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.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:09PMDave Malloy’s acclaimed electro-pop show, which originated at Ars Nova, will be restaged in a 6.000-square-foot space in the meatpacking district.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:09PMThe artistic director of Playwrights Horizons sent an e-mail to subscribers explaining the company's decision to produce Annie Baker's play "The Flick," which has been embraced by critics bu…
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“Matilda,” a hit in London, arrives on Broadway as the theater’s latest shot at the dream of a global blockbuster.
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Elaine Stritch, 88, who has a Tony Award and three Emmys, said her last show at Café Carlyle will be in the first week of April.
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Despite agreeing in principle on a settlement, the producers and former director of the show have not been able to hammer out final details in their dispute over copyright and profits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:22PMThe revival of Tennessee Williams’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” starring Scarlett Johansson, may still recoup its capitalization on Broadway.
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After the former publicist for the troubled musical seeks dismissal of a lawsuit against him, the producers respond with details of phony emails sent to warn a potential investor.
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“Edward Albee’s Laying an Egg,” a new play by the Tony Award-winning writer, will have its world premiere this summer at Signature Theater – one of several productions that the compa…
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The 2013-14 season will feature Ms. Churchill’s “Love and Information,” Will Power’s “Fetch Clay, Make Man,” “What’s It All About: Bacharach Imagined” and a fourth play to …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:04PMSeveral new Broadway shows are off to good starts at the box office, none more so than the Tom Hanks vehicle “Lucky Guy,” which last week became the rare play to take in more than $1 mil…
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Some residents in Woodbridge, Conn., believe that “Sweeney Todd” is too violent for the students in the Amity Regional High School drama program.
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In his second year as artistic director, Chay Yew has decided to put on three productions, instead of the usual five, as part of a strategic plan to shore up the theater’s shaky finances.
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The Nora Ephron play, starring Tom Hanks, drew well at the box office in its first weekend of performances.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:11PMThe Flea Theater will give two of its actors a break for other commitments before bringing back “The Vandal” by Hamish Linklater
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Tim Federle, a musical-theater veteran, has written two children’s novels about a 13-year-old obsessed with the theater and offering support for young people discovering that they are gay.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMDan O’Brien’s “Body of an American” and Robert Schenkkan’s “All the Way” are the first winners of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Larry Kaye, who had planned this spring to produce both "The Miss Firecracker Contest" by Beth Henley and "The Velocity of Autumn" by Eric Coble, said that he still hoped to bring them to Br…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:15PMThe Broadway musical "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" achieved a relatively rare feat last week, grossing more than $1 million even though the show is still in preview performances.
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The window to move the American Repertory Theater production of the Tennessee Williams play is tight before this season's Tony Awards cutoff date.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:17PMA new stage version of the blockbuster musical will open on Broadway in March 2014, the producer Cameron Mackintosh said.
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Lilla Crawford, the title star of "Annie," will be eligible for the best actress in a musical prize, while Katie Finneran, the show's Miss Hannigan, will be eligible for the supporting actre…
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