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MICHAEL PAULSON
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School Plays Are the Latest Cultural Battleground
At a time when lawmakers and parents are seeking to restrict what can and cannot be taught in classrooms, many teachers are seeing efforts to…
At Tony Awards, ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Wins Best Musical and ‘Leopoldstadt’ Best Play
The Tony Awards went off with out a hitch despite a screenwriters’ strike. Among the highlights: The first acting awards for out nonbinary performers, and…
In Historic Night for Nonbinary Performers, J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell Win Tony Awards
Ghee became the first out nonbinary performer to win a Tony for best leading actor in a musical, for ‘Some Like It Hot.’
How to Watch the Tony Awards: Time, Channel, Streaming
Here is all the information you’ll need to tune in on Sunday to the annual ceremony honoring Broadway’s top productions and performers.
Tony Predictions: Expect Wins for ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ and ‘Leopoldstadt’
Our theater reporter talked to one-fifth of the Tony voters ahead of Sunday’s ceremony. Here’s hoping they steered him right.
How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards
The screenwriters’ strike threatened next month’s broadcast, a key marketing moment for the fragile theater industry. That’s when leading dramatists sprang into action.
Tony Awards Officials Ask Striking Writers to Reconsider Broadcast
The strike by the Writers Guild of America is endangering the June 11 broadcast of the Tony Awards, one of the biggest marketing opportunities for…
5 Tony-Nominated Broadway Shows, 5 Stagecraft Secrets
What’s on Jessica Chastain’s mind as she spins onstage? Plus: Ben Platt’s silence, the “Fat Ham” ghost, the “Shucked” corn dance and all that “Sweeney”…
As Broadway Rebounds, ‘Some Like It Hot’ Gets 13 Tony Nominations
The musicals “New York, New York,” “Shucked” and “& Juliet” each got nine and “Kimberly Akimbo” picked up eight. Several major stars earned nominations.
J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell, Gender Nonconforming Performers, Earn Tony Nominations
J. Harrison Ghee of “Some Like It Hot” was nominated in the best leading actor in a musical category, and Alex Newell of “Shucked” was…