by LouiseGund | Dec 10, 2025 | Broadway, Play, Programs
The 78th Tony Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 8, marked the end of one of the most memorable Broadway seasons in recent memory. With the help of celebrity star power (George Clooney and Denzel Washington, to name only two) and many...
by LouiseGund | Dec 10, 2025 | Programs
It wasn’t that long ago that the COVID-19 pandemic brought about a lot of uncertainty in regard to the future of Broadway. Broadway theaters earned a record $1.83 billion during the 2018-19 season, but all 41 venues closed on March 12, 2020 and didn’t...
by LouiseGund | May 28, 2025 | Broadway
Broadway is an American institution with more than 100 years of history. In that time, dozens of productions, mostly musicals, have played thousands of consecutive performances over the course of several years. The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running show in...
by LouiseGund | Dec 27, 2024 | Broadway
The theater industry, and the entertainment world in general, lost a legend in September 2024 when two-time Tony winner James Earl Jones died at 93 years old. Jones, who also received the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2017, is one of just 27...
by LouiseGund | Dec 26, 2024 | Broadway
A six-time Tony nominated musical exploring the women’s suffrage movement in the United States, Suffs opened at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre on April 18 and has received plenty of critical acclaim. Deadline called it a “smart, funny and beautifully...
by LouiseGund | Oct 22, 2024 | Broadway
Broadway is more than just the world’s most famous section of land dedicated to live theater. It’s an American cultural institution with more than 100 years of history and a major contributor to New York City’s economy, bringing in more than $1...
by LouiseGund | Oct 7, 2024 | Broadway, Uncategorized
Whether it’s royalty, presidents, or distinguished executives, audiences have always enjoyed stories about people in powerful positions. Hamilton, which earned a record 16 Tony Award nominations in 2016, tells the story of Alexander Hamilton and the founding...
by LouiseGund | Oct 22, 2023 | Broadway, Uncategorized
Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch is one of the many productions that debuted during the 2023-24 Broadway season. The comedy, directed by Kenny Leon and starring Leslie Odom Jr. as a Black traveling preacher in the 1950s trying to save...
by LouiseGund | Dec 10, 2020 | Animals, Environment, Uncategorized
In 2020, Singapore observed World Elephant Day, which takes place every year on August 12, by destroying a large cache of illegal ivory its government had seized. The crushing of the 9 tonnes of ivory is estimated to be the biggest such wildlife contraband destruction...
by LouiseGund | Dec 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 1831, 22-year-old Charles Darwin set out on a five-year voyage that would change his life—and ours. Hired as the ship’s naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle, he traveled with the British navy ship on a round-the-world tour that gave him the insights that would later...
