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Thursday, July 19, 2012

ArtsBeat: Skirball Center Announces New Season by Erik Piepenburg

The Belgian theater company Ontroerend Goed, the minimalist composer Terry Riley and the Australian dance company Circa are among the performers in the 2012-13 season at the N.Y.U. Skirball …

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Monday, July 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: A Return for 'Cotton Club Parade' by Erik Piepenburg

The Encores! song-and-dance revue will return to City Center this fall.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Phantom Creep Theater, Lovecraft Festival and Other Horror Events by Erik Piepenburg

This summer, a number of horror-themed events " including films, live performances and staged readings " are giving the city a jump start on the Halloween season.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Summer Favorites of Theater Festival Composers by Erik Piepenburg

Songwriters whose works are being staged in the New York Musical Theater Festival have chosen their favorite summer tunes from their lives and their shows.

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Monday, July 9, 2012

ArtsBeat: Gersten To Step Down at Lincoln Center Theater by Erik Piepenburg

When he finishes his tenure next June, Bernard Gersten will have served as the theater's executive producer for 28 years.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: 'Chaplin' by Erik Piepenburg

The illustrator Alex Trochut talks about his work on the poster for the coming Broadway musical about the life of Charlie Chaplin.

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

ArtsBeat: Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase Join the Revival of 'Edwin Drood' by Erik Piepenburg

The Roundabout Theater announced additional casting for its coming revival of the musical.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

ArtsBeat: A New Stache for 'Peter and the Starcatcher' by Erik Piepenburg

Christian Borle will leave the show on June 30, and will be replaced by Matthew Saldívar.

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

ArtsBeat: Pacino and a Theater Confirmed for 'Glengarry' Revival by Erik Piepenburg

Al Pacino will play Shelly "The Machine" Levene in a coming Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross."

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

What's Next for Tony Nominees by Erik Piepenburg

A selective guide to when you might next see this year's Tony Award nominees in action.

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: A Daddy for 'Annie' by Erik Piepenburg

The Australian opera and musical-theater singer Anthony Warlow will make his Broadway debut as the billionaire industrialist Daddy Warbucks in the coming revival of "Annie."

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

54 Below, a Cabaret Club for Broadway Lovers, to Open by Erik Piepenburg

54 Below, a new cabaret in the theater district, opens next week, aiming to be "Broadway's living room."

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: 'The Bad and the Better' by Erik Piepenburg

Danica Novgorodoff, a graphic novelist and illustrator, talks about her poster design for Derek Ahonen's play, which is being produced by the theater company the Amoralists.

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

ArtsBeat: New Producers, New Opening for 'Prince of Broadway' by Erik Piepenburg

"Prince of Broadway," the musical retrospective of the career of the Tony Award-winning producer and director Harold Prince, will open on Broadway in the fall of 2013 with a new set of produ…

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Monday, May 21, 2012

ArtsBeat: Amy Ryan and David Schwimmer Head to 'Detroit' by Erik Piepenburg

The actors have joined the cast of the New York premiere of Lisa D'Amour's play "Detroit," the first production in the 2012-13 season at Playwrights Horizons.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play to Make New York Debut at Second Stage by Erik Piepenburg

Quiara Alegría Hudes's play "Water by the Spoonful," the winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for drama, will make its New York premiere as one of four mainstage productions in Second Sta…

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Zooey Deschanel to Star in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' on Broadway by Erik Piepenburg

Zooey Deschanel, star of the Fox show "New Girl," will make her Broadway debut in a musical adaptation of the 1980 film about the country music singer Loretta Lynn.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'How to Succeed' Revival to Close by Erik Piepenburg

Now starring Nick Jonas, the Broadway revival of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" will close on May 20.

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Megan Hilty in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' and 'Smash' by Erik Piepenburg

The actress Megan Hilty is taking on a role made famous by Marilyn Monroe, the celebrity her character on NBC's "Smash" pines to play, in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," part of the Encores! ser…

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: Bobby Cannavale to Return to Broadway in Clifford Odets's 'Big Knife' by Erik Piepenburg

Bobby Cannavale will star in the Roundabout Theater revival of the Clifford Odets play about a Hollywood star with a dark secret.

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Tom Edden in 'One Man, Two Guvnors' by Erik Piepenburg

As Alfie, an octogenarian waiter in "One Man, Two Guvnors," the actor Tom Edden absorbs a variety of physical abuses.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Magic/Bird' to Hang Up Its Laces by Erik Piepenburg

The basketball-themed play will close on May 12.

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ArtsBeat: 'Seminar' to Close on Sunday by Erik Piepenburg

Theresa Rebeck's comedy was shut out of the Tony Award nominations.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'These Seven Sicknesses' Returns to the Flea Theater by Erik Piepenburg

The Flea Theater will remount its production of "These Seven Sicknesses," a five-hour, streamlined adaptation of seven Sophocles plays, from June 6 through July 1.

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Thursday, April 19, 2012

ArtsBeat: Judy Kuhn and Melissa Errico Cast in 'Passion' Revival by Erik Piepenburg

Judy Kuhn will play Fosca opposite Melissa Errico as Clara in the Classic Stage Company's coming revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical drama.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

ArtsBeat: Huge Cast for New Amoralists Show by Erik Piepenburg

"The Bad and the Better," a new play by Derek Ahonen, will have a cast of 28 when it opens at the Peter J. Sharp in June.

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Friday, April 13, 2012

ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' by Erik Piepenburg

A look at the black-and-red poster design for the new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's classic play.

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

ArtsBeat: Donna Murphy to Play the Witch in 'Into the Woods' by Erik Piepenburg

In this summer's Shakespeare in the Park production, she joins a cast that includes Amy Adams and Jessie Mueller.

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Monday, April 2, 2012

ArtsBeat: Amy Brenneman to Star in New Gina Gionfriddo Play by Erik Piepenburg

The actress Amy Brenneman will star in the premiere production of Gina Gionfriddo's new play "Rapture, Blister, Burn" at Playwrights Horizons this spring.

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Monday, March 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: 'In Masks Outrageous and Austere' by Erik Piepenburg

Noah Scalin talks about the jarring poster he designed for the coming production of "In Masks Outrageous and Austere," Tennessee Williams's last full-length play.

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ArtsBeat: Bruce Hornsby Musical Gets a Reading - and a New Name by Erik Piepenburg

The Bruce Hornsby musical "Stranger" will be one of the shows presented by the York Theater as part of its Developmental Reading Series.

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