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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

André De Shields pays tribute to Broadway ‘daredevil’ Hinton Battle by As Told To Chris Wiegand

Battle, a three-time Tony award-winner, died last week aged 67. His co-star in The Wiz, the hit musical riffing on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, remembers a remarkable performer Before The Wiz…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM
Friday, January 29, 2021

'Incredible and inspirational': Cicely Tyson remembered by Vanessa Williams by As Told To Chris Wiegand

Tyson, who has died aged 96, was the talk of Broadway in 2013 when she was in The Trip to Bountiful. Her co-star pays tribute to a calming mentor with an uproarious sense of humour I grew up…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PM
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Frankie, Johnny and Terrence: Audra McDonald on McNally's classic romance by As Told To Chris Wiegand

The revered US playwright, who died earlier this week, is remembered as a kind, wickedly funny friend by the actor who starred in three of his plays There is a musicality to all three of the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PM
Monday, August 11, 2014

Josie Long: Why I love Walt Whitman by As Told To Chris Wiegand

'He's up for genuinely exploring his own experiences. That's what I aim for in standup' Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM

Josie Long: Why I love Walt Whitman by As Told To Chris Wiegand

‘He’s up for genuinely exploring his own experiences. That’s what I aim for in standup’When I was 12, I sang in my local choir – what a cool dude. We would do adaptations of Walt W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PM

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