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John Lithgow attends the New York premiere of PBS’s "The American Revolution," during the 2025 Atlantic Festival on Sept. 18, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/Courtesy)

John Lithgow to tackle Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in Broadway ‘Giant’

September 22, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

The six-character play, set in 1983, depicts a heated conversation about whether the writer should apologize for incendiary comments he had made about Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon.

Producer Jeffrey Seller accepts the Tony Award for "Hamilton," which wins for Best Musical at the 70th Annual Tony Awards in New York, June 12, 2016. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times/Courtesy)

He produced ‘Rent’ and ‘Hamilton.’ Now he’s telling his own story.

May 21, 2025 at 9:51 a.m.

Jeffrey Seller wrote a memoir, “Theater Kid,” published May 6. It is a combination coming-of-age and rags-to-riches story.

Joshua Henry, center, as Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the City Center production of the musical "Ragtime," in New York, Oct. 29, 2024. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times/Courtesy)

‘Ragtime’ is returning to Broadway

May 13, 2025 at 9:27 a.m.

Based on a 1975 E.L. Doctorow novel and set mostly in New Rochelle and other locations in and around New York, “Ragtime” first opened on Broadway in 1998, won Tony...

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