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Meet the Tony Nominees: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Hits a Home Run in <em>Take Me Out</em>
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Meet the Tony Nominees: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Hits a Home Run in Take Me Out
Ferguson stars opposite Jesse Williams and Patrick J. Adams in Richard Greenberg's acclaimed drama.
Uzo Aduba in the Broadway production of <em>Clyde's</em>
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Meet the Tony Nominees: Uzo Aduba Feels Honored to Be Recognized, Since Theater Is Her First Love
Aduba is up for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for her turn in Clyde's.
Interview: Historian Margaret Hall Discusses Her New Book About Paul Gemignani
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Interview: Historian Margaret Hall Discusses Her New Book About Paul Gemignani
Hall talks about the whirlwind two years she spent writing about the life of the legendary musical director.
Meet the Tony Nominees: <em>Funny Girl</em> Star Jared Grimes Pays Tribute to His Tap Ancestors
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Meet the Tony Nominees: Funny Girl Star Jared Grimes Pays Tribute to His Tap Ancestors
Find out why it's important for Grimes to honor the likes of John W. Bubbles, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, and more, through his performance.
Meet the Tony Nominees: <em>For Colored Girls</em> Star Kenita R. Miller Is Nine Months Pregnant on Broadway
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Meet the Tony Nominees: For Colored Girls Star Kenita R. Miller Is Nine Months Pregnant on Broadway
Miller earned her first Tony nomination for her searing performance in Ntozake Shange's seminal work while carrying her first baby.
Heather Headley in <em>Into the Woods</em>
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Interview: Heather Headley Muses About Into the Woods, Parenting, and Her Role as the Witch
Headley leads a starry cast in the Encores! limited run of the Sondheim classic at New York City Center.
Selina Fillinger and Susan Stroman
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Interview: Selina Fillinger and Susan Stroman Are Broadway's Not-So-Secret Comedy Weapon
Spoiler: There are Crocs involved.
Samuel D. Hunter
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Interview: Samuel D. Hunter on Fatherhood, the American Struggle, and His New Play
Hunter's A Case for the Existence of God for Signature Theatre is directed by David Cromer.
Thomas Sadoski and Brittany Bradford in the Theatre for a New Audience/Classix production of Alice Childress's <em>Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White</em>.
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Interview: Brittany Bradford and Thomas Sadoski on Introducing Alice Childress's Wedding Band
Theatre for a New Audience presents this rare revival of Childress's 1972 drama about an interracial romance at the turn of the last century.
Samantha Williams
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Samantha Williams: Caroline, or Change Was "My Best Theatrical Experience So Far"
Williams played Emmie in the recent Broadway revival of the Tony Kushner-Jeanine Tesori musical.
Jennifer Simard
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Interview: Jennifer Simard on the Delights of Company, Covering Patti, and Making Sondheim Laugh
Simard stars as Sarah in the classic musical, directed by Marianne Elliott.
Caissie Levy
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With Caroline and The Bedwetter, Caissie Levy Is Grateful to Contribute More Than Just a High Belt
Levy discusses starting the season with Caroline, or Change, and closing it with the new musical from Sarah Silverman.
Lileana Blain-Cruz
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"Scale Is Part of the Story": Lileana Blain-Cruz on Staging the New Skin of Our Teeth
Blain-Cruz directs the Thornton Wilder classic at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
Kara Young
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More Than a Character: For Actor Kara Young, the Right Role Is Liberating
Following her Broadway debut, Young reflects on how theater has reshaped her understanding of self and society.
Lesley Nicol in her solo show <em>How the Hell Did I Get Here?</em>
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How the Hell Did She Get Here? Lesley Nicol — Downton's Mrs. Patmore — Debuts Her New Show in NYC
Nicol stars in this new solo production at the McKittrick Hotel.
Camille A. Brown and Kimber Elayne Sprawl
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Interview: Kimber Elayne Sprawl Talks to Camille A. Brown About Building For Colored Girls in 2022
Brown directs and choreographs Ntozake Shange's seminal choreopoem at the Booth Theatre.
Ana Nogueira
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Interview: Which Way to the Stage? Ana Nogueira Accidentally Finds Her Way to Comedy
Actor and playwright Nogueira debuts her latest work, a comedy about friends waiting for Idina Menzel's autograph after If/Then.
Richard Thomas in the national tour of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>
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Interview: Richard Thomas Steps Into Atticus's Shoes in To Kill a Mockingbird
Thomas leads the national tour of Aaron Sorkin's play based on the Harper Lee classic.
From the Beach to Broadway: How Pamela Anderson Landed <em>Chicago</em>
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From the Beach to Broadway: How Pamela Anderson Landed Chicago
That's not a Baywatch joke. She was literally on the beach when Rob Marshall saw her.
Joel Grey
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90/50: Joel Grey Celebrates His Birthday and the Anniversary of Cabaret
Grey takes a walk down memory lane with TheaterMania.
Maulik Pancholy and Jay Armstrong Johnson in <em>To My Girls</em>
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Interview: Jay Armstrong Johnson Is Having a Gay Old Time in His New Show To My Girls
The comedy about a modern-day gaggle of queer friends is running at the Tony Kiser Theater.
Stephen Weiner and Peter Kellogg
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Interview: Writers Peter Kellogg and Stephen Weiner Explore The Odyssey Through Penelope's Eyes
Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written is currently running at the York Theatre Company.
Enrico Colantoni and Debra Messing in <em>Birthday Candles</em>
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Two Years Later: Enrico Colantoni Makes New Discoveries in Birthday Candles
Colantoni stars alongside Debra Messing in Noah Haidle's new play at the American Airlines Theatre.
Warren Carlyle
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Interview: Warren Carlyle Finds Harmony in Being Back at Work With Hugh Jackman and Barry Manilow
Carlyle choreographs two of this season's most anticipated shows, The Music Man and Harmony.