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James Earl Jones, the shy kid from Arkabutla, Mississippi who grew up to be an commanding actor of the stage and screen for some seven decades — so admired as a stage actor that he had a Broadw...

https://newyorktheater.me/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-93-the-force-was-with-him/

There was a time when Billy Rose — Broadway producer, impresario, lyricist, columnist, and all-around theatrical showman — was a leading figure on Broadway. Born 125 years ago on September 6,...

https://newyorktheater.me/2024/09/05/billy-rose-at-125-theatrical-highlights-from-the-new-york-public-library-collection-named-after-him/

Marlon Brando singing “Luck Be A Lady” in rehearsal with “Guys and Dolls” composer Frank Loesser. Fifteen pairs of Liza Minnelli’s false eyelashes. A first edition of “West Side Story...

https://newyorktheater.me/2024/03/16/broadway-ephemera-brando-and-bernhardt-irving-berlin-and-tallulah-bankhead-herman-and-merman/

During the Golden Age of Broadway, theater photographer Leo Friedman used his specialized still camera to capture image after image of show after show. The action on stage was rarely still, and n...

https://newyorktheater.me/2024/03/12/old-broadway-on-the-move-reanimating-theater-at-nypl-lincoln-center/

Shows currently on Broadway are full of love and kisses — some sweet, sexy, some with a decidedly dark edge — as these scenes and shots attest: From & Juliet: Francois: I just proposed to Jul...

https://newyorktheater.me/2024/02/14/what-broadway-says-about-love-on-valentines-day-2024/

Ossie Davis, the author and star of “Purlie Victorious” in 1961; Leslie Odom Jr, the star of the play’s revival in 2024. Rose McClendon, who made her Broadway debut in 1926; Audra McDonald,...

https://newyorktheater.me/2024/02/03/black-theater-is-black-history/

Timed for Halloween, this latest digital theater, livestreamed from the closet in Joshua William Gelb’s East Village apartment, feels as much of a landmark production as the original “Nosfera...

https://newyorktheater.me/2023/10/31/nosferatu-a-3d-symphony-of-horror-digital-theater-for-halloween/

 Laurie Anderson launched the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s fortieth annual Next Wave Festival Tuesday night with “Let X = X,” an unconventional concert that featured, yes, songs from throug...

https://newyorktheater.me/2023/10/21/laurie-anderson-at-bam/

The photographs below offer a small sample of the many Jewish characters that have been portrayed in plays and musicals on Broadway, focusing on the most familiar and the most recent.  The first...

https://newyorktheater.me/2023/09/24/broadways-view-of-the-jew/

The puppets at the third International Puppet Fringe Festival measure way smaller than your hand and way taller than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; they reflect traditions thousands of years old, and those...

https://newyorktheater.me/2023/08/09/international-puppet-fringe-festival-2023/