Stephen Sondheim’s last musical finds a New York City stage
March 16, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The late Stephen Sondheim's last stage musical — an adaptation of two films by Spanish surrealist director Luis Buñuel — will be given an off-Broadway stage this year, offering theatergoers a chance to see a new work by musical theater’s most venerated composer.
Sondheim covers on Instagram, TikTok paved Eleri Ward’s path
February 23, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — It was 2019 and aspiring Broadway actor Eleri Ward had Stephen Sondheim’s “Every Day a Little Death” stuck in her head.
“I would see friends at auditions and whatnot, and having been awake since like 4 or 5 a.m., they’d ask me how I’m doing,” she said.
Eugene Lee, award-winning Broadway, ‘SNL’ set designer, dies
February 9, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Eugene Lee, the six-time Emmy Award-winning production designer for "Saturday Night Live" who won three Tony Awards for his Broadway sets, including the complicated, greenified Emerald City of “Wicked,” has died.
Lorne Michaels of ‘SNL’ to be honored at PEN America gala
January 23, 2023 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — This year's PEN America Literary Gala will be notable for the presence of “Saturday Night Live.”
Lost Stephen Sondheim musical reveals insight into a giant
December 5, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A copy of what's being called Stephen Sondheim's first original cast recording has been found on a misplaced CD, capturing the legendary composer's budding skills in a student-led musical while at Williams College in 1948.
Lansbury’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ co-star reflects on ‘great artist’
October 12, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou were partners-in-crime on stage in "Sweeney Todd" and crime busters in episodes of TV's “Murder, She Wrote."
The actors were also friends and admirers, staying in touch after becoming the toasts of Broadway and Tony Award winners in 1979 for Stephen Sondheim's acclaimed musical.
‘Shine the light’: Ariana DeBose talks hosting Tony Awards
June 9, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Tony Award host and theater veteran Ariana DeBose says this year's telecast will spread its arms wider than just Broadway's stars and celebrate the unsung heroes like understudies and swings who kept shows open during the pandemic restart.
Stephen Sondheim celebrated by Dench, Peters at London gala
May 4, 2022 GMTLONDON (AP) — Judi Dench was given a standing ovation for “Send in The Clowns.” Bernadette Peters bent over with her back to the audience and with her head between her legs blasted her trumpet to “You Gotta Get A Gimmick.”
Katrina Lenk takes two bows on stage and screen
April 28, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — From joking on the “Ozark” set with Jason Bateman, to getting show notes from Stephen Sondheim, Katrina Lenk’s career has hit a sweet spot.
The actor is in the enviable position of starring in the popular Netflix show and the hit Broadway musical “Company” simultaneously.
Hillary Clinton to voice ‘Into The Woods’ role in Arkansas
March 28, 2022 GMTLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hillary Clinton will play the offstage role of the Giant in a production of Stephen Sondheim's “Into The Woods” in her onetime home state of Arkansas, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre announced on Monday.
Zadie Smith to receive PEN America literary service award
March 11, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Author Zadie Smith is this year's winner of the PEN/Audible Literary Service Award, an honor previously given to Toni Morrison, Stephen Sondheim and Margaret Atwood among others.
Poet Sonia Sanchez to receive Edward MacDowell Medal
March 7, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this year's winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others.
Full schedule of concerts planned for Tanglewood this summer
January 20, 2022 GMTLENOX, Mass. (AP) — The Boston Symphony Orchestra announced Thursday that its summer home in Tanglewood will host a full schedule of concerts this year for the first time since 2019.
The 2022 season that runs from June 17 through Sept.
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Review: Broadway’s ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ follows safe formula
December 6, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — One sure sign that Broadway is bouncing back is the arrival of new shows based on hit movies. The latest is “Mrs. Doubtfire” — a sweetly clumsy valentine to broken families from the mid-1990s that arrives in the fraught 2020s.
Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
November 27, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects, has died.
Barbra Streisand, Lea Salonga, more mourn Stephen Sondheim
November 27, 2021 GMTTributes quickly flooded social media following the death of Stephen Sondheim as performers and writers alike saluted a giant of the theater:
Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim
November 27, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — In 2010, the year he turned 80, Stephen Sondheim had to endure a public fuss when a Broadway theater was being renamed in his honor.
At a ceremony outside the 1,055-seat auditorium on West 43rd Street, the composer looked sheepish by the time he got to the podium following gushing words from admirers that included Patti LuPone and Nathan Lane.
Towering musical theater master Stephen Sondheim dies at 91
November 27, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects, has died.
Tonywatch: Elizabeth Stanley seeks ‘healing and connection’
September 22, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A short time after Broadway shut down last year, Elizabeth Stanley went on a tiny rescue mission.
She was offered a chance to get back into her dressing room at the Broadhurst Theatre — home of her musical “Jagged Little Pill” — and to grab anything she needed.
Classic Stage Company has a treat: Three ‘Assassins’ casts
April 7, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — White House hopefuls may want to steer clear of Classic Stage Company next week: Not one or even two, but three casts of the dark musical “Assassins” are massing...
Tonywatch: Elizabeth Stanley seeks ‘healing and connection’
March 3, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — A short time after Broadway shut down last year, Elizabeth Stanley went on a tiny rescue mission...
Joe Allen, whose bistro was a Broadway draw, dies at 87
February 9, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Joe Allen, whose Times Square-adjacent bistro which bears his name has been a decadeslong draw for theater folk and where a post-show drink is part of the Broadway experience, has died...
Rosanne Cash wins prestigious MacDowell arts medal
May 18, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Rosanne Cash's latest honor is a medal previously awarded to Toni Morrison, Stephen Sondheim and Georgia O'Keeffe, among others.
The singer-songwriter is this year's winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, presented by the MacDowell artist colony, which announced the prize Sunday.
Stephen Sondheim gets starry but tardy 90th birthday concert
April 27, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Josh Groban, Nathan Lane and Jake Gyllenhaal honored composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim on Sunday with an online 90th birthday concert that was stuffed with his songs, but delayed by technical difficulties...
Clintons, Mariah Carey turn out for Barbra Streisand concert
August 4, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Barbra Streisand's return to New York City's Madison Square Garden for the first time in 13 years attracted figures from pop superstar Mariah Carey to Bill and Hillary Clinton for a concert that turned political.
‘Come From Away,’ ‘The Inheritance’ score at Olivier Awards
April 7, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — "The Inheritance", an epic drama about gay lives in New York, and musicals "Come From Away" and "Company" were the big winners at British theater's NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Iconis seems to have all the normal influences expected from a young musical theater composer...Tech and friendship at heart of Broadway’s ‘Be More Chill’
March 13, 2019 GMT
‘Come From Away,’ ‘Company’ lead race for UK Olivier Awards
March 5, 2019 GMTLONDON (AP) — Musicals "Come From Away" and "Company" lead the race for Britain's Olivier theater awards with nine nominations apiece.
"Come From Away," about a Newfoundland town that sheltered stranded air travelers on 9/11, is up for best new musical, while a gender-switched production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" is nominated for best musical revival.
Beautiful! Carole King shows up as herself in Broadway bio
January 13, 2019 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Anything can happen in live theater, and audience members seeing "Beautiful," the life story of Carole King, got a surprise when King appeared in the role of herself to celebrate the show's fifth anniversary on Broadway...
Seasoned actors, young performers lead Civic’s ‘Follies’
January 4, 2019 GMTA three-show run might not sound like much of a challenge, but things are different when it’s Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” on stage.
For one, the musical is, in a word, huge, with the Broadway production calling for a cast of more than 30.
Latté Da’s 2018-19 season is heavy on musicals (‘Once,’ ‘Night Music’) but includes a new Rivers play
May 16, 2018 GMTTheater Latté Da will produce the regional premiere of the Broadway musical “Once,” revive Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music” and present a new work by Twin Cities playwright Harrison David Rivers in its eclectic 21st season, the Twin Cities company announced.
Simon and Sondheim talk shop at joint appearance
December 4, 2013 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Sondheim and Paul Simon, two longtime New Yorkers and giants of American song, embody two very different musical traditions.
Simon, 72, and a charter member of the rock 'n' roll generation, hated the bland ballads he had to sit through on "Make Believe Ballroom," a longtime radio program that preceded the Yankees games he listened to on the porch of his childhood home in Queens.