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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Ron Protas, Polarizing Keeper of Martha Graham’s Legacy, Dies at 84 by Trip Gabriel

Graham, the great modern dance choreographer, named him her heir, setting off a bitter legal battle between him and the troupe she founded.

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

D.L. Coburn, Playwright With a Solo Hit, ‘The Gin Game,’ Dies at 87 by Trip Gabriel

His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Valery Panov, Ballet Star Who Fought to Leave the U.S.S.R., Dies at 87 by Trip Gabriel

Trying to move to Israel with his ballerina wife, he was harassed and jailed while becoming an international cause célèbre and a Cold War symbol of the plight of Soviet Jews.

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Pittsburgh Center Honoring Playwright Finds Itself Short on Visitors and Donors by Trip Gabriel

The $42 million August Wilson Center for African American Culture appears to be a victim of mismanagement by its senior staff and board of directors, who failed to find a wide enough audienc…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off