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The playwright Jeremy O. Harris, 30, began writing Slave Play at Yale School of Drama. It is set to open in October on Broadway.

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With 'Slave Play,' A Young Playwright Provokes His Way To Broadway

4:44pm September 20, 2019

Jeremy O. Harris, 30, started writing a sexually explicit, transgressive and comic work as a graduate student at Yale. It proved a surprising smash hit, and will soon open on a much bigger stage.

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Remembering Tony Winner Phyllis Newman

4:25pm September 16, 2019

Tony Award winner Phyllis Newman died Sunday at age 86. She won the award for her role in 1962's Subways Are For Sleeping. She also appeared on TV, as an actress and quiz show panelist.

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A Tour To The REACH, The Kennedy Center's New Performance Space

6:01pm September 14, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin talks with the Kennedy Center's Marc Bamuthi Joseph about the opening of the REACH rehearsal and performance space.

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In Bay Area, Indian Immigrants Find Community In Theater

6:05pm September 01, 2019

by Aarti Shahani

A theater company in Santa Clara, Calif., has become a place for Indian immigrants working in the tech sector to find a home away from home.

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The Journey To '10,000 Balconies'

8:19am August 31, 2019

by Hannah Allam

A Syrian playwright wanted to write a love story based on Romeo and Juliet. Set in Damascus. Performed in Arkansas. After a three-year ordeal, the production comes to stage this weekend.

The musical King Kong, which stars Christiani Pitts alongside a giant ape puppet, will end its run Aug. 18.

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'No Room For The Modest Hit Anymore': Broadway Prepares For Summer Closings

5:45am August 09, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

Broadway attendance is up — yet the $35 million production of King Kong is among the five shows cutting bait in the next two weekends, as musical theater undergoes a market correction.

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Broadway director and producer Hal Prince died this week at the age of 91.

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Opinion: The Prince Of Broadway's Legacy Lives On Through His Music

12:29pm August 03, 2019

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon honors the legacy of theatrical producer and director Hal Prince, who died this week at the age of 91.

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'The Addams Family' Ranks No. 1 For Popularity In High School Musicals

4:20pm August 01, 2019

The Addams Family was the most popular high school musical production this year, according to the latest rankings from the Educational Theatre Association.

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Harold Prince poses with his Tony Award for best direction of a musical in 1980. He earned the honor for his work on Evita.

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Hal Prince, Transformational Broadway Producer And Director, Has Died

4:28pm July 31, 2019

by Jeff Lunden

The winner of an unprecedented 21 Tony Awards, Prince left a major impact on American musical theater. Among his shows: Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof and The Phantom of the Opera. He was 91.

The new musical adaptation of Moulin Rouge! features 71 popular songs, which all had to be licensed and stitched together into the story.

'Moulin Rouge!' Is An Extravagant, Triumphant Jukebox Musical

9:00am July 26, 2019

by Alexandra Starr

With 71 hit songs performed on a decadent nightclub set, the new stage adaptation, based on Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film, is not particularly profound. It is nonetheless a knockout night at the theater.