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☆ Opinion | On Broadway, ‘Centering’ Antiracism Is Delightful
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( John Mcwhorter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

My 12-year-old daughter practically had to drag me into the musical “Six,” currently raging on Broadway, in which Henry VIII’s six wives all have their say about what happened to them. In this, the whole show is a kind of lesson in antiracism, regardless of whether a viewer is consciously aware of it. In that way, it is a quintessentially modern work of musical theater. Beyond the lessons “Six” teaches, the performers manage some of the deftest work on Broadway I’ve ever seen. So, “Six” can change your lens in an antiracist (and antisexist) way — while also turning you on to art, wonder, curiosity and excitement.

Persons: ”, Henry VIII’s, Kimberly Akimbo, ” I’m, Anne of Cleves Organizations: Broadway

NEW YORK (AP) — It's a new location but the same host for the Tony Awards:Ariana DeBose will make it three in a row as MC of theater's most watched event, which this year moves uptown to Lincoln Center. “I couldn’t pass up the chance to host the Tonys one more time, at Lincoln Center. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesLike last year, the three-hour main telecast will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+ from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. EDT/5 p.m.-8 p.m. PDT with a pre-show on Pluto TV, with some Tony Awards handed out there. The Tony eligibility cut-off date for the 2023-2024 season is April 25, and nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards will be announced April 30. The awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

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“Kimberly Akimbo” won last year’s Tony Award for best musical, and “Parade” won the Tony for best musical revival. Only “Kimberly Akimbo” and “Sweeney Todd” are still running on Broadway, and if you want to see them in New York, now’s the time: “Kimberly Akimbo” has announced plans to close on April 28 and “Sweeney Todd” is expected to end its run on May 5. “Kimberly Akimbo” is planning a national tour that is scheduled to start in Denver in September. A “Shucked” tour is to begin in Nashville in November, and a “Parade” tour is to begin in January in Schenectady, N.Y., and then Minneapolis. “Some Like It Hot” had announced an intention to tour starting this fall but has not announced any venues.

Persons: Adrianna Hicks, Christian Borle, Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Jesse Green, ”, J, Harrison, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Scott Wittman, Marc Shaiman, Wittman, Shaiman, “ Kimberly Akimbo, Leo Frank, “, “ Sweeney Todd, Barber, Stephen Sondheim, “ Kimberly Akimbo ”, Tony, “ Sweeney Todd ” Organizations: Shubert Theater, Broadway, New York Times Locations: Georgia, New York, Denver, Nashville, Schenectady, N.Y, Minneapolis

☆ Casey Likes of ‘Back to the Future,’ Is on a Roll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Rando, who directed the “Back to the Future” musical, hired Likes for his youth, his amiability, his soulful rock tenor. Once previews began, he was also impressed with the confidence that Likes brought to the role and his effortless engagement with viewers. Likes knows that he has to get the audience on his side, smile by smile, note by note. This week the “Back to the Future” team, the Pinheads, would play the “Kimberly Akimbo” team, Pinberly Akimbowl. Asked if his co-star Roger Bart (who plays Doc Brown) was on the team, Likes shook his head and laughed.

Persons: John Rando, ” Rando, Patrick Fugit, Michael J, ”, “, Kimberly Akimbo ”, Pinberly Akimbowl, Spareolines, Roger Bart, Doc Brown, Likes, Bart, “ He’s, don’t Organizations: Fox, Broadway Locations: “ Moulin Rouge

☆ What’s in Our Queue? ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Christopher Kuo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Writing in New YorkChristopher Kuo Writing in New YorkWhat’s in Our Queue? ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and MoreI’m the reporting fellow on The Times’s Culture desk. As a recent New York City transplant, I’m exploring the city by taking in some of its many cultural attractions. Here are five things I’ve heard, seen and watched recently →

Persons: New York Christopher Kuo, Kimberly Akimbo ’, I’ve Locations: New York, New York City

☆ 'Kimberly Akimbo,' Tom Stoppard’s 'Leopoldstadt' among winners on writerless Tony night
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Kathryn Lurie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] The cast of “Kimberly Akimbo” perform at the 76th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McdermidJune 11 - “Kimberly Akimbo,” about a teenager who ages in reverse, and Tom Stoppard’s autobiographical “Leopoldstadt” were among the winners Sunday as the Tony Awards went on despite the Writers Guild of America strike. The three-hour telecast on CBS was hosted by Tony- and Academy Award-winner Ariana DeBose. Patrick Marber, who won best director of a play for “Leopoldstadt,” was among several winners who used their acceptance speeches to express support for the strike. The pre-show included the award for best regional theater, which went to the Pasadena Playhouse, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, which went to director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell.

Persons: “ Kimberly Akimbo ”, Tony, Brendan Mcdermid, “ Kimberly Akimbo, Tom, Tony Awards, Ariana DeBose, Joel Grey, John Kander, Patrick Marber, “, ”, Marber, I’m, ” “ Kimberly Akimbo ”, Victoria Clark, ” Clark, Sean Hayes, Oscar Levant, Oscar, ” J, Harrison, Alex Newell, Newell, Lulu, Jodie Comer, Tessa, “ Prima, ” Michael Arden, Julianne Hough, Skyler Astin, Tonys, Isabelle Stevenson, Jerry Mitchell, Kathryn Lurie, Donna Bryson, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Writers Guild of America, CBS, Pasadena Playhouse, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Washington Heights, Manhattan, York , New York, Piazza, London, “, “ Shucked

☆ Unscripted or Not, the Tonys Were Mostly Predictable
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

No writers’ names crawled up the screen at the end of Sunday night’s telecast of the Tony Awards, and though the writers might not like to hear it, their absence made little difference. The names of the show’s producers and director were the same as always, and in television as in the theater, they call the game. Mostly those things bore out the predictions, and many people’s predilections too. “Kimberly Akimbo,” the sweet, intimate, tragicomic “nerdical” by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire, won the most musical prizes, including one for its star, Victoria Clark, and one for the show itself. “Some Like It Hot” followed with a reasonable haul, and though “Parade” picked up just two, they were good ones: best direction of a musical and best musical revival.

Persons: Awards, —, “ Kimberly Akimbo, Jeanine Tesori, David Lindsay, Abaire, Victoria Clark, ” Organizations: Writers Guild of America, Paramount, Broadway

☆ ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Wins Best Musical Tony and ‘Leopoldstadt’ Best Play
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Kimberly Akimbo,” a small-scale, big-hearted show about a teenage girl coping with a life-shortening genetic condition and a comically dysfunctional family, won the coveted Tony Award for best musical Sunday night. The award came at the close of an unusual Tony Awards ceremony that almost didn’t happen because of the ongoing screenwriters’ strike. Only an intervention by a group of playwrights who also work in film and television saved the show: they persuaded the Writers Guild of America that it would be a mistake to make the struggling theater industry collateral damage in a Hollywood-centered dispute, and in the end the telecast aired without pickets, without scripted banter and without a hitch. “I’m live and unscripted,” the ceremony’s returning host, Ariana DeBose said at the start of the show, after an opening number that began with her backstage, paging through a binder labeled “Script” filled with blank pages, and then dancing wordlessly through the theater and onto the stage. She then pointed out the absence of teleprompters, offered her support for the strikers’ cause, and declared, “To anyone who thought last year was a bit unhinged, to them I say, ‘Darlings, buckle up!’”

Persons: “ Kimberly Akimbo, Tony, ’, Ariana DeBose, “, ‘ Organizations: Writers Guild of America Locations: Hollywood

☆ Tony Awards 2023: Highlights and winners
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/25] The cast of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" perform onstage at the 76th Annual Tony Awards in New York City, U.S., June 11, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid - HP1EJ6C05QLC2See pictures and a running list of winners at the 76th Tony Awards, the highest honors in American theater. BEST MUSICALKimberly AkimboBEST PLAYLeopoldstadtBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAYPrima Facie: Jodie ComerBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAYGood Night, Oscar: Sean HayesBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICALKimberly Akimbo: Victoria ClarkBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICALSome Like it Hot: J. Harrison GheeBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICALKimberly Akimbo: Bonnie MilliganBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICALShucked: Alex NewellBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAYThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window: Miriam SilvermanBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAYLeopoldstadt: Brandon UranowitzBEST BOOK OF A MUSICALKimberly Akimbo: David Lindsay-AbaireBEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICALParadeBEST REVIVAL OF A PLAYSuzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/UnderdogBEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICALParade: Michael ArdenBEST DIRECTION OF A PLAYLeopoldstadt: Patrick MarberBEST CHOREOGRAPHYSome Like it Hot: Casey NicholawBEST ORIGINAL SCOREKimberly Akimbo: Jeanine Tesori for music and David Lindsay-Abaire for lyrics. BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAYLeopoldstadt: Brigitte ReiffenstuelBEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICALSome Like it Hot: Gregg BarnesBEST ORCHESTRATIONSSome Like it Hot: Charlie Rosen and Bryan CarterSee picotures and a running list of winners at the 76th Tony Awards, the highest honors in American theater.cNew York, New York: Beowulf BorittBEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAYLife of Pi: Tim Hatley and Andrzej GouldingBEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICALSweeney Todd: Natasha KatzBEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAYLife of Pi: Tim LutkinBEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAYLife of Pi: Carolyn DowningBEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICALSweeney Todd: Nevin SteinbergOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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At this point, Audra McDonald is part of Tony Awards history. McDonald previously won four featured actress Tonys in the play and musical categories for her roles in “Carousel” (1994), “Master Class” (1996), “Ragtime” (1998) and “A Raisin in the Sun” (2004). She is the only person to win in all four acting categories. Despite the cascade of awards, she told The New York Times in an interview last month that the recognition remained special. “It’s an honor,” she said while on a lunch break from working on yet another project.

Persons: Audra McDonald, Tony, who’s, —, Suzanne Alexander, Adrienne Kennedy’s, McDonald, Chita Rivera, Julie Harris, Tonys, ”, Bess, Porgy, Bess ”, Billie Holiday Organizations: Sun, New York Times

☆ Tony Award Winners 2023: Updating List
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Rachel Sherman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Follow the latest live updates and photos from the Tony Awards. The 76th Tony Awards are taking place tonight at the United Palace in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. The awards ceremony, which honors plays and musicals that opened on Broadway between April 29, 2022, and April 27, 2023, will be broadcast live at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and streamed on Paramount+. This year’s awards ceremony, which was nearly called off amid the Writers Guild of America strike, will be presented without a script in an agreement reached with the union. Ariana DeBose, who was nominated for a Tony in 2018, will host the ceremony for the second year in a row.

Persons: Tony, Julianne Hough, Skylar Astin, ’, Ariana DeBose, ”, ” “ Kimberly Akimbo Organizations: Broadway, CBS, Paramount, Writers Guild of America Locations: Manhattan’s Washington Heights, ” “ New York , New York

☆ How to Watch the Tony Awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Lea Michele is going to lead a number from the revival of “Funny Girl” that opened a year ago. And Joaquina Kalukango, one of last year’s Tony winners, will sing a song to accompany the In Memoriam segment. Broadway is still struggling to recover from the lengthy coronavirus shutdown — attendance remains 17 percent below prepandemic levels — and producers view the Tony Awards as an important way to introduce a large audience to the newest shows. Also, the Tonys are a way to lift up theater as an art form, often boosting the careers of the artists involved. Wins and nominations help plays get staged at regional theaters and taught in colleges, and telecast performances help musicals sell tickets and tour.

Persons: Ariana DeBose, Steven Spielberg’s “, Donna Summer, Julianne Hough, Skylar Astin, “, ” “ Kimberly Akimbo, ”, “ Sweeney Todd, Lea Michele, Neil Diamond, Tony Locations: ” “ New York , New York

☆ Tony Predictions: Expect Wins for ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

What do you get when you toss together a brassy grifter, an Elvish-speaking anagrammist, a show choir and, oh yes, a teenager with a life-threatening genetic condition? This year, it seems, you get a Tony-winning musical. “Kimberly Akimbo,” a small show with a huge heart, is likely to win the most coveted prize at the 76th Tony Awards ceremony on Sunday, according to my annual survey of Tony voters. Over the last week, I have connected, by email or telephone, with 158 voters who generously agreed to discuss their picks (and, often, their concerns about, and hopes for, the theater business); they are distributing their votes widely among the nominees after a season with few consensus favorites. There are a total of 769 Tony voters, and they are mostly industry insiders — producers, investors, actors, writers, directors, designers, and many others with theater-connected lives and livelihoods.

Persons: Tony, “ Kimberly Akimbo

☆ A Tony Nominee Shows Off Her Snug Upper West Side Rental
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bonnie Milligan, an actress known for her vocal range and belting voice, shares a snug rental on the Upper West Side with a college friend who is also a performer. Ms. Milligan’s bedroom is sufficiently small that she has to leave to change her mind. But the 30-something Ms. Milligan, a Tony nominee for her performance as the shifty, shiftless Aunt Debra in the musical “Kimberly Akimbo” (the awards ceremony is scheduled for June 11), isn’t much for trafficking in discouraging words. There’s a washer and dryer in the basement, and workout equipment in the courtyard. “Over the course of the 15 years I’ve been here, it has gone up $550 in total,” Ms. Milligan said.

Persons: Bonnie Milligan, Milligan, Aunt Debra, Kimberly Akimbo ”, I’ve, ” Ms Organizations: Lincoln Center

☆ Tony Awards Officials Ask Striking Writers to Reconsider Broadcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Broadway producers and industry leaders say that the annual awards show is a vital marketing tool for the industry, and particularly important to the financial health of new musicals. members are striking for better compensation and structural changes to the way writers relate to studios, streaming services and networks as the entertainment industry evolves. Conversations between theater industry leaders, union leaders, and CBS are ongoing. The Broadway League and the American Theater Wing, which jointly present the Tony Awards, are hoping to resolve the crisis soon. If a broadcast proves impossible, many industry leaders appear determined to hand out the prizes as scheduled, either at a nontelevised event or simply by announcing the winners.

☆ How the Star of ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Found Beauty in Her Voice Again
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Laura Collins-Hughes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

from Yale is in music. She followed up that show with two more Broadway musicals, “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella” (2013) and “Gigi” (2015). Around 2018, she set aside a solo show she’d been making about the impact of music on her life, worried that she might run out of voice onstage. “I had to fall in love again with myself and figure out how to love myself as I was changing,” she said. But it’s not that she can’t hit the high notes anymore, even if only one song in the pop-style “Kimberly Akimbo” asks her to.

☆ 'Some Like It Hot' leads 2023 Tony nominations
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 2 (Reuters) - Film-turned-musical "Some Like It Hot," led the nominations announced Tuesday for the 2023 Tony awards, the highest honors in American theater, followed by "& Juliet," "New York, New York," and "Shucked." "Kimberly Akimbo," and a revival of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," also topped the list of nominations by production for the 76th annual awards, according to a statement from the Tony Awards committee. Best new musical nominees were "& Juliet," "Kimberly Akimbo," "New York, New York," "Shucked" and "Some Like it Hot," with "Sweeney Todd" and "Into the Woods" among the productions earning nods for best musical revival. The stage adaptation of the 1959 crime comedy film "Some Like It Hot," opened on Broadway in December and topped the list with 13 nominations. Reporting by Susan Heavey; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tony Awards Nominations 2023: The Complete List
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Rachel Sherman | Gabe Cohn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Follow our live updates on the Tony Awards nominations. Nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards were announced Tuesday by the actress Lea Michele, who is currently in “Funny Girl” on Broadway, and Myles Frost, who won a 2022 Tony Award for his portrayal of Michael Jackson in the Broadway musical “MJ.” Some categories were read live on CBS at 8:30 a.m. Eastern; others were unveiled through a livestream on the Tony Awards YouTube page. A total of 38 shows were vying for Tony nominations this year. “Some Like It Hot,” a Broadway musical version of the Billy Wilder film, picked up the most nominations of any show, with 13 in all. The musicals “& Juliet,” “New York, New York” and “Shucked” each followed with nine nominations.

☆ Meet the 19-Year-Old ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Actor Who’s Charming Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He has turned, often, to the show’s star, Victoria Clark, for guidance. She’s a 63-year-old Tony winner (for “The Light in the Piazza”), and he’s a 19-year-old novice, and in the show they both play high school students who are about 16 years old. “How to not stay up late and play video games. It definitely took a step up in maturity for me to be working in the professional world. I’m still figuring out a lot of things.”Tesori remembers a day when she ran into Cooley on his way to Trader Joe’s and he blurted out “Hey, how do you cook?”

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