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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

News: Bertie Carvel, Tom Hanks and Tom Sturridge win Theatre World awards by Judd Hollander

Bertie Carvel, one of the stars of Matilda The Musical, and Tom Sturridge, one of the leads in Lyle Kessler’s drama Orphans, are two of the 2012/13 theatre season’s Theatre World…

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

News: Matilda wins New York critics’ award by Judd Hollander

The Broadway production of Matilda has been named best musical of the 2012/13 theatre season by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. The NYDCC also named Christopher Durang’s come…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

News: Matilda nominated for 12 Tony Awards by Judd Hollander

Matilda the Musical has been nominated for 12 prizes – including best musical – at this year’s Tony Awards. Its total has been surpassed by one other show this year – Kinky Boots, wh…

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News: National Theatre of Scotland hit with $20 million Macbeth injury lawsuit by Judd Hollander

The National Theatre of Scotland is facing a $20 million lawsuit brought by Jason Makula, an employee of Jazz at Lincoln Center, who claims to have been severely injured when the NTS product…

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

News: Disgraced wins Pulitzer Prize by Judd Hollander

The play Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar has been awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. This year’s Pulitzer winners were announced on the afternoon of April 15 at New York City’s …

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Business News: Spider-Man lawsuit settled out of court by Judd Hollander

After more than 15 months of wending its way through the New York court system, the lawsuit between the producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark and Julie Taymor, the s…

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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Production News: Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz confirmed for Broadway Betrayal by Judd Hollander

Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Rafe Spall will star in the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal this October. This production will mark the Broadway debut for both Weisz and Spall …

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Production News: Broadway producers ask audiences to beware Macbeth’s curse by Judd Hollander

The Broadway producers of Alan Cumming’s one-man Macbeth are taking no chances with the so-called curse connected to the play, posting a sign on the front doors of the Ethel Barrymore …

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

News: Religious protests greet Broadway play’s first performance by Judd Hollander

The world premiere of Colm Toibin’s stage play The Testament of Mary, a one-woman show starring actress Fiona Shaw and directed by Deborah Warner, was marred by protests on Thursday, M…

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

News: Date set for Julie Taymor vs Spider-Man legal battle by Judd Hollander

Julie Taymor’s legal battle with the producers of the Broadway show Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark will begin its next phase on May 28, the date the case has been set for trial. Taymor, …

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

News: Off-Broadway theatre to be named after Lynn Redgrave by Judd Hollander

Culture Project, an Off-Broadway a group “dedicated to addressing critical human rights issues by shining an artistic spotlight on injustice,” will rename their mainstage theatre…

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Production News: Phantom launches new US tour by Judd Hollander

The newly reinvented production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera will launch a North American tour this November in Providence, Rhode Island. Boasting updated staging …

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Production News: Les Mis to return to Broadway by Judd Hollander

Les Miserables will return to Broadway in a new production in March 2014 at one of the venues owned by The Shubert Organization, Cameron Mackintosh has announced. This will be mark the third…

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

News: Broadway cleaners consider strike action by Judd Hollander

Broadway service employees are considering strike action that would affect the majority of the theatres in New York’s theatre district. The Service Employees International Union, which…

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Friday, November 9, 2012

Production News: Bertie Carvel to reprise Trunchbull in Broadway Matilda by Judd Hollander

Oliver award-winning actor Bertie Carvel will make his Broadway debut on March 14, 2013 when the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda the Musical begins performances at the Sh…

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

News: Broadway open for business after hurricane by Judd Hollander

Most of Broadway is poised to resume performances on October 31, as New York City continues cleaning up after the massive damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy. In a statement, Charlotte St.…

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

News: Broadway stays dark as Hurricane Sandy approaches by Judd Hollander

All Broadway performances have been cancelled for Tuesday, October 30 as New York City remains virtually shut down in preparation for Hurricane Sandy. Broadway had previously cancelled all p…

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Monday, October 29, 2012

News: Broadway braces itself for Hurricane Sandy by Judd Hollander

All Broadway shows were cancelled this Sunday and Monday evening in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, which is currently moving up the eastern coast of the United States, packing winds of mor…

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

News: Trevor Nunn to be inducted into Theater Hall of Fame by Judd Hollander

Director Trevor Nunn is among eight individuals selected for induction in the Broadway-based Theater Hall of Fame, it was announced this week. The post Trevor Nunn to be inducted into Theate…

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Trevor Nunn to be inducted into Theater Hall of Fame by Judd Hollander

Director Trevor Nunn is among eight individuals selected for induction in the Broadway-based Theater Hall of Fame, it was announced this week.

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

War Horse to close on Broadway by Judd Hollander

The National Theatre's Tony Award-winning production of War Horse will play its final performance on Broadway on January 6, 2013.

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Friday, August 31, 2012

Spider-Man legal battle nears conclusion by Judd Hollander

The long-running legal dispute between the producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark and the show's director Julie Taymor has been tentatively settled, it was announced…

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Broadway theatre faced with Twitter gun threats by Judd Hollander and Cynthia Leathers

New York police have been forced to obtain a subpoena for the social media site Twitter to make it release personal information about a user who made repeated threats to bring a loaded weapo…

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Broadway Spider-Man celebrates first anniversary by Judd Hollander

Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark has celebrated its one-year anniversary since the show officially opened at New York's Foxwoods Theatre.

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Monday, June 11, 2012

Once wins eight times at Tony Awards by Judd Hollander

The musical Once, based on the Irish film of the same name, was the big winner at this year's Tony Awards, winning eight of the 11 categories for which it was nominated.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Corden, Bennett and Murphy win at New York Drama Desk Awards by Judd Hollander

The Broadway musical Once, based on the Irish film of the same name, was the big winner at the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards, picking up four awards.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Broadway hits record high at box office by Judd Hollander

Broadway grosses for the just-completed 2011/12 theatre season were the highest ever, according to figures just released by The Broadway League, the national trade organisation for the Broad…

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Potted Potter tranfers to US by Judd Hollander

Olivier-nominated show Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff, will make its US debut at the off-Broadway Little Shubert Theater on May 19, with an openi…

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

One Man, Two Guvnors secures triple win at US awards by Judd Hollander

The National Theatre's production of One Man, Two Guvnors was a big winner at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, picking up three prizes.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Nina Raine's Tribes wins US award by Judd Hollander

Nina Raine's Tribes, which premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre in 2010, has been named best foreign play of the 2011/12 theatre season by the New York Drama Critics' Circle.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

James Corden, Tracie Bennett and Andrew Lloyd Webber nominated for Tony Awards by Judd Hollander

New productions of the Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musicals Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar both received nods for best musical revival at this year's Tony Awards.

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