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How the Sondheim 90th-Birthday Concert Came Together (an Hour or So Late)

 When the audio cut out, “it was panic. It was dry mouth.” By Jackson McHenry
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The Look Book Goes to Broadway Stars’ Couches

 We asked the leads in dozens of shuttered shows to take a self-portrait on the sofa wherever they are quarantining. By Jackson McHenry and Madison Malone Kircher
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WrestleMania Broke Me

 Dispatches from two full nights of WrestleContent. By Helen Shaw
  1. roll clip!
    Two Minutes of Armie Hammer Going Hog Wild OnstageNo one can resist Icona Pop’s “I Love It.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  2. social distance
    Claire Foy and Matt Smith Will Star in a Socially Distant, Livestreamed PlayThe Old Vic’s new version of Lungs will be performed without an audience.
    By Jackson McHenry
  3. theater
    Miscast Gala to Bring Those Delightful Performances Right to YouTube This YearA perennial highlight of the Broadway season.
    By Jackson McHenry
  4. dance
    Where to Stream Great Dance PerformancesA little starter set for the enthusiast who wants to feel like leaping again.
    By Helen Shaw
  5. smash lives!
    Like a Phoenix Rising From the TV Ashes, a Smash Musical Is Heading to BroadwayThey said “Don’t Forget Me!” and they meant it.
    By Jackson McHenry
  7. roll clip!
    Try Not to Tear Up As Dolly Parton Serenades You RemotelyAs part of an online Covenant House fundraiser.
    By Jackson McHenry
  8. cats
    Sure Sounds Like Andrew Lloyd Webber Didn’t Dig James Corden in Cats“I cannot tell you how absolutely un-Eliot it all was.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  9. dont tell me about it stud
    CBS to Air Grease in Lieu of Tonys, Which Is the Worst Thing They Could DoBroadway’s biggest night is on hold due to coronavirus.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  10. broadway
    Frozen Closes on Broadway Due to the Coronavirus PandemicThe company will still run its North American tour and plans to open Frozen in Australia, the U.K., Japan, and Germany.
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. streaming theater review
    Molly Sweeney Returns: A Dark Play Brightens the ScreenBrian Friel’s triple intertwined monologues, in a streamed revival of the 2011 production at the Irish Rep.
    By Helen Shaw
  14. theater
    The Cursed Michael Jackson Musical Has Rescheduled Its Run to 2021Producers say MJ will play the Neil Simon Theatre starting March 2021.
    By Jackson McHenry
  15. great news
    Broadway Star Nick Cordero Wakes From Coma Amid Battle With the CoronavirusLet’s celebrate that!
    By Zoe Haylock
  16. the lost season
    What Would Ren Dara Santiago’s The Siblings Play Have Been?The first in a series devoted to the Lost Season.
    By Helen Shaw
  17. books
    Former Drama Teacher Chasten Buttigieg to Release MemoirI Have Something to Tell You comes out on September 1.
    By Justin Curto
  18. reunions
    Smash Cast and Renée Zellweger for Some Reason to Reunite for Bombshell ConcertStreaming Wednesday, May 20, at 8 p.m. ET.
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. broadway
    Broadway Extends Coronavirus Shutdown to Labor Day“Broadway will be back when the governor tells us it’s safe to be back.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  20. streaming
    You Don’t Really Have to Wait for It: Hamilton Will Stream on Disney+ on July 3The taping of the original Broadway cast will debut a full 15 months early.
    By Jackson McHenry
  21. roll clip!
    Watch Katrina Lenk’s Haunting Rendition of The Sound of Music’s ‘Something Good’Nothing comes from nothing.
    By Jackson McHenry
  22. streaming theater review
    The Online By Jeeves Is Lousy, and Still Reminded Me How Much I Miss TheaterIt made me realize I’ve even missed the eat-your-spinach parts of being a critic.
    By Helen Shaw
  23. it's so... metaphorical
    Jeremy O. Harris Tweeted About the Slave Play Good Fight Episode, ObviouslyJoin him on this meta-theatrical journey #SlavePlayGoodFight.
    By Chris Murphy
  26. satire?
    Of Course The Good Fight Did a Slave Play EpisodeC**ksucker in Chains, the most talked-about play of the season.
    By Jackson McHenry
  27. have i got a girl for you
    We Almost Got the Queer Broadway Company of Our DreamsInstead, the gender-swapped lead, Bobbie, dates only men in the new production.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  28. theater without a theater
    What Do the Blue Men Do When They’re Not in a Group?“We got used to never touching our faces when we have our makeup on.”
    By Sonia Weiser
  29. awards
    Colson Whitehead Wins Second Pulitzer Prize, A Strange Loop Wins for DramaPlus, New York’s own Justin Davidson is a finalist in criticism.
    By Justin Curto
  30. hat trick
    How the Sondheim 90th-Birthday Concert Came Together (an Hour or So Late)When the audio cut out, “it was panic. It was dry mouth.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  31. streaming theater review
    Richard Nelson’s Apple Family Is Muted in Grief and Unmuted on ZoomIn What Do We Need to Talk About?
    By Helen Shaw
  32. documentaries
    A Documentary on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Freestyle Love Supreme Is Coming to HuluThe film premiered at Sundance this spring.
    By Jackson McHenry
  33. theater
    What It’s Like to Stage a New Play Over ZoomJay O. Sanders and Maryann Plunkett explain what it’s like to stage a new Apple family play in a pandemic.
    By Jackson McHenry
  34. and all that jazz
    Catherine Zeta-Jones and Her Karaoke Machine Will Give You the Old Razzle-Dazzle“You may be wondering why I’m sitting on the floor in my bathrobe with flashing lights on my face.”
    By Justin Curto
  35. coronavirus
    Broadway’s Waitress Cast Sings Cover to Raise Donations for Nick CorderoThe actor has been hospitalized with severe complications from COVID-19 since March 31.
    By Halle Kiefer
  38. it's our time starting late
    Everybody Rise and Discuss Sondheim’s 90th Birthday LivestreamA night of pure chaotic joy.
    By Vulture Editors
  39. zoom concerts
    Who Gets to Call Stephen Sondheim ‘Steve’? A 90th-Birthday InvestigationHappy birthday, Mr. Stephen Sondheim, your excellency, sir.
    By Jackson McHenry
  40. happy birthday sondheim!
    Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald Booze It Up for Sondheim’s 90thA toast to that invincible bunch.
    By Halle Kiefer
  41. musicals
    Phantom of the Opera Sequel Love Never Dies Is Here, Inside Your DenIt never made Broadway, but hopefully it will make your weekend.
    By Halle Kiefer
  42. podcasts
    Broadway Stars in Blanket Forts: Reimagining a Musical As a PodcastAn audio production of a show, written in 2011, that’s about being afraid to go outside.
    By Helen Shaw
  43. theater
    Live-Online-Theater Tips From the Stream Team Behind Buyer & CellarHow to light, how to stage, which phone camera to use.
    By Helen Shaw
  44. revive parade
    Ariana Grande Is Singing With Jason Robert Brown and We Have DemandsAlongside Shoshana Bean on April 27.
    By Madison Malone Kircher and Jackson McHenry
  45. broadway
    Jerry Seinfeld Punched Up a Joke for David Byrne’s American Utopia“I’ve never met him before and he’s given me a note.”
    By Devon Ivie
  46. theater review
    A Benefit Buyer & Cellar Is Proof-of-Concept for Streamed TheaterMichael Urie’s short-run online benefit performance that works.
    By Helen Shaw
  47. shakespeare in the park
    Shakespeare in the Park Canceled as Public Theater Furloughs StaffRichard II and As You Like It were planned for this summer.
    By Jackson McHenry
  50. theater review
    A Play for Your Ears Only: Heather Christian’s Prime: A Practical BreviaryAn audio-only play (but not exactly a radio drama) for our particular time.
    By Helen Shaw
  51. look book
    The Look Book Goes to Broadway Stars’ CouchesWe asked the leads in dozens of shuttered shows to take a self-portrait on the sofa wherever they are quarantining.
    By Jackson McHenry and Madison Malone Kircher
  52. theater review
    WrestleMania Broke MeDispatches from two full nights of WrestleContent.
    By Helen Shaw
  53. theater
    How Can Broadway Recover From This Pandemic?Lower ticket prices? Reconfiguring the theaters for social distanced entertaining? When will the tourists return?
    By Mark Harris
  54. press briefings
    Cuomo Says He Wouldn’t Use Broadway’s Reopening ‘As a Barometer of Anything’Give us your thoughts on Tonys eligibility next.
    By Zoe Haylock
  55. broadway
    Broadway Will Officially Remain Closed Until June 7 Amid Coronavirus PandemicTheaters were originally set to reopen on April 13.
    By Jackson McHenry
  56. a very special guest
    You Simply Must Stay To The End of This Phoebe Waller-Bridge Video About FleabagMaybe things really will be all right.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  57. vulture lists
    Even More Things to Stream While Broadway Is Shut DownDid you know that the SpongeBob musical is on Amazon Prime?
    By Helen Shaw
  58. fleabag
    Now Is Your Chance to Stream the Stage Version of Fleabag OnlinePhoebe Waller-Bridge’s one-woman stage show will stream via Amazon and the Soho Theatre.
    By Jackson McHenry
  59. theater
    Hamilton Cast Reunion Happens in Separate RoomsAll thanks to John Krasinski’s new YouTube show, Some Good News.
    By Zoe Haylock
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