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19.11.2020 / 20:47

Study Credits ‘Hamilton’ For Boosting Cast Diversity But Says Gains Insufficient For Industry Hiring Problems

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe first Actors’ Equity diversity and inclusion report since 2017 finds “modest improvement” in the hiring of actors and stage managers of color in the last three years, but describes the slight shift as “extremely gradual, inconsistent and not enough to change longtime problems in the industry.”In fact, the increased representation of people of color in the nation’s theater industry can be attributed solely to multiple productions of Hamilton, the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical that casts non-white actors as the nation’s Founding Fathers.In addition, women, the report found, continue to suffer from a gender wage gap, and trans, non-binary or gender-nonconforming Equity members usually earn less than

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19.11.2020 / 18:59

Sony Music Masterworks Acquires 50% Of Broadway’s ‘Slave Play’ Production Company Seaview

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSony Music Masterworks has announced a strategic investment in Seaview, the theater production company behind Broadway’s by Jeremy O. Harris and the Jake Gyllenhaal-Tom Sturridge double bill .Under the new agreement, Masterworks is acquiring a 50% ownership position in Seaview and will collaborate on the development of new theatrical productions as well as support Seaview in launching new verticals in film, television, and podcasting in the upcoming year.Greg Nobile, Seaview’s co-founder and C.E.O., will continue to oversee the company’s day-to day operations along with co-founder Jana Shea and Managing Director Carly Callahan.

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19.11.2020 / 02:44

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed In Naya Rivera Drowning

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticA wrongful death lawsuit was filed today in Ventura County Court on behalf of the four-year-old son of drowning victim Naya Rivera, claiming the county failed to adequately warn swimmers of the dangers at Lake Piru.The suit comes four months after the July 8 death of the Glee actress, who was swimming in Ventura County’s Lake Piru with her son, Josey, when the incident occurred. The boy was able to climb back onto the rented boat.The suit, which also names as defendants United Water Conservation District as well as Parks and Recreation Management (PMC), was filed by Josey’s father Ryan Dorsey, along with Naya Rivera’s estate and business manager.

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19.11.2020 / 00:22

New York’s Encores! Sets ‘Into The Woods’ As First Production In New Icon Series

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEncores!, the acclaimed series of concert-style theatrical productions founded to rediscover overlooked Broadway gems of years past, announced plans to stage Into The Woods, the beloved Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical that is anything but overlooked.Into The Woods, which has been staged, revived and filmed many times over (including the 2014 feature film starring Meryl Streep and James Corden), will be the first of a new Encores! mission to celebrate iconic American musicals, the New York City Center announced today.No production timeline or target opening was announced; the city’s theater venues remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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18.11.2020 / 18:50

Tina Fey To Host NBC’s ‘One Night Only: The Best of Broadway’ Two-Hour Special

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticTina Fey will host NBC’s One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, a two-hour special on Dec.

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18.11.2020 / 18:13

Dylan McDermott, Phylicia Rashad To Headline ‘The Night of the Iguana’ Benefit

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Dylan McDermott and Phylicia Rashad will headline a streaming performance of the Tennessee Williams classic The Night of the Iguana, directed by Emily Mann and benefitting the Actors Fund.A presentation of La Femme Theatre Productions, the pre-recorded performance will stream December 2-6 and feature McDermott as Reverand Shannon and Rashad as Maxine. Also in the cast are Roberta Maxwell as Miss Fellowes, Austin Pendleton as Nonno, and Jean Lichty as Hannah, with Keith Randolph Smith, Carmen Berkeley, Eliud Kauffman, Julio Macias, Stephanie Schmiderer, Bradley James Tejeda and John Hans Tester.

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17.11.2020 / 21:11

Keenan Scott II’s Acclaimed Play ‘Thoughts Of A Colored Man’ Headed To Broadway

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThoughts of a Colored Man, the critically lauded new play by Keenan Scott II and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, will open on Broadway during the upcoming season, producers announced today.The play, which had its world premiere at Syracuse Stage last year, will be staged on Broadway at a Shubert Organization theater to be announced.Broadway will remain under the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown at least until June.Unfolding during the course of a single day in Brooklyn, Thoughts of a Colored Man chronicles the lives of seven Black men as they confront and discuss any number of issues facing their community.

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17.11.2020 / 20:12

Al Roker Announces Post-Surgery ‘Today’ Return And Thanksgiving Parade Plans

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticToday show cohost and weatherman Al Roker plans to be back on the NBC morning show next Monday, he told viewers today while also sharing news that his prognosis after last week’s prostate surgery is “excellent.”The 66-year-old Roker underwent the five-hour surgery Nov. 9 to remove his prostate and surrounding tissue and lymph nodes at New York City’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.Providing an update on his health in an appearance on this morning on Today – watch it below – Roker said, “It was this great relief.

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17.11.2020 / 20:11

‘Caroline, Or Change’, ‘Trouble In Mind’, ‘1776’ Target New Broadway Openings; No Date Yet For ‘Birthday Candles’ With Debra Messing

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Roundabout Theatre Company says it will resume production in Fall 2021 with two much anticipated shows – the COVID-delayed Jeanine Tesori/Tony Kushner musical Caroline, Or Change and Alice Childress’ Trouble In Mind. The planned musical revival of 1776 will now begin performances in Spring 2022.The nonprofit theater company does not have a date for its postponed production of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles starring Debra Messing.

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17.11.2020 / 00:11

‘Lackawanna Blues’ And ‘How I Learned To Drive’ Target New Broadway Openings

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Broadway premieres of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues and Paula Vogel’s How I Learned To Drive have been set for 2022 and 2021, respectively, with producers at the Manhattan Theatre Club expressing “hopes high that we will be able to return to live theatre.”The nonprofit MTC announced the target openings today, along with plans to present an Off Broadway production of Simon Stephens’ Morning Sun starring Edie Falco and the American premiere of Anchuli Felicia King’s Golden Shield.MTC artistic director Lynne Meadow said, “With hopes high that we will be able to return to live theatre, we have created a season of diverse and exciting Broadway and Off Broadway premieres and we are honored

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16.11.2020 / 23:21

Broadway Actor & COVID Survivor Chad Kimball Sparks Backlash For Pledging To “Respectfully Disobey” State Restrictions On Religious Services

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticTony Award-nominated actor Chad Kimball, among Broadway’s first wave of performers to contract the coronavirus last spring, is finding little support among his Broadway colleagues after he pledged to “respectfully disobey” Washington State COVID-19 guidelines limiting religious services and participation.Kimball, a Seattle native, star of the hit, now-suspended, Broadway musical Come From Away and Tony-nominated for his performance in 2011’s Memphis, tweeted his opposition to Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s newly announced wide-ranging anti-COVID restrictions that, among other measures, limit religious services to 25% indoor occupancy or no more than 200 people, with face coverings required at all

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16.11.2020 / 19:53

Broadway Stagehand Who Fell To Death Remembered As “Force Of Nature”, Theater Marquee Undimmed In Honor

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticPete Wright, the 54-year-old Broadway stagehand who fell to his death last Thursday from a ladder on the fly floor above the Winter Garden Theater stage, is being remembered as “a force of nature, often doing the work of three men when he ran load ins and load outs” of theatrical sets.In an online tribute posted by friend and coworker Dylan Foley, Wright was called a “legendary flyman” and mechanic with “a dry wit, an unstoppable work ethic and a trademarked grin.”“If you asked for something from Pete,” Foley wrote on Facebook and his New York Stagehand Glossary blog, “his line was, ‘For you, the grid’s the limit.’ He was completely fearless in how he lived his life as a stagehand.” Wright also was

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16.11.2020 / 18:48

Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Finalist ‘The Minutes’ Sets Post-COVID 2022 Broadway Reopening, Plans Venue Switch

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSteppenwolf’s Broadway production of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes is exiting the Cort Theatre, its pre-COVID home, with plans to re-open in 2022 at another Broadway venue.The move signals yet another way the pandemic shutdown has impacted Broadway’s shuffle of theater tenants and reopening schedules.The Minutes, a political comedy directed by Anna D. Shapiro and starring Ian Barford, Blair Brown, Cliff Chamberlain, K.

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16.11.2020 / 18:03

‘Estella Scrooge’ Trailer: First Look At Innovative New Holiday Musical With Broadway Cast

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: “You thought you knew Scrooge,” an ominous voice intones. “You don’t know this Scrooge.” So get acquainted with Estella Scrooge, the upcoming world premiere streaming musical with a heavy-hitting Broadway pedigree.This first-look trailer (watch it above) features Betsy Wolfe (Waitress) singing the show’s “Never Look Down” as clips and characters from the cleverly filmed production take us through this new musical spin on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

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13.11.2020 / 01:21

Broadway Stagehand Falls To Death Clearing ‘Beetlejuice’ Props

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticA 54-year-old stagehand fell to his death from scaffolding inside Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre this morning as workers were removing props from the Beetlejuice musical in preparation for the arrival of the revival of The Music Man.A representative for the Shubert Organization, which owns and operates the venue, confirmed the incident.“At 8:45 a.m. Thursday morning, November 12, a stagehand fell from the fly floor above the stage at the Winter Garden Theatre and died from injuries sustained,” the organization said in a statement.

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12.11.2020 / 19:50

Israel Horovitz Dies: Prolific Playwright, Screenwriter Accused Of Sexual Abuse Was 81

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticPlaywright Israel Horovitz, whose Off Broadway productions provided early stages for such soon-to-be-stars as Al Pacino, Marsha Mason, John Cazale and Richard Dreyfus but whose later career was severely damaged by repeated accusations of sexual assault, died at his Manhattan home of cancer on Nov. 9.

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12.11.2020 / 19:27

‘West Side Story’s Isaac Powell Joins Universal’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Movie

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: Isaac Powell, the star of Ivo van Howe’s 2020 Broadway revival of West Side Story, has joined the cast of Universal’s Dear Evan Hansen. The project will mark Powell’s feature film debut.Powell will play high school jock Rhys in the feature adaptation of the six-time Tony winning Broadway musical. He joins a cast that includes Ben Platt, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg, Danny Pino, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, DeMarius Copes and Gerald Caesar.

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12.11.2020 / 18:09

Broadway Invited To Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Event

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe slimmed down Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will include some of its traditional Broadway dazzle, with parade organizers announcing that four stage productions will be included in the broadcast event on NBC.Performances by the casts of Hamilton, Mean Girls, Jagged Little Pill and Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations will be filmed prior to the Thanksgiving Day special but aired during the Nov. 26 parade.

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11.11.2020 / 23:29

Lawrence Clayton Dies: Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’, ‘Dreamgirls’ Actor Was 64

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticActor Lawrence Clayton, who made his Broadway debut in 1981 in Dreamgirls and most recently starred in the 2015 revival of The Color Purple, died Nov. 2 following a two-year battle with glioblastoma cancer.

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11.11.2020 / 18:40

Jon Voight Hawks Baseless Election Fraud Claims, Calls Leftists “Evil, Corrupt” And In League With Satan

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticIn a rant bizarre even by Jon Voight standards, the Ray Donovan actor gives voice to evidence-free allegations that the victory of now-President-Elect Joe Biden was “a lie.”Seated and seeming to read from cue cards to his left, Voight says in a tweeted video, “My fellow Americans, I stand here with all the feelings I do, disgusted with this lie that Biden has been chosen. As if we all don’t know the truth.

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10.11.2020 / 18:49

Netflix’s ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Adds Luis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra, Luisa Rubino, Bad Bunny To Season 3 Cast

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticLuis Gerardo Méndez, Alberto Guerra, Luisa Rubino and Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka Bad Bunny) are joining the Season 3 cast of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico.Additional new cast series regulars include: Alejandro Furth as Ramon Salgado, Lorenzo Ferro as Alex Hodoyan, José Zúñiga as General Rebollo, Diego Calva as Arturo Beltran Leyva, Kristen Lee Gutoskie as Dani, Beau Mirchoff as Steve Sheridan.

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10.11.2020 / 18:43

New York’s Annual Stand Up For Heroes Benefit To Go Virtual; Jon Stewart Hosts With Guests Bruce Springsteen, Ray Romano, Others

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticStand Up for Heroes, the annual New York comedy event hosted by Jon Stewart honoring veterans and their families, will go virtual for the first time in its 14-year history. With performances by comedians and musicians including Bruce Springsteen, Nate Bargatze, Ronny Chieng, Sheryl Crow, Tiffany Haddish, Mickey Guyton, Brad Paisley, Patti Scialfa and Iliza Shelsigner, the November 18 event will air on ABC News Live, TikTok, Facebook Watch, Cheddar, Twitch and Armed Forces Network.Special guests will include Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Ray Romano, Jeannie Gaffigan and others.

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10.11.2020 / 17:41

NBC Sets Matthew Morrison In ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical!’ As Latest Holiday Theatrical Event

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticNBC is inviting the Grinch to share its holiday season: The network will air a two-hour production of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical! on December 9.

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09.11.2020 / 22:31

Bert Belasco Dies: BET’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’ Actor Was 38

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticBert Belasco, who starred on BET’s 2011-14 sitcom Let’s Stay Together and appeared in Showtime’s I’m Dying Up Here and Fox’s Pitch, has died at the age of 38, Deadline has confirmed with his agency. His body was discovered Sunday in a Richmond, Virginia hotel room.Belasco was in Virginia filming a movie role, and was staying inside the hotel under required quarantine prior to joining the film set.

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09.11.2020 / 21:25

‘Jagged Little Pill’ Cast To Reunite For One-Night-Only Broadway Benefit Concert

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticBroadway’s Jagged Little Pill cast will reunite for a one-night-only special concert performance next month, bringing the musical’s stars together for the first time since the pandemic shutdown last March.Jagged Live In NYC: A Broadway Reunion Concert will feature cast members Elizabeth Stanley, Celia Rose Gooding, Sean Allan Krill, Derek Klena, Lauren Patten, Kathryn Gallagher, Antonio Cipriano, and others, live from the stage of Shubert Studios in New York’s theater district. The event will be streamed live exclusively on the Stellar platform.The concert is set for Sunday, December 13 at 8 pm ET.

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03.11.2020 / 09:13

Jeremy Stevens Dies: Emmy-Winning ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Writer, Exec Producer Was 83

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticJeremy Stevens, a three-time Emmy Award winner – including two as a writer and executive producer on Everybody Loves Raymond – died of renal failure on October 27 at his home in Northridge, California, surrounded by his family. He was 83,A Brooklyn native, Stevens earned a degree in theater at Brooklyn College before studying at New York’s HB Studio under Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof.

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20.10.2020 / 21:51

Spencer Davis Dies: British Invasion Band Leader & Hit Maker Was 81

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticSpencer Davis, the Welsh rhythm guitarist and songwriter who lent his name to one of the most popular and influential British Invasion groups of the 1960s with hits including “Gimme Some Lovin’” and “I’m a Man”, died Monday of pneumonia in Los Angeles. He was 81.His death was announced by longtime agent and friend Bob Birk, who said Davis had been hospitalized for a week.In addition to its hits, which combined young England’s fascination with American rhythm & blues and post-Beatles pop, The Spencer Davis Group is remembered as the band that introduced a young Steve Winwood to the world.

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20.10.2020 / 20:50