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Monday, April 28, 2014

ArtsBeat: A ‘Midsummer’ Is Headed for China by Adam W. Kepler

Tim Robbins and the Actors’ Gang, a Los Angeles ensemble theater troupe, will bring their production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to audiences in China this summer.

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Sunday, March 9, 2014

ArtsBeat: Lineup Announced For ‘Encores! Off-Center’ by Adam W. Kepler

City Center has announced the lineup for its second “Encores! Off-Center” series, which is intended to showcase new interpretations by contemporary artists of older Off Broadway musicals…

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

ArtsBeat: Ars Nova to Stage New Play From Debate Society by Adam W. Kepler

“Jacuzzi” is set in a Colorado ski resort.    

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Sunday, December 29, 2013

ArtsBeat: New Role for Carly Rae Jepsen: Cinderella by Adam W. Kepler

The pop singer will make her Broadway debut in the title role of “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella.”    

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Sunday, December 8, 2013

ArtsBeat: Tony Shalhoub Joins ‘Act One’ Cast by Adam W. Kepler

Tony Shalhoub and Santino Fontana are to portray the playwright and theater director Moss Hart in a stage adaptation of “Act One,” based on Mr. Hart’s 1959 autobiography.  &n…

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Monday, October 21, 2013

ArtsBeat: A Broadway Run For ‘Bronx Bombers’ by Adam W. Kepler

Eric Simonson’s play about the Yankees is to move to Broadway in January at Circle in the Square.    

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Sunday, October 13, 2013

‘Stars of David’ to Return in Concert Form by Adam W. Kepler

A new production of “Stars of David,” which transforms interviews with Jewish figures into songs, will begin a New York run next month.    

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Sunday, September 15, 2013

ArtsBeat: A New Spider-Man on Broadway by Adam W. Kepler

Justin Matthew Sargent will be the next actor to don Spider-Man’s costume in the musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”    

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

ArtsBeat: Pain and Gain: ’50 Shades’ Author Tops Earnings List by Adam W. Kepler

E L James, the author of the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy, raked in an estimated $95 million in the past year    

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Monday, August 12, 2013

ArtsBeat: Carole King Musical Finds Its Carole King by Adam W. Kepler

Jessie Mueller will star in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” on Broadway.    

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

ArtsBeat: Reeve Carney Hangs Up His Spider-Man Tights by Adam W. Kepler

Mr. Carney’s last performance in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” will be on Sept. 15.    

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

ArtsBeat: 2 More Plays Added for a Troupe’s New Home by Adam W. Kepler

The Theater for a New Audience has announced the full schedule for its inaugural season at the Center for Shakespeare and Classical Drama.    

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

ArtsBeat: Buy From TKTS Booth, Skip the Line for Seven Days by Adam W. Kepler

Theatergoers who bring their TKTS stub to the booth within seven days of that ticket’s date can walk up to Window #1 for their next purchase and avoid the other lines.   &nb…

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Monday, May 27, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Smash’ Finale Is Not Quite a Magnet for Viewers by Adam W. Kepler

The NBC show “Smash” was canceled earlier this month.    

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Monday, May 13, 2013

ArtsBeat: 2 Award-Givers’ Thumbs Turn Up for Durang by Adam W. Kepler

The Outer Critics Circle and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle named Christopher Durang’s comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” as the best play of the 2012-13 season. &…

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Monday, May 6, 2013

ArtsBeat: Two Actors Join Pinter and Beckett Repertory Run on Broadway by Adam W. Kepler

Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley will join Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart for the repertory run of Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land” and Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” thi…

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ArtsBeat: Helen Mirren Is Not Amused as Drummers Disrupt Performance by Adam W. Kepler

Helen Mirren, during intermission, appears in her costume as Queen Elizabeth to berate a group of marching drummers who disrupted a performance of “The Audience.”    

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Friday, May 3, 2013

ArtsBeat: That Old Wildhorn Magic: ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ to Close by Adam W. Kepler

The Broadway revival is the latest in a long line of flops with music by Frank Wildhorn.    

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ArtsBeat: ‘Lucky Guy’ Pays Off for Investors by Adam W. Kepler

“Lucky Guy,” starring Tom Hanks, has recouped its capitalization costs after eight weeks of performances.    

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Monday, April 15, 2013

ArtsBeat: Encores! Announces Casting for ‘On Your Toes’ by Adam W. Kepler

The actress Christine Baranski; Irina Dvorovenko, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater; and Joaquin De Luz, a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, will be among the cast.&n…

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

ArtsBeat: Sondheim to Receive MacDowell Medal by Adam W. Kepler

The MacDowell Colony, the prestigious artists’ retreat in New Hampshire, has announced that the composer Stephen Sondheim will be awarded the 54th annual Edward MacDowell Medal for lifetim…

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

ArtsBeat: John Doyle to Direct a London Revival of ‘The Color Purple’ by Adam W. Kepler

The Menier Chocolate Factory, a 150-seat performance space in a former factory, will host the engagement from July 5 to Sept. 14.

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

ArtsBeat: Humana Festival Sets Lineup by Adam W. Kepler

Will Eno, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Sam Marks will all have works in next year's Humana Festival of New American Plays.

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Sunday, November 4, 2012

ArtsBeat: Off Broadway Offers Post-Storm Discounts by Adam W. Kepler

With power returning to much of Lower Manhattan, some Off Broadway theaters and playhouses in the area are offering discounted tickets to entice audiences to return as well.

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Darkens Broadway and Other Stages by Adam W. Kepler

Hurricane Sandy's impending arrival has prompted entertainment producers in the New York City region to change schedules and offer plans for refunds.

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

ArtsBeat: Playwright Challenges Racial Casting Practices by Adam W. Kepler

The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris has called for a boycott in Germany of theater productions in which white actors are cast in roles explicitly written for black performers.

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Memphis' Film Is Planned by Adam W. Kepler

A film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical is in the works.

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: Occupy Wall Street Inspires a Show by Adam W. Kepler

The Civilians theater company will assemble an evening of performance material inspired by more than 150 interviews with activists associated with the Occupy movement.

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

ArtsBeat: Fall Slate Is Set for 59E59 Theaters by Adam W. Kepler

59E59 Theaters has announced that it will present the New York premiere of a revival of Stephen Schwartz's musical "Working" beginning Dec. 1 as part of its fall season.

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ArtsBeat: New Music Inspired by Beckett Plays by Adam W. Kepler

The Cygnus Ensemble has announced that it will perform new musical compositions based on the works of Samuel Beckett, to be paired with three of his one-act plays in a new production.

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: A Jesse Eisenberg Theatrical Premiere by Adam W. Kepler

A play by the actor Jesse Eisenberg is one of five world premieres that will highlight the 2012-13 season for the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.

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