Thursday, February 22, 2018
Audiences love the classic songs. And producers love filling seats. But in this #MeToo moment, what to make of musicals like “My Fair Lady” and “Carousel”?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:32AMThe Brooklyn songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez talked about the new song “Monster” in an interview this week.
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MCC Theater, where Mr. LaBute was playwright-in-residence, did not immediately offer an explanation for terminating the relationship and canceling his next play.
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Written by Jez Butterworth and directed by Sam Mendes, the work centers on a family unraveling and evokes state-of-a-nation themes.
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The Roth family dynamic: The father does business with Donald Trump, and the son makes fun of him in an explicit video series.
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David Binder, who also has experience producing festivals in New York and London, will succeed Joseph V. Melillo.
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Once named the Little Theater, the playhouse now known as the Helen Hayes is about to be reincarnated again.
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Six tidbits from ‘The Hal Prince Talks,’ a three-hour satellite radio interview with the storied Broadway producer and director.
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The theater has dropped “Bullets Over Broadway” from its schedule, citing a sexual abuse allegation made by Mr. Allen’s daughter Dylan Farrow.
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Gordon Edelstein, fired by Long Wharf Theater, lost an honor bestowed by a Catholic college because he had made sexual jokes about the nuns.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:09PMDavid Yazbek, the composer of “The Band’s Visit,” will write the score and Santino Fontana has signed on to play the role created by Dustin Hoffman in the film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:33PMA new trend in theater, as plays by Danai Gurira, Jocelyn Bioh, Mfoniso Udofia and Ngozi Anyanwu bring first-generation stories to the stage.
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The board of the theater met a day after The New York Times published a story detailing accusations by multiple women.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:29PMMs. MacKinnon will succeed Carey Perloff as the head of the American Conservatory Theater, a prominent regional institution.
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Gordon Edelstein made unwelcome advances and crude remarks about women, lesbians and nuns, according to current and former employees. He has been placed on leave.
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Other findings from a report on the 2016-17 season: Crowds remain white and predominantly female, but more young people are attending.
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The musical, which marries a 16th-century romance with the songs of the Go-Go’s, had its first production in 2015.
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Smaller and out-of-the-way theaters are increasingly presenting musicals angling for the big time. For the creators of “Hadestown,” the path veered way north.
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A lawsuit by the Broadway League alleges that casting offices have violated antitrust laws in an attempt to unionize. The directors have said they want health care and pension benefits.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
The play, about a married French diplomat who falls in love with a Chinese opera singer, saw a significant drop at the box office last week.
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Over 20 years, hundreds of performers have joined the show in cities around the globe. These are some of their stories — laced with hope, tragedy, homesickness and triumph.
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Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and immigration-rights advocate who is a member of the Tony Awards nominating committee, was not allowed to see the play.
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Mr. Miranda, the creator and original star of the musical, will return to the role he originated for a three-week run in Puerto Rico in January 2019.
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The production will be directed by Scott Ellis (“She Loves Me”) and will begin performances in February 2019, the Roundabout Theater Company said.
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A stage adaptation of “Moulin Rouge,” Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film that brought contemporary pop music to 19th-century Paris, is set for a June 2018 opening.
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The actor Anthony Rapp said he was 14 when Mr. Spacey laid down on top of him. Mr. Spacey said he had no recollection and then disclosed that he is gay.
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Mr. Trump said “The Terms of My Surrender,” a solo show that critiqued the president, was “a total bomb.” In response, Mr. Moore called it “a smash hit.”
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The musical, about publicity-seeking performers who challenge small-town small-mindedness, will arrive in the 2018-19 season.
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The death of Michael Friedman, a much-admired composer and lyricist, has left friends and fellow artists asking if they could have done more to help him amid signs of trouble.
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