Why Disney Decided Newsies Was Ready for the Big Screen After initially resisting the idea of preserving the stage show on film, Disney Theatrical’s Thomas Schumacher realized how to do it right. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
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James Naughton Will Join Jill Eikenberry for Songs I've Sung The evening will also feature Michael Tucker. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
The Neediest Cases: Comatose, Then Homeless: ‘My Closest Friend Has Been Pain’ A car accident left Oscar Pedro Duran Abreu in a coma in the Dominican Republic. He later came to the United States with his children, and they’ve had…
Front Burner: French Pastries in the Flatiron District for the Morning Commute Italienne’s weekday pastry counter is a French treat with pains au chocolat, apricot fougasses and burnished almond croissants. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: A Makeshift Law Office Closes at Kennedy Monday: Airport attorneys, symbolic strength on a subway train, and what’s left of Little Syria. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York’s Growth Can Be Measured in Trash Bags The city has a population of 8.5 million and a surging tourism trade, which means there is more garbage, in more places than ever before. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
How Big River Conquered Broadway—Twice!—and Now Comes to Encores! The story of how a twangy Mark Twain musical conquered Broadway from the man who had the kernel of an idea in the first place. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Kristin Chenoweth, Jonathan Groff, and More Salute Mary-Mitchell Campbell The Transport Group’s gala evening features a slate of Broadway stars. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Lifting of Travel Ban Sets Off Rush to Reach U.S. The race inundated some domestic and international airports, reunited loved ones and friends, and prompted another round of criticism from President Trump about national security. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Metropolitan Diary: An Epic High-Five Two strangers share a fleeting connection on a summer morning. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Man Arrested in August Strangling of Jogger in Queens A 20-year-old Brooklyn man has been accused of killing Karina Vetrano, who went jogging on a secluded path in Howard Beach last year. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Subway Riders Scrub Anti-Semitic Graffiti, as ‘Decent Human Beings’ When passengers on a Manhattan train spotted hateful messages scrawled on a subway map, they joined together to get rid of them. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Suspect Arrested in Murder of Jogger in Queens Last Summer A 20-year-old Brooklyn man has been accused of killing Karina Vetrano, who went jogging on a secluded path in Howard Beach. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
35 Years Later, Sister in Durst Case Is Still Looking for Answers “I just want to find out what happened to my sister,” Mary McCormack Hughes said in a rare interview about Robert Durst and the death of his first…
Side Street: 35 Women and One Man’s Freedom With advocacy that relied on outrage but not anger, a group helped win clemency for Oscar López Rivera, the long-imprisoned Puerto Rican nationalist. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times