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Friday, March 13, 2015

ArtsBeat: Bolaño’s ‘2666’ Coming to the Stage, Thanks to a Powerball Jackpot by Jennifer Schuessler

The Goodman Theater will produce an adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s novel, with funds provided by Roy Cockrum, who won a Powerball jackpot in Tennessee last summer.

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

‘Remote New York,’ a Tour From Brooklyn to Greenwich Village by Jennifer Schuessler

Rimini Protokoll, a German arts collective, puts a new twist on the city walking tour. Make that “pedestrian-based live art experience.”

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

ArtsBeat: Shakespeare’s First Folio to Get 50-State Tour by Jennifer Schuessler

A book tour of sorts for Shakespeare to mark the 400th anniversary of his death.

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

ArtsBeat: Anna Deavere Smith to Deliver Jefferson Lecture by Jennifer Schuessler

Ms. Deavere’s talk, titled “On the Road: A Search for American Character,” will include reflections on and excerpts from the documentary theater projects she began developing in the ea…

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Monday, February 16, 2015

Wimpy Kid Musical to Have Premiere in Minneapolis by Jennifer Schuessler

The production will cap off the 50th anniversary season of Children’s Theater Company in Minneapolis

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

The New School Announces Effort to Defend ‘Arts Integrity’ by Jennifer Schuessler

Howard Sherman, a former executive director of the American Theater Wing, will head the new project.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

‘All Our Happy Days Are Stupid’ Heads for a New York Run by Jennifer Schuessler

The Toronto writer Sheila Heti’s stalled drama-in-a-novel comes to life on the stage.

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92nd Street Y to Present Premiere of “Young Man Langston” by Jennifer Schuessler

John Douglas Thompson and Aaron Clifton Moten to star in the dramatic reading.

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

ArtsBeat: Proulx Says She Regrets ‘Brokeback Mountain’ by Jennifer Schuessler

“I wish I’d never written the story,” Annie Proulx says of “Brokeback Mountain.”

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Shakespeare Folio Discovered in France by Jennifer Schuessler

A first folio of Shakespeare’s plays — one of only 233 known examples — was discovered by chance in a public library near Calais, France.

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Monday, September 8, 2014

Michael Sheen and Kate Burton to Appear in “Under Milk Wood” in New York by Jennifer Schuessler

Mr. Sheen will direct and perform in Dylan Thomas's work -- he called it "a play for voices" -- on Oct. 26 at the 92nd Street Y.

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Monday, September 1, 2014

John Lahr’s Biography of Tennessee Williams by Jennifer Schuessler

John Lahr’s biography “Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh” draws on a wealth of letters and journals to explore the synergy between his life and his plays.

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Friday, June 27, 2014

ArtsBeat: Shia LaBeouf Arraigned on Disorderly Conduct Charge by Jennifer Schuessler

Shia LaBeouf is charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass after disrupting a performance of “Cabaret.”

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Appeals Court Affirms Sherlock Holmes Is in Public Domain by Jennifer Schuessler

A judge's ruling harshly rejected arguments from the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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ArtsBeat: David Henry Hwang and Lynn Nottage Joining Columbia Playwriting Faculty by Jennifer Schuessler

The playwrights David Henry Hwang and Lynn Nottage are joining the faculty of Columbia University’s School of the Arts.

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Sunday, May 18, 2014

ArtsBeat: Paul Rudd to Play Einstein at World Science Festival by Jennifer Schuessler

Mr. Rudd is to participate in a reading of “Letters from Einstein,” a play by Alan Alda that will open the five-day festival in New York City.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Unpublished Tennessee Williams Story to Appear by Jennifer Schuessler

The story “Crazy Night" recounts a college freshman’s drunken misadventures on the last night of school, after the 1929 stock market crash.

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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Using an Infant in ‘A Doll’s House’ by Jennifer Schuessler

The Young Vic production of “A Doll’s House” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music has a real baby onstage for an important cameo role.    

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

ArtsBeat: ‘Raisin in the Sun’ Exhibit Opens at New York Public Library by Jennifer Schuessler

Items related to the 1959 Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry’s play are going on display in conjunction with the Denzel Washington revival set to open in March.   &nb…

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

ArtsBeat: Complete Ben Jonson Released Online by Jennifer Schuessler

The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson online offers plays, masques, poems, letters, criticism and more.    

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

As ‘Spider-Man’ Closes, Business Will Feel Bite by Jennifer Schuessler

As “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” closes, nearby businesses like delis and bars contemplate the effect.    

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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

ArtsBeat: ‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ Coming Back to New York by Jennifer Schuessler

The participatory show, which first ran Off Broadway in 1988, will be back in a new production in March.    

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Monday, December 30, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Spider-Man’ Not a Flop, Broadway Restaurateur Declares by Jennifer Schuessler

Joe Allen said he will not add a poster for “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” to his restaurant’s flop collection.    

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Friday, December 27, 2013

Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules by Jennifer Schuessler

A federal judge issued a declarative judgment stating that Holmes, Dr. Watson and other elements contained in the stories published by Arthur Conan Doyle prior to 1923 are in the public doma…

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

In ‘The Glass Menagerie,’ Play Within the Play by Jennifer Schuessler

How an essential scene in Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” evolved on its way to its Broadway revival.    

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Neil Gaiman to Join Bard Faculty by Jennifer Schuessler

Neil Gaiman will join the theater and performance faculty at Bard College.

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Times Square Art Project Keeps Score on Capitalism by Jennifer Schuessler

In Times Square, the artist Steve Lambert asks people to vote yes or no on the statement: Capitalism Works for Me!

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

A Voice Instructor for the Leads in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by Jennifer Schuessler

A veteran British voice coach helped Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad rehearse for the new Broadway production of “Romeo and Juliet.”    

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Further Proof of Shakespeare’s Hand in ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ by Jennifer Schuessler

A professor says he has found something closer to definitive proof that some 325 lines in the 1602 quarto edition of Thomas Kyd’s play “The Spanish Tragedy” were indeed written by Shak…

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

92nd Street Y Reading Series Announces 75th Anniversary Season by Jennifer Schuessler

The Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y will offer readings and more.

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

ArtsBeat: Random House Project to Rewrite Shakespeare by Jennifer Schuessler

Jeanette Winterson and Anne Tyler are the first two authors who will be rewriting Shakespeare’s plays as part of a project announced by Random House’s Hogarth imprint.   &…

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Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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