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Smithsonian Associates will present a celebration of HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Learn more about the event!

In this new episode of “THEATER: All the Moving Parts”, Stars Kelli O'Hara and Brian d'Arcy James, and composer/lyricist Adam Guettel discuss the bold and provocative new musical “Days of Wine and Roses” about love and alcoholism, based on the 1962 Blake Edwards film classic. 

The club will offer both in-person and virtual programming to engage the theatre community across the nation.

The American Theatre Wing and The Drama Book Shop have partnered to launch of The Playreaders Club, a tiered, monthly in-person and virtual events-based club for theater enthusiasts. Learn more about how to join!

The actor, dancer and singer, who has died aged 91, did not just provide great entertainment on stage. She was an eloquent, mischievous chronicler of musical theatre

American actor, singer and dancer who found fame as Anita in the stage musical West Side Story

Chita Rivera, who has died aged 91, was the raven-haired American actress, singer and dancer who created Anita in the 1957 Broadway premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story; she did the same the following year for the British premiere, where she was considered so central to the show’s success that the London opening was postponed until she had given birth to her daughter.

Chita Rivera, the Broadway icon known for her roles in 'West Side Story' the 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' has died at age 91.

Her dancing sometimes overshadowed her thrillingly dramatic way with a song: husky yet clarion, unaffected but full of comment and character.

The actor, dancer and singer starred in musicals including West Side Story and Chicago