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‘In the Heights’ Film Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Stage Hit Becomes a Screen Celebration The film’s mix of musical styles and Latino characters gives voice (and dance) to a community too rarely celebrated in major-studio movies Monica Castillo | May 21, 2021 @ 8:00 AM Warner Bros. In Broadway history, there have been only a handful of musicals that center on U.S. Latinos, and only a fraction of those shows were written by people from the communities they were portraying on stage. That�...

Print The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health officials. In a quietly moving interlude from “In the Heights,” Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), the beloved matriarch of a Washington Heights barrio, has a heart-to-heart with one of her many surrogate grandchild...

And Just Like That Ramírez Joins Previously Announced Cast Including Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis Logline: The Max Original AND JUST LIKE THAT…, the new chapter of the groundbreaking HBO series “Sex and the City,” follows “Carrie” (Sarah Jessica Parker), “Miranda” (Cynthia Nixon) and “Charlotte” (Kristin Davis) as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even ...

Charles Grodin appears at a news conference in New York on Nov. 15, 1994 Photo by Marty Lederhandler, File /AP Photo Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content LOS ANGELES — Charles Grodin, best known for the neurotic comic wit he demonstrated in such films as “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Heaven Can Wait” and “Midnight Run” and for his role ...

Rolling Stone Bob Mould Announces ‘Distortion and Blue Hearts!’ Tour Dates Mould will perform with his current band for three weeks, followed by solo sets in October By Bob Mould has announced his Distortion and Blue Hearts! Tour, kicking off September 16th at Paradise in Boston. The tour will be broken into two halves. Mould will spend the first three weeks performing with Jason Narducy on bass and drummer Jon Wurster. Mould will perform Solo Distortion electric shows on his own,...

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When Covid Dropped the Curtain on Broadway Actors, TV Kept the Lights On New and returning TV series like “The Gilded Age” and “The Good Fight” have been a lifeline for celebrated theater actors during the pandemic. Will TV, or theater, ever look the same? Denée Benton, left, and Louisa Jacobson during filming of the coming HBO historical drama “The Gilded Age.” Benton is one many celebrated stage actors in the cast.Credit...Alison Rosa/HBO May 12, 2021 Back in March, the actress K...

For summer of 2021 The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre will present the most anticipated show of the 2020 Season! Following its cancellation due to the Covid shutdown in 2020, Disaster! - A 70s Disaster Disco Musical - will finally take to the Frederick stage beginning June 25th. Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos, and the unforgettable songs of the 70s take center stage in Broadways side-splitting homage to classic disaster films. In Disaster!, its 1979, and New Yorks hottest A-listers are li...

Theater to Stream: Stars Gather for ‘Miscast’ and More Other highlights include a new show by Kristina Wong, Joshua Harmon’s “Bad Jews” and “Broadway by the Year.” Gavin Creel, left, and Aaron Tveit singing “Take Me or Leave Me,” from “Rent,” during the 2016 “Miscast” gala. Credit...Jenny Anderson May 12, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET “It is about access.” That, put plainly, is the main reason the Young Vic in London will conti...