Editorial: Closing Rikers Without a Road Map Mayor de Blasio wants to close the disgraceful city jail, but he won’t say where the inmates should go. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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Changes in Policing Take Hold in One of the Nation’s Most Dangerous Cities It’s a sort of Hippocratic ethos: Minimize harm, and try to save lives. And in Camden, N.J., residents are noticing the results. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Side Street: Attack in Jackson Heights Leaves Two Transgender Women Living in Fear The friends, Nayra and Gabriela, were attacked when entering a restaurant in Jackson Heights, a neighborhood known as welcoming to gays and lesbians. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York…
The Play That Goes Wrong Opens on Broadway April 2 The original West End cast reprises their performances in New York. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
What Song Booked Come From Away’s Chad Kimball His Broadway Debut? The Tony-nominated star reveals the songs that booked him Broadway. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Read Playbill’s First-Ever Article on Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera A flashback to thoughts from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harold Prince, and Michael Crawford before their Phantom became the longest-running musical on Broadway, {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
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World Premiere of Vanity Fair Opens Off-Broadway April 2 Kate Hamill’s newest work is adapted from William Thackeray’s 1848 satire. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Look Back at Elizabeth Taylor’s Broadway Debut in The Little Foxes The Oscar-winning film icon made her long-awaited Broadway debut in the 1981 revival that co-starred Maureen Stapleton. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Bill de Blasio Speaks at Funeral for Man Killed in Racist Attack The mayor attended the service in South Jamaica, Queens, for Timothy Caughman, the 66-year-old man who was stabbed to death on March 20 by a self-described hater of…
Albany Works Overtime as Budget Deal Proves Elusive Lawmakers continued to talk on Saturday, with stumbling blocks centered on issues like charter schools and raising the age of criminal responsibility. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
See Sara Bareilles Take Her First Bow in Waitress The singer-songwriter made her Broadway acting debut March 31 alongside new cast members Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Swenson. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
My Son, My Daughter: A Mother’s Evolution Isabel Rose, the New York real estate heiress, decided to go public about her child’s gender transition after President Trump rescinded federal protections for transgender students. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Lawmakers Miss Deadline as Budget Deal Nears in Albany A rare weekend session is scheduled, with stumbling blocks centered on issues like charter schools and raising the age of criminal responsibility. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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