Broadway theatre

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, theatrical productions worldwide have seen a reduction in the length of plays, a trend still prevalent in Türkiye, where pervasive social media use and shortened attention spans have also taken their toll.

"The Phantom of the Opera" _ Broadway's longest-running show _ is scheduled to close in February 2023, the biggest victim yet of the post-pandemic softening in theater attendance in New York.

Irini Pappa participated in many Hollywood productions, while she also starred in the Broadway theater in 1967

Could it be the curse of the Scottish play? Daniel Craig's return to Broadway in a new version of "Macbeth" has been temporarily halted after the actor contracted COVID-19.

  Broadway may have seen the longest shutdown in its history but it has lined up new investors and made big plans for its grand reopening, determined to prove that there is no business like show business.

Broadway theatergoers will need to prove they've been vaccinated for COVID-19 and masks will be required when theaters reopen in the coming weeks, producers announced on July 30.

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Activists and civil society groups gathered on Monday at the square of the National Theatre in Tirana to commemorate the controversial demolition of the building a year before, announcing another protest at 6pm.

"We will be back!" a dozen singers proclaimed in the middle of New York's Times Square, in a pop-up event commemorating the one-year anniversary of Broadway going dim. A clear sense of optimism filled the air - despite the "Closed" signs still darkening the doors of nearby theaters.

She later told BIRN that she missed the real theatre atmosphere, but it was altogether very cosy to watch the play "from her comfortable armchair, but still being in the first row". Not even masks were required, she laughed.

Roger Berlind, a producer of more than 100 Broadway plays and musicals and the winner of 25 Tony Awards, has died. He was 90.

He died Dec. 18 at his home in Montana. His family said cardiopulmonary arrest was to blame, The New York Times reported.

The Brooklyn-born Berlind enjoyed a four-decade career that boosted the success of actors including Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons.