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The Tony Award nominee and Emmy winner will return to the stage in the latest show by Tony and Oscar-nominated playwright and screenwriter David Hare.
The five-time Emmy winner and Saturday Night Live alum makes her Broadway debut as Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola's Tony-winning comedy at the Lyceum Theatre.
From broad common themes like true crime to specific details like scene-stealing kids, this season's plays and musicals had many fun similarities to spot.
The Grammy-winning rapper is the first female actor to play the role of Zidler in the musical's history, and she will play her final performance Friday.
See photos of Taraji P. Henson, Cedric 'The Entertainer' in 'Joe Turner's Come and Gone' on Broadway
Henson makes her Broadway debut opposite Cedric and more in Debbie Allen's revival of August Wilson's play about the intersection of various lives at a Pittsburgh boardinghouse.
Shoshana Bean, Ali Louis Bourzgui, LJ Benet, and more lead the world-premiere musical adaptation of the cult-classic 1987 vampire film at the Palace Theatre.
Sound designers, composers, and more creatives from five of this spring's plays share how music adds new dimensions to a wide array of onstage stories.
The cult-classic musical phenomenon returns to Studio 54 with a star-studded cast under the direction of Oh, Mary! Tony Award winner Sam Pinkleton.
Shows like 11 to Midnight, & Juliet, and Cats: The Jellicle Ball are engaging, in various ways, with creators and communities cultivated in online spaces.
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