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Playbill, the monthly magazine that serves as official programs for Broadway, most of Off Broadway and other arts institutes, is signing off Twitter for good, citing the platform’s “greatly expanded” tolerance for “hate, negativity, and misinformation.” “As a respected news outlet for the Broadway community, we feel we can no longer continue to utilize a
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O2 have apologised after their Priority ticket website offering customers early access to Peter Kay tickets crashed due to “extraordinary demand”. The rush for tickets followed the announcement that the comedian would be returning to the stage after years away from the spotlight. London’s O2 Arena announced that the 49-year-old Phoenix Night’s star would become
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Two of the fall Broadway season’s buzzy new musicals – A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical and Some Like It Hot – began previews last week, both doing solid business in their first, partial weeks. A Beautiful Noise pulled in an impressive $845,074 for five performances, filling 88% of seats at the Broadhurst with
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EXCLUSIVE: John Tiffany, who won Tony and Olivier awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will direct the world premiere of new stage musical Wild Rose, based on the 2018 Nicole Taylor film. A workshop is being arranged for early 2023 and it’s hoped that a production of Wild Rose will open in Scotland in 2024, with the possibility
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Aaron Carter, singer and brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, has died aged 34, his representatives have confirmed. TMZ.com has reported that the former pop star was found dead in the bath at his home in Lancaster, California, after police received a 911 call at 11am on Saturday. Carter’s representatives at Roger Paul Inc
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