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Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2021 05:06 PM EDT
South Florida Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2021. Editorial: Florida election supervisors must keep asking hard questions ...

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

This undated photo shows the front and back sides of the medal awarded for the Pulitzer Prizes in New York. The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and the arts will be announced, Friday, June 11, 2021, almost two months later than initially planned due to the pandemic. (The Pulitzer Prizes via AP)
The Latest: 2021 Pulitzer Prizes honor journalism, arts

By The Associated Press Jun. 11, 2021 01:18 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)
'Pass Over' jumps ahead of pack to welcome Broadway patrons

By Mark Kennedy Jun. 01, 2021 11:41 AM EDT

FILE - Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose, left, and Slash perform on the first weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival on Oct. 4, 2019, in Austin, Texas. The hard rock band has booked two dates at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 11 and 12. (Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)
A-list shows returning to Atlantic City with Guns N' Roses

By Wayne Parry Jun. 01, 2021 10:07 AM EDT

FILE - Workers prepare for the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York on June 9, 2019. Producers of the telecast announced Wednesday that the Tonys will be held Sept. 26 and will air on CBS as well as Paramount+. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
The long-delayed Tony Awards finally have a date — Sept. 26

By Mark Kennedy May. 26, 2021 12:01 PM EDT

This image released by PBS shows Jessie Buckley, left, and Josh O’Connor in a scene from Great Performances' "Romeo & Juliet," premiering Friday, April 23. (Sebastian Nevols/PBS via AP)
A 'Romeo and Juliet' movie that celebrates theatrical roots

By Mark Kennedy Apr. 21, 2021 11:51 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2018, file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs at the 12th annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit concert at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Iconic artists Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen are among the stars who will highlight a primetime virtual celebration televised Wednesday night following President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.(Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)
The Latest: Springsteen, Miranda set for inaugural gala

Jan. 17, 2021 09:20 AM EST

A woman dances with purple feathers in the West End of London after pubs close, before London moves into the highest tier of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday as a result of soaring case rates, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2020. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
Virus shuts many UK theaters but online the show goes on

By Jill Lawless Dec. 16, 2020 02:51 AM EST

This image released by O+M/DKC shows a scene from the production of Keenan Scott II's play “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” a work about the outer and inner lives of Black men. The play will be produced on Broadway when the new season starts. (Michael Davis/O+M/DKC via AP)
Play 'Thoughts of a Colored Man' to get a Broadway run

By Mark Kennedy Nov. 17, 2020 12:02 PM EST

FILE - Actor Jefferson Mays attends the premiere of the TNT mini-series "I Am the Night" in New York on Jan. 22, 2019. Mays, who won a Tony Award for playing 40 characters in “I Am My Own Wife” and was nominated for another for playing nine roles in “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” is readying a new one-man version of “A Christmas Carol” for the holidays, playing some 50 characters. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
A one-man 'A Christmas Carol' fills theater need in pandemic

By Mark Kennedy Oct. 27, 2020 01:55 PM EDT

This image released by PBS shows Hugh Laurie as a heedless British politician beset by scandal in the four-episode series "Roadkill," premiering on MASTERPIECE, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020 on PBS. (MASTERPIECE/PBS via AP)
Hugh Laurie goes for bumpy political ride in PBS' 'Roadkill'

By Lynn Elber Oct. 27, 2020 11:19 AM EDT

Serbian police officers guard the street during a protest against a festival ''Mirdita-Dobar Dan'' organized by liberal groups from Serbia and Kosovo, in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Serbian police prevented dozens of right-wing extremists from disrupting a youth cultural event with Kosovo after similar groups in the past weeks broke into a cartoon exhibition and threatened artists in a theatre play about the 1995 killings in Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Serb police block right-wing disruption of event with Kosovo

Oct. 22, 2020 03:11 PM EDT

FILE - Santa Claus waves during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. 28, 2019, in New York. Macy's said Santa Claus won't be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago. However, Macy's said the jolly old man will still appear at the end of the televised Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
Santa Claus won't be coming to Macy's this year

By Joseph Pisani Oct. 22, 2020 11:38 AM EDT

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

In this combination, Moises Kaufman, left, arrives at the Lucky Guy Opening Night on April, 01, 2013 in New York and Nilo Cruz sits in his apartment on April 7, 2003, in New York. This fall, Miami New Drama plans to offer short new plays about each of the seven deadly sins in seven vacant storefronts along Lincoln Road as part of a project called "7 Deadly Sins — Temptation in the Magic City." The plays will be written Hilary Bettis, Nilo Cruz, Moises Kaufman, Rogelio Martinez, Dael Orlandersmith, Carmen Pelaez and Aurin Squire. (AP Photo)
In Miami Beach, live theater returns — in vacant storefronts

By Mark Kennedy Sep. 23, 2020 09:01 AM EDT

This combination of images released by HBO shows, from left, Issa Rae, Sarah Paulson, Bette Midler, Kaitlyn Dever and Dan Levy from "Coastal Elites," a collection of five monologues premiering on Sept. 12. (HBO via AP)
Blue staters make their case in satirical 'Coastal Elites'

By Mark Kennedy Sep. 10, 2020 11:15 AM EDT

FILE - Actor-filmmaker and author Tyler Perry poses for a portrait in New York on Nov. 16, 2017. Perry has won awards from the NAACP and BET. Now he's getting a big one from the Television Academy. He and his foundation are the recipients of the 2020 Governors Award. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, File)
Tyler Perry's work honored with 2020 Governors Award

By Mark Kennedy Aug. 18, 2020 09:03 AM EDT

This combination photo shows, from left, Lynn Nottage, Lydia R. Diamond and Regina Taylor, who are contributing microplays for the “Theatre for One: Here We Are” project, all written and directed by Black, indigenous and women of color. Performances will begin on Aug. 20 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. ET and will be held each subsequent Thursday through Sept. 24. (AP Photo)
The always intimate Theatre for One goes online

By Mark Kennedy Aug. 10, 2020 07:07 AM EDT

FILE -David Hare attends a special screening of "The White Crow" in New York on April 22, 2019. Hare, creator of the upcoming PBS political drama “Road Kill,” has written a monologue for the stage about his COVID-19 illness. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Writer David Hare turns his COVID-19 into a theater piece

By Lynn Elber Jul. 29, 2020 06:40 PM EDT