When the Stephen Sondheim musical opened in 1987, a huge boot hung over the theater’s facade. The producers of the current revival would love to get it back. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert (Series)”
Comedy Undercut ‘The Life.’ Billy Porter Looks for Its Humanity.
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
The actor is directing an Encores! revival of the 1997 musical, updating it to confront hard truths about racism, poverty and carceral injustice. Source: New York Times
New York City Center to Revive a Pair of Musicals About Black Lives
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2020
“The Life” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” which focus on people of color in Manhattan, are planned for the 2020-2021 season of Encores!, the center’s popular series. Source: New York Times