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Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’ on Broadway stars Samuel L. Jackson and reveals August Wilson’s new status

NEW YORK — For anyone who knows how hard August Wilson once struggled to get his plays financed and produced on Broadway with mostly unknown actors from his informal repertory company from the hinterlands, the writer’s newly vaulted Gotham status is nothing short of amazing.

Chicago Tribune

Plays by Black writers are finally getting the spotlight, from Broadway to the West

DALLAS — It’s a great time to be a Black playwright.

Tribune News Service

Werewolf by Night’s Laura Donnelly on joining the MCU and how The Ferryman is the gift that keeps on giving

Her ‘role of a lifetime’ on stage has led to becoming monster hunter Elsa Bloodstone, Marvel’s latest hero

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West End theatres go dark in memory of ‘beloved’ Dame Angela Lansbury

The actress has been remembered as ‘a true pioneer of the stage and screen’.

The Independent UK

West End to dim lights in honour of ‘immensely talented’ Dame Angela Lansbury

The stage and screen actress has been remembered as a ‘Broadway and West End icon’.

The Independent UK

Angela Lansbury: Five facts to know about the legendary Murder, She Wrote actor

Lansbury’s career spanned eight decades

Evening Standard

For Angela Lansbury, ‘Murder, She Wrote’ was new stardom in an already full career

The first memory I have of seeing Angela Lansbury perform was on Broadway as the dazzling and outsized titled character in the 1983 revival of “Mame.” She was glorious.

Chicago Tribune

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Robert Kalfin, director and producer of innovative theater, dies at 89

Kalfin co-founded the Chelsea Theater Center, which was known for provocative off-Broadway shows.

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Dame Angela Lansbury obituary

Versatile actor with a long career on stage and screen, best known as the TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote

The Guardian - UK

Angela Lansbury: Celebrated star of stage and screen who put her family first

Dame Angela Lansbury, who won global fame as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96.

The Independent UK

Angela Lansbury, Broadway star and spunky detective in ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ dies at 96

LOS ANGELES — Angela Lansbury, a Tony Award-winning actress who conquered Broadway in the glamorous roles movie studios never gave her and captured television viewers as the star of the hit series “Murder, She Wrote,” has died at her home in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Times

Review: I was skeptical of Lea Michele. Then I saw her deliver a tour de force in 'Funny Girl'

NEW YORK — What a difference a performer makes!

Los Angeles Times

Appreciation: Angela Lansbury, an instantly recognizable and readily transformable talent

Angela Lansbury, who achieved widespread fame as the star of the long-running CBS series “Murder, She Wrote” and was the recipient of six Tony Awards (including an honorary one bestowed this year) was never to be confused with any other performer. A royal in exile, astringently self-possessed, her syllables arrayed…

Los Angeles Times

Angela Lansbury: the scene-stealing grande dame of stage and screen for 75 years

Best-known as the novelist-sleuth Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, Lansbury’s winning charm and towering talent stretches all the way back to the days of Noël Coward and Judy Garland

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France 24

Angela Lansbury, star of 'Murder, She Wrote', dead at age 96

Angela Lansbury, the scene-stealing British actress who kicked up her heels in the Broadway musicals “Mame” and “Gypsy” and solved endless murders as crime novelist Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series “Murder, She Wrote”, has died. She was 96.

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Legendary Broadway Icon Angela Lansbury Has Died Aged 96

RIP to a real one.

Los Angeles Times

Angela Lansbury, Broadway star and spunky detective in ‘Murder, She Wrote,’ dies at 96

Texas Observer

From World’s Youngest Rodeo Clown to TV Star

Kevin Cahoon talks about his role in the new FOX musical drama Monarch and explains why he’s so grateful for his unique career.

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Daily Mirror

Angela Lansbury dead: Murder, She Wrote star dies after glittering TV and stage career

Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday aged 96, her family announced have announced

Tribune News Service

John Lithgow, Douglas McGrath eager to surprise with twist-filled off-Broadway play ‘Everything’s Fine’

NEW YORK — Everything’s bigger in Texas — including the twists in John Lithgow and Douglas McGrath’s new off-Broadway play.

The Independent UK

TV and film actor Eileen Ryan, Sean Penn's mother, dies

Film, TV and Broadway actor Eileen Ryan has died at 94

Los Angeles Times

Review: How the Black experience renews 'Death of a Salesman' on Broadway

NEW YORK — It's been a long time coming, but change has finally arrived on Broadway, where for the first time Willy Loman and his family are played by Black actors.

Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ on Broadway, starring Wendell Pierce, thrills in the present but struggles with the echoes of the past

NEW YORK — Arthur Miller would, it’s reasonable to assume, have been delighted at the idea of a Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” with an all-Black Loman family, especially with Wendell Pierce (”The Wire”) swinging for the fences in the starring role and Sharon D. Clarke playing the…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: A look at the Kevin Spacey-Anthony Rapp trial

The second week of Kevin Spacey's federal trial starts Tuesday in a #MeToo-era case against the actor in New York — but no criminal charges are involved

Tribune News Service

Review: Broadway's '1776' is at war with its own material

NEW YORK — As directed by by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, the revival of the 1969 musical “1776,” which opened last week at the Roundabout Theatre, is the latest entry in the current trend of blowing up the baked-in optimism of the American musical theater.

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