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Rachel Chavkin poses in the press room with the award for best direction of a musical for "Hadestown" at the 73rd annual Tony Awards on June 9, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
June 10, 2019, 11:12 am
Jewish stars and directors dominate key categories at 2019 Tony Awards
‘Hadestown’ wins best musical and ‘The Ferryman’ takes best play award, as do their Jewish directors, Rachel Chavkin — only the 4th woman to win in that category — and Sam Mendes
By Agencies and TOI staff
In this March 23, 1998 file photo, director Stanley Donen kisses the Oscar he received for Lifetime Achievement backstage at the 70th Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (AP/Reed Saxon)
February 24, 2019, 2:39 am
Filmmaker Stanley Donen, who had Gene Kelly singin’ in the rain, dies at 94
King of Hollywood musicals, who used cinema growing up as escape from tensions of being one of only Jews around, remembered for bringing song and dance to silver screen
By Jake Coyle
Katrina Lenk, left, and Tony Shalhoub performing a scene from 'The Band's Visit' at the Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, June 10, 2018. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions via JTA)
February 6, 2019, 9:29 am
‘The Band’s Visit’ to end Broadway run
New York Times reports that, while successful, Israeli musical did not draw large enough audiences to sustain extended shows; national tour to begin in June
By JTA
A picture taken on December 3, 2018 shows a scene from the musical production Les Miserables, performed by Iranian artists at the Espinas Hotel in the capital Tehran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
January 3, 2019, 9:19 am
Iran’s ‘Les Mis’ has no female solos, touching between sexes
Hailed as the most spectacular play the Islamic Republic has seen, producers carefully steer clear of religious taboos
By Kay Armin Serjoie
In this March 12, 2015 file photo, Joe Masteroff attends the opening night performance of Broadway's "On the Twentieth Century" in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
September 30, 2018, 1:52 am
Joe Masteroff, story writer behind musical ‘Cabaret,’ dies
Masteroff, who also wrote Tony Award-winning ‘She Loves You,’ had biggest success with show about Berlin nightclub as Germany careened toward war
By Mark Kennedy
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