Playbill Counts Down the Top 5 Sondheim and Lloyd Webber Musicals In celebration of the two legendary composers’ birthdays March 22, we look back at some of their most iconic shows. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
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MTC Announces New Broadway and Off-Broadway Shows An acclaimed Royal Court Theatre transfer and a New York premiere have joined the 2017–18 season. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Party Coverage: Scene City: Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern and Dick Cavett at a Party for ‘Wilson’ Stars turn out to celebrate the new bittersweet comedy starring Mr. Harrelson about an easily provoked loner. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Watch as Glenn Close and Company Wish Andrew Lloyd Webber a Happy Birthday The leads of the four Lloyd Webber musicals currently on Broadway celebrate in song. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Joel Grey, James Naughton, Chita Rivera, and More Celebrate John Kander’s 90th Birthday The composer was celebrated at the March 21 performance of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
See Rachael Lily Rosenbloom Concert at 54 Below Fans of the 1973 show that closed in previews didn’t ever forget it. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Stripped-Down Drop The Mic Series Launches With Derek Klena Performing from Wicked The original performance series features Broadway stars singing popular showtunes with a stripped-down acoustic arrangement. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Life as a Runway: What 8 New Yorkers Wore to First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum Visitors flocked to the newly opened Georgia O’Keefe exhibit, which features the artist’s wardrobe, along with key paintings and photographs. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
Michele Pawk, Jonathan Hadary, and More Set for Shaw’s You Never Can Tell David Staller will direct the reading as part of the Project Shaw series. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Social Circuit Crisis: With the Waldorf Closed, Where to Hold That Gala? After the Manhattan hotel, including its Grand Ballroom, shut for renovations, party planners rushed to find alternative places to hold their fund-raisers and galas. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
Op-Ed Contributor: The Truth About New York City’s Elite High Schools Bad policy and a false narrative of inferiority are keeping black and Latino students out of some of the city’s best schools. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Roused by Trump, First-Time Female Candidates Eye Local Seats Political activism, ignited largely in response to President Trump, has been followed by a flood of first-time state and local candidates, many of them women. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Russian Spies in Our Midst Wednesday: A brief history of Russian spies in New York, Preet Bharara joins N.Y.U., and swipe-sharing. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Where Halls of Ivy Meet Silicon Dreams, a New City Rises Focusing mainly on advanced technology and the sciences, three of the city’s biggest academic building projects in years will soon open for business. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Harder for Homeless to Enter N.Y.C. Shelters, Report Finds The Coalition for the Homeless said the number who were denied shelter had increased, and many had been forced to reapply multiple times. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times