#Broadway attempt’s world record on anniversary of shutdown

#Broadway attempt’s world record on anniversary of shutdown

“#Broadway attempt’s world record on anniversary of shutdown” What a casting call: Broadway producers are hoping 5,000 people will submit videos of themselves singing the same show tune in hopes of setting a Guinness world record. Cast members from the Broadway-bound musical “Six” have already started the project with a preview video, which was shown…

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#Broadway stars lead impromptu Times Square performance

#Broadway stars lead impromptu Times Square performance

“#Broadway stars lead impromptu Times Square performance” Times Square looked like its bustling old self on Friday. After a full year of New York musicals and plays being dark, Broadway artists commemorated the occasion by putting on a starry surprise concert for a small-but-mighty crowd in the middle of the Theater District. Its defiant message…

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#Quit stalling NYC’s return to normalcy

#Quit stalling NYC’s return to normalcy

“#Quit stalling NYC’s return to normalcy” “Good news,” cheered Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday — COVID “numbers are down.” He’s right. So why isn’t New York’s reopening keeping pace? On Monday, the Department of Education announced that half the city’s high schools will resume full-time, in-person classes this month, but only for the 55,000 kids…

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#Original off-Broadway ‘Assassins’ cast is reuniting online

#Original off-Broadway ‘Assassins’ cast is reuniting online

“#Original off-Broadway ‘Assassins’ cast is reuniting online” Stephen Sondheim is not known for his bankable concepts. He’s written Broadway musicals about a cannibal barber (“Sweeney Todd”), an ugly Italian woman whose love goes unrequited (“Passion”) and the story of a broken friendship that’s told backwards (“Merrily We Roll Along”). But his hardest sell ever was…

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#Visitors slowly returning to Times Square

#Visitors slowly returning to Times Square

“#Visitors slowly returning to Times Square” Times Square, once one of the largest tourist attractions in the world, is slowly waking up from its coronavirus-induced slumber, The Post has learned. Some 105,000 daily visitors on average have been walking through the Big Apple’s largest tourist attraction to experience its massive billboards and neon lights, trudge…

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#Tony Award voting to begin in March

#Tony Award voting to begin in March

“#Tony Award voting to begin in March” The Tony Awards will indeed go on! While no official date has been set for the 74th annual Tony Awards ceremony, Tony voters will cast their ballots from Mar. 1 to Mar. 15, Deadline reports. The Broadway League, which produces the Tony Awards along with the American Theatre…

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#’Mean Girls’ won’t return to Broadway post-COVID shutdown

#’Mean Girls’ won’t return to Broadway post-COVID shutdown

“#’Mean Girls’ won’t return to Broadway post-COVID shutdown” Broadway is done trying to make fetch happen. Tony-nominated musical “Mean Girls” — based on Tina Fey’s 2004 movie — has officially shut down and will not return to the August Wilson Theatre after the coronavirus pandemic winds down and venues reopen. “Thank you to the brilliant creative…

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