Lawmakers Miss Deadline as Budget Deal Nears in Albany A rare weekend session is scheduled, with stumbling blocks centered on issues like charter schools and raising the age of criminal responsibility. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Posts published in March 2017
Alice Ripley Will Sing Sunset Boulevard Song at Green Room The Tony winner has a busy spring, including the premiere of her new Netflix series Girlboss. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
MCC Theater Proves Three Artistic Directors Are Better Than One As the Off-Broadway institution turns 30, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, and Robert LuPone celebrate another first. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
See the Latest Playbills of All the Shows on Broadway From Sara Bareilles in Waitress to Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!, look at the 38 Playbill covers of the shows currently running on Broadway. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
What You Don’t Know About Hamilton’s Wayne Brady You may know him for his comic genius on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, but Chicago’s Aaron Burr grew up a bonafide theatre kid. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: April 1 {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
What's Hot in London: April 1–7 Heading toward the Oliviers, Harry Potter casting news, and verdicts for Don Juan and The Life. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented April 1 in Los Angeles A separate ceremony will be held in New York May 6. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Man Who Killed Bus Driver With a Stolen Truck Is Found Guilty A jury convicted Domonic Whilby of aggravated vehicular homicide for crashing a truck into a New York City bus after a night of drinking in 2014, though they…
Editorial: After Murder, a Second Chance To fix America’s prison crisis, we have to release more people convicted of violent crimes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Op-Ed Contributors: Closing Rikers Island Is a Moral Imperative Rikers Island is isolated, inhumane and violent. It should be replaced by smaller borough-based jails. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Catch a Glimpse of the New York Premiere of Daniel’s Husband Primary Stages presents Michael McKeever’s new play about a gay couple tying the knot. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
F.B.I. Reunites a Rockwell, Stolen 40 Years Ago, With Its Owners A cherished family painting, though not one of Rockwell’s most revered covers for The Saturday Evening Post, is now a million-dollar heirloom. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Zach Braff, Morgan Freeman, and More Celebrate the Premiere of Going in Style The film, a remake of the 1979 movie starring Lee Strassberg and directed by Zach Braff, is scheduled for an April 7 release. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
The High End: Historic Bank Building Near City Hall Becoming Condos A landmark from the early 1900s that was built on the savings of immigrants from Ireland is being converted to luxury condos. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times