Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The Shubert Organization, which owns 17 of Broadway’s 40 theaters, completes a deal to take over New World Stages, an Off Broadway complex with five small theaters.
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The Broadway revival of “Cabaret” had solid ticket sales last week for the first set of performances starring Ms. Stone.
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The Shubert Organization, which owns 17 Broadway 40 theaters, is expected to complete a seven-figure deal Monday to take over the New World Stages, the Off Broadway complex of theaters on We…
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The Tony rules committee will review a request to restore awards for sound design, but not in time for the 2014-15 season.
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Members of the Robertson family of the A&E reality series “Duck Dynasty” have convinced a team from Broadway to bring their story to the stage, in Las Vegas for starters.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:30PMMr. Grammer is to play the largely comic role of Charles Frohman, the theater producer of “Peter Pan” playwright J.M. Barrie.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:38PMA petition is calling for the restoration of two awards, for best sound design for a play and for a musical, that were eliminated by a Tony committee in June.
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The Broadway producers of “The Audience,” with Helen Mirren, have turned down $400,000 to let “It’s Only a Play” continue next year in the Schoenfeld Theater.
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Bradley Cooper’s turn in “The Elephant Man” and Hugh Jackman’s role in “The River” helped both shows to strong sales for early performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:12PMMr. Morrison will play J.M. Barrie in the show about the creation of “Peter Pan”; he and Jeremy Jordan have both played the role in earlier productions.
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The Tony Award-winning director John Rando, who has earned recent acclaim for staging “On the Town,” is in negotiations to direct the musical “King Kong” that is aimed for Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:09PMThe festival in January will present “Cineastas,” created by the Argentine theater director Mariano Pensotti, along with works from around the world.
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Saying that he’s ready for a detour, Hugh Jackman embraces an eerily enigmatic role in “The River,” now in previews on Broadway.
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Playwrights Horizons, a leading New York company, is now paying authors for meetings and helping with health insurance.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Jim Simpson, one of the founders of the 18-year-old Flea Theater in Lower Manhattan, said it was time for a new vision.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:00PM“It Shoulda Been You,” with music by Barbara Anselmi and a book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove, turns on warring mothers squaring off at a wedding. David Hyde Pierce will direct.
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The production was first produced by the National Theater of Scotland last year, and then in London to great acclaim.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00PMThe Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s “A Delicate Balance,” with Glenn Close and John Lithgow, broke the box-office record at the Golden Theater last week in the play’s first set of…
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The faith-based musical “Amazing Grace,” about the redemption of a slave trader, is drawing applause in Chicago and aiming at Broadway.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014
A new Rockettes show, “New York Spring Spectacular,” is the latest attempt to create an annual springtime attraction with the drawing power of the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular.”
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Ms. Maslany, the star of “Orphan Black,” will make her New York stage debut opposite Thomas Sadoski in the world premiere of Neil LaBute’s play “The Way We Get By.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:00PM“Hand to God,” a dark comedy about a demonic sock puppet that wreaks havoc on relationships and faith in a small Texas town, is an unusual entry in the Broadway season.
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Ms. Ripley will star in “A Christmas Memory,” a musical based on an autobiographical short story by Truman Capote, in a production by the Irish Repertory Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:22PMThe “Marathon Variety Show” at the Metropolitan Room will feature dozens of artists performing for 60 hours of nonstop cabaret.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:14PMA new American Express card will allow holders to collect points that can be exchanged for Broadway shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:34PMThe fourth annual TEDx conference devoted to Broadway and theater will be held on Feb. 23 and focus on the question, “What is the best Broadway can be?”, producers said.
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