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Written by: Michael Paulson
How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards
Hollywood Writers’ Strike Puts the Tony Awards in Jeopardy
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Written by: Michael Paulson and John Koblin
The Tonys, set to be telecast on June 11, are Broadway’s biggest marketing moment. But the strike by the Writers Guild of America means the show might not go on.
The Tony nominations have been announced. Voters are scrambling to catch the shows they missed. And invitations are going out for the usual string of galas, receptions, panels and parties where nominees with dreams of statuettes can court the industry.
Adrian Hall, Who Invigorated Regional Theater, Dies at 95
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Written by: Neil Genzlinger
As founding artistic director, he made Trinity Rep in Rhode Island a leader in theatrical innovation. He then made his mark in Dallas as well.
Adrian Hall, who as founding artistic director built Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, R.I., into one of the premier regional theaters in the country, and who did similarly important work in Dallas and elsewhere, died on Feb. 4 in Tyler, Texas. He was 95.
You’re Not Expected to Listen to Overtures: An Interview with Broadway’s David Chase
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Written by: Margaret Hall
Whatever happened to overtures? This musical theatre mystery is a hot topic, and Playbill is on a mission to uncover the answers for our readers.
Last week we hammered out how the purpose of the overture has changed throughout Broadway history. This week, Playbill met with celebrated Broadway dance arranger and music supervisor David Chase to get an expert’s perspective.
How Matilda the Musical Had to Change Itself From Stage to Film
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Written by: Diep Tran, Roberto Araujo
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When Matthew Warchus, Dennis Kelly, and Tim Minchin set out to adapt their Olivier- and Tony-winning Matilda the Musical into a film, they knew they would have to kill some of their babies. Metaphorically.
“Oh Christ, it’s completely different,” says composer Minchin when talking about the differences between the stage show and the film adaptation, which is currently playing on Netflix. He speaks admiringly of his colleagues Kelly and Warchus—all three artists have the rare honor of being creators who got to oversee the film adaptation of their stage property. “Usually people find it hard to truly throw out what they need to throw out in order to make the jump [to film],” says Minchin. “I don’t think I could have done what Matthew and Dennis did, which is to just really reimagine it and completely change the script—just fundamentally change it, and yet you come out feeling like you’ve seen the same story.”
Cast Set for North Shore Music Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors
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Written by: Andrew Gans
Regional News
The Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical will begin performances at the Massachusetts venue in September. Casting is complete for the North Shore Music Theatre‘s upcoming production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken‘s Little Shop of Horrors, which will play the Massachusetts venue September 20-October 2.
Review: A Faithful ‘Kinky Boots,’ With All Its Pizazz and Pitfalls
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Written by: Elisabeth Vincentelli
The Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein musical, in which the drag queen Lola saves a provincial shoe factory, makes an Off Broadway return at the spacious Stage 42.
You can’t keep a drag queen down, at least not for long. It was only April 2019 that the Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein musical “Kinky Boots” closed on Broadway after a six-year run, and already it’s back in town. The Britain-set show, in which the statuesque performer Lola saves a provincial shoe factory by inspiring a line of toweringly outré footwear, is now running Off Broadway.
Schedule of Upcoming and Announced Broadway Shows for the 2022-2023 Season
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Written by: James Miller, Playbill Staff
2022-2023 SEASON
This list is updated regularly. It is organized by start of previews.
Playbill will update these listings when new information is made available. For a list of all Broadway-related COVID-19 protocols, please click here.
THE QUEENS OF SIX ARE TAKING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA THIS OCTOBER!
South Florida – August 23, 2022 – The Queens of SIX (@sixustour) are taking over South Florida this October! The Broward Center (@browardcenter) in Ft. Lauderdale and the Arsht Center (@arshtcenter) in Miami are proud to kick off South Florida’s new Broadway season with the electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award®-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss this fall. Fans will have two opportunities to catch the Tony Award®-winning musical beginning at the Broward Center from October 11-23, and at the Arsht Center from October 25-30.
‘Take Me Out’ to Return to Broadway This Fall
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Written by: Nicole Herrington