LCT to revive 'The Sound of Music'

 

Lincoln Center Theater, which has brought us so many excellent musicals over the years, including the current revival of Ragtime, will present The Sound of Music next spring starring Jasmine Amy Rogers, the powerhouse star of last year's Boop! The Musical.  Lear de Bessonet, in her second year as the theatre’s artist director, will direct.  She directed Ragtime, which won this year’s Tony Award for best new musical revival.

 

James Earl Jones to be honored at the theatre that bears his name.

 

A larger-than-life bronze bust of James Earl Jones will be unveiled June 16 in the lobby of the 48^th Street theatre where he made his Broadway debut in 1957. Previously the Cort Theatre, it was renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre in 2022, becoming the second Broadway theatre renamed for a Black artist, following the August Wilson Theatre in 2005.

Jones died in 2024 at 93.