Tuesday, April 26, 2016
After several attempts, producers of this Broadway musical have hit upon a solution to perfume the theater with the scent of baking.
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Still in previews, this hybrid of theater and acrobatic spectacle brought in more than $1 million in the last week.
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This Broadway musical, vastly revamped since it was originally staged in 1921, is hoping to be categorized in a way that won’t pit it against “Hamilton.”
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Michael Friedman will take over from Jeanine Tesori, founding director of the program that presents concert performances of musicals every summer.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:21PMThe London production will star Janet McTeer as La Marquise de Merteuil and Liev Schreiber as Le Vicomte de Valmont.
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The show, which could make hundreds of millions of dollars, is sharing some of its wealth with the actors who were in the room where it happened.
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The work, which won five Tony Awards, will close on Jan. 1; a national tour is underway and the show continues to run in London and Australia.
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Children in a program sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation rapped and sang for this show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, before attending the show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:22PMDetermined to bring a long-running production to New York, the company mounts a $25 million musical called “Paramour.”
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“Privacy,” inspired by documents leaked by Edward Snowden, is written by James Graham and will be directed by Josie Rourke of Donmar Warehouse.
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Ms. Rashad says the effort needed to portray the matriarch in this Tarell Alvin McCraney play leaves her “a little buoyant, to tell you the truth.”
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The convention, inspired by ComicCon, drew 5,000 people this year; organizers hope it will draw up to 15,000 next year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:15PMJennifer Hudson will leave the musical “The Color Purple” on May 8, and Heather Headley’s first performance in the show will be on May 10.
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The Tony Administration Committee met Thursday to make decisions about awards eligibility for recently opened productions and the performers in them.
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The hit Broadway musical has won praise for its use of a diverse cast to explore American history, but Actors’ Equity called the job posting inconsistent with union policy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:50PMMr. Hayes will play the title role in this show that imagines God offering a new version of the Ten Commandments for today’s world.
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Thirteen musicals each grossed more than $1 million for the week, and “Waitress” got off to a strong start in previews.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The newest version of the musical, “Roman Holiday – The Cole Porter Musical,” is to be presented at the Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco starting on May 24, 2017.
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The well-regarded but itinerant Off Broadway nonprofit will hold a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, more than four years after announcing plans to expand.
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Jack O’Brien, who will direct the Broadway production, said that this version would be “an American version,” different from the production on London’s West End.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of “Hamilton,” received assurances from the secretary of the Treasury about Alexander Hamilton and the bill redesign.
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The musical is one of only three Broadway shows to reach that milestone and the fastest to get there, according to a statement from the show’s producers.
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The York Theater Company plans to cast children in all of the roles for its coming show, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”
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