A Luigi Mangione musical and more: Letters

A Luigi Mangione musical and more: Letters

“A Luigi Mangione musical and more: Letters” Musical muck I am disgusted and sickened by the new musical about the cowardly murderer, Luigi Mangione, coming to New York City this summer (“Staging Villain ‘Luigi,’ ” March 4). The people who have created this trash are as depraved and unhinged as Mangione. He’s a gutless, cowardly, back-shooter…

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‘Chess’ Theater Review: Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher Headline Conflicted Broadway Revival of Cold War Concept Musical

‘Chess’ Theater Review: Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher Headline Conflicted Broadway Revival of Cold War Concept Musical

On the digital marquee of Broadway’s Imperial Theater, the stars of the new reimagining of the 1984 musical Chess — about rival American and Soviet chess wizards and the woman caught between them — gaze out toward 8th Avenue with looks of serious intent. Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele (last on Broadway in 2023 in Funny…

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Adam Lambert Champions Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Casting: “Shouldn’t the Teachings of Jesus Transcend Gender?”

Adam Lambert Champions Cynthia Erivo’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Casting: “Shouldn’t the Teachings of Jesus Transcend Gender?”

Adam Lambert is championing Cynthia Erivo in Jesus Christ Superstar, despite backlash surrounding her casting as the titular role. In Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical, the Tony Award winner portrayed Jesus alongside the American Idol alum as Judas at the Hollywood Bowl for the first three nights of August.  When news of Erivo’s…

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#Ben Platt to lead ‘Parade’ revival on Broadway

#Ben Platt to lead ‘Parade’ revival on Broadway

“Ben Platt to lead ‘Parade’ revival on Broadway” Ben Platt will lead the “Parade” as it marches its way to Broadway. The Tony winner will star in the revival of the musical “Parade,” which announced its Broadway transfer on Tuesday following its run at the New York City Center, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Based…

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#a lovable and intimate revival

#a lovable and intimate revival

“a lovable and intimate revival” The late composer Stephen Sondheim’s biggest career flop has turned out to be one of the best musicals of the theater season — a mere 41 years after it first premiered. Downtown at New York Theatre Workshop, the lovable and intimate revival of his “Merrily We Roll Along” that opened…

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#Broadway’s latest drag musical is tepid

#Broadway’s latest drag musical is tepid

“Broadway’s latest drag musical is tepid” Gentlemen prefer … the movie. The wobbly quality of the new Broadway musical “Some Like It Hot,” which opened Sunday night at the Shubert Theatre, is made much more obvious by the indisputable greatness of its source material. Theater review Two hour and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At…

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#How to buy tickets, best prices

#How to buy tickets, best prices

“How to buy tickets, best prices” Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase.  We’re almost out of the woods. On Jan. 8, Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” at New York’s St. James Theatre will close…

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#Awful Broadway show is on the rocks

#Awful Broadway show is on the rocks

“Awful Broadway show is on the rocks” Good times never seemed so dull. So dull. So dull. So dull. “A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond Musical,” which creaked open Sunday night on Broadway, begins in the most sedate and uninvolving manner imaginable. The lights come up on a plain-looking therapy session and the titular musician,…

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#Harvard musical reimagines Jesus, Judas relationship as ‘gaysian love story’

#Harvard musical reimagines Jesus, Judas relationship as ‘gaysian love story’

“Harvard musical reimagines Jesus, Judas relationship as ‘gaysian love story’” Harvard University students have “reimagined” the story of Jesus Christ and one of his disciples as a “heretical gaysian (gay, Asian) love story,” in a new play premiering this week. “Iscariot is a queer, Asian American, heretical revisionist history about Judas Iscariot,” according to a description on…

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