<h3>Theater</h3><ul class="rte2-style-ul" id="rte-3cf6be10-636b-11f1-a4c6-4556b34e5152"><li>One doesn’t see many Stephen Sondheim musicals at the Marriott Theatre, but now fans are in for a treat with one of the master’s best. Written with Hugh Wheeler, the Tony Award-winning musical <b>“A Little Night Music”</b> explores the complexities of love, longing and second chances revolving around actress Desirée Armfeldt (Alexandra Silber) and the men who love her. Nick Bowling directs.

<p>It’s easy to think British playwright Tom Stoppard lived a charmed life. He was the toast of the West End, and his writing garnered some of theater’s most prestigious awards, from the Oliviers to the Tonys to an Oscar.</p><p>Even Stoppard said his life was charmed, until he began wrestling late in life with a reckoning — numerous family members had been killed in Holocaust, and his Jewish identity was something he hadn’t yet tried to understand.</p><p>This scrutiny of his own history fueled his final play, “Leopoldstadt,” a Herculean undertaking for any theater company with its original cast of 38, five acts and five decades of familial history. Before his death in 2025, Stoppard mined his own biography with the help of his friend and frequent collaborator, director Carey Perloff, who through August will stage a slightly scaled down version of the work in its Midwest Premiere at Writers Theatre in Glencoe.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-a40000" name="image-a40000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0447c2e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2500x1403+0+179/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe9%2F96%2F3c4b426d429b841d45d8d0667b71%2Fap23163136255637.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/97735c7/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2500x1403+0+179/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe9%2F96%2F3c4b426d429b841d45d8d0667b71%2Fap23163136255637.png 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b00a8d5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2500x1403+0+179/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fe9%2F96%2F3c4b426d429b841d45d8d0667b71%2Fap23163136255637.png" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Tom Stoppard poses with the award for best play for "Leopoldstadt" in the press room at the 76th annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the Radio Hotel in New York.

<p>NEW YORK — “Schmigadoon!,” an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night when actor John Lithgow and playwright Bess Wohl made history.</p><p>The musical parodies golden-age Broadway classics like “The Music Man” and “Oklahoma!” centered on a modern-day couple finding themselves in a “Brigadoon”-like fantasyland where the wholesome townspeople keep breaking into song. The win is a redemption for creator Cinco Paul, whose TV series was canceled after two seasons. He won Tonys for the score and the book Sunday.</p><p>“Sometimes singing, dancing, jokes and a happy ending are all you need," said producer Lorne Michaels, the creator of “Saturday Night Live,” after the win.</p><p>The win for “Schmigadoon!” also completes what some unofficially call a “studio EGOT,” giving the producing company credits for winning awards at all four major ceremonies.

Schmigadoon! and Death of a Salesman were among the big winners at the Tony Awards in New York as actor John Lithgow made history.

Joe Mantello’s stark revival of Arthur Miller’s classic drama takes home six awards, while Ragtime and Schmigadoon! pick up musical wins Tony awards 2026: red carpet looks and the best of the show – in pictures Tony awards 2026: full list of winners A stripped-back take on Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman dominated this year’s Tonys, winning six awards, while Lesley Manville and John Lithgow took home lead acting trophies. Death of a Salesman was named best revival of a play, with the award-winning director Joe Mantello praising Miller’s story as one that “still talks to us through time”.

NEW YORK >> John Lithgow won best leading actor in a play at Sunday’s Tony Awards for “Giant,” which depicts a crisis in the life of author Roald Dahl as he faces fallout from remarks deemed antisemitic and must weigh apologizing against risking his reputation.

Laurie Metcalf, who was raised in Edwardsville and attended Illinois State University, won her third Tony Award on Sunday night, earning best featured actress in a play for her portrayal of Linda Loman in the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's…

Laurie Metcalf, who was raised in Edwardsville and attended Illinois State University, won her third Tony Award on Sunday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Tony Awards celebrate Broadway’s best, with Grammy winner Pink hosting Sunday’s telecast. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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