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Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway, starring Wendell Pierce, thrills in the present but struggles with the echoes of the past

NEW YORK — Arthur Miller would, it’s reasonable to assume, have been delighted at the idea of a Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” with an all-Black Loman family, especially with Wendell Pierce (”The Wire”) swinging for the fences in the starring role and Sharon D. Clarke playing the…

Chicago Tribune

EXPLAINER: A look at the Kevin Spacey-Anthony Rapp trial

The second week of Kevin Spacey's federal trial starts Tuesday in a #MeToo-era case against the actor in New York — but no criminal charges are involved

The Independent UK

Review: Broadway's '1776' is at war with its own material

NEW YORK — As directed by by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, the revival of the 1969 musical “1776,” which opened last week at the Roundabout Theatre, is the latest entry in the current trend of blowing up the baked-in optimism of the American musical theater.

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Wicked the musical will return to Australia in 2023 to mark its 20th anniversary on Broadway

Before Frozen and Let It Go, there was Wicked and Defying Gravity. The blockbuster musical turns 20 next year and to celebrate, a new Australian production will open in Sydney.

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Superb score, writing, cast transform ‘The Notebook’ into a stage musical for the ages

What we see at Chicago Shakespeare is a pre-Broadway production that is not just safe for the skeptical. It’s a significant leap in artistic quality over its sources, which it respects, while also providing a clear, resonant, and unique voice of its own.

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: Lea Michele rides waves of love in Broadway’s ‘Funny Girl’

NEW YORK — Come Tony Awards time next spring, the committee is going to have an issue. Lea Michele’s show-stopping lead performance in director Michael Mayer’s revival of “Funny Girl” will be a formidable competitor for best lead performance by an actress in a musical. But since she’s technically (and…

Chicago Tribune

Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan to headline Lorraine Hansberry’s ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window’

NEW YORK — Two stars will align for the first major New York revival of a Lorraine Hansberry play next year.

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Rangers fan left 'fighting for life' after being 'stabbed in neck multiple times' in Benidorm

Samuel McNicholl was rushed to hospital late on Saturday, 1, October, following the horrifying incident at Broadway bar in Benidorm, Alicante.

Daily Record

Cost of Living review – Pulitzer prize winner lands on Broadway with a splash

Martyna Majok’s sensitive drama about four characters on the margins is empathetically acted and unusually compassionate

The Guardian - US

Andrew Lloyd Webber to transfer his ‘Cinderella’ to Broadway

Andrew Lloyd Webber is saying goodbye to his last remaining show on Broadway and welcoming another. The musical theater icon announced Monday that his retooled version of “Cinderella” will land in New York at the Imperial Theatre in February with new songs, a new leading lady and a new title.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella musical transferring to Broadway less than a year after West End closure

Musical will move to Broadway as ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ ends

The Independent UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber to transfer his 'Cinderella' to Broadway

Andrew Lloyd Webber is saying goodbye to his last remaining show on Broadway and welcoming another

The Independent UK

New Asda store will be built at site of Sunderland petrol station despite local backlash

The Shell filling station on The Broadway will be replaced with a new 'top up' Asda

Chronicle Live

Mark Brown reviews The Book of Mormon as hit musical arrives in Scotland

THE Covid-delayed Scottish dates of the hit Broadway musical The Book Of Mormon have been eagerly anticipated.

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New this week: 'Reasonable Doubt,' 'Blonde' and Björk

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Björk and Broadway's "Into the Woods,” the reunion of Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy in “Hocus Pocus 2” and a Showtime documentary about Sinéad O’Connor

Evening Standard

My London: The Bear’s Will Poulter

The Bear actor dines with friends at Chishuru in Brixton, tries his best to look after the plants he buys from Broadway Market and would fill Parliament with his chosen people

Liverpool Echo

Man rushed to hospital after being slashed across face

The man was found with a slash wound to his face on Broadway

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Producers hope to take new Muhammad Ali musical all the way to Broadway

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Antonio Banderas ready to play Picasso once again, this time for the Broadway stage

NEW YORK — Antonio Banderas is ready to play Picasso again — this time on stage.

The Independent UK

Trump bizarrely tries to pin ‘Phantom of the Opera’ closure on Biden administration

Mr Trump is a fan of Reagan-era broadway showtimes and frequently includes them in the soundtrack that is played before his political rallies

Chicago Tribune

‘Good Night, Oscar’ with Sean Hayes is headed to Broadway

CHICAGO — The smash hit Goodman Theatre production of “Good Night, Oscar” is headed to Broadway in the spring with most of its original Chicago cast — including its acclaimed star, Sean Hayes, likely to be a formidable contender in the upcoming awards season.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to Close on Broadway Next Year

“The Phantom of the Opera” — Broadway’s longest-running show — is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York. The musical — a fixture on Broadway since 1988, weathering recessions, war and cultural shifts — will play its…

Chicago Sun-Times

Common to make his Broadway debut in November

He will join the cast of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Between Riverside and Crazy.”

The Independent UK

Rapper-actor Common to make his Broadway debut in November

Rapper and actor Common will make his Broadway debut this fall in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Between Riverside and Crazy.”

Tribune News Service

Lea Michele’s COVID-plagued ‘Funny Girl’ return sets new box office record in first week

NEW YORK — Although Lea Michele’s much-anticipated return to Broadway was upended by COVID-19 after only four performances, producers of “Funny Girl” are now laughing their way to the bank.

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