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"In her fiction, Wharton would have been able to flesh out her protagonist and add more psychological depth. She could have flashed back to Kate’s friendship with Agnes and her subsequent relationship with John. In the play, the latter seems like such a basic chap that you have to wonder what Kate saw in him at all."

Lost Edith Wharton Play Staged

thestar.com/entertainment/stag "Toronto Star"
Pic: DebraYeo/David Cooper

#EdithWharton #shawfestival #shadowofadoubt #theater #legitimatetheater #toronto

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"'It’s a way to challenge preconceived notions of what it means to be an American, whose backs did we build it on, what have we accomplished and succeeded in writing this declaration and the promises within it, and what do we still have to work on?'"

Female, Trans, Nonbinary Thesps Sing & Sign Declararion in '1776' Revival

wtop.com/entertainment/2023/06 via WTOP
Photo: Joan Marcus via QCity Metro

#1776musical #revival #musicaltheater #musicalcomedy #theater #legitimatetheater #kennedycenter

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"Throw in the handful of strong salutes to the WGA and its crusade for a fair wage, and the heart of the Tonys was in the right — which is to say left — place.
"Sunday’s winners were proudly nonbinary and queer and Jewish and pro-union and at least for a while, they weren’t getting cut off by the band."

TV Review: 76th Tony Awards Boost B'way, All of US Theater

hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-re via "Hollywood Reporter"
Photo: Flying Tiger Antiques

#tonys #tonyawards #broadway #theater #legitimatetheater

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"Honey, you're gayer than a clutch purse on Tony night."

Original image: KoMut/NBC/Universal

#tonys #tonyawards #willandgrace #broadway #legitimatetheater #theater

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"The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama was first presented in 2004 off-Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club. It transferred to Broadway in 2005 with a cast headed by Cherry Jones, Brían F. O’Byrne, Adriane Lenox, and Heather Goldenhersh."

Tyne Daly, Liev Schreiber to Lead 1st B'way Revival of 'Doubt'

theatermania.com/news/tyne-dal via Theater Mania
Image: David Gordon

#doubt #johnpatrickshanley #revival #broadway #theater #legitimatetheater #pulitzerprize #tynedaly #lievschreiber

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Photo: "Bubbling Brown Sugar" on Broadway, '76, a revue celebrating Eubie Blake & the Harlem Renaissance
Clockwise, from top right: Vivian Reed, Josephine Premice, Avon Long, Joseph Attles

Moe Septee Inc./Media House via Pinterest

#bubblingbrownsugar #theater #Musical #musicaltheater #revue #legitimatetheater #broadway #eubieblake #harlemrenaissance

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