Greg Evans

1 week ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Greg Evans

The Salem Witch trials have, many times over, proven themselves near unbreakable as allegory, starting at least with Arthur Miller’s 1953 The Crucible, in which the goings on in Massachusetts Bay around 1692 made for a master class take-down of McCarthyism. The next decade would see the trials as a stand-in for Civil Rights in no less than several episodes of the sitcom Bewitched, and as backdrop to gothic romance on Dark Shadows, of all things.

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Greg Evans

Leslie Odom, Jr. will return to Broadway’s Hamilton this fall in a reprise of his Tony Award-winning role as Aaron Burr. An member of the original cast, Odom’s return to Hamilton comes nine years after he took his final bow in July 2016. Odom begins performances on Tuesday, September 9, for a strictly limited engagement through Sunday, November 23 at Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theatre.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Greg Evans

Broadway’s 2024-25 season has gotten off to a rather extraordinarily fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful left-field sleeper Maybe Happy Ending. There have been a few clunkers — looking at you, Tammy Faye — but if the spring season holds the ratio, theatergoers have much to look forward to.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Greg Evans

With the insanely busy Broadway spring season nearing peak production – only one musical, Dead Outlaw, has yet to begin previews – most shows felt the heat of competition last week, with 29 of the 39 productions reporting slips in box office grosses from the previous week.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Greg Evans

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysWilliam “Bill” Finn, the acclaimed writer and composer of the 1992 musical Falsettos and 2005’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, died Monday, April 7, following a lengthy illness. He was 73. His death was confirmed to Deadline by his literary agent Ron Gwiazda.