Glynis Johns, 'Mary Poppins' star who first sang Sondheim's 'Send in the Clowns,' dies at 100
Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie โMary Poppinsโ and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be โSend in the Clownsโ by Stephen Sondheim, has died.
Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version
Jake Heggie's version of โDead Man Walkingโ reaches the Metropolitan Opera for the seasonโs opening night in a production by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean.
'A Strange Loopโ makes history at Tonys; โCompanyโ wins 5
โA Strange Loop,โ an irreverent, sexually frank work about Blackness and queerness took home the best new musical crown at the Tony Awards on Sunday, as voters celebrated Broadwayโs most racially diverse season by choosing an envelope-pushing Black voice.
New this week: 'Turning Red,' Ryan Reynolds and Mooski album
This weekโs new entertainment releases include albums from Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and a Stephen Sondheim tribute from Betty Buckley, Ryan Reynolds starring as a time-traveling pilot in Netflixโs โThe Adam Projectโ and a small-town murder case gets some big-star wattage in NBCโs โThe Thing About Pamโ with Renรฉe Zellweger.
Joe Allen, whose bistro was a Broadway draw, dies at 87
FILE - Joe Allen, proprietor of Joe Allen's restaurant poses behind the bar in New York on Nov. 10, 2005. Allen died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Hampton, New Hampshire, according to Jason Woodruff, a former staffer for the Allen family of restaurants who spoke to the family. Allen died Sunday in Hampton, New Hampshire, according to Jason Woodruff, a former staffer for the Allen family of restaurants who spoke to the family. Many of the servers at Joe Allen were actors earning paychecks when not onstage. At its height, Joe Allen had an outpost in Paris.
Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies at 83
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2006 file photo, Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian poses in front of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, home of the revival of " A Chorus Line," in New York. Avian died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, He was 83. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada, File)NEW YORK โ Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most beloved and influential shows on Broadway, including โDreamgirls,โ โA Chorus Line,โ โFolliesโ and โMiss Saigon,โ has died. Avian earned six Tony nominations and won twice, for choreographing โBallroomโ and co-choreographing โA Chorus Line.โ He won an Oliver Award for choreographing Boublil and Schonberg's musical โMartin Guerreโ in London. Avian's association with โA Chorus Lineโ continued when he directed the 2006 revival on Broadway and the London revival at the Palladium in 2013.
Tony-nominated Broadway star Rebecca Luker dies at 59
FILE - Rebecca Luker, left, and her husband Danny Burstein arrive at the 73rd annual Tony Awards in New York on June 9, 2019. Luker, 59, a three-time Tony nominated actor who starred in some of the biggest Broadway hits of the past three decades, died Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, said Sarah Fargo, her agent. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES โ Soprano Rebecca Luker, a three-time Tony nominated actor who starred in some of the biggest Broadway hits of the past three decades, died Wednesday. She was 59Her death was announced by her husband, veteran Broadway actor Danny Burstein, who said in a statement โour family is devastated. Luker made her Broadway debut in 1988 in โThe Phantom of the Operaโ first as an understudy to Sarah Brightman and then playing Christine opposite the legendary Michael Crawford.
New this week: 'Soul,' a Tom Hanks film & 'Bridgerton' on TV
This image released by Disney-Pixar shows the character 22, voiced by Tina Fey, left, and Joe Gardner, voiced by Jamie Foxx, in a scene from the animated film "Soul." But with more than half of U.S. theaters closed, two of the biggest movies of the year โ โSoulโ and โWonder Woman 1984โ โ will be going straight to streaming. โ Also arriving Christmas Day is โWonder Woman 1984,โ Patty Jenkins' sequel to her barrier-breaking 2017 film. With Gal Gadot returning, โWonder Woman 1984โ fast-forwards from 1918 to the โgreed is goodโ decade. โ AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy___Catch up on APโs entertainment coverage here: https://apnews.com/apf-entertainment.