Some days New York City is hard. But then there are days when you find yourself on a subway car filled with children singing "We Don't Talk About Bruno." Today was one of those days.
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Michael Paulson
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Michael Paulson
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Theater reporter at The New York Times.
- Last Sunday, I went to Connecticut to interview Stephen Sondheim at his country house. It turned out to be his last major interview.
- Paragraph I did not expect to read this morning: "Mr. Trump’s handlers designated an unnamed White House official known as the 'Music Man' to play him his favorite show tunes, including 'Memory' from 'Cats,' to pull him from the brink of rage."
- Since the shutdown of Broadway, I’ve been wanting to see what New York’s theater district looked like without any shows running, so last night I put on a mask and took a socially distant walk around.
- He's a writer, a composer and an actor. And now he's a bookseller. @Lin_Manuel and three @HamiltonMusical colleagues have purchased New York's @dramabookshop.
- Broadway news: @Lin_Manuel and friends are bringing their improv show, Freestyle Love Supreme, to the Booth Theater for a four-month run starting in September. He will be a producer and occasional performer.
- Terrence McNally, the Tony-Winning playwright whose credits include "Ragtime," "Master Class," "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Love! Valour! Compassion!", died today at 81 of coronavirus complications. He was a lung cancer survivor with chronic COPD. nyti.ms/2wqUgtD
- From show tune to standard: Five videos show how @SaraBareilles's "She Used to Be Mine" is making the leap.
- Broadway will remain closed at least through June 7. But because of uncertainty about when large gatherings will be allowed to resume, industry leaders acknowledge the theaters could be shuttered even longer.
- Theater news: The Drama Book Shop, now owned by @Lin_Manuel and three of his "Hamilton" collaborators, will reopen in March on West 39th Street in Midtown Manhattan, with design overseen by "Hamilton" set designer @DavidKorins. nyti.ms/33IFg5o
- The three biggest current Broadway hits — “Hamilton,” “The Lion King,” and “Wicked” — just jointly announced that they will all resume performances on Sept. 14.
- Wait for it: The creators of @HamiltonMusical are building a traveling exhibition about Alexander Hamilton's life and times, opening in Chicago in November. nyti.ms/2FQ8qTp
- Broadway theaters will dim their lights at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow in honor of Sidney Poitier.
