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A Broadway remake of the operetta, starring David Hyde Pierce, moves the plot to the Big Easy, where good times roll, even if some jokes don’t quite land. Politics
The “Sunset Boulevard” star briefly entertained the crowd when “a technical malfunction on the sound side” forced the cancellation of a matinee performance. Politics
"We are totally whole from that. We made up the money that we did lose by not being open in donations, which is totally amazing." The post Donations pour in after Brattle Theater closes for five days due to ‘plumbing emergency’ appeared first on Boston.com. Events
Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in a music-besotted, blood-drenched supernatural thriller, Sinners. And Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone in a remake of the groundbreaking 1993 rom-com, The Wedding Banquet. Politics
En route to Broadway, the TV series about backstage shenanigans and Marilyn Monroe has been rejiggered, with the same great songs but a whole new plot. Politics
Rami Malek plays a CIA data analyst out of his depth in The Amateur, while Warfare depicts a real-life Iraqi mission, calibrated as a cinematic show-of-force. Politics
The composer and lyricist of “A New Brain,” “Falsettos” and other shows answered the pains of life with jaunty songs. He died this week at 73. Politics
At a gathering in the Broadway theater renamed to honor the star, speakers including Denzel Washington and Phylicia Rashad described Jones as an inspiration. Politics
The play, about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism, took home three awards at Britain’s equivalent of the Tonys. So did a “Fiddler on the Roof” revival and a folk rock “Benjamin Button.” Events
A nonprofit bought the landmark Metro Theater after receiving financial support from Gov. Kathy Hochul, the State Senate and Steven Spielberg’s foundation. Politics
George Clooney makes Edward R. Murrow a saint of sane journalism for a world that still needs one in a stage adaptation of the 2005 movie. Politics
The Best Films Playing in New York and Los Angeles Repertory Theaters in April 2025 IndieWire Politics
