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☆ Broadway’s Crunchtime Is Also Its Best Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Broadway is the pinnacle of the commercial theater, a billion-dollar cultural enterprise and a jewel of New York City. So why is it run like a Christmas tree farm? I don’t mean that it invites too much tinsel. I mean that it operates at a very low hum for 10 months of the year and then goes into a two-month frenzy of product dumping. From a business standpoint, this is obviously unwise.

Organizations: Broadway Locations: New York City

☆ 3 entertainment jobs that don't require artistic skill—one pays more than $130,000 a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In fact, the arts are packed with jobs that people might not know about, and many don't require any specific artistic talent. Here are three jobs in the arts that don't necessarily require an artistic flair, including their requirements and median annual salaries according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Arts organizations raise money to put on various events like galas and festivals and to provide resources for artists, like spaces to work and perform in. There are arts organizations based all over the country, especially ones focused on local performance. "I'm an arts fundraiser."

Persons: Oppenheimer, Bill Kramer, Adam Sharp, we're, Heather A, Hitchens, Kramer Organizations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Sports, American Theatre Wing, Arts

☆ 12 facts about Chita Rivera, the Broadway legend known for 'West Side Story' and 'Chicago'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Chita Rivera, a Broadway legend who originated roles in beloved musicals like "West Side Story" and "Chicago," has died. She was 91. Rivera's daughter, Lisa Mordente, announced the news of her mother's death, saying it happened on Tuesday after a brief illness. Trained as a ballet dancer, Rivera became one of the most-nominated performers in the history of the Tony Awards throughout a decadeslong career that started when she was 19. Here's a look back at Rivera's life and legacy.

Persons: Chita Rivera, Rivera's, Lisa Mordente, Rivera Organizations: Broadway Locations: Chicago

☆ 19 people who have won an EGOT, the most coveted award in Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Olivia Singh | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mel Brooks got his EGOT by acting, writing for TV, and writing a musical. Mel Brooks is known for the musical "The Producers." REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniEmmy AwardsOutstanding writing achievement in variety, "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special" (1967)Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1997)Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1998)Outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, "Mad About You" (1999)Grammy AwardsBest spoken comedy album, "The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000" (1998)Best long form music video, "Recording The Producers – A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks" (2001)Best musical show album, "The Producers" (2001)Academy AwardBest writing, story and screenplay – written directly for the screen, "The Producers" (1969)Tony AwardsBest book of a musical, "The Producers" (2001)Best musical, "The Producers" (2001)Best original score, "The Producers" (2001)

Persons: Mel Brooks, Mario Anzuoni, Sid Caesar, Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Tony Awards

☆ 4.3 Million Watched the Emmys, a New Low
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( John Koblin | More About John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Emmy Awards ratings collapse continues. An audience of 4.3 million people watched the Emmys on Fox on Monday night, the lowest viewership since records have been kept, according to preliminary Nielsen data. In 2022, the Emmys garnered 5.9 million viewers, the previous low. The ratings have put the Emmys dangerously close to the Tony Awards, which for decades has drawn a significantly smaller audience. But in June, 4.3 million people tuned into the Tonys, an increase from its previous ceremony.

Persons: Tony Organizations: Fox, Nielsen

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elton John has achieved EGOT status. The famed British singer-pianist secured an Emmy Award on Monday night for best variety special (live) for “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium,” a three-hour concert documentary that streamed on Disney +. John said he was “incredibly humbled” for joining the elite group of EGOT winners who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. David Furnish, John's husband and a producer on the concert special, said John was overjoyed Monday night about winning his first-ever Emmy, and he “screamed out loud." We woke him up in the middle of the night,” Furnish said while holding John’s award backstage.

Persons: — Elton John, “ Elton John, John, ”, Oscar, Tony, ” John, Tim Rice’s Aida ”, King ”, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, David, “, He’s, he’s, Brandi Carlile, Rihanna, Chris Rock Organizations: ANGELES, Dodger, Disney, Dua Lipa, Apple Music Locations: British, ”, Los Angeles

The world also said goodbye to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who died Nov. 29. Political Cartoons View All 1277 ImagesAnother political figure who died this year was former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Nov. 19. Among the entertainers who left the world this year was singer Tina Turner, who died May 24. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2023 (cause of death cited for younger people, if available):___JANUARY___Fred White, 67. A Hall of Fame forward who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup Final.

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Trump, Diamond, Constantine, Jan, Tatjana Patitz, George Michael’s, Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley, Robbie Knievel, Evel Knievel, Ray Cordeiro, Elmo, Cookie, Gina Lollobrigida, Chris Ford, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Cindy Williams, Shirley, “ Laverne, Billy Packer, Sylvia Syms, Alex ”, Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, “ Papa, Rollin ’ Stone, Tom Verlaine, Patti Smith, Bobby Hull, Paco Rabanne, Harry Whittington, Dick Cheney, Hsing Yun, ”, San Jose ”, Carlos Saura, Spain’s, Hugh Hudson, Oscar, “ Greystroke, Hans Modrow, David Jude Jolicoeur, Huey “, ” Smith, Little Richard, Lloyd Price, “, Leiji Matsumoto, Yamato ”, Tim McCarver, Stella Stevens, Jerry Lewis’s, John Munch, Ahmed Qureia, Betty Boothroyd, Ricou Browning, Gill, Gérard Latortue, Fontaine, Barbara Everitt Bryant, Ryan ”, Kenzaburo Oe, Judy Heumann, Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Georgina Beyer, Traute Lafrenz, Rose, Peterson Zah, Tevye, Robert Blake, Jiang Yanyong, Bud Grant, Dick Fosbury, Pat Schroeder, Gloria Bosman, Jacqueline Gold, Britain’s Ann Summers, John Wick ”, John Jenrette, Juana La, Willis Reed, Darcelle, Paul O’Grady, Lily Savage, Emperor ”, Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, Margaret Thatcher, Ben Ferencz, Nuremberg, Elisabeth Kopp, Michael Lerner, Jack Lipnick, “ Barton Fink, Bugsy Calhoun, Anne Perry, Thomas Pitt, William Monk, Al Jaffee, magazine’s, Charles Stanley, Richard Riordan, Todd Haimes, Tony Awards, Barry Humphries, Tony, Dame Edna Everage, Len Goodman, Carolyn Bryant Donham, Emmett Till, LeRoy “ Lee ” Carhart, Larry “, ___ Gordon Lightfoot, Tori Bowie, Vida, Grace Bumbry, Rock ”, Ovelha, Denny Crum, Heather Armstrong, Bobbie Spencer, Rolf Harris, Kenneth Anger, Doyle Brunson, Jim Brown, Timothy Keller, Andy Rourke, Ray Stevenson, Thor ”, Ed Ames, George Maharis, Carroll Cooley, Miranda, John Beasley, Kaija, George Winston, Ipanema ”, Robert Hanssen, Richard Snyder, Simon & Schuster, Françoise Gilot, Pablo Picasso —, Pat Robertson, Theodore “ Ted ” Kaczynski, Roger Payne, 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Supreme, United Nations, Greek Foreign, Republican, Hong, Boston Celtics, NBA, NBC, CBS, Television, Fame, Chicago Blackhawks, ”, New, of Fame, Louis Cardinals, “, Palestinian, Israel, South Dakota Democrat, Arab, Arab American U.S, Britain’s, Commons, . 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NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. Sternhagen died peacefully of natural causes in her home in Washington, D.C., her son, John Carlin, said in a statement posted to Instagram. She was nominated for Tonys four other times, for starring or featured roles in "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," "Equus," "Angel" and "Morning's at Seven." In 2013, she played Edie Falco’s mother in the off-Broadway play “The Madrid.”“I have been very fortunate,” Sternhagen told the Daily Breeze of Torrance, California, in 2002. “And I think a lot of that is because I’m considered a character actor — which really means you can do a variety of things.

Persons: — Frances Sternhagen, Tony, ” “, ”, Sternhagen, John Carlin, ” Carlin, ” Sternhagen, Neil Simon's, Edie Falco’s, I’m, —, you’re Organizations: City, Washington , D.C, Broadway, Daily Locations: Washington ,, “, Brustein's, Madrid, Torrance , California

NEW YORK (AP) — Boy George — the Culture Club icon of the 1980s — is returning to Broadway in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical.”The singer-songwriter whose hits include “Karma Chameleon” and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” will play Moulin Rouge club owner Harold Zidler in the jukebox adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive 2001 movie. He starts Feb. 6 and ends May 12 at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre, taking over the role from Tituss Burgess. Boy George was last represented on Broadway in 2003 with “Taboo,” for which he wrote music and lyrics. He also performed in that show, but did not play himself.

Persons: —, George —, ”, Moulin, Harold Zidler, Baz Luhrmann’s, Tituss Burgess, Marmalade, Tony, Boy George, Critics Organizations: Culture Club, Broadway, Moulin Rouge, Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre Locations: “ Moulin Rouge

Known as a passionate and provocative theater advocate who pushed for boundary-breaking works and for classics to be adventurously modernized, Brustein founded both the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard. He was dean of the Yale School of Drama from 1966-1979 and during that time founded the Yale Repertory Theatre. “They'll have an unresolved experience.”After a painful, highly publicized dismissal from Yale, Brustein in 1979 switched to Harvard, where he taught English and founded the American Repertory Theatre in 1980. At both Yale Rep and A.R.T., Brustein told The Boston Globe in 2012, he embraced popular theater with a nationalistic streak: “We were trying to liberate American theater from its British overseers. The light, absurd comedy, which gently mocks the lavishness of other musicals, premiered in 1994 at the American Repertory Theatre and was close to making it to Broadway.

Persons: — Robert Brustein, Brustein, Gideon Lester, Lester, Doreen Beinart, “, ”, Tony, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Cherry Jones, Sigourney Weaver, James Naughton, James Lapine, Tony Shalhoub, Linda Lavin, Adam Rapp, William Ivey Long, Steve Zahn, Wendy Wasserstein, David Mamet, Peter Sellars, Lee Strasberg, Marilyn Monroe, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, August Wilson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, ” “ Chekhov, Ice, George Polk, Barack Obama, Daniel, Norma Brustein, it’s, ___ Mark Kennedy Organizations: Fisher, Bard University, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Harvard, New York Times, Tea Party, Suffolk University, Harvard University, The New, Fulbright, Cornell, Vassar, Yale School of Drama, Yale Rep, Broadway, Los Angeles Times, Yale, Institute, Advanced Theatre, Time, Boston Globe, “, Vineyard, Washington , D.C, Abington Theatre, Theatre, Globe, Journalism, American Academy of Arts and, Theatre Hall of Fame, Arts, White, Carr, for Human Rights, Kennedy School of Government Locations: Cambridge , Massachusetts, The New Republic, New York City, Amherst, Columbia, Brustein, American, Washington ,, New York, New, “, United States

☆ A Hairless Cat and Nickelback. What Could Be More Romantic?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Tammy Lagorce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On Sept. 26, 2021, Colin Ernest Barkell spotted Kayla Dianne Pecchioni stroking her hairless kitten at a screening of the Tony Awards. Especially to the cat. By the time “Moulin Rouge!” had racked up its final award that night, he was halfway in love with the blanket-swaddled kitten in Ms. Pecchioni’s arms. Three nights later, he fell fully in love with Ms. Pecchioni. Mr. Barkell and Ms. Pecchioni, who reside in Harlem, are performing artists.

Persons: Colin Ernest Barkell, Kayla Dianne Pecchioni, ”, Pecchioni, Barkell, Sugar Kane Organizations: Vaudeville Locations: Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Harlem, Broadway’s, Irish

☆ ‘Tommy,’ the Who’s Rock Opera, Will Return to Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Tommy” is returning to Broadway. A Chicago-born revival of the classic rock opera, which got strong reviews and sold well at Goodman Theater over the summer, will open at the Nederlander Theater in March. The musical, whose full title is “The Who’s Tommy,” began as a concept album in 1969, and the original stage production opened on Broadway in 1993. It won five Tony Awards, including for its score by Pete Townshend of the Who. Writing in The Chicago Tribune, the critic Chris Jones called the revival “truly a ready-for-prime-time stunner” and said “Broadway has nothing else like this wizardry going on.”

Persons: Tommy ”, Tommy, ”, Tony, Pete Townshend, Townshend, Des McAnuff, Chris Jones Organizations: Broadway, Goodman Theater, The Chicago Tribune Locations: Chicago, London

NEW YORK (AP) — Theater fans, mark your calendars: This season's Tony Awards will take place on June 16 at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Producers of the show announced the date and new location Wednesday. Next year's location — the David H. Koch Theater — is the home of New York City Ballet and in the same sprawling building complex as Lincoln Square Theater, which houses the Broadway venue Beaumont Theater. 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.

Persons: Tony, David H, — Organizations: —, Lincoln Center, Performing Arts, Producers, United Palace Theatre, Times, Koch, New York City Ballet, Lincoln Square Theater, Beaumont Theater, The Broadway League, American Theatre Wing Locations: New York City, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New

☆ Lea Salonga on the groundbreaking representation of Broadway’s ‘Here Lies Love’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Ann Bindot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Here Lies Love” arrives onto Broadway, though, at a moment of greatly increased visibility, representation and empowered Filipino identity. Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images“Here Lies Love” is an immersive experience that invites show-goers to the dancefloor, literally, imbuing the proceedings with a fun, nightclub-meets-karaoke vibe. That’s what I remember.”When the Marcoses fled to Hawaii in 1986, having been granted asylum by the United States, Salonga was celebrating her 15th birthday in Manila. The cast of "Here Lies Love" performing onstage. Watching “Here Lies Love” over two decades later, the emotion returned, packing an even stronger punch.

Persons: —, Lea Salonga, Kim, Salonga, Tony, ”, Imelda Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos, Aurora Aquino, Benigno “ Ninoy ” Aquino, Corazon Aquino, Marcoses, Corazon’s, Benigno “ Noynoy, Corazon III, Imelda, Andy Hernandez, Conrad Ricamora, Ninoy Aquino, she’s, “, ’, ’ ”, I’ve, ” Salonga, …, “ I’m, Willa Kim, Will Rogers, ” Lea Salonga, Jonathan Pryce, Sonia Moskowitz, Marcos, “ Laban, John Nacion, Jose Llana, ‘ We’ve, I’m, Ferdinand “ Bongbong ” Romualdez Marcos Jr, Ferdinand, Moses Villarama, Apl.de.Ap, H.E.R, Jo Koy, Jose Antonio Vargas, David Byrne —, Fatboy Slim, Moammar Gadhafi, Fidel Castro, Ronald Reagan, Castro, Gadhafi, Billy Bustamante, Matthew Murphy, Evan Zimmerman Organizations: CNN, New York, Broadway, San Francisco Bay Area, Manila International, Getty Locations: United States, Miss, ”, New, London, American, San Francisco Bay, Philippines, Manila, Mindoro, New York, ‘ Miss, New York City, Hawaii, “, Virginia

☆ Lifted by Lea Michele, ‘Funny Girl’ Recoups on Broadway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Michael Paulson | More About Michael Paulson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Broadway revival of “Funny Girl” starring Lea Michele is now officially a hit: It has recouped its capitalization costs, completing a remarkable box office turnaround of the sort rarely seen in the commercial theater. The show’s lead producers, Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis and David Babani, announced on Monday that the production had made back the $16.5 million it cost to mount. That milestone not only gives the production bragging rights, but also means that “Funny Girl” can generate a profit during the last few weeks of its run, which ends on Sept. 3. Only a handful of Broadway productions have announced the recoupment of their capitalization costs since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, as higher expenses and smaller audiences have made the always challenging economics of Broadway even more difficult. Critics were underwhelmed; the show won no Tony Awards (it was only nominated for one); and by summer its sales had drooped.

Persons: Lea Michele, Sonia Friedman, Scott Landis, David Babani, Barbra Streisand —, Beanie Feldstein, Critics Organizations: Wilson Theater

☆ 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

☆ Glenda Jackson, British actor turned politician, dies aged 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Elizabeth Piper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Raw-boned, pallid and angular, with striking, sharp eyes, she had starred on stage, television and film before quitting to take up politics, declaring: "An actor's life is not interesting". Jackson also won two Emmy awards for her portrayal of England's Queen Elizabeth I in the BBC's 1971 television series "Elizabeth R". After more than three decades on stage and film, Jackson quit acting and took her no-nonsense, straight-talking style into politics. In 1992, at the age of 55, Jackson won a seat in parliament representing the left-of-centre Labour Party in a constituency in north London. In parliament, Jackson was vociferous in her condemnation of the Conservative Party which she accused of instilling a "dreadful, dreadful moral malaise" in Britain.

☆ Twitter 2.0 is an empty promise unless it exterminates the bots
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Attempts to improve the quality of Twitter, like Twitter Blue, have fallen flat. A search of ChatGPT on Twitter presents tweets from bots in the top results section. On Monday, she said Twitter was "on a mission to become the world's most accurate real-time information source and a global town square for communication" as it evolved into Twitter 2.0. This all gets in the way of Yaccarino's ambition of making Twitter a real-time information source. If Twitter's future is to be a global town square that trades in accurate, real-time information between real-world people, the bots need to go for good — and fast.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino's, Linda Yaccarino, Twitter, Elon Musk, Adam Feldman, It's, Musk, Cheq, — Musk, Disney Organizations: Twitter, Street Locations: West Virginia

☆ Best of Tony Awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft of what could become the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution by the end of next year, the most significant green deal since the Paris climate accord.

Locations: Paris

☆ Red carpet style at the Tony Awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Dave Lucas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Locations: Paris

☆ Lupita Nyong’o wears custom silver breastplate to 2023 Tony Awards
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Attending the 2023 Tony Awards in New York Sunday night, Lupita Nyong’o arrived in timeless formalwear: a sharp black velvet dinner jacket and flared trousers. Nyong’o was wearing a custom breastplate cast and molded on her body by Misha Japanwala, a Pakistani artist and designer whose subversive sculptures are already increasingly attracting an impressive celebrity clientele. (An exhibition of Japanwala’s work is also currently on display at the Hannah Traore art gallery in New York.) Misha Japanwala's work "asks viewers to see the body exactly as it is," the artist writes on her website. Japanwala’s work, however, presents a very different picture.

Persons: Lupita Nyong’o, Nyong’o, Misha Japanwala, Hannah Traore, Misha Japanwala's, Nyong'o, Steve Eichner, Ford, Bella Hadid, Rihanna, breastplates, Yves Saint Laurent, Claude Lalanne, Lalanne, ’ breastplates, Japanwala’s, Japanwala, ” Nyong’o, ” Organizations: CNN, Cannes Film Locations: New York, Pakistani, ribcage, Couture, Greece

☆ Tony Awards Viewership Increases to 4.3 Million
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

(The writers had already successfully disrupted the MTV Movie & TV Awards last month, which prompted the cancellation of the live ceremony; MTV and CBS share the same corporate parent, Paramount.) The Tony Awards represent a vital marketing tool for Broadway as it still makes its slow recovery out of the pandemic. Given the relatively low viewership of the Tonys, the show has always been more of a prestige play for CBS than a profit machine. relented, and the end result was an awards show that went heavy on live performances and introductory videos, and went without scripted material or pre-written bits. Thank you to attendees wearing #WGAstrong pins, and to everyone who showed solidarity with the writers during last night’s unscripted awards show.”The unscripted ceremony, which was hosted by Ariana DeBose, was mostly well received.

Persons: W.G.A, Ariana DeBose, Jesse Green Organizations: CBS, MTV, Paramount, Writers Guild of America, The Locations: York

Tony voters struck a perfect equilibrium with the awards for scenic design. Beowulf Boritt won for the musical “New York, New York,” a big, buoyant throwback of a show whose aesthetic is decidedly classic Broadway. “There’s no video wall in ‘New York, New York,’” he assured the audience, which sounded glad to hear it. Recognizing such different kinds of excellence, the Tonys gracefully embraced both tradition and tradition-breaking. LAURA COLLINS-HUGHESSmall is beautiful

Persons: Tony, Beowulf Boritt, ”, “, ’ ”, Tim Hatley, Andrzej Goulding, LAURA COLLINS, HUGHES Organizations: “ Locations: York , New York, ‘ New York , New York

☆ 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,' 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

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