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Two campy, gay-directed productions are on tap for local theater patrons.

EXCLUSIVE: Artists Equity has come on to Kiss of the Spider Woman, serving as the main studio and producer of the feature adaptation of the 1993 Broadway musical based on Manuel Puig’s landmark 1976 novel. Diego Luna and Tonatiuh will star in the adaptation as Valentin Arregui and Luis Molina, respectively. They join Jennifer Lopez, who was previously announced in the titular role.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer Jennifer Lopez is attached to star in a feature adaptation of the 1993 Broadway musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” written and directed by “Dreamgirls” filmmaker Bill Condon, Variety has confirmed with a source close to the production. The music is by legends John Kander and Fred Ebb, based on the novel by Manuel Puig and the book of the musical by Terrence McNally.

The Italian embassy got dressed up Monday night, April 3, to celebrate Signature Theatre’s 2023 Sondheim Award honoree, theater legend, and homegrown D.C. icon, Chita Rivera.

Andrew Leynse, whose 21-year tenure as the artistic director of the Off Broadway theater company Primary Stages saw the production of works by such prominent playwrights as Terrence McNally, A.R. Gurney, Theresa Rebeck, Charles Busch and Donald Margulies, died Jan. 20 after a sudden illness. He was 53.

Barry Grove will step down as the Executive Producer of Manhattan Theatre Club, a major Broadway and Off Broadway institution, at the conclusion of the 2022-2023 season.

Max Woodward, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts executive and producer who oversaw the production of its theater programming for years before his retirement in 2016, died today of Alzheimer’s disease at a Washington D.C. care facility. He was 76.

Jim Parsons will star in an Off Broadway revival of A Man of No Importance, the 2002 musical featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.

Dead Man Walking, an operatic adaptation of Sister Helen Prejean’s famous book that he developed with Terrence McNally.Barton and Heggie will perform music from The Breaking Waves at this recital, designed in part as a live showcase of the duo’s Grammy-nominated 2020 album Unexpected Shadows.The program also includes the album’s song cycles “Of Gods & Cats,” set to poems by Gavin Dillard, and “Iconic Legacies: First Ladies at the Smithsonian,” set to poems by Gene Scheer and originally commissioned by Vocal Arts.Also on tap at the concert is “What I Miss the Most,” a song cycle set to lyrics by an assorted bunch of strong, inspiring women, including Prejean, Joyce DiDonato, Patti Lupone, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Kathleen Kelly.“Jamie Barton and Jake Heggie make music together in a way that is completely beguiling and infectious,” says Vocal Arts DC’s Peter Russell in a press release.“It is an honor to welcome them back to our organization for the first time since our 25th anniversary season in the autumn of 2015, and I know their program will be a joyous occasion.”Wednesday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. Terrace Theater.

The cast of Love! Valour! Compassion! (Photo by Rina Gertzen)

After delays, postponements and even more delays, the 2021 Tony Awards are finally happening this Sunday, Sept. 26.

Also Read: Rita Moreno Rages Against Persistent Hollywood Racism: 'It's Still the Same Damn Problem' (Video)Others featured in the documentary include George Chakiris, Héctor Elizondo, Gloria Estefan, Tom Fontana, Morgan Freeman, Mitzi Gaynor, Whoopi Goldberg, Norman Lear, Eva Longoria, Justina Machado, Terrence McNally, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo.“Roadside Attractions, I’m so pleased for your commitment to my story and especially for making it available to a broader audience.  Curtain

With no Tony Awards this year to honor those Broadway stars and workers who have passed away, a new In Memoriam video directed by actor Raúl Esparza is picking up the mantle. The eight-minute video, called Broadway Remembers, with vocal performances by Esparza and Sierra Boggess pays tribute to more than 100 people from the theater community who June 2019 between December 2020.

“The Inheritance” by Matthew López “Sea Wall/A Life” by Simon Stephens & Nick Payne “Slave Play” by Jeremy O.

TMZ reported. He was 49 years old.Also Read: Kristin Urquiza, Whose Father Died of COVID-19, Skewers Trump in Unflinching DNC Speech (Video)The world continues to be upended by the coronavirus pandemic, with more people contracting COVID-19 as the days pass.

Mark David According to an always-in-the-know snitch, Justin Kirk has changed up his living situation with the recent, slightly-shy-of-$1.8-million purchase of a multi-level contemporary perched on a vertiginous hillside high in the Hollywood Hills.The accomplished 51-year-old actor, who got his showbiz start on the stage in New York City, where he earned a prestigious ensemble Obie Award for Terrence McNally’s snappy Broadway play “Love! Valour! Compassion!”, received an Emmy nomination in

Matthew Carey Playwright Terrence McNally’s death from coronavirus-related causes in late March deprived the theater world of one of its greatest talents, a four-time Tony Award winner known for Master Class and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, among many other works.

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Thank you, Dolly.

By Greg Evans

During past natural disasters, many celebrities had been able to insulate themselves from danger by climbing aboard a private jet and zipping off to somewhere safe. There, from a comfortable distance, they were able to tweet emotional support to jetless fans.

Terrence McNally, the openly gay, multiple-Tony and Emmy Award-winning playwright, died at age 81 on Tuesday, March 24 in Sarasota, Fla., due to complications from the coronavirus, or COVID-19.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (ABC/Image Group LA), Terrence McNally (Todd Franson/Metro Weekly), Zachary Quinto (Gage Skidmore)

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Gone, but never forgotten. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the globe, some celebrities have joined the thousands who have lost their lives to the novel illness.

Actors Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Zachary Quinto are teaming up to stage a virtual reading of Terrence Mcnally play Lips Together, Teeth Apart to raise coronavirus relief funds.

Terrence McNally, a towering force in modern American theater who died on March 24 of complications from the coronavirus, had a career that spanned five decades. He wrote farces, dramas and books for musicals.

It was announced on Tuesday that Broadway.com, along with producers Eric Kuhn and Justin Mikita, will present a live reading of Terrence McNally's 1991 play Lips Together, Teeth Apart, set for April 6. The live stream will benefit the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund in honor of McNally, who died March 24 due to complications from the novel coronavirus.

By Greg Evans