Friday, April 26, 2013
The committee administering the awards contradicted a precedent set when three performers playing “Billy Elliot” were jointly eligible, and won, the top Tony.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:39PMThe David Byrne-Fatboy Slim musical about Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos has become a tight ticket, in part because it’s playing in a theater that can hold only 160 people. &…
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The American Repertory Theater’s recent production of “The Glass Menagerie,” with Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto, will transfer to Broadway this September for a 17-week run. &nbs…
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The Broadway musical “Nice Work if You Can Get It” will close on June 15 after 27 preview performances and 478 regular performances.
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Planned for August, the musical based on the 1983 movie is now being aimed for Broadway later in the 2013-14 season, one of the show’s producers said.
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The British musical earned more than $1 million last week, joining “Motown” and “Kinky Boots” as new shows that are drawing substantial audiences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMArthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will play Guy and Girl, as temporary replacements return to standby status in the hit musical.
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New musicals involving Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, the authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, and the composer Lin-Manuel Miranda will be part of the Powerhouse Theater’s season in…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:13PMThe creative team behind the “Pippin” revival has upped the ante on Bob Fosse’s original effects, using circus elements in the opening number, “Magic to Do.”
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The hit Broadway musical “Mamma Mia!” will transfer from the Winter Garden Theater to the Broadhurst Theater six blocks south this year so the Shubert Organization — which owns both th…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00PMA result of the settlement of a legal battle over “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is enhanced billing for Julie Taymor.
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“Little Dancer,” directed by Susan Stroman, is to have its world premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington in October 2014.
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Richard Greenberg’s adaptation of the Truman Capote novella will finish at a financial loss after 17 previews and 38 regular performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:49PMMs. O’Donnell will become the full-time artistic director after a period in which the company was led by a part-time triumvirate.
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After a 40-year absence Bette Midler returns to Broadway, playing the Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in the solo show “I’ll Eat You Last.”
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Friday, April 5, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The actors in “Orphans” put hurtful e-mails behind them, sort of, and move on without Shia LaBeouf into previews at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.
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The revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” starring Scarlett Johansson fell short of recouping its $3.6 million capitalization before ending its run.
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Overall Broadway shows grossed $28.5 million last week, buoyed by Easter, Passover and school vacation holiday audiences.
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Jack Viertel, the artistic director of Encores!, will explore the architecture of classic shows in “The Secret Life of the Broadway Musical.”
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From old movies to vaudeville acts, Douglas Carter Beane drew on many swishy real-life performances in writing “The Nance.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PMNathan Lane and Douglas Carter Beane dug deep into gay history and their own psyches for “The Nance,” opening next month at the Lyceum Theater.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Two of the highest-profile new shows had healthy starts in their first weekend of performances, while "The Book of Mormon" broke a record for combined sales in London and New York.
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