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‘Free Solo’ filmmakers dive into fiction with thrilling swim drama ‘Nyad’
Read full article: ‘Free Solo’ filmmakers dive into fiction with thrilling swim drama ‘Nyad’Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have given audiences thrilling, terrifying front-row seats to incredible feats of human ambition in their documentary work.
Many Broadway shows see box office jumps after Tonys exposure
Read full article: Many Broadway shows see box office jumps after Tonys exposureNew Broadway musicals “Kimberly Akimbo,” “Shucked,” “Some Like It Hot” and “& Juliet” — as well as the play “Leopoldstadt” — all saw nice bumps at their box offices after the Tony Award telecast.
Inside the Tony Awards: No script, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history
Read full article: Inside the Tony Awards: No script, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and historyThere was plenty of uncertainty in the run-up to this year’s Tony Awards, which at one point seemed unlikely to happen at all due to the Hollywood writer’s strike.
'Some Like It Hot' leads Tony Award nominations with 13 nods
Read full article: 'Some Like It Hot' leads Tony Award nominations with 13 nods“Some Like It Hot,” a musical adaptation of the cross-dressing movie comedy that starred Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, has waltzed away Tuesday with the most number of Tony Award nominations.
Show goes on for Olivier Awards, even with UK theaters shut
Read full article: Show goes on for Olivier Awards, even with UK theaters shutScott and Ian McKellen were among acting winners as Britains Laurence Olivier Awards celebrated the best of the London stage in bittersweet fashion Sunday night, Oct. 25, 2020 - most U.K. theaters remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)LONDON – Andrew Scott and Ian McKellen were among acting winners as Britain’s Laurence Olivier Awards celebrated the best of the London stage in bittersweet fashion Sunday night — most U.K. theaters remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. McKellen won a special Olivier — his seventh — for his one-man 80th birthday tour of the U.K., staged before the pandemic as a fundraiser for regional theaters. A handful of theaters have reopened to reduced, socially distanced audiences, but many are still shut and relying on emergency funding from the government to stay afloat. Olivier organizers say the next awards ceremony will likely not be until 2022, because so little work has been staged this year.
James Bond, 'Avengers' star Diana Rigg dies at 82
Read full article: James Bond, 'Avengers' star Diana Rigg dies at 82This image released by HBO shows Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell in a scene from "Game of Thrones." Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series The Avengers, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020 at home with her family. Daughter Rachael Stirling said she died of cancer that was diagnosed in March. She was 82. (HBO via AP)