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Patti LuPone Goes Viral Calling Out Anti-Masker & Twitter Is LIVING For It

Broadway diva Patti LuPone won Twitter today as video of her calling out an anti-masker during a Q&A after a performance of COMPANY on Broadway went viral.
Patti LuPone (with the mic) calls out anti-masker at COMPANY
Broadway diva Patti LuPone won Twitter today as video of an exchange between the star and a woman in the audience at COMPANY on Broadway went viral. Continue reading “Patti LuPone Goes Viral Calling Out Anti-Masker & Twitter Is LIVING For It”

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Broadway Extends Mask Requirements, Will Drop Vaccination Checks

Broadway extends mask requirements through May 31, 2022
(photo: Ludovic Bertron/Flickr)
The Broadway League has announced that the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters in New York City will extend mask requirements for audiences through at least May 31, 2022, but many will no longer check vaccination status after April 30, 2022. Continue reading “Broadway Extends Mask Requirements, Will Drop Vaccination Checks”

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Review: PARADISE SQUARE Is ‘Bold, Heartbreaking, And Glorious’

The cast of the new Broadway show Paradise Square
Cast of Paradise Square via Instagram – photo by Kevin Berne
Guest review by Lawrence Pfeil, Jr. Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”  Occasionally it raises a theater’s roof with the power of a musical like Paradise Square which opened last night at Broadway’s Ethel Barrymore Theater. Continue reading “Review: PARADISE SQUARE Is ‘Bold, Heartbreaking, And Glorious’”

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Remembering Broadway’s Thommie Walsh On His Birthday

Remembering Thommie Walsh, two-time Tony Award winner, who would have turned 72 today
Two-time Tony Award winner Thommie Walsh
I originally posted this on March 15, 2011 in tribute to my funny, talented, and dear friend, Thommie Walsh. This is a very personal post for me, and so I share this each year to celebrate his beautiful spirit. Today would have been Thommie’s 72nd birthday. Continue reading “Remembering Broadway’s Thommie Walsh On His Birthday”