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Commentary: Is Scott Rudin’s apology enough? A new era demands more

April 19, 2021 at 9:04 a.m.

Producer Scott Rudin's bullying wasn't much of a secret on Broadway. What the recent blockbuster story by Tatiana Siegel in the Hollywood Reporter filled in were some of the details...

Closed broadway theaters during the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2020 in New York City.

Digital theater is all the rage, but could it destroy the live stage?

May 14, 2020 at 8:09 p.m.

No one at this point can answer when live performance will come back. Not the medical experts. Not theater owners and producers. And not the unions that represent the creative...

Joaquin Phoenix, ganador del actor principal Oscar por "Joker", felicitado por Jane Fonda entre bastidores en los Premios de la Academia en febrero de 2020.

¿Por qué el discurso en los Oscars de Joaquin Phoenix no parece ahora tan loco en tiempos de coronavirus?

April 15, 2020 at 1:53 p.m.

Aunque puede parecer que fue hace una eternidad, solo han pasado dos meses desde que Joaquín Phoenix aceptó su Oscar por su virtuosa actuación en "Joker" con un discurso sobre...

Executive producer/composer Andrew Lloyd Webber attends the world premiere of "Cats," at Alice Tully Hall, Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, in New York.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lin-Manuel Miranda have Twitter playoff with ‘Phantom’ and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’

March 21, 2020 at 9:40 a.m.

The team behind Andrew Lloyd Webber took to Twitter to ask which song from his mega-selling musical catalog his legions of fans would like him to perform. The answer came...

Francesca Hayward as Victoria, center, and Laurie Davidson as Mr. Mistoffelees, right, in 'Cats.'

Commentary: The movie is a wreck, the musical is a joke. Why, then, will we always have ‘Cats’?

December 24, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

When we first encounter the Roy Cohn of Tony Kushner's "Angels in America," he's furiously working his phones. To soothe an irate client, he offers tickets to "Cats," a Broadway...

HBO’s ‘Six by Sondheim’ offers stylish salute to a stage legend

December 24, 2018 at 5:53 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Ever since Stephen Sondheim reached the four-score mark three years ago, the spotlight has shifted from his work to the legend himself. There have been birthday galas,...

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