Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Estelle Parsons was nominated for a Tony for her role, but Eric Coble’s drama is to close on Sunday after 22 previews and 16 regular performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PMNominations for the 68th annual Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday morning. Most of the major categories are up for grabs in this year’s awards race.
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
“The Glass Menagerie” could receive a Tony nomination on Tuesday, something that has eluded this Tennessee Williams play for decades.
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An Off Broadway run of “A Night With Janis Joplin” was canceled just 48 hours before it was to start. Those involved see it as another instance of producers toying with artists.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMCommittee rules that notable works that have never been on Broadway can’t compete against brand-new plays or musicals.
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Monday, April 21, 2014
A musical based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel “The Fortress of Solitude” will be part of the Public Theater’s 2014-15 schedule.
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The College of Charleston has been threatened with a budget cut after providing all incoming students for 2013-14 with a copy of Alison Bechdel’s memoir, “Fun Home.”
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This season’s new Broadway musicals are such a mixed bag that the race for the top prize is wide open for the first time in recent memory.
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With the power of Daniel Radcliffe's name, Martin McDonagh’s 1996 dark comedy, “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” sold nearly every seat for its first two preview performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:15PMAnnie Baker’s play won the Pulitzer Prize for drama on Monday, and will open at Barrow Street Theater in the near future.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:17PMThe Broadway hit “The Book of Mormon” won four awards, including best new musical, at the Olivier Awards, London’s equivalent of the Tonys.
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Cross-dressers shed their gray flannel suits and bond at a 1960s Catskills resort in Harvey Fierstein’s new play, “Casa Valentina.”
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Mr. Radcliffe will soon begin performances on Broadway in “The Cripple of Inishmaan,” but he spoke Monday about some other shows he’d like to do.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:10PMA new tax credit passed by the legislature is intended to persuade Broadway producers to use upstate theaters as rehearsal halls and construction shops for shows going on national tour. …
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The first preview performance of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” with Neil Patrick Harris, was a high note in a strong week for Broadway ticket sales.
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While a night out at the theater used to be a staple for cultured American men, fewer shows are grabbing them these days.
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“Finding Neverland,” the new musical from Harvey Weinstein, will be presented in July by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.
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The company will also mount new plays by Athol Fugard and Katori Hall and works by Sam Shepard and Charles Mee.
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With one problem out of the way, James L. Dolan quickly turned to another. On Thursday night, just two days after introducing Phil Jackson as the new president of his beleaguered New York Kn…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:35AM“Heart and Lights,” a new dance-oriented show featuring the Rockettes, has been canceled less than a week before it was supposed to open at Radio City Music Hall, its producer announced …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, who set his hit Broadway musical, “In the Heights” in Washington Heights, is moving there after living in Harlem. No matter the neighborhood, his Sundays have always …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:11PMThe online ticket marketplace has made a deal with the producers and the ticketing service Telecharge to sell an allotment of premium seats for each performance.
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Nicholas Hytner's last season as the artistic director at the London theater will also include a play by Richard Bean and star turns by Ralph Fiennes and Helen McCrory.
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