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Norman Lloyd, Star of ‘St Elsewhere’ and ‘Dead Poets Society,’ Dies at 106 He first rose to fame in Hitchcock films like “Saboteur” and “Spellbound,” and then as a director and producer as well Thom Geier | May 11, 2021 @ 2:49 PM Getty Images Norman Lloyd, the Emmy-nominated character actor who worked with Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock before landing major roles in 1980s hits like “Dead Poets Society” and “St. Elsewhere,” has died. He was 106.  A family friend confi...

Keen Company Announces Chisa Hutchinson and Jason Tam to Board of Directors and Kate Baldwin to Advisory Council "These superstars are not only artistic leaders, they are three of the best people around," shared Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein.by BWW News Desk Keen Company Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein today announced the appointment of playwright Chisa Hutchinson and actor Jason Tam to Keens Board of Directors. Also announced today was the appointment of actor Kate Baldwin to ...

Who’s the ‘Comeback’ Candidate? 5 Takeaways From the Mayor’s Race. Two leading candidates wanted to hold a huge party to celebrate New York City’s revival from the pandemic. Maya Wiley has proposed holding a five-borough celebration of the city’s recovery.Credit...Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Published May 10, 2021Updated May 13, 2021 There are just over six weeks left until the New York City mayoral primary election, and the race for the Democratic nominat...

Covid, the Musical? Jodi Picoult Is Giving It a Try. Working with a playwright, the best-selling author has turned the symptoms of illness into songwriting prompts for a new musical called “Breathe.” Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald were inspired by Jonathan Larson’s “Rent” in trying to capture the impact of another virus on the stage.Credit...From left: Kieran Kesner for The New York Times; Sara Krulwich/The New York Times By Elisabeth Egan May 10, 2021 About halfway through �...

The Seth Concert Series was off the scale. Christine Pedi has done several productions of the Forbidden Broadway series, a parody show that has had runs in London as well as New York. That show’s writer and director, Gerard Alessandrini, also had Pedi as part of his Forbidden Hollywood series, which, as the title suggests, parodies motion pictures rather than musical productions. That wasn’t the only source of humour for this online concert, which ended with a medley of sendups of various...

Check out a clip from the concert below, featuring Christine and Seth performing a Les Miserables medley! Plus, check out this weeks winners of the Seth Sing-Off, Cacophony Daniels, Tobias A. Young and Megan Marod! Christine Pedis award winning cabaret shows have played all over the USA, London, South Africa & several of the 7 seas. Shes the daily host of SiriusXM radios On Broadway channel and on Saturdays dukes it out on the air with Seth Rudetsky on "The Dueling Divas." Theatre credits inclu...

09 May 2021 Share with: Actress Rachel Brosnahan and her husband Jason Ralph are helping to stage a one-act Off Broadway play to raise funds for artists in need. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star will co-produce The Great Filter through her Scrap Paper Pictures company, while fellow actor Ralph and his The Magicians co-star Trevor Einhorn will lead the limited production. The play, written and directed by Frank Winders, is described as "an existential thriller in one act," focusing on two astron...

Rachel Brosnahan Teams Up With Husband for Off-Broadway Play Movie The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel actress and her husband Jason Ralph are producing an Off-Broadway play to raise funds for struggling artists in the industry. May 9, 2021 Jason Ralph are helping to stage a one-act Off Broadway play to raise funds for artists in need. " The play, written and directed by Frank Winders, is described as "an existential thriller in one act," focusing on two astronauts as they return to Earth and adjust t...

Berkshire Theatre Group has announced Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie) has joined the cast as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner David Auburn (Proof; BTG: The Skin of Our Teeth, The Petrified Forest) will direct BTGs production that will run from June 18 through July 10 under the Main Stage Tent outside at Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge. In Nina Simone: Four Women, a quartet of amazing voices...

Orfeh & Andy Karl, Elizabeth Stanley, Joshua Henry and More to be Featured in Barrington Stage Companys Outdoor Season These productions join four previously announced productions that will play indoors at BSC’s Boyd-Quinson Stage (30 Union Street).by BWW News Desk Barrington Stage Company has announced casting for the seasons outdoor productions Who Could Ask for Anything More? The Songs of George Gershwin and the world premiere play, Boca, and a line-up of Broadway stars who will perform i...