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Best Summer Ever is a feel-good musical and a big win for disability inclusion David Oliver, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Imagine a world where people with disabilities didnt have to talk about their disabilities. A world where theyre just people. Thats the big takeaway from "Best Summer Ever," (available now on DVD and on-demand) a musical rom-com in the same vein as "Grease," "High School Musical" and "Footloose" that features a mixed cast of people with and without disa...

The Oscars Cannot Be Disability-Friendly Until They Have This Kellyann Navarre © The Mighty Marlee Matlin at the 2021 Oscars. At the 2021 Academy Awards, Marlee Matlin, the youngest actress to ever win an Oscar in the Best Actress category, and the only deaf person to ever win an Oscar, was invited to present the 2021 Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Documentary Feature — in sign language. However, when Matlin was supposed to present the Oscar awards, the much-antic...

By Dan Meyer Apr 24, 2021 Constantine Maroulis in Broadways Rock of Ages Joan Marcus Get ready to mosh and jam (virtually) in the one-night only Rock of Ages: All-Star Reunion Concert live stream event April 24 at 8 PM ET on Stellar. Among the stars slated for the concert are original Broadway cast members Constantine Maroulis, Wesley Taylor, and Mitchell Jarvis. The lineup also includes Tony nominees Laura Bell Bundy and Kerry Butler; stars from the Hollyw...

USA TODAY In search of something good to read? USA TODAYs Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases. All books are on sale April 27 unless otherwise noted.  1. “Whereabouts,” by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf, fiction) What it’s about: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Interpreter of Maladies” comes a meditative story of an unnamed, middle-aged woman questioning her place in the world The buzz: “His beautifully written portrait of a life ...

Elliott Gould and Kathleen Chalfant Oscar nominee and Broadway alum Elliott Gould has joined the cast of We Have to Hurry, set to premiere May 1 on Broadway on Demand. As previously announced, the live stream performance of Dorothy Lyman’s play also stars Kathleen Chalfant and Jeanne Lauren Smith. Patricia Vanstone directs the play, which follows a pair of mature people forced to commune from across a balcony due to new isolation protocols. When Gil notices the secret lov...

Amy Hill and Midori Francis An all–Asian American cast will star in NAATCO’s benefit reading of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, including Amy Hill as the Stage Manager, Midori Francis Iwama as Emily Webb, and Yumi Iwama as Mrs. Webb. The digital presentation will stream May 19 at 8 PM ET. Rounding out the cast are Cindy Cheung, Kassandra Cordova, Autumn Domingo, Connor Domingo, Ron Domingo, John D. Haggerty, Paul Juhn, Peter Kim, Glenn Kubota, Clara Haru Mulligan, O...

NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway star Ali Stroker says she always felt like her “most...

FILE - Ali Stroker accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical for her performance in "Rodgers & Hammersteins Oklahoma!" at the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York on June 9, 2019. Stroker teamed up with middle grade author Stacy Davidowitz for a new childrens book "The Chance to Fly," published this week. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) NEW YORK – Broadway star Ali Stroker says she always felt like her “most powerful self” when onst...

Brooke Lefferts FILE - Ali Stroker accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a featured role in a musical for her performance in "Rodgers & Hammersteins Oklahoma!" at the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York on June 9, 2019. Stroker teamed up with middle grade author Stacy Davidowitz for a new childrens book "The Chance to Fly," published this week. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) April 16, 2021 - 6:57 AM NEW YORK - Broadway star Ali Stroker s...

Ali Stroker book offers representation, empowerment Broadway star Ali Stroker hopes her new young adult novel "The Chance to Fly," loosely based on herself as a teenager, will help inspire others. (April 14) AP