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6 'Beautiful' actors dish about meeting, playing Carole King
For nearly six years, Carole King has watched her life — the early years, anyway — flash before her eyes at “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” which ends its Broadway...
Lifetime's 'Patsy and Loretta' is a country music buddy movie
No, you're not crazy: Country music legend Patsy Cline is making music again, thanks to her daughter Julie Fudge. "Patsy & Loretta" — premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. on Lifetime...
Tony nominees dish on how they fell in love with theater
You never forget your first time — or your first show, especially if you wind up writing, choreographing or starring in one later. Nearly a dozen of this year’s Tony...
Celebs show support at private screening of film set in Queens
There was plenty of “Happiness” at Morrison Hotel Gallery in New York last week, where writer/director Andy Truschinski held an exclusive private screening of his short film “The Root of...
The surprising way 'Hamilton' Tony wins will help Broadway losers
At Sunday’s Tony Awards there is opportunity in losing. With Broadway set to crown “Hamilton” the greatest show in the history of mankind, the also-rans are scrambling to make the...
Women songwriters like Sara Bareilles are owning Broadway
First came Cyndi Lauper and “Kinky Boots.” Now Sara Bareilles and “Waitress” look ready to double down. Women dismissed for writing fluffy pop hits — “Love Song” in Bareilles’ case...
'Hamilton' isn't the only show worth seeing this fall
The new theater season has begun and, believe it or not, there are other shows out there besides “Hamilton.” Not that you would know that from the New York Times,...
Why 'Beautiful' star Jessie Mueller first didn't recognize Carole King
After 18 months on Broadway — and 496 renditions of “I Feel the Earth Move” — Jessie Mueller ends her run Friday night in “Beautiful,” the hit biomusical about Carole...
Chilina Kennedy follows Jessie Mueller as Carole King in ‘Beautiful’
Starting Saturday, the woman behind the piano at “Beautiful” will be . . . Chilina Kennedy? Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, the Canadian actress (inset) is a musical-theater vet,...
How 3 Tony best actress nominees get into their roles
Mary Bridget Davies Stars as: Janis Joplin in “A Night with Janis Joplin” “I based my dressing room on [photos from Janis’ life]: tapestries, candles, 1930s lamps, two of my...
Who should -- and who will -- win at the Tony Awards
Forget about California Chrome and the Triple Crown: For many New Yorkers, the handicapping race this week is all about the Tonys. Ahead of Sunday’s telecast, we balance out who...
One critic's dream Tony nominations
Broadway loves two things: arguing about the Tony nominations and arguing about the awards themselves. Fortunately it’s been an action-packed season since “Forever Tango” — remember that?! — opened in...
'Beautiful' star Mueller an early Tony favorite
It’S going to be a few months before we get a clear idea of who the combatants will be at the Tony Awards, but there’s one category that’s quickly coming...
Meet the Muellers, a Broadway triple treat
They're the closest thing we have to the Von Trapp family — three blue-eyed, singing siblings, now appearing on three New York stages. There’s Jessie Mueller, who stars in Broadway’s...
Carole King loves 'Beautiful' but it's too painful to watch
You’ll find Carole King’s life onstage in “Beautiful,” now in previews at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. But don’t look for King herself anywhere in the house. The reclusive “Tapestry” singer-songwriter...