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The New York Times reports that a new musical stage adaptation of Yentl the Yeshiva Boy is in development, with a book and lyrics by Tony Award winner Lisa Kron, the Fisher Center at Bard announced Tuesday. The production will be directed by Barrie Kosky and features a score by Adam Benzwi. The show is one of three inaugural projects selected for the newly established Civis Hope Commissions, a program designed to support artists reimagining American narratives to envision a more hopeful future.
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Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. The U.S. District Court in Rhode Island has denied a motion for preliminary injunctive relief filed by arts organizations seeking National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding.
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Get a first look at Volksoper Wien's a new futuristic production of Follies, the celebrated musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman in Austria. The production is performed in German with English subtitles. Three decades after Sally and Phyllis were hired as showgirls in the "Follies" revue, they revisit their former stomping grounds for a grand gala. It was here that they met their husbands, Buddy and Benjamin, who accompany them to the reunion with former colleagues and associates.
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Students from Altadena Arts and Eliot Arts Magnet Schools will perform Shrek Jr. at Center Theatre Group’s Ahmanson Theatre on April 18 after wildfires devastated their community earlier this year. On January 7, students began rehearsals for the musical, reports American Theatre. That same night, the Eaton Fire destroyed much of their school, including the theater, and displaced about 40 percent of the students.
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The Orlando Sentinel reports that Orange County officials have suspended Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and sustainability grant programs for arts and cultural organizations, citing fears that continuing the initiatives could jeopardize state and federal funding.
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Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Go inside the sitzprobe for the musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel, The Great Gatsby, which make its West End debut at The London Coliseum this spring. Preview performances will begin on Friday 11 April with opening night scheduled for Thursday 24 April (7pm).
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Get Access To Every Broadway StoryUnlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Go inside rehearsals for Geffen Playhouse's West Coast premiere of Furlough’s Paradise, written by a.k. payne (Amani, Love I AWETHU Further) and directed by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden (School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, Native Gardens).
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Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Get a first look at this year's Story 2 Stage program from The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Story 2 Stage was launched as a pilot program in the fall of 2021, serving middle and high school students at Grand Center Arts Academy in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Enter Your Email to Unlock This ArticlePlus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Get a first look at Lyric Stage's World Premiere of David Valdes’s The Great Reveal co-directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary and Charlotte Snow.
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Get Access To Every Broadway StoryUnlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Get a first look at rehearsals for Million Dollar Quartet with the superstar performers who make the hits happen! Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins — these four rock ’n’ roll icons teamed up for an electrifying jam session that would change music forever.
