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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

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 Center for …

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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. &n…

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Friday, July 26, 2013

Hoarders' Loot Onstage in 'The Capables' by Erik Piepenburg

Hoarding might not be much fun, but culling other people's hoardings to create a set for a play ("The Capables") was an enlightening experience for Greg Kozatek and George Hoffmann. &nb…

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Rory O'Malley of 'Nobody Loves You' by Erik Piepenburg

Mr. O'Malley, who plays Evan, a reality TV fan, sings "The Twitter Song," in which he sends Twitter messages to his followers during an episode of his favorite dating show, "Nobody Loves You…

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

ArtsBeat: Jeff Goldblum Joins Cast of 'Domesticated' by Erik Piepenburg

Mr. Goldblum will join Laurie Metcalf in Bruce Norris's new play this fall at Lincoln Center Theater.    

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

ArtsBeat: A Worldwide Tour for 'Hamlet' by Erik Piepenburg

Shakespeare's Globe plans to tour "Hamlet" to every country on earth starting in 2014.    

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ArtsBeat: In Performance: Christopher Denham of 'The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin' by Erik Piepenburg

The actor performs a scene from the Roundabout Theater Company's production of Steven Levenson's new drama.    

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Saturday, July 13, 2013

News Analysis: Art That Turns Both Heads and Stomachs by Erik Piepenburg

Seeking thrills in entertainment that makes us faint, swoon or vomit.    

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Friday, July 12, 2013

S-and-Marketing by Erik Piepenburg

Designers talk about the challenge of creating a poster for the play "Venus in Fur."    

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: 'Choir Boy' by Erik Piepenburg

Members of the cast of Tarell Alvin McCraney's new play sing the spiritual "Motherless Child."    

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Carla Gugino of 'A Kid Like Jake' by Erik Piepenburg

Ms. Gugino in a scene from Daniel Pearle's new play about a couple and their 4-year-old son who likes to dress up as Cinderella and the Little Mermaid.    

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

ArtsBeat: Zach Braff to Make His Broadway Debut in 'Bullets Over Broadway' by Erik Piepenburg

Mr. Braff will portray a young playwright in the musical adaptaiton of Woody Allen's 1994 film.    

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Steven Pasquale of 'Far From Heaven' by Erik Piepenburg

The actor sings the number "I Never Knew" from the new musical at Playwrights Horizons.    

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Final Play in Pulitzer Winner's Trilogy Set for Second Stage by Erik Piepenburg

Quiara Alegría Hudes and Laura Eason will have New York premieres of their plays as part of Second Stage's new season.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: New Group's New Season Includes Beth Henley, Thomas Bradshaw Plays by Erik Piepenburg

Beth Henley's "Jacksonian" and Thomas Bradshaw's "Intimacy" will be part of the New Group's 2013-14 season.    

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: Kate Mulgrew and Kathleen Chalfant of 'Somewhere Fun' by Erik Piepenburg

The actresses perform a scene from Jenny Schwartz's new play at the Vineyard Theater.    

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Monday, June 17, 2013

ArtsBeat: Neil Patrick Harris Set to Star in 'Hedwig' on Broadway by Erik Piepenburg

Mr. Harris will play the title character in the first Broadway production of the musical.    

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

ArtsBeat: 'Ann' to Close on Broadway by Erik Piepenburg

Holland Taylor's one-woman show about the former Texas Governor Ann Richards will have played 19 previews and 132 regular performances when it closes on June 30.    

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Performance: 'The Caucasian Chalk Circle' by Erik Piepenburg

The actress Elizabeth A. Davis and the composer Duncan Sheik perform a song from the Classic Stage Company's production of Brecht's drama.    

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Monday, June 10, 2013

ArtsBeat: 'A Christmas Story, the Musical' to Return to New York by Erik Piepenburg

The musical will return to New York for a holiday run at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.    

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