Aaron Tveit
This 2019 photo released by The Berkshire Theater Group shows a scene from their production of "Godspell." The John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz musical is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, a golden milestone for a show with roots in the hippie era but which can still speak to those on TikTok. (Emma K. Rothenberg-Ware/The Berkshire Theater Group via AP)
Day by day: Musical 'Godspell' celebrates 50th anniversary

By Mark Kennedy May. 10, 2021 06:45 PM EDT

This 2019 photo released by The Berkshire Theater Group shows a scene from their production of "Godspell." The John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz musical is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month, a golden milestone for a show with roots in the hippie era but which can still speak to those on TikTok. (Emma K. Rothenberg-Ware/The Berkshire Theater Group via AP)
Day by day: Musical 'Godspell' celebrates 50th anniversary

By Mark Kennedy May. 10, 2021 11:18 AM EDT

Aaron Tveit, left, appears with Karen Olivo during a performance of "Moulin Rouge! The Musical," in New York. Tveit was the only actor nominated for a Tony in the category of best leading actor in a musical for his role. (Matthew Murphy/Boneau/Bryan-Brown via AP)
Tonywatch: Aaron Tveit rides a roller coaster of a year

By Mark Kennedy Mar. 04, 2021 11:17 AM EST

FILE - This JuNe 9, 2019 photo shows a view of the stage prior to the start of the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York. Nominations for the American Theatre Wing’s 74th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on Thursday, Oct. 15. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
'Jagged Little Pill' leads Tony Awards nominations with 15

By Mark Kennedy Oct. 15, 2020 12:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2017, file photo, actor Nick Cordero, left, and Amanda Kloots attend the premiere of "Going in Style" in New York. Tony Award-nominated actor Cordero, who specialized in playing tough guys on Broadway in such shows as “Waitress,” “A Bronx Tale” and “Bullets Over Broadway,” has died in Los Angeles after suffering severe medical complications after contracting the coronavirus. He was 41. Cordero died Sunday, July 5, 2020, at Cedars-Sinai hospital after more than 90 days in the hospital, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Broadway veteran Nick Cordero dies from virus complications

By Mark Kennedy Jul. 05, 2020 09:29 PM EDT