Theater (Broadway)

Cynthia Erivo Will Host This Year’s Tony Awards

David Bale4 days ago03 mins

Cynthia Erivo, the Tony Award-winning actress whose Oscar-nominated performance in the “Wicked” film has brought her wide recognition, will host this year’s Tony Awards. The American Theater Wing and the Broadway League — the two organizations that present the awards — announced on Wednesday that Erivo would host the ceremony on June 8 at Radio…

Live Performance in New York City: Here’s What to See This Spring

David Bale6 days ago036 mins

Broadway OPERATION MINCEMEAT A sneaky compassion lies at the heart of this caper of a show, a deliciously eccentric London import that won the 2024 Olivier Award for best new musical. Starring the original West End cast, it’s a riff on a bizarre true story from World War II, when British Intelligence, keen to misdirect…

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, ‘Footloose’ Choreographer, Dies at 78

David Bale1 month ago012 mins

Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony Award-nominated choreographer and director whose colorfully varied career included commissions for New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater as well as Broadway musicals including “Swing!” and films including “Footloose,” died on Jan. 12 in Rockville Centre, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 78. The cause of her death, at a…