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News Articles: Broadway

John Riddle as Raoul (left), Ben Crawford as The Phantom and Emilie Kouatchou as Christine at Broadway's 34th anniversary performance of <em>The Phantom of the Opera. </em>The last performance of the long-running hit musical will be on Sunday, April 16.

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'Phantom of the Opera' takes a final Broadway bow after 13,981 performances

On Sunday night the curtain will fall on the longest-running show in Broadway history: Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega hit ran for more than 35 years. "I got the gig of a lifetime," says one cast member.

April 15, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden
Mary Rodgers, her memoir "Shy", and theater critic Jesse Green.

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  • Books

Political Rewind: Theater critic Jesse Green remembers Mary Rodgers in 'Shy'

Friday on Political Rewind: Mary Rodgers grew up among some of Broadway's biggest names, from Sondheim to Bernstein. Her father was one half of Rodgers and Hammerstein. We sit down with New York Times theater critic Jesse Green to discuss Rodgers' autobiography, Shy.

January 13, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
A poster advertising "The Phantom of the Opera" is displayed on the shuttered Majestic Theatre in New York on March 12, 2020. Broadway's longest-running show is scheduled to close in February 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

'The Phantom of the Opera,' Broadway's longest-running show, will close next year

The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts — will play its final performance in New York on Feb. 18, 2023.

September 17, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Dorcas Sowunmi and Mary Badham on the national tour of <em>To Kill A Mockingbird.</em>

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  • Arts & Life

Scout from the 'To Kill A Mockingbird' film now plays the racist neighbor onstage

Mary Badham was 10 years old when her performance as Scout earned her an Oscar nomination. Now, six decades later, she's touring the country's stages in the Broadway version.

July 19, 2022
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Some of the vendors at the Broadway Makers Marketplace, which carries their handmade goods

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  • Theater

At the Broadway Makers Marketplace, theater fans find both crafts and community

A pop-up shop in a New York subway station is home to all things Broadway: memorabilia, live performances and handmade goods created by fans. Now, the shop's owners hope to find a permanent home.

March 19, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Illustrator Peter Emmerich says he drew on both research and his own personal memories to draw people like Stephen Sondheim. "I put him in the book wearing what he was wearing when I met him," says Emmerich. "Because, like, I will never forget him in that red sweater."

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  • Books

Theater stars spring to life on the pages of 'B is for Broadway'

A few years ago, a children's book called A is for Audra celebrated musical theater divas. Its creators have written a new book, B is for Broadway, celebrating theater from auditions to Ziegfeld.

January 29, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Lynn Nottage photographed at A Broadway Celebration at the Times Square EDITION, in December 2021.

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  • Arts & Life

Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage turns a triple play in New York City

Nottage, the only woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, has a new play on Broadway, an opera at Lincoln Center Theater and a Michael Jackson musical opening soon.

January 14, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Shoba Narayan, the first South Asian actress to play <em>Aladdin</em>'s Princess Jasmine, took on the role in 2021.

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  • Performing Arts

Shoba Narayan's fight for South Asian representation began long before Jasmine

Cast as Aladdin's first South Asian Princess Jasmine in 2021, Shoba Narayan has been committed to bringing her cultural background to the character and the show.

January 09, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
The Broadway cast of <em>Come From Away</em> <em></em>had to cancel a week's performances before Christmas due to a COVID-19 outbreak. When it returned, eight out of the 12 actors in the show were substitutes.

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  • Theater

With COVID outbreaks, Broadway's understudies take center stage

Breakthrough infections from the omicron variant have been spreading like wildfire among casts and crews, so understudies and swing performers have been helping keep shows afloat.

January 03, 2022
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Stephen Sondheim onstage during an event at the Fairchild Theater in East Lansing, Mich., in 1997.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: In Sondheim's essential lyrics, a soundtrack for life

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the life and legacy of Stephen Sondheim, the venerated composer and lyricist who died Friday at the age of 91.

November 27, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
Costume designer William Ivey Long, then chairman of the American Theatre Wing, speaks at the Tony Awards nominations ceremony in 2014.

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  • Arts & Life

A prominent Broadway costume designer is accused of sexual abuse

William Ivey Long is an iconic presence on Broadway, designing costumes for shows such as Diana: The Musical and Chicago. Now two men have accused the former Tony Awards chairman of sexual abuse.

November 17, 2021
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr. will host different parts of the Tony Awards broadcast on Sept. 26: the awards ceremony and the following two-hour celebration of Broadway's return, respectively.

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  • Theater

4 Things To Know Ahead Of The 2021 Tony Awards

The 74th Annual Tony Awards will be presented on Sunday, September 26 more than 15 months after they were previously scheduled. But these pandemic Tonys are by no means business as usual.

September 27, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Pearl Cleage

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  • Performing Arts

The Show Must Go On After A Year Of COVID: A Talk With Pearl Cleage

From Broadway to your local community playhouse, the pandemic put live theater on hold. But the theater is slowly coming back. Joining us to talk about that and more is playwright, best-selling author, poet and political activist Pearl Cleage. She's currently the playwright in residence at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta.

August 11, 2021
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Tiffany Griffith
Jon Michael Hill (seated) and Namir Smallwood star in <em>Pass Over, </em>the first play to return to Broadway since the COVID-19 closure.

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  • Theater

Broadway's 1st Play Since COVID Closure Blends Bible, Beckett, Black Lives Matter

The first play to open on Broadway in more than a year, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over tells the story of two young Black men dreaming of a better tomorrow in a world of police violence.

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jeannie Santiago attend the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson will both star in his own one-man play, "Lackawanna Blues" and direct "Skeleton Crew" this year.

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  • Theater

Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer

Seven new work by Black playwrights are scheduled to make their Broadway debut in 2021; Five of these writers are set to see their work performed on the Broadway stage for the very first time.

July 10, 2021
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  • Josie Fischels
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