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☆ Broadway star Gavin Creel, known for performances in 'Hello, Dolly!' and 'Hair,' dies at 48
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Create your free profile or log in to save this articleCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleTony Award-winning Broadway star Gavin Creel died Monday, months after being diagnosed with an aggressive, rare cancer. He made his Broadway debut as Jimmy Smith in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” in 2002, a role that earned him his first Tony nomination. Gavin Creel and the cast of "Hair" perform at the Tony Awards in New York City on June 7, 2009. Gavin Creel during the curtain call for the "Thoroughly Modern Millie" reunion concert in New York City on Feb. 18, 2018. His "extraordinary talent, kindness, and passion lit up the stage and our hearts," the show wrote in its X post, sharing the star's acceptance speech.

Persons: Tony, Gavin Creel, Creel, New York City’s, Jimmy Smith, “, Millie ”, Cornelius Hackl, Stephen Sondheim’s “, Elder Price, ”, Bette Midler, Kristin Chenoweth, “ Hamilton, Lin, Manuel Miranda —, Andrew H, Walker, ” Miranda, alums Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, ” Gad, ” Rannells, I’m, Gavin, ” Sutton Foster, ” Tom Viola, Walter McBride, ” Viola Organizations: Broadway, New York, New York City’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NBC News, Burger, Equity, Shubert Organization, SAG Locations: New, New York City, “, United States

☆ Dave Calhoun was the CEO hired to fix Boeing. It has been in crisis since he took over
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

So how does CEO Dave Calhoun still have a job? Boeing said it is working closely with regulators’ investigations and has plans in place to improve safety measures at its production facilities. Boeing’s 737 Max problems would be egregious enough on its own. But Dave Calhoun, Boeing’s chief executive since 2020, remains in his job, as does the entire C-suite at the time of this writing. Boeing hired Calhoun to right the ship.

Persons: New York CNN —, Dave Calhoun, “ It’s, ” Richard Aboulafia, ”, Max, John Barnett, Barnett’s, ‘, Calhoun, ’ ”, Aboulafia, McDonnell Douglas, “, ” Aboulafia, Boeing hasn’t, haven’t, ” Gad Allon, Allon isn’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, ” Boeing, Airbus, CNN, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business Locations: New York, Australia, New Zealand, Calhoun

☆ How do we solve a problem like Boeing?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —It took decades for Boeing to build a reputation as one of the most reliable companies on the planet. The latest headache for Boeing came Monday, when a 787 Dreamliner flying from Australia to New Zealand plunged suddenly mid-flight, injuring several passengers. It’s not clear what, if any, culpability Boeing has here — it said it’s gathering information about what went wrong. So, how do we solve a problem like Boeing? “This can be really as big as a financial crisis,” considering how many businesses around the world rely on Boeing planes.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Tesla, Brian Jokat, it’s, can’t, ” Gad Allon, “, ” Allon isn’t, Matt Stoller, ” Stoller, that’s, “ There’s, ” Allon Organizations: CNN Business, New York CNN, Boeing, American, Regulators, Latam Airlines, CNN, Wall Street Journal, FAA, Airbus, Pilots, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, American Economic Liberties, Boeing isn’t Locations: New York, Australia, New Zealand, American

☆ Egypt on edge as Israel’s war presses more than a million Palestinians up against its border
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The fortification by the border with Gaza is a “precautionary” measure ahead of an expected Israeli ground operation in Rafah, Egyptian security officials told CNN. Now, Egypt is sounding alarms again as Israel pushes more than a million Palestinians toward its territory and prepares for a military operation in Rafah. The treaty also limited the number of troops stationed on the border between Egypt and Gaza, which at the time was controlled by Israel. A satellite image from Maxar Technologies shows Rafah, Gaza, on February 3. After Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, it agreed with Egypt on a mechanism to secure the area with only Egyptian border patrol forces on the Egyptian side of the border.

Persons: Israel’s, Gazans, Kerem, Karm, Said Khatib, Bezalel Smotrich, “, Emad Gad, ”, Winter, Abdel Fattah el, Sisi, Abed Zagout, Itamar Ben Gvir, Smotrich, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ahmed Abu Zeid, ” Abu Zeid, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, Israel, it’s, Gad, ” Gad Organizations: CNN, Getty, Twitter, Israel, Associated Press, The New York Times, Ahram, Maxar Technologies, Maxar, Ahram Center for Political, Strategic Studies, Institute for National Security Studies, Department of, Islamic, Tel Aviv University, National, Finance, Foreign, Foreign Ministry, Alghad, Reuters, Egyptian, demilitarize, Al, News, Ahram Center Locations: Egypt, Gaza, Rafah, North Sinai, Israel, Karm Abu Salem, AFP, Cairo, Western, United States, Washington, Tel Aviv, Anadolu, Sinai, Israeli, Al

☆ Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad Tackle Another Book (Not Mormon)
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Josh Gad still remembers the first time he and Andrew Rannells met, in June 2010 in a Los Angeles audition suite. Rannells was auditioning for “The Book of Mormon,” the new musical from the creators of “South Park.” Gad, then a correspondent on “The Daily Show,” had long been attached. Rannells, a replacement actor in “Hairspray” and “Jersey Boys,” was not remotely famous. And I still had a grudge because you beat me out for ‘Jersey Boys.’” (It was unclear if Gad was joking. “The Book of Mormon” opened in 2011, to rapturous reviews, with Rannells as the strait-laced Mormon missionary Elder Price and Gad as his co-evangelist Elder Cunningham, whose laces are a lot looser.

Persons: Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, Gad, Rannells, ” Gad, ”, they’d, Chez, “, Tony, ’, Elder Price, Elder Cunningham, Norbert Leo Butz Organizations: Jersey Boys, ‘ Jersey Boys Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells to Reunite in ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The musical, written by Scott Brown and Anthony King, began its life in the comedy world, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, where King was the artistic director, and then was further developed at the New York Musical Festival. The director will be Alex Timbers, who also directed the 2006 Off Broadway production; Timbers later won a Tony Award for directing “Moulin Rouge!,” and he has also worked in comedy, including as the director of “Oh, Hello” on Broadway. “I love this show, and it gets seen and performed all over the world, but isn’t really known in New York,” Timbers said. “Broadway is rebounding, and it is due for an even bigger rebound,” Gad said. And more than anything, I think that people miss laughing.”

Persons: Scott Brown, Anthony King, King, Brown, “, ”, James Earl Jones, Alex Timbers, Gad, “ Gutenberg, ” Gad, Tony Awards Organizations: Upright Citizens Brigade, New, Broadway, James Earl Jones Theater, Timbers, ” Timbers, ” Locations: London, Australia, France, Korea, Spain, U.S, Moulin Rouge, New York

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