Photos: Lisa Kron and Daniel Zaitchik Awarded 27th Kleban Prize The Kleban Foundation honored the winners of the 27th Annual Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist and librettist. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
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Restaurant Review: White Gold Butchers Slices to the Point: Meats Cooked Simply Tucked into their butcher shop, April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman’s latest restaurant is ample reason for an Upper West Side trek. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Playbill Prepares for its Most Star-studded Cruise Ever! Broadway on the High Seas 8 sets sail February 17 with a record-breaking number of stars aboard the luxury adventure. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
The Neediest Cases: Family Has Come a Long Way Since Receiving 9 Seven Years Ago Rayshell Byers is in college, Daniel Byers is a cook, Curtis Byers has a love of science, and their mother, Lynette, still keeps an eye…
Two Bakers Thrive in Brooklyn, Far From Syria’s Turmoil A refugee couple starts selling baklava and other sweets online, while waiting for word on a stranded son and his family. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Broadway Glass Menagerie Announces Rush Ticket Policy How to see Sally Field and Joe Mantello during previews for less. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
I Was Misinformed: Make Your Romantic Life Great Again This Valentine’s Day, be inspired by the Cupid in chief. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
New York Today: New York Today: Documenting Hate Crimes Tuesday: Reporting of hate crimes, the science behind relationships, and the “Oscars of libraries.” {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Unbuttoned: Everything You Need to Know About This Fashion Season From all the change in New York to the Paris gossip grapevine, the ready-to-wear shows are going to be as topsy-turvy as everyday life. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
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Twenty Years Later, Glenn Close Finds a New Norma It may be a reprisal of her Tony-winning role, but Glenn Close isn’t repeating anything in Broadway’s revival of Sunset Boulevard. {$excerpt:n} Source: Playbill
New Jersey Alters Its Bail System and Upends Legal Landscape New Jersey, which has nearly eliminated cash bail, is at the forefront of a movement aimed at a bail system that critics say discriminates against poor defendants. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…
About 20 Rabbis Arrested During Protest Over Trump Travel Ban Protesters in Manhattan sat down across an avenue, blocking cars and trucks, in a display the rabbinical group’s leader said was meant to show that many Jews opposed the travel…
Breakaway Democrats in New York Feel Trump Backlash Protesters in New York spurred to action by the new administration have found a new target: state senators who are members of the Independent Democrats. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times
Contract for N.Y.P.D. Body Cameras Is Under Investigation, Sources Say The city comptroller learned of the investigation last Friday, leading him to decide against signing off on the $6.4 million contract, an official in his office said. {$excerpt:n} Source: New…