Thursday, October 16, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Onstage, in the same play, “Smokefall” at the Goodman Theater in Chicago, Mike Nussbaum plays a man who is 77 and in another scene, in his 50s. Offstage, he is 90.
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Saturday, October 11, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
“Once,” which won the Tony Award for best musical in 2012, will close on Jan. 4 after a nearly three-year run, the producers announced on Tuesday.
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The show, Sting’s first foray into musical theater, sold modestly in its first set of preview performances last week, according to box office data.
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
This winter’s Off Broadway world premiere of “Hamilton,” the new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda (“In the Heights”), will begin performances in January.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:00PMMs. Shapiro, who has directed several acclaimed productions, will take over next fall from Martha Lavey, Steppenwolf’s longtime leader.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
A month that often brings the doldrums to Broadway this year instead brought audiences and ticket sales at their highest levels since the 2008 recession.
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The producer Hal Luftig plans to bring Mark Medoff’s play back to Broadway for the 2015-16 season, with Kenny Leon to direct.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:00PM“Waterfall,” which centers on a Thai student who falls in love with the American wife of a Thai diplomat, is to run on the West Coast in advance of a planned New York run in 2016.
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Billy Porter, who won a Tony Award for his role as a drag queen in “Kinky Boots,” has written a tribute to his mother in “While I Yet Live.”
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Monday, September 22, 2014
The musical version of “The Lion King” topped Broadway’s box office last week, and has set a record for the largest global gross, with $6.2 billion in sales worldwide.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:35PMA Pennsylvania high school principal cited concern over gay themes in rejecting a planned production of “Spamalot.”
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Two veteran Broadway producers helped torpedo an Off Broadway theater’s premiere of the musical “American Psycho” and are in talks to bring it directly to Broadway next fall.
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“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” had solid sales in its first week of preview performances.
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Thursday, September 11, 2014
The revival of Wendy Wasserstein’s Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play will star Ms. Moss, Jason Biggs and Bryce Pinkham.
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Producers are in talks about a New York run of the hit British plays “Wolf Hall” and its sequel “Bring Up the Bodies,” based on the historical novels by Hilary Mantel.
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In a reversal, Broadway industry leaders decided to dim the lights on their 40 theater marquees in honor of Joan Rivers on Tuesday night.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMAfter an outcry, the Broadway League reversed its earlier decision and agreed to honor the late comedian.
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The Terrence McNally comedy brought in more than $1 million at the box office, a rarity for a show still in previews.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:31PMA Broadway revival of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” has been postponed now that the star, James Corden, has been named the new host of “The Late, Late Show” on CBS.
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