William Finn, Tony-Winning Composer for ‘Falsettos,’ Dies at 73
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William Finn, Tony-Winning Composer for ‘Falsettos,’ Dies at 73

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines William Finn, a witty, cerebral and psychologically perceptive musical theater writer who won two Tony Awards for “Falsettos” and had an enduringly popular hit with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” died on Monday in Bennington, Vt. He was 73. His longtime…

Andrew Scott on ‘Vanya’: ‘Who Isn’t Sad?’
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Andrew Scott on ‘Vanya’: ‘Who Isn’t Sad?’

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “I really believe that we all do contain multitudes,” Andrew Scott said on a Friday morning in March. Scott may contain more than most. An actor of unusual sensitivity and verve, he is starring, solo, in an Off Broadway production of Chekhov’s melancholy…

As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril
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As Off Broadway Crews Unionize, Workers See Hope, Producers Peril

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape the economics of theater-making in New York — for workers as well as producers. Striking stage crews have idled the nonprofit Atlantic Theater Company — the birthplace of the musicals “Spring Awakening,”…