Comedians like Stephen Colbert might mock the entertainment mecca, but live theater is in too much of a crisis to dismiss the town’s formula of spectacle meets story.
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Theatre censorship laws stifled Black playwrights for more than 200 years – here’s what we found in the archive.
The nine shows include two 2022 Tony Award nominees – and three more Broadway productions are set to open in coming months.
Although a Grammy win for a TikTok musical was a first, musical theatre has always circulated through networks of media, popular culture and fandom.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s famous musical has long inspired controversy for how it depicts the story of Jesus of Nazareth.
Fans of divas like Judy Garland formed complex social networks and communities around their fandom that were also about joy and celebration.
The successes of the NBA’s #WholeNewGame provide important lessons for performing artists about audience investment and hybrid digital-live events.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster portrayal of Alexander Hamilton, one of the most colourful founding fathers, opens this month in Toronto.
The cartoon-turned-Broadway sensation is set in a place named after the Bikini islands, which has a dark history of forced removal and exile of native people from their land.
The Broadway hit offered an escape from the anxieties of World War II. But the America it portrayed – unified, patriotic and white – rings hollow today.
On the surface – and when compared to the Oscars – the 2016 Tonys looked like a groundbreaking moment for diversity in entertainment. But when it comes to inclusion, Broadway has a long way to go.
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Dean of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design and Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, York University, Canada
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Associate Professor of Drama, Tufts University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Associate Professor and Chair of Music, Colorado College
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Senior Lecturer, University of Washington
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PhD Candidate, Department of English, McGill University
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Professor of Theater and Dance, University of Kansas
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Lecturer in Musical Theatre, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Dance, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of American History, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Film, Media and Communication, Deakin University
