It will be the busiest April for Broadway openings in more than a decade. But some of its biggest stars have been sidelined by positive tests. Source: New York Times
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Sarah Jessica Parker Tests Positive for Coronavirus
By Gotham Rex on April 7, 2022
Parker’s co-star, Matthew Broderick, who is also her husband, had tested positive earlier this week, and has been out of the show since Tuesday. Source: New York Times
Matthew Broderick, Starring in Broadway’s ‘Plaza Suite,’ Tests Positive
By Gotham Rex on April 6, 2022
Broderick’s positive test result comes as coronavirus cases have once again been rising in New York City, and a number of Broadway shows have been affected Source: New York Times
Alan J. Hruska, a Founder of Soho Press, Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on April 5, 2022
A litigator for 44 years, he was also a novelist; a writer, director and producer of plays and films; and helped establish the independent publishing house Soho Press. Source: New York Times
‘Downstate’ and ‘Catch as Catch Can’ in Playwrights Horizons New Season
By Gotham Rex on April 4, 2022
The company has announced five works for its 2022-23 lineup, which will include Agnes Borinsky’s “The Trees,” directed by Tina Satter. Source: New York Times
‘Macbeth’ performances on Broadway pause after Daniel Craig tests positive for the coronavirus.
By Gotham Rex on April 3, 2022
The show, which just began previews on Tuesday, hopes to resume on April 8. Source: New York Times
A Playwright Makes the Scene in New York’s Living Rooms
By Gotham Rex on March 31, 2022
Matthew Gasda spent years writing plays on his electric typewriter, and almost no one seemed to care. With “Dimes Square,” his depiction of a downtown crowd, he has an underground hit. Source: New York Times
Will the Buffalo Bills Get a $1.4 Billion Stadium?
By Gotham Rex on March 28, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul is eager to keep the football team from leaving town. Source: New York Times
He’s Been a Killer and a Mob Associate. Is He a Hit Man?
By Gotham Rex on March 24, 2022
George Bratsenis appears in a New Jersey court today to enter a plea in a murder-for-hire case. Source: New York Times
‘Music Man’ Sets Box Office Record for a Reopened Broadway
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2022
The Hugh Jackman-led revival has 76 trombones, 110 cornets, and took in $3.5 million in ticket sales last week, more than any show since the pandemic began. Source: New York Times
Suspect in Broadway Singing Coach’s Attack Arrested on Manslaughter Charge
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2022
Lauren Pazienza, 26, turned herself in and was charged with manslaughter in the death of Barbara Maier Gustern, 87. Source: New York Times
‘Hart Island’ Gives Voice to Stories That Might Otherwise Be Lost
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Tracy Weller’s new multimedia theater piece focuses on those buried in New York City’s potter’s field and the inmates who dug the graves there. Source: New York Times
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
Broadway Singing Coach, 87, Has Brain Injury After Street Attack
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
Barbara Maier Gustern was pushed to the ground outside her Manhattan apartment building by a woman who remains at large. Source: New York Times
Tony Awards to Announce Prizes in June at Radio City Music Hall
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2022
The 75th ceremony, honoring plays and musicals staged on Broadway, resumes its traditional calendar after a few years of pandemic disruption. Source: New York Times