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When audiences finally return to Broadway, it appears frontline workers will be first in line for tickets. Popular ticket site TodayTix has unveiled an initiative to provide first responders to the COVID-19 pandemic with free tickets to Broadway shows once theaters reopen, according to Variety. The initiative, called Save a Seat Fund, launched Tuesday when CEO …
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These former “Waitress” stars are serving up thanks to first responders in the coronavirus pandemic. Katharine McPhee, 36, posted a video with her “Smash” co-star Jeremy Jordan, 35, to Twitter on Wednesday singing “You Matter to Me” from “Waitress,” which they both starred in at different points. On Saturday, McPhee took to Twitter saying that …
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Broadway star Amanda Jane Cooper and Andrew Bell made the best out of their canceled wedding. Cooper, 31, and Bell, 30, were supposed to get married on April 25 in Pennsylvania but moved their nuptials up to April 4 in light of the coronavirus lockdown so they could start their lives together. “My husband and …
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Actors know the show must go on. But how about when the show mustn’t go on. Previewing in Broadway’s Longacre was “Diana.” The musical glorifying the late Princess of Wales — the first Mrs. HRH Charles the future King of England, mother of Princes William and Harry, coulda woulda been mother-in-law of me-me-me-Meghan. The opening …
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While the queens of ‘Six’ may not be reigning on Broadway or the West End, they managed to find a way to inspire their pandemic-panicked fans — by enlisting them in a music video. A couple of weeks ago, the ‘Six’ Instagram account asked fans to sing part of a song that would be featured …
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It was hard enough when Broadway shut down, says Raúl Esparza, but letting Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday pass without a celebration? Impossible. And so, while quarantining in his Chelsea apartment, he and friends hit on the answer: a virtual bash, “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration.” Starting at 8 p.m. Sunday, …
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On Broadway, she sang about losing her head. Now, in her Upper West Side apartment, she’s singing her head off. Welcome to “Karaoke and Chill,” Andrea Macasaet’s two-week, self-recorded marathon. Born of frustration and boredom, it began as a way to connect with her family. “Karaoke was always big in my Filipino household,” she tells …
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The wife of “Waitress” actor Nick Cordero said he may not be able to walk again as he suffers from coronavirus. Amanda Kloots posted on Instagram Thursday that her husband is on a ventilator and needs surgery on a blood flow issue in his right leg. She is unsure if her husband will walk again …
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The coronavirus pandemic has not cooled the fevers of avid theatre-goers, despite the fact that Broadway is closed through June. The virtual opening of the musical “Pride and Prejudice” drew 150,000 views when it was streamed on Friday free of charge from the Palo Alto’s TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley. The show had run at the …
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The show will indeed go on! After originally canceling the upcoming re-airing of the November concert “Celebrating 25 Magical years of Disney on Broadway” due to issues with the American Federation of Musicians union, the concert’s airing will now proceed as planned on April 17th at 7 p.m. eastern time. The concert will showcase a …
When audiences finally return to Broadway, it appears frontline workers will be first in line for tickets. Popular ticket site TodayTix has unveiled an initiative to provide first responders to the COVID-19 pandemic with free tickets to Broadway shows once theaters reopen, according to Variety. The initiative, called Save a Seat Fund, launched Tuesday when CEO …
