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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

ArtsBeat: Steppenwolf Theater Company of Chicago Announces 2012-13 Season by Patrick Healy

A new drama by Tarell Alvin McCraney is one of the highlights.

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Monday, March 5, 2012

ArtsBeat: Lincoln Center Theater Announces Odets Revival and New Durang Play by Patrick Healy

Bartlett Sher will stage a revival of Clifford Odets' 1937 drama "Golden Boy" on Broadway and Mr. Durang's new play, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," is scheduled to begin previews at …

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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Arts, Briefly: Film Actors Join Paul Weitz Play by Patrick Healy and Adam W. Kepler

Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby have joined the cast of Paul Weitz’s new comedy, “Lonely, I’m Not,” at the Off Broadway Second Stage Theater.

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‘Spider-Man’ E-Mails Revealed in Taymor Lawsuit by Patrick Healy

Julie Taymor filed court papers with damaging e-mails in the lawsuit against the producers of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”

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Friday, March 2, 2012

The Playwright and a Revival of His ‘Lady From Dubuque’ by Patrick Healy

Edward Albee talks about “The Lady From Dubuque,” one of the plays of his “down period,” which is having its first New York revival by the Signature Theater Company.

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

ArtsBeat: Rolling Along: Sondheim Discloses He's Working on a New Show by Adam W. Kepler and Patrick Healy

The Tony-winning composer Stephen Sondheim is collaborating with playwright David Ives on a new musical.

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ArtsBeat: Pearl Theater Company Finds New Home by Patrick Healy

The Pearl will undertake a $3 million capital campaign to renovate the theater.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

ArtsBeat: Royal Shakespeare Company Bringing Dahl's 'Matilda the Musical' to Broadway by Patrick Healy

The Royal Shakespeare Company will bring its production of "Matilda the Musical," based on the Roald Dahl children's book and now running in London, to Broadway next year.

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ArtsBeat: Lonely, He's Not: Paul Weitz Recruits Familiar Film Actors to Star in His New Play by Patrick Healy

Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby will be in Paul Weitz's play "Lonely, I'm Not" at Second Stage Theater.

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David Alan Grier of ‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ by Patrick Healy

David Alan Grier, an alumnus of television’s “In Living Color,” is currently starring in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.”

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ArtsBeat: 'Sweet Bird of Youth,' 'Jungle Book' Musical Will Bookend Goodman Season by Patrick Healy

Disney will provide funding to launch the show, which will be directed by Tony winner Mary Zimmerman.

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

ArtsBeat: Woody Allen Taking 'Bullets Over Broadway' to Broadway by Patrick Healy

Woody Allen is adapting his 1994 film "Bullets Over Broadway" into a musical for Broadway.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Kinky Boots' the Musical to Get Pre-Broadway Run in Chicago by Patrick Healy

The musical adaptation of the 2005 British film about a drag queen named Lola would be the Broadway debut of Cyndi Lauper as a composer and lyricist.

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Spring Performance: John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett Collaborate on ‘Once’ by Patrick Healy

John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett, the team behind “Black Watch,” take on a quieter project: a musical adaptation of the film “Once,” about young musicians falling in love.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'The Lyons' – and Linda Lavin - Will Be Back on Broadway by Patrick Healy

The Off-Broadway hit by Nicky Silver will arrive just in time for Tony Awards cutoff.

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ArtsBeat: A Lucrative Start for 'Death of a Salesman' by Patrick Healy

In its first week at the box office, the new "Salesman" beat every other play on Broadway except for the hit "War Horse," which won the 2011 Tony for best play.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Sleepless in Seattle' Musical Delayed by Patrick Healy

Sheldon Epps, the artistic director of the Playhouse, said in a statement that "our desire to 'get it right' led us to the wise decision to give this project additional time for further crea…

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Spider-Man' Producers Settle One Battle With Julie Taymor by Patrick Healy

The settlement between the producers and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society union does not affect separate litigation in federal court where Ms. Taymor and the producers have sue…

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

ArtsBeat: Jeff Goldblum Will Pick Up The Red Pen in 'Seminar' by Patrick Healy

Jeff Goldblum will take over the lead role in Theresa Rebeck's play about a caustic writing teacher and his students.

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ArtsBeat: Playwrights Horizons Heads 'Far From Heaven' by Patrick Healy

New plays by Annie Baker and Amy Herzog will join the new musical "Far Fom Heaven" at Playwrights Horizons in its 2012-13 season.

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ArtsBeat: Advocates Ask: Why Do Asian-Americans Go Uncast in New York Theater? by Patrick Healy

Artistic directors, playwrights, casting directors and others discuss the reasons, and possible solutions, at a panel discussion organized by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition.

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Monday, February 13, 2012

ArtsBeat: Betty Buckley Weighs In On New 'Carrie' Musical by Patrick Healy

Betty Buckley sees the Off Broadway reincarnation of "Carrie," the flop musical in which she starred in 1988. She likes the production but wishes it were "more dangerous."

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: Cabaret Group Creates a Houston Tribute on the Fly by Patrick Healy

As the M.C. of "Icons" exited the stage, Ms. Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" played over the sound system.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

A Hit That Has Outlasted 10,000 Chandeliers by Patrick Healy

“The Phantom of the Opera” will have its 10,000th Broadway performance on Saturday, thanks to persistent marketing, quality control and smart pricing.

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Stick Fly' to Close at the Cort This Month by Patrick Healy

"Stick Fly," the Broadway play about an emotionally stormy weekend at the vacation home of an African-American family, will close on Feb. 26 after 24 preview performances and 92 regular perf…

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ArtsBeat: With Box Office Strong, 'Porgy and Bess' To Extend Its Run by Patrick Healy

"The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" has informed group-sales agents that the show will play until Sept. 30, as concerns over the production's artistic experimentation have not hurt the box offic…

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Paula Vogel Leads a Playwright ‘Boot Camp’ at Second Stage by Patrick Healy

Paula Vogel staged one of her imaginative theater “boot camps” for donors to Second Stage.

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Monday, February 6, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Book of Mormon' Tops Broadway Box Office For First Time by Patrick Healy

"The Book of Mormon" topped the Broadway box office last week, thanks to premium ticket pricing and the fact that it remains in a relatively small theater.

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Clybourne Park' to Open as Planned on Broadway by Patrick Healy

The Broadway theater owner Jordan Roth on Thursday night assured the cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Clybourne Park" that the show would open on Broadway in April as planned, despit…

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ArtsBeat: Primary Stages to Produce Horton Foote by Patrick Healy

Three short plays by Foote, who died in 2009 at the age 92, will be performed together July 24-Sept. 15 under the direction of Pam MacKinnon ("Clybourne Park").

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Arts & Leisure: ‘Carrie,’ a Huge Stage Flop, Is Reinvented by MCC Theater by Patrick Healy

One of Broadway’s greatest flops, “Carrie” is being dressed up, and toned down, for another onstage dance.

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