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“True Raiders” by Brad Ricca (St. Martin’s Press)For fans of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” there’s something just as exciting as seeing Indiana Jones swashbuckling his way through the jungles in search of treasure.

More Broadway shows are resuming performances in the coming weeks and the stars of Chicago are celebrating the show’s big return!

“The Island,” by Ben Coes (St. Martin’s Press)An army of 500 Iranian terrorists launch an attack on Manhattan, isolating the island by blowing up tunnels and blocking bridges.They massacre civilians and assault the United Nations building, targeting the U.S.

Actors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League have announced an agreement on safety protocols that includes mandated vaccines and weekly testing for the Broadway workforce.

Graciela Daniele, the Broadway director and choreographer whose many credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Once on This Island, Ragtime and The Goodbye Girl, will be the 2020 recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.

Special Tony Awards will be presented in September to the Broadway Advocacy Coalition, David Byrne’s American Utopia and Freestyle Love Supreme, the awards administration committee announced today.

Germany-based BioNTech to develop the vaccine, is scheduled to come out.“'The Vaccine' will reveal how they were able to develop a panel of vaccine candidates within a matter of weeks, how they convinced major pharmaceutical companies to support their work, how they navigated negotiations with the U.S. administration and the European Union, and how in partnership with Pfizer they managed to produce more than two billion doses for countries around the world,” according to St.

Hoda Kotb this weekend, as the Today star shared the happiest of photographs with her social media fans.The mother-of-two took to her Instagram page to post a picture of herself with her best friend, fellow TV journalist Karen Swenson, and Karen's daughter Catherine.MORE: Hoda Kotb wows with unexpected hair transformation in before-and-after videoWATCH: Today's Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie make big change to their showThe close friends were celebrating Catherine's graduation from St.

EXCLUSIVE: Working Title is developing an adaptation of Bad Luck Bridesmaid: A Novel, the upcoming book about Zoey Marks, the cursed bridesmaid that no engagement can survive, into a movie. Alison Rose Greenberg penned the book and will also adapt the screenplay. St. Martin’s Griffin will publish the book in January 2022.

EXCLUSIVE: For Life executive producer Isaac Wright Jr. – the inspiration for the ABC series about a falsely imprisoned man – has closed a deal with St. Martin’s Press to publish his upcoming memoir Marked For Life in 2022.

The Broadway League has hired its first Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Gennean Scott, most recently holding a related position at Omaha Performing Arts, starts her new job on July 6.