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Tony Awards laud android rom-com ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ and history-making ‘Purpose’

“Maybe Happy Ending” had a definite happy ending at the Tony Awards. The android rom-com won the best new musical crown Sunday on a night when Kara Young made history as the first Black person to win two Tonys consecutively.

Brian Hong and Alexander Hersh perform at Guarneri Hall

Keegan MorrisJune 15, 2023

Classical Music in the Loop as Guarneri Hall Announces 5th Anniversary Season

Adela SkowronskiJune 14, 2023

Juneteenth Events in Chicago 2023

Associated PressJune 13, 2023

The Beatles are releasing their ‘final’ record. AI helped make it possible

Bella Voce’s ’24–25 Season Charts Vocal Voyages Across Musical Traditions

Keegan MorrisJuly 1, 2024

The theme of the season is Odysseys, which is explored in programs throughout the year.

Unsung Heroes of Uptown Promotes Connection in the Name of Community, Studs Terkel

Keegan MorrisJune 21, 2024

"We don't really spend much time talking to one another... you dig a little bit, and you'll find something you never expected."

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Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike

Associated PressJune 12, 2023

Tony Awards history was made when J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell became the first nonbinary people to win Tonys for acting.

Lin-Manuel Miranda launches R.I.S.E. Network to improve diversity on Broadway

Associated PressJune 9, 2023

A 2021 report on diversity in Broadway teams showed that 100% of general managers and 94% of the producers were white. White actors were cast in 80% of the lead roles in musicals and 90% of the lead roles in plays.

Astrud Gilberto, singer of ‘The Girl from Ipanema,’ dead at 83

Associated PressJune 6, 2023

"Why should anybody assume that just because an artist chooses not to give interviews, he/she is a recluse?" she said in 2002.

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