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Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'
Read full article: Wendell Pierce calls his 'Death of a Salesman' a 'watermark'Wendell Pierce hopes that heading a Black-led cast in a historic revival of Arthur Millerโs โDeath of a Salesmanโ goes beyond exposing the classic American play to a new audience.
'A Strange Loopโ makes history at Tonys; โCompanyโ wins 5
Read full article: 'A Strange Loopโ makes history at Tonys; โCompanyโ wins 5โA Strange Loop,โ an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, as voters celebrated Broadwayโs most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.
New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
Read full article: New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Def Leppard, a five-part Apple+ series on dinosaurs and a documentary about the late composer Stephen Sondheim and his musical โCompany.โ.
Show goes on for Olivier Awards, even with UK theaters shut
Read full article: Show goes on for Olivier Awards, even with UK theaters shutScott and Ian McKellen were among acting winners as Britains Laurence Olivier Awards celebrated the best of the London stage in bittersweet fashion Sunday night, Oct. 25, 2020 - most U.K. theaters remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)LONDON โ Andrew Scott and Ian McKellen were among acting winners as Britainโs Laurence Olivier Awards celebrated the best of the London stage in bittersweet fashion Sunday night โ most U.K. theaters remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. McKellen won a special Olivier โ his seventh โ for his one-man 80th birthday tour of the U.K., staged before the pandemic as a fundraiser for regional theaters. A handful of theaters have reopened to reduced, socially distanced audiences, but many are still shut and relying on emergency funding from the government to stay afloat. Olivier organizers say the next awards ceremony will likely not be until 2022, because so little work has been staged this year.