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After their acclaimed production of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit and their adaptation of Tracey Slaughter’s novella The Longest Drink in Town (which recently received seed funding from the New Zealand Writers Guild for a potential screen adaptation), ...

Broadway says goodbye to four productions. Leopoldstadt takes its final bow at the Longacre Theatre following 19 previews and 313 regular performances; Fat Ham will conclude its run at the American Airlines Theatre following 21 previews and 95 regular performances; Prima Facie wraps up at the John Golen Theatre following 14 previews and 81 regular performances; and The Sign in Sidney Brusteins Window will end its run at the James Earl Jones Theatre following 3 previews and 77 regular performance...

Naked, threatened, beaten… a number of recent productions are putting their actors through the wringer. What’s in it for them? And us?

Broadway artists, actors and singers showed their support for the writers, who face wage cuts, the casualization of their labor and the threat of artificial intelligence.

Before the month of June ends, be sure to watch these 5 excellent movies that are leaving Netflix on July 1.

The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside more splashier rivals on Sunday to win the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed

Mandy Patinkin, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Sara Bareilles attended a Broadway-themed WGA rally in NYC.

“Leopoldstadt” and “Parade,” both featuring Jewish-themed storylines, won multiple Tonys.The post Jewish stories “Leopoldstadt” and “Parade” win big at the 2023 Tony Awards appeared first on JNS.org.

The 76th annual Tony Awards were held Sunday with Ariana DeBose hosting the ceremony live from the United Palace Theatre in NYC.

The 76th annual Tony Awards were held on Sunday (June 11th) at the United Palace in New York City. Ariana DeBose hosted the show for the second year in a row, which aired live on CBS. Due to the ongoing Hollywood writer's strike, the 2023 ceremony was unscripted in agreement with the Writers Guild of America. DeBose opened a binder full of blank pages that read "SCRIPT" in reference to this during the wordless opening dance number. The big winners of the evening were Kimberly Akim...