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Thursday, October 17, 2013

‘The Line King’s Library’ Shows Al Hirschfeld’s Works by Erik Piepenburg

As an exhibition of Al Hirschfeld’s works opens at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, four performers talk about how they felt about being drawn by that illustrator. …

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Eric Bogosian of ’100 (Monologues)’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actor and playwright performs a scene from “100 (Monologues),” a collection built from his popular one-man shows from the 1980s and ’90s.    

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Friday, October 11, 2013

Stephen King’s ‘Carrie’ Through the Ages by Erik Piepenburg

“Carrie,” the horror novel by Stephen King, has been adapted for the stage, television and film several times, with varying degrees of success.    

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Norbert Leo Butz of ‘Big Fish’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actor, accompanied by Jim Hershman on guitar, sings the number “Fight the Dragons” from the new Broadway musical based on Tim Burton’s 2003 film.    

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Maximum Shakespeare: In Performance: Orlando Bloom by Erik Piepenburg

Mr. Bloom performs an excerpt from the balcony scene of “Romeo and Juliet” as part of the Maximum Shakespeare series.    

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Maximum Shakespeare: Behind the Poster: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Erik Piepenburg

A look at artwork for a lesbian-themed “Romeo and Juliet” in Philadelphia.    

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

ArtsBeat: Annie Baker and Rajiv Joseph Receive Playwriting Awards by Erik Piepenburg

Annie Baker and Rajiv Joseph are the winners of the Steinberg Playwright Awards.    

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ArtsBeat: In Performance: A Yiddish ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Erik Piepenburg

Shane Baker and Nicholas Jenkins perform a scene from a Yiddish-language production of Samuel Beckett’s play, a co-presentation of the New Yiddish Rep and the Castillo Theater.  …

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

ArtsBeat: A New Director for the New York Musical Theater Festival by Erik Piepenburg

Dan Markley, a management consultant with experience as a producer, will succeed Isaac Robert Hurwitz in the post.    

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Matthew Maher of ‘Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actor performs a scene from Anne Washburn’s post-apocalyptic play at Playwrights Horizons.    

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Monday, September 23, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Venus in Fur’ to Dominate in American Theaters This Season by Erik Piepenburg

David Ives’s dark sexual comedy “Venus in Fur” will be the most-produced play of the 2013-14 season, according to the Theater Communications Group.    

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Gay Theaters Now Struggle to Evolve by Erik Piepenburg

Gay theater companies like About Face in Chicago find that the mainstream success of gay plays has some unintended side effects.    

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Joe Manganiello of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actor performs a scene from the Yale Repertory Theater revival of the Tennessee Williams drama.    

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Ethan Hawke and Others on Favorite Shakespeare Moments by Erik Piepenburg

Performers recall the Shakespeare moment they still can’t shake.    

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Hallie Foote of ‘The Old Friends’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actress performs a scene from “The Old Friends,” a family drama written by her father, the playwright Horton Foote, who died in 2009.    

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

ArtsBeat: Will Swenson to Replace Will Chase in ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ by Erik Piepenburg

Mr. Swenson will replace Mr. Chase in the coming musical adaptation of the Oscar-nominated film.    

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Jon Norman Schneider of ‘Awake and Sing!’ by Erik Piepenburg

Mr. Schneider plays Ralph Berger in the National Asian American Theater Company revival of the 1935 Clifford Odets play.    

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

ArtsBeat: Soho Rep Announces New Season by Erik Piepenburg

The downtown theater’s new season includes the New York premiere of David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette” and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Octoroon.”    

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ArtsBeat: In Performance: Sarah Lemp of ‘The Cheaters Club’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actress performs a scene from Derek Ahonen’s new play being mounted by the theater company the Amoralists.    

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

ArtsBeat: No More Jokes for New York’s ‘Old Jews’ by Erik Piepenburg

The revue of Jewish humor and songs will close in September at the Westside Theater after a 15-month run.    

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

ArtsBeat: La MaMa Announces Its Fall Season by Erik Piepenburg

A new work from the playwright Chiori Miyagawa and a stage version of Flann O’Brien’s surreal crime novel “The Third Policeman” are part of La MaMa’s new season.   &…

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ArtsBeat: In Performance: Eric Anderson and Amber Iman of ‘Soul Doctor’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actors sing a number from the new Broadway musical about the folk-singing Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.    

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Monday, August 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: Tyne Daly to Star in New Terrence McNally Play on Broadway by Erik Piepenburg

Ms. Daly will play a mother who visits her dead son’s former lover in Mr. McNally’s new play “Mothers and Sons.”    

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez of ‘First Date’ by Erik Piepenburg

The actors perform the number “First Impressions” from the new Broadway musical at the Longacre Theater.    

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Shows to Consider at New York’s Fringe Festival by Eric Grode, Catherine Rampell, Erik Piepenburg, Andy Webster, Ken Jaworowski and Steven McElroy

From the immense lineup of shows in the New York International Fringe Festival, staff members at The Times play some hunches and make some picks to see.    

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Young Jean Lee of ‘We’re Gonna Die’ by Erik Piepenburg

The playwright Young Jean Lee performs a monologue from her pop-music cabaret, at the Claire Tow Theater.    

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Sunday, August 4, 2013

ArtsBeat: Skirball Center Announces Its New Season by Erik Piepenburg

A marathon performance of the composer John Zorn’s “Book of Angels” and a festival of works from Chinese artists are among the offerings in the 2013-14 season at the NYU Skirball Cente…

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

ArtsBeat: Denzel Washington and Diahann Carroll to Star in ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ on Broadway by Erik Piepenburg

The actors will star in a Broadway revival of the classic drama in the spring of 2014.    

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

ArtsBeat: Keen Company and Women’s Project Announce New Seasons by Erik Piepenburg

Keen Company will begin its season with a revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s 1989 play “The Film Society.”    

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ArtsBeat: ‘Bronx Bombers,’ a Yankees Play, Comes to Primary Stages by Erik Piepenburg

The company will mount Eric Simonson’s play that features Derek Jeter, Yogi Berra and other Yankees stars as characters.    

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: ‘Avenue Q’ by Erik Piepenburg

Sala Iwamatsu, as Christmas Eve, and the puppeteer Veronica J. Kuehn, with Kate Monster, sing “The More You Ruv Someone” from “Avenue Q,” which celebrates its 10-year run on July 31.…

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