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New York (AFP) - Chita Rivera, who electrified Broadway stages over six decades in shows including "West Side Story" and "Chicago" as one of the foremost entertainers of her generation, died Tuesday at age 91, her publicist said. Rivera -- a singer, dancer and actress -- died in New York after a "brief illness," her daughter Lisa Mordente said in a statement released by publicist Merle Frimark. Trained in voice, piano and ballet from a young age, Rivera was dancing on Broadway before she was 20 and kept at it all the way into her early 80s. Rivera became one of the most nominated actors in the...
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New York (AFP) - A tentative agreement was reached in New York Thursday to avert a strike that threatened to shut most Broadway shows, as Hollywood remains on hold over historic industrial action. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which represents the 1,500 stagehands and other backstage workers involved in the dispute, had begun the process of voting on a walkout. But the union reached agreement with Disney Theatrical and industry trade group the Broadway League, which represent theater owners and producers, the parties said in a joint statement. The contract s...
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New York (AFP) - After 35 years and almost 14,000 performances, the curtain fell for the final time Sunday on the longest-running show in Broadway history -- "The Phantom of the Opera." Since opening in January 1988, Andrew Lloyd Webber's megahit musical has wowed New Yorkers and tourists alike, becoming a symbol of the famous theater district. The melodrama about a masked musical genius who haunts the Paris Opera House and whose heart aches for the young soprano Christine has been seen by 20 million people and grossed over $1.4 billion in ticket sales. But producers decided it was time to end...
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New York (AFP) - Broadway celebrated the return of some of its biggest musicals on Tuesday after an 18-month coronavirus shutdown, a landmark moment in New York's post-pandemic recovery. "Hamilton," "Wicked," "The Lion King" and "Chicago" were all resuming performances, to the delight, and relief, of the industry and theater lovers. "Broadway is back and it's a fun thing for everybody," said Jenni Milanoski who traveled with her daughter from Boston, hoping to see "Hamilton." They checked into a hotel opposite the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where Hamilton is showing, so Milanoski could get in li...
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New York (AFP) - Broadway stars who once lit up New York's most bankable stages now face a reckoning over the future of the performing arts, in an industry that has bled money since the pandemic began.Like essentially all other cultural institutions, New York's famed musical theater district shut down as the city became the US epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak in the spring.When the crisis took hold, performer Derrick Davis was set to play Martin Luther King Jr in "I Dream," to be staged in North Carolina.Suddenly, Davis -- who has played major parts in "The Lion King," and was the first blac...
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