Look Back at Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney in Sugar Babies on Broadway The burlesque musical comedy revue earned a 1980 Tony Award nomination for Best Musical. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Stage and Screen Icon Ann Miller on Sugar Babies, Co-Star Feuds, and Those Wigs This 1981 interview, which took place in Miller’s Broadway dressing room, captures an era when star personas loomed large on and off stage.…
Frederick B. Lacey, Who Prosecuted Corruption in New Jersey, Dies at 96 Mr. Lacey won convictions against mayors, other public officials and Mafia members before becoming a judge whose cases included the French Connection trial. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Tony-Winning Producer Hopes to Bring Crazy for You Back to Broadway with Laura Osnes and Tony Yazbeck The Tony-nominated actors starred in a recent concert version of the hit musical. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
New York Today: New York Today: Sharing a Block on Broadway Wednesday: A “shared street” in Manhattan, a sleepover for grown-ups and a sticker design contest. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Works in Progress: Hoping Cherry Blossoms Won’t Arrive Early to Their Own Party The annual festival at Brooklyn Botanic Garden takes place at the end of April — regardless of when nature decides to push play. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
De Blasio Faces Tough Road Replacing Rikers With New Jails The process for new construction is arduous, no one wants the jails in their backyard, and the mayor doesn’t want the fight as he gears up for a re-election campaign.…
On Ethics, Cuomo Budget Entered Like a Lion and Emerged Like a Lamb Despite convictions of the Legislature’s leaders, New York lawmakers ignored many of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposals. “It was all rhetoric and no action,” an observer said.…
About New York: Another Reprieve for Expert Testimony That Is Anything But The Justice Department shuts down a commission that was examining the use of techniques that have helped falsely convict people. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York’s Free-Tuition Program Will Help Traditional, but Not Typical, Students A new program will mostly aid students who go to college straight from high school and graduate on time. But low-income students rarely fit that mold. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
Metropolitan Diary: Hey, He Tried A man has trouble getting his wife’s attention when he sees someone famous on a Greenwich Village street. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: Parts Are Greater Than the Sum of the Chicken at Torishin At a yakitori restaurant in Hell’s Kitchen, each bit of the bird, cooked separately, has a different pleasure to offer. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Tickets Now On Sale for Large-Scale Festival of Canadian Theatre in NYC Soulpepper Theatre Company prepares to make its U.S. debut with a season of new plays and musicals Off-Broadway. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Test Your Playbill Cover Knowledge Think you’re Broadway’s biggest fan? Watch this video quiz and find out. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
‘Raise the Age,’ Now Law in New York, Is Still a Subject of Debate Weeks of negotiations over ending the practice of trying 16- and 17-year-olds as adults resulted in a bill with numerous subsections and stipulations that some found…