Edward Albee
FILE - Playwright Katori Hall poses for a portrait in front of the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York on Sept, 21, 2011. Hall won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for her play "The Hot Wing King." (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
'The Night Watchman,' Malcolm X biography win arts Pulitzers

By Hillel Italie And Mark Kennedy Jun. 11, 2021 01:32 PM EDT

A woman walks past the Walter Kerr Theatre, Thursday, May 6, 2021, in New York where Hadestown was showing before the coronavirus pandemic forced its closing a year ago. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced that Broadway theaters can reopen Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
'Hadestown' jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons

By Mark Kennedy May. 24, 2021 09:51 AM EDT

FILE - Broadway posters hang outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre during Covid-19 lockdown in New York on May 13, 2020. Many Broadway productions are scrambling to resume ticket sales to welcome theater-goers this fall after city and state leaders have green-lit a reopening of the Great White Way at full capacity. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Broadway theaters can reopen Sept. 14 and will be allowed to decide their own entry requirements. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Broadway readies imminent ticket sales for a fall reopening

By Mark Kennedy May. 05, 2021 02:30 PM EDT

This image released by Netflix shows Zendaya, right, and John David Washington in a scene from "Malcolm & Marie." (Dominic Miller/Netflix via AP)
'Malcolm & Marie' director reveals origins of buzzy film

By Mark Kennedy Feb. 04, 2021 12:20 PM EST

FILE- Tina Fey participates in the curtain call for the "Mean Girls" opening night on Broadway at the August Wilson Theatre on April 8, 2018, in New York. Producers of the musical, based on Tina Fey's hit film, have decided not to reopen when authorities allow theaters to open in New York City, the second and likely not last established show casualty of COVID-19 on the Great White Way. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
Sidelined 'Mean Girls' musical won't reopen on Broadway

By Mark Kennedy Jan. 07, 2021 07:12 PM EST

FILE - A view of the stage appears prior to the start of the 73rd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York on June 9, 2019. Tony Award Productions said Friday that the celebration of live theater will be digital but offered no date or streaming platform. Final eligibility determinations will be made by the Tony Awards Administration Committee “in the coming days.” Broadway theaters abruptly closed on March 12, knocking out all shows — including 16 that were still scheduled to open. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Tony Awards for shortened Broadway season will go digital

By Mark Kennedy Aug. 21, 2020 11:36 AM EDT

Police officers patrol New York's Times Square on foot, Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. The New York City immortalized in song and scene has been swapped out for the last few months with the virus version. In all the unknowing of what the future holds, there's faith in that other quintessential facet of New York City: that the city will adapt. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until January

By Mark Kennedy Jun. 29, 2020 11:21 AM EDT

This image released by Disney Theatricals shows Ciara Renee as Elsa in the musical "Frozen." The big budget musical will not reopen when Broadway theaters restart, marking the first time an established show has been felled by the coronavirus pandemic. The Disney show opened in March 2018 and placed among the top five Broadway productions for both gross and attendance over both years it ran, often pulling in over $1 million. (Mary Ellen Matthews/Disney Theatricals via AP)
Stopped cold: 'Frozen' musical on Broadway not to reopen

By Mark Kennedy May. 14, 2020 05:22 PM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 1, 1993 file photo shows Pop superstar Michael Jackson performing during the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. A stage musical about Michael Jackson has pushed its Broadway debut until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Preview performances of “MJ” are now set to begin in March 2021 at the Neil Simon Theatre. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, file)
Michael Jackson musical postpones its Broadway debut

By Mark Kennedy May. 13, 2020 01:20 PM EDT

This image released by Boneau/Bryan Brown shows Samantha Pauly during a performance of "Six." Pauly and fellow cast member Brittney Mack, who play two of Henry VIII's wives in the musical “Six,” have turned their disappointment at having their musical on hold by doing what they do best — sing. Pauly started the push with Instagram concerts, singing everything from “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera to songs from rival musicals like “Mean Girls” and “Beetlejuice.” The daily songs are just one way that theater folk have passed the time since Broadway went dark. (Liz Lauren/Boneau/Bryan Brown via AP)
How do Broadway stars cope with silent theaters? They sing

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 09, 2020 09:45 AM EDT

FILE - This Jan. 19, 2012 file photo shows a Broadway street in Times Square, in New York. Broadway producers have extended the suspension of all shows on the Great White Way, saying musical and plays will stay shuttered through June 7 in accordance with latest medial guidance. Broadway abruptly closed on March 12 and announced plans to reopen the week of April 13. But that timetable was increasingly looking too optimistic as the city saw an alarming surge in deaths. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
BET plans all-star coronavirus special; Broadway stays dark

By The Associated Press Apr. 08, 2020 12:15 PM EDT