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Christopher Massimine found success as a theater executive in New York and Utah, but resigned after facing questions about errors on his résumé, saying he had mental illness.

Theaters have stories to tell too — wacky, funny, riveting, illuminating stories — that could rival the stories that unfold on their stages.

When the Delta variant came to town, the Broadway stars, drag queens and comics were performing indoors again and the iffy summer of 2020 was just a memory.

The season is a celebration of the revival of the most glorious and notorious of the 'girlie revues' in Coney Island history and features some of the very best of burlesque and variety performers from the New York scene, including The Maine Attraction, Fem Appeal, Gigi Bonbon, Pinkie Special, Bambi the Mermaid and Deity Delgado.

Alvin Ing, Pioneering Asian American Broadway Actor, Dies at 89 Ethan Shanfeld, provided by Alvin Ing, a pioneering Asian American Broadway actor who appeared in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Flower Drum Song” and Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures,” died at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. on July 31. He was 89. Ing’s representatives said that the fully-vaccinated actor was diagnosed with pneumonia in mid-July and then contracted COVID-19 a few days late...

Alvin Ing Died From Breakthrough COVID, Lea Salonga Remembers His Sweetness Celebrity The Broadway star, who starred in Flower Drum Song and Pacific Overtures, passed away in Burbank, California after contracting coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated. Aug 4, 2021 Alvin Ing has passed away after contracting COVID, despite being fully vaccinated. Representatives for the pioneering Asian-American actor and singer, 89, who starred in Broadway musicals "Flower Drum Song" and "Pacific Overture...

Always a Bride and Groom, Now Together as a Married Couple Denise Fennell and Rick Pasqualone were married an estimated 5,000 times between them as stars in “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,” the Off Broadway hit. Denise Fennell and Rick Pasqualone met in 2006 as cast members in “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding,” the Off Broadway hit where she played the part of Tina and he Tony.Credit...Jackie Williams Photography July 30, 2021Updated 1:45 p.m. ET Among the first words that Denise Fennell and Ri...

Huntington Returns to Live Performances With HURRICANE DIANE This brainy, 90-minute comedy about gardening and global warming blows into the Calderwood Pavilion starting August 27.by Alexa Criscitiello The Huntington announces the cast and creative team of its first production of its 40th anniversary season, Hurricane Diane by Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George and directed by Jenny Koons, running from August 27 to September 26, 2021 at The Huntingtons Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. The...

Apple TV+’s ‘Schmigadoon!’: TV Review Daniel Fienberg My grandmother loved musicals. She loved seeing them and singing along with them, and she loved announcing, when a song came on the radio or came up in conversation, “I wrote that one!” See, my grandmother also loved writing musical parodies. Whether she was reconceiving the classics for friends and family at the Wapaska Lodge on Muskoka Bay, or as part of talent shows or fundraisers for the New Mount Sinai Hospital...

Musicals at Richter announce new, in-person season Musicals at Richter FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Stephen Schwartzs Godspell opens Musicals at Richters 37th season July 23.Musicals at Richter / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Stephen Schwartzs Godspell opens Musicals at Richters 37th season on July 23.Musicals at Richter / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less 3of3 DANBURY — Musicals at Richter, celebrating 37 seasons as the longest-running outdoor theater in Connecticut, opens its main...