26, seven years after it opened; international and touring productions continue.
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How Lesley Manville Is Leaving ‘Oedipus’ Audiences Spellbound
The New York Times – Film:
Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.”
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Roger Allers Dies at 76; Helped Put ‘Lion King’ on Screens and Onstage
The New York Times – Film:
A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.
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If You’re Marc Shaiman, for Every Plotz There’s a Zetz
The New York Times – Music:
Broadway, Hollywood and television have been kind to Marc Shaiman. But there’s a reason the subtitle of his new memoir is “Showbiz Stories From a Sore Winner.”