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News Articles: musicals

Broadway composer Charles Strouse in New York City in 2011. Strouse died Thursday, May 15, 2025, at 96.

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  • Music

Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' dies at 96

The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96.

May 17, 2025
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  • Jeff Lunden
Nicole Scherzinger as Norma Desmond in <em>Sunset Blvd</em>.

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  • Performing Arts

2025 Tony nominations are out — and they're full of celebrities

Broadway isn't just back — it's raising the bar. Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending tied for most nominations. Plus, nods to George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger and more.

May 01, 2025
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Hattie Thomas Whitehead in the courtyard of Creswell Hall on the University of Georgia campus, mere feet from where the shotgun house she was raised in once stood. Thomas Whitehead and others with connections to the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a mind of reparations for the neighborhood's erasure.

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  • News

'Linnentown': Athens' displaced Black neighborhood has its story told on stage

This weekend, a new musical tells the story of Athens' erased Black neighborhood where UGA dormitories now stand.

April 12, 2024
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  • Chase McGee
Young Celie (Phylicia Pearl Mpasi) and young Nettie (Halle Bailey) share an unbreakable bond.

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  • Movies

The new 'Color Purple' exudes joy, but dances past some deeper complexities

Drawing on four decades of debate and analysis, this reincarnation is a remarkable departure from Alice Walker's Pulitzer-winning novel and its polarizing 1985 adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg.

December 19, 2023
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  • Aisha Harris
Spring Woods High School in  Houston, Texas, is one of the schools that put on a production of <em>The Addams Family.</em>

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  • Performing Arts

These were the most frequently performed plays and musicals in high schools this year

The Addams Family, Clue and Frozen JR were among the most popular shows, according to a new survey. But the report also showed that drama teachers are nervous about censorship.

June 05, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Arts & Life

Adults complained about a teen theater production and the show's creators stepped in

High school theater teachers fear their stages will be the next battleground in the culture war. Plays have been canceled or removed when local officials claim the content is inappropriate.

March 09, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Terry Teachout in 2012.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Remembering a friendship with Terry Teachout

NPR's Scott Simon remembers theater critic and playwright Terry Teachout, who died this week at the age of 65.

January 16, 2022
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  • Scott Simon

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  • Education

The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals

Mary Poppins is out and Matilda is in, according to the new high school theater rankings from the Educational Theatre Association. The organization has been publishing its list since 1938.

July 30, 2020
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  • Elissa Nadworny

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