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Smartly sidestepping the obvious comparison from the start – the line-reading of “Hello gorgeous” sounds more conversational, less sing-songy than the one etched in our brains for all these decades – Broadway’s new Funny Girl revival doesn’t so much make a grand play for replacement as a peaceful offering for coexistence: The show that made Barbra Streisand a musical theater icon likely won’t do the same for its latest star, but neither is it cause for grumbling how-dare-shes.

Naman Ramachandran The post-COVID U.K. theater scene is getting a boost with the revival of “Kinky Boots” and “John Gabriel Borkman.”The Tony and Olivier award-winning musical “Kinky Boots,” based on the 2005 Miramax film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, is written by Harvey Fierstein and features Grammy award-winning music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. It debuted at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre in 2012, bowed on Broadway in 2013 and at London’s West End in 2015.

K.J. Yossman Read all about it – “Newsies” is coming to the U.K.The hit musical from Disney legend Alan Menken (“Beauty and the Beast”) and Jack Feldman (“A Goofy Movie”), with a book by Harvey Fierstein (“Mulan”), is set to make its U.K. debut in Nov.

I Was Better Last Night” (Knopf), his memoir out March 1. “What I did was pass out … I hadn’t had a solid bowel movement in months.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe world of fashion and entertainment is paying tribute to André Leon Talley. The former editor-at-large of U.S. Vogue died on Tuesday at the age of 73.Talley’s career in fashion journalism spanned six decades.

LOS ANGELES -- “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider is adding to her list of bragging rights and admirers.Already the highest-earning female contestant in the quiz show's history and the woman with the longest winning streak, on Friday she became one of only four “Jeopardy!” players to reach seven figures in regular-season winnings.She's collected $1.02 million in 28 victories, solidifying her 4th-place position on the list that includes Ken Jennings with $2.5 million; James Holzhauer, $2.46 million, and Matt Amodio, $1.52 million.Schneider, who's also fourth in consecutive wins, will compete again Monday.Poised and affable on TV and in an interview with The Associated Press, she doesn't seem the gloating type. But she is tickled by the fact that she's fulfilled a prediction made by her 8th-grade classmates in Dayton, Ohio: She was voted most likely to be a “Jeopardy!” contestant, based on her geography and spelling bee prowess.More significantly, she's the first transgender person to qualify for the show's tournament of champions.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBilly Eichner has landed two more bros with Bowen Yang and veteran stage and screen actor Harvey Fierstein.Yang and Fierstein have joined the ensemble cast of “Bros,” Eichner’s landmark mainstream romantic comedy feature in the works with Judd Apatow and Universal Pictures.

Camille Saviola has sadly passed away at the age of 71.

Camille Saviola, whose many stage and TV roles included the Bajoran religious leader Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the mother of the hapless Turtle in Entourage and, on Broadway, characters in Nine and Chicago, has died at age 71.

Peter Scolari, who died Friday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66.Stars such as Harvey Fierstein, Michael McKean and more shared homages to their late friend on social media.“Sad to see the news that Peter Scolari lost his battle with cancer.

Refresh for updates… “No better partner,” writes Julia Duffy, simply and poignantly, about her Newhart co-star Peter Scolari, who died today of cancer at age 66. Duffy posted a photo of the two doing the tango in an episode of the sitcom.

Head Over Heels, “So You Think You Can Dance”), tap choreography by Ayodele Casel and a revised book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (“Hairspray”). Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis and Chocolate Factory Productions, performances begin in spring 2022 at a Broadway theater to be announced.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 6-12:June 6: Singer-songwriter Gary “U.S.” Bonds is 82. Country singer Joe Stampley is 78. Jazz pianist Monty Alexander is 77.

YouTube and Facebook handles. This year’s concert will be free to watch, with donations encouraged.The lineup also includes Adam Lambert, Amanda Shires & Jason Isbell, Bette Midler, Billy Porter, Boy George, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Carson Kressley, Harvey Fierstein, Henry Rollins, Jackson Browne, Judy Gold, Kim Petras, King Princess, Meg Myers, Phoebe Bridgers, Sharon Osbourne, Shea Diamond and Whoopi Goldberg.Some celebrities will make appearances and others will perform.

Disarm Hate is a new documentary that seeks to create awareness about gun violence against the LGBTQ+ community following the 2016 Pulse Nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida.

Gordon Cox Theater EditorTony-winning Broadway favorite Harvey Fierstein can’t be onstage right now — so he’s bringing his newest work to your earbuds.

The Shows Must Go On continues is weekly free-to-stream series and this week steps away from Andrew Lloyd Webber for a bit of teen drama/comedy in Hairspray. The Universal-backed YouTube channel will debut the 2016 production of the hit musical, Hairspray Live! making it available for 48 hours for audiences in the UK.

Jason Alexander hosted a star-studded virtual Passover Seder on Saturday night that helped raise money for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's foundation Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund.

Stars, friends and fans of Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman gathered at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Monday to pay tribute to the Main Stem legend who died Dec. 26 at the age of 88.