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Late playwright Terrence McNally leaves behind $5M estate
Prolific playwright Terrence McNally — who died from coronavirus complications in March — left a $5 million estate to his husband and a nonprofit, court records show. The 81-year-old four-time...
Terrence McNally loomed large through ups, downs on Broadway
The coronavirus continues to devastate Broadway. Two highly anticipated plays — “Hangmen” and the revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” — have been scuttled. Actors are sick, among them...
Playwright Terrence McNally dead of coronavirus complications at 81
Terrence McNally, a prolific playwright whose love of opera and compassion for human frailties wove their way into many of his works, died March 24 from complications of the coronavirus...
'Frankie and Johnny' review: More than skin is bared in tender revival
His-and-her nudity is front and center in “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” — but this rom-dram’s success isn’t measured in flesh alone. Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon...
Playwright Terrence McNally is living NYC history
Most people in the theater world run to the spotlight. Not Terrence McNally. Modest, shy and industrious, he’s let his work speak for itself. Fortunately, his plays — “Lips Together,...
‘Anastasia’ musical might give ‘Hamilton’ a run for its money
Whenever he had a show that didn’t work, Jule Styne shouted, “Next!” Rather than lick his wounds after a flop, he went straight to the piano and started writing a...
Chita Rivera edges out Oprah Winfrey in Broadway’s ‘The Visit’
As we know, Chita Rivera returns to Broadway this spring in “The Visit,” a new musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally. But there’s another diva in the...
‘Lips Together, Teeth Apart’ strongly captures time and place
While “It’s Only a Play” is breaking box-office records on Broadway — a textbook example of starry headliners trumping mediocre material — you may want to check out author Terrence...
Even Lane and Mullally can’t save McNally’s lazy backstage comedy ‘It’s Only a Play’
Thank heaven for Nathan Lane, an alchemist who turns comic lead into gold. And he’s been handed a lot of lead in “It’s Only a Play.” Terrence McNally’s 1980s backstage...
Broderick, Lane rule Broadway again with 'It's Only a Play'
The boys still have it! Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, starring this fall in Terrence McNally’s “It’s Only a Play,” are still box office gold. The revival, which opens Oct....
No drama from this mama in 'Mothers and Sons'
A clunker of a Broadway show, “Mothers and Sons” asks us to endure the vacuous chit-chat of deeply unpleasant people. The worst part is, there isn’t even a good reason...
Terrence McNally’s love letter to the theater
Terrence McNally loves peeking behind the scenes, and he’s made arcane subjects widely accessible. His best-known play, 1995’s “Master Class,” is about the prickly relationship between a retired diva and...