Cheesecake for the Soul: A ‘Golden Girls’ Cafe Opens The tonic that is a timeless show about four aging housemates is being dispensed in Manhattan. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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U.K. Funny Girl Tour, Starring Sheridan Smith, Launches Feb. 18 Performances of the classic musical comedy begin in Manchester. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Spend a Two Show Day at Dear Evan Hansen Will Roland shows us what it’s like to do a double-duty day at the Music Box Theatre. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
What’s Hot in London: Feb. 18–24 New management at Chichester, farewell to a landmark London theatre bookshop, and the latest casting news. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
New Musical Come From Away Begins Broadway Previews Feb. 18 Chad Kimball and Jenn Colella star in the show that tells the story of travelers stranded on September 11, 2001. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 18 {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Before They Were Famous, These Artists Made This Cal Performances celebrates John Adams and his collaborators with a revival of Available Light. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Broadway’s Come From Away Aims to Heal Hearts and Minds The new musical ensures that the stories of 9/11 heroes will go unsung no more. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Brooklyn Boy, 5, Is Critically Wounded in Pit Bull Attack An uncle said that Jeremiah Rivera was viciously mauled by one of the family’s two pit bulls. Two younger siblings in the East New York apartment were not seriously hurt.…
James Earl Jones Will Reprise Role in Lion King Remake The role of Simba has also been cast. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
Criminal Acts Led to Arrests of Immigrants in New York Area, Officials Say On Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, released a list detailing the convictions of 41 people detained in the region this month amid a nationwide enforcement…
Lawyer Says Robert Durst’s Former Friend Concocted His Story of a Confession Nick Chavin, a former friend of the New York real estate scion accused of murder, was questioned Friday about why it took him so long to come forward.…
A Young Reporter Makes a Soft Query and Pleases an Upset President Kyle Mazza, 19, created his own network in Fair Lawn, N.J., when he was 8 years old. On Thursday, his question about the first lady provided a respite…
At Dellin Betances’ Arbitration Hearing, Yankees Cite Stolen Bases In arguing that the reliever should be paid $3 million, not $5 million, the club apparently noted runners’ perfect record last season when he pitched. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Abba Tor, Who Engineered T.W.A. Terminal at Kennedy Airport, Dies at 93 Mr. Tor helped the architect Eero Saarinen design a structure of reinforced concrete that reminded viewers of a bird in flight. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times