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Kennedy Center Spent More Than $50 Million To Present ‘Hamilton’

Source: ArtsJournal.com | Posted: September 8 2020 @ 9:31 am

That amount is almost five times what the complex paid producers to put on the next most expensive show, the Broadway tour of The Book of Mormon in 2015. The price is also more than theaters in other American cities paid, even on a per-performance basis, though higher ticket prices in D.C. made up that […]

Broadway Songs for Nighttime

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 8 2020 @ 12:47 am

After a long day of work and play, sometimes listening to music is the best thing to do to relax and unwind. Whether that be lullabies or relaxing songs to hum along to, this playlist has the songs you’re craving for to settle down with at the end of the day. From The Music Man’s…

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Broadway Musicals You Might Have Forgotten

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 8 2020 @ 12:27 am

Some Broadway musicals have titles that will be remembered forever, like Cats, Annie, Les Miserables, and The Phantom of the Opera. Other titles might have faded away in time and did not have a long pop-culture shelf life. Here are six musicals that you might have forgotten about including Smile, which was recently featured in…

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Bookfilter’s September 2020 Picks of the Month

Source: BroadwayDirect.com | Posted: September 8 2020 @ 12:06 am

BookFilter picks the best new theater book, exclusively for Broadway Direct readers. This month, we’ve got two books to highlight: Eubie Blake: Rags, Rhythm, and Race By Richard Carlin & Ken Bloom  $35, Oxford University Press  Out now  Magic Time By Edwin Wilson  $29.95, Smith & Kraus  Out now  The theater will be back. You…

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Ain't Too Proud Star James Harkness Is Finding Creative Outlets in Quarantine

Source: Broadway.com | Posted: September 7 2020 @ 10:00 am

Living near the theater district during the Broadway shutdown, photographer and performer Matthew Stocke has been haunted walking past the empty theater palaces sitting in repose, waiting for the lights and stars to return. In this new Broadway.com photo feature, he reunites members of the theater community with their Broadway home Away From Home.

JAMES HARKNESS
AIN'T TOO PROUD

"Lord" James Harkness, a moniker given to him by his Aida co-stars, was busy dancing and singing as The Temptations' Paul Williams in Ain't Too Proud on Broadway when it was announced that theaters would be shutting down. Originally announced as a month-long closure, Harkness was looking forward to a time of rest. Now six months in and at least five more months to go, the Ain't Too Proud star is rediscovering what it means to be both an artist and a human. Here, Harkness shares what he has learned in quarantine that has changed his mindset, and why he's OK with being alone.

"At first I was all for it. Yes, shut Broadway down. If the safest thing to do is to close the theaters down for the safety of our entire theater community—both onstage and offstage—then yes, …