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Q&A: Cillian Murphy on following ‘Oppenheimer’ with the Irish drama ‘Small Things Like These’
Cillian Murphy didn’t read “Small Things Like These” looking for a film to do. He was simply a fan of the author, Claire Keegan. Her story, nominated for the Booker Prize, was a work of historical fiction about the Magdalene laundries in Ireland and an ordinary man with...
There's a ton of Hollywood stars on and off Broadway these days. Here's a game you can play
NEW YORK (AP) — There are so many Hollywood stars on New York theater stages or on the way that you might want to level up your stargazing game. Why not play some bingo? Sure, Robert Downey Jr., Daniel Dae Kim, Jim Parsons, Mia Farrow, and Katie Holmes are currently in New York,...
Louis McCartney will lead 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow' on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Something wicked this way comes: Louis McCartney who starred in the play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” in London will reprise his creepy monster on Broadway. “It’s such a privilege to be able to tell this story in another part of the world,”...
Elton John turns the saga of televangelist Tammy Faye into song for Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — When Elton John was on tour in America in the 1970s, there was someone on TV who caught his eye. She was an over-the-top, heavy makeup-wearing performer who wore her heart on her sleeve and yet seemed in on the joke — televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. You could say game was...
Mali's traditional theater gives psychiatric patients the stage
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In the courtyard of a psychiatric ward in Mali’s capital, a small group of patients acts out scenes of a village dispute to the beat of a djembe, a traditional West African drum. One patient, Mamadou Diarra, cries out to another in the Bambara language,...
All of Broadway's theater lights will dim for actor Gavin Creel after an outcry
NEW YORK (AP) — All of Broadway's marquees will dim to honor the life of Gavin Creel following an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the 48-year-old Tony Award-winner's death last month. The Committee of Theatre Owners on Wednesday said all 41...
Golijov's Flamenco-tinged opera about slain Spanish playwright Lorca comes to the Met
NEW YORK (AP) — Osvaldo Golijov was running out of time. The Argentine-born composer had been commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center for a chamber opera to be performed in the summer of 2003. And with the deadline just months away, his original idea wasn’t panning out. ...
Robert Downey Jr. found inspiration from the screen to prepare for his Broadway debut in 'McNeal'
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. made his Broadway debut this week in the play “McNeal,” revealing some unexpected inspirations that helped him prepare for the stage. “Doing ‘Oppenheimer’ with (Christopher) Nolan got me back into this very monastic focus and then doing...
Gavin Creel, Tony Award winner and musical Broadway veteran, dies at 48
NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony Award for “Hello, Dolly!” opposite Bette Midler and earned nominations for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 48. Publicist...
Jeanine Tesori becomes first woman composer to open Met Opera season with reworked `Grounded'
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeanine Tesori watched the world premiere run of her “Grounded” with director Michael Mayer last fall at the Kennedy Center and noticed audience fidgeting. “It didn’t need a transplant of a liver, but what it needed was maybe just a different approach,”...
