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Martha Stewart doesn’t think that drinking is the best use of your time during the COVID-19 pandemic.The 80-year-old TV personality gave some serious side-eye to Ina Garten’s advice to pour some huge cosmopolitans to help get through the COVID-19 pandemic in a January 26 interview with People. Martha said that the 73-year-old Barefoot Contessa host’s advice wasn’t “charming.”

Rachel Zegler had the ultimate New Jersey experience.

died suddenly at his Roxbury, Conn. home in November, a day after celebrating Thanksgiving, his lawyer and friend F.

his death.MORE: In memoriam: remembering famous faces we lost in 2022The 53-year-old supermodel took to Instagram to share a carousel of images of Harry, both as a young child and more recently.WATCH: Stephanie Seymour makes an appearance at the 2013 MOCA galaShe also posted a poignant poem by author Donna Ashworth. It read: "I missed you today but that's nothing new, I missed you a million times yesterday too.

Art LaFleur (1943–2021), actor known for “The Sandlot,” “Field of Dreams”Bergen Williams (1959–2021), played Big Alice on “General Hospital”Lee Elder (1934–2021), first Black golfer to play in the MastersDavid Gulpilil (c.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen “West Side Story” star Ansel Elgort appeared on “The Late Late Show with James Corden” on Dec.

The Color Purple, and the glitzy “Anything Goes” opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

WUNDER GARTEN’S WINTERFESTNext Thursday, Dec. 16, Wunder Garten will host its second LGBTQ-themed party this month.

AFI Top 10 Films of the Year list, and now general audiences across the country are able to see it.The film has been adapted for the screen from the original 1957 Broadway musical, which was written by Arthur Laurents with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and concept, direction and choreography by Jerome Robbins. Tony Award winner Justin Peck choreographs the musical numbers in the film.

Michael Appler Patti LuPone took her seat on the stage of the Bernard B.

who died last month, is the best musical about New York City ever written.2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Bernard B.

If there’s a better, more vital way to honor the late, incomparable Stephen Sondheim than Marianne Elliott’s superb production of Company, Broadway hasn’t invented it. This gorgeous revival of the Sondheim-George Furth masterwork at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, is, from across-the-board excellent performances and thoughtful revisions to the visual delight of a lovely and ingeniously clever set design, a gift both to and from the genius we lost last month.

Naveen Kumar Half a century has passed since Stephen Sondheim and George Furth first dazzled Broadway with “Company,” their tartly astute 1970 musical about a single Manhattanite dogged by coupled friends to meet a mate.

Meeting the man behind the music was a dream come true for the cast of “West Side Story”.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorThe cast of the new Broadway revival of “Company” was in the middle of a two-show Friday on Thanksgiving weekend when they heard the news that the musical’s legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim, had died at the age of 91.Listen to this week’s “Stagecraft” podcast below:Because the “Company” ensemble had worked with and gotten to know Sondheim — he had been at the production’s first preview just a few days before — the show’s Tony-winning director, Marianne Elliott (“War

Yvonne Wilder was an actor known for playing Consuelo in the classic film “West Side Story.”Yvonne Wilder played Consuelo in the classic 1961 movie adaptation of “West Side Story” which starred Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno. She also played the role in the first international touring production of the musical.

according to Insider, divulged she nearly quit the production due to offensive lyrics.In the song “America,” which is an argument between Anita’s character and her boyfriend, Puerto Rico is called an “ugly” island and an “island of tropic disease.”Moreno, who hails from Puerto Rico, said it was “awful” to hear those lyrics.“It felt horrible. And I thought, ‘I can’t do this.

according to The Wrap. The movie was initially targeted to open in Saudi Arabia on Dec.

recent death of Stephen Sondheim, a letter he wrote Team America: World Police and South Park co-creator Trey Parker has emerged.The Broadway legend, who was well known for musical classics such as West Side Story and Sweeney Todd, passed away last month aged 91.Following the news, the official account for The Book Of Mormon has posted a letter that Sondheim wrote to Parker, revealing he voted for their 2004 comedy Team America for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.“I would have written you

Patti LuPone will miss this weekend’s performances of Broadway’s Company due to a non-Covid-related illness.

died on November 26, in his home in Connecticut. He was 91.

Broadway theaters will dim their lights for Stephen Sondheim on Wednesday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

The Telegraph“‘West Side Story’ is, I believe, Spielberg’s finest film in 20 years, and a new milestone in the career of one of our greatest living directors.

Stephen Sondheim reinvented the American musical by creating something deeper, darker, richer and more artistically daring. In “Company,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Into the Woods,” he pushed the boundaries of the form and left a legacy of hits.

adaptation of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents’ musical memorable. It’s the “ET” director’s most visually exciting film in a zillion years.Still, it’s not gonna become a classic in the way the 1961 original did.

Stephen Sondheim, died at age 91.At Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, the film’s stars such as Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, Mike Faist, David Alvarez and Rita Moreno walked the red carpet in black tuxedos and muted dresses, making onlookers wonder if outfits were changed at the last minute out of respect for the “Sweeney Todd” and “Into The Woods” composer.“West Side Story” is, after all, a famously colorful musical.Before the lights went down, director Steven Spielberg movingly

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Michael Appler Three days after the death of Stephen Sondheim and 60 years after its first film debut, “West Side Story,” Stephen Spielberg’s expansive remake of the classic movie musical, premiered in New York City.

, the film's cast and creator were remembering the life and legacy of Stephen Sondheim, the man behind the musical's iconic lyrics.Sondheim — who wrote the lyrics for the original Broadway production of, which accompanied the music written by Leonard Bernstein — died on Friday at the age of 91.

Naman Ramachandran Theaters in London’s West End are getting ready to honor the memory of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 on Friday.The theaters will dim their lights for two minutes at 7pm U.K. time on Monday, Nov.

members of the Broadway community came out to pay musical tribute to the late Stephen Sondheim on Sunday.Members of nearly every Broadway company and many others whose roots run deep in theater stood on the red steps in Times Square to honor the incomparable life and legacy of the lyricist and composer, who died on Friday at age 91.Together, the large assembly of mourners and fans — which included Broadway icons including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Laura Patton, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban and many

Many of Broadway’s biggest stars gathered in Times Square on Sunday (November 28) to honor the life and legacy of late composer Stephen Sondheim, two days after his death.

Lin-Manuel Miranda has revealed that Stephen Sondheim actually re-wrote on of the scenes in tick, tick…Boom! that involved him.

NEW YORK -- Stephen Sondheim, the songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects, has died. He was 91.Sondheim's death was announced by Rick Miramontez, president of DKC/O&M.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorFor Christine Baranski and a generation of musical theater stars, Stephen Sondheim, the legendary Broadway composer who died on Friday at 91, was nothing less than a father figure, a musical giant and an inspiration.“Even though he was 91 we are blindsided by the loss.

Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the show’s score. The crowd leapt up, its thunderous cheering causing aminor seismic shock in Times Square.You couldn’t see Sondheim’s face – masking is strictly enforced on Broadway – but I have no doubt it flashed that sly grin that always seemed to say (to me at least), “Thanks for the recognition, but let’s not get carried away.”Sondheim, who died Friday at 91, was the most feted musical theater legend since Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.