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Thursday, February 14, 2013

ArtsBeat: Tony Awards Eligibility Panel Skirts an Orphan vs. Orphan-Keeper Battle by Patrick Healy

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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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Persistence Helps Make Paul Downs Colaizzo a Hot Playwright by Patrick Healy

Paul Downs Colaizzo, 27, used hard work and networking to bring his play “Really Really” to New York.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Scarlett Johansson and Al Pacino Spell Profit on Broadway by Patrick Healy

For Broadway producers, a Hollywood star can be the key to financing a Broadway revival, and to turning a profit.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Labyrinth Theater Is Said to Seek New Leaders by Patrick Healy

Labyrinth Theater Company is searching to replace its artistic directors, according to company members.

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

ArtsBeat: Alan Cumming's 'Macbeth' Will Join a Crowd of Solo Stars on Broadway by Patrick Healy

With the addition of Alan Cumming in "Macbeth," there are now four plays opening on Broadway this spring that are essentially solo performances.

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ArtsBeat: After Reshuffling Funds, 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Producers Plan to Proceed by Patrick Healy

The Broadway producers of "Truman Capote's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'" have sorted out money problems that had the potential to derail the show's planned opening in March, a spokesman for the …

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Female Directors More Prominent in New York by Patrick Healy

Anne Kauffman, Pam MacKinnon, Leigh Silverman and more: It’s no longer so rare to see female directors at the helm of prominent New York productions.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

ArtsBeat: Producers Scramble After Investor Withdraws From 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' by Patrick Healy

The producers of "Truman Capote's 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'" are scrambling to raise $1 million after an investor pulled out of the $4 million show.

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‘Rebecca’ Producers Sue Publicist Marc Thibodeau by Patrick Healy

The producers of the musical say that the show’s former publicist scared away a potential backer.

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ArtsBeat: 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike' Moving to Broadway by Patrick Healy

Christopher Durang's play, starring Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce, will transfer to Broadway's Golden Theater in March with the original cast intact.

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ArtsBeat: Laurents/Hatcher Award Goes to Daniel Pearle for 'A Kid Like Jake' by Patrick Healy

The award gives $50,000 to the playwright and $100,000 toward the production of the play.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

ArtsBeat: McKellen and Stewart Will Bring Pinter and Beckett to Broadway in the Fall by Patrick Healy

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will perform on Broadway together in a two-play repertory of Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."

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Reviving ‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Patrick Healy

The creative forces behind the stage version of “Once” are reimagining “The Glass Menagerie” for a run at the American Repertory Theater.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

ArtsBeat: Taymor To Direct 'Midsummer' As Inaugural Show For Theater's New Home by Patrick Healy

The “Spider-Man” and “Lion King” director will return to the stage with an Off Broadway production of Shakespeare’s play at Theater for a New Audience.

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ArtsBeat: Movie Attention for Chastain Gives 'Heiress' a Broadway Bounce by Patrick Healy

The play earned 66 per cent of its maximum potential gross, soon after the actress earned accolades for the movie "Zero Dark Thirty."

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

ArtsBeat: 'Aladdin' Will Launch in Toronto Before Broadway Run by Patrick Healy

The show will mark a return to big-budget musicals for Disney Theatricals, with an expected cost of between $12 million and $15 million.

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Monday, January 21, 2013

ArtsBeat: 'Avenue Q' Puppets Help With Ad Campaign About HIV by Patrick Healy

Puppets from the musical "Avenue Q" will help out in a public service campaign, to air on the Logo channel, about HIV and sexual behavior

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ArtsBeat: Paula Vogel and Betty Buckley Lead List of Theater Hall of Fame Inductees by Patrick Healy

At its 42nd annual induction ceremony, the Theater Hall of Fame will add Paula Vogel, Betty Buckley, Trevor Nunn, Sam Waterston, Christopher Durang, Andre Bishop, Michael Kahn and Martin Pak…

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

ArtsBeat: After Holidays, Broadway Box Office Slumps by Patrick Healy

Over the first half of January, box-office grosses dropped sharply from their high points in late December, which is traditionally the most lucrative time of the year for Broadway musicals.

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Monday, January 14, 2013

ArtsBeat: Agreement to Ease Ticket Buying for Disabled at Theater Row by Patrick Healy

The New York attorney general announced an agreement on Monday that will make it easier for wheelchair-bound patrons to buy tickets to plays at Theater Row, the 42nd St. home to Off Broadway…

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ArtsBeat: 'Big Fish' to Open on Broadway in the Fall by Patrick Healy

The musical, based on the 2003 movie about a father-son relationship and the power of mythic storytelling, will begin performances on Sept. 5 at the Neil Simon Theater with Bobby Steggert an…

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'Big Fish' to Open on Broadway in the Fall by Patrick Healy

The musical, based on the 2003 movie about a father-son relationship and the power of mythic storytelling, will begin performances on Sept. 5 at the Neil Simon Theater with Bobby Steggert an…

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Tim Crouch on ‘I, Malvolio,’ His One-Man Show at the Duke by Patrick Healy

A minor Shakespearean character comes to the fore in Tim Crouch’s “I, Malvolio,” at the Duke on 42nd Street.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

ArtsBeat: 'Cotton Club Parade' Will March Onto Broadway by Patrick Healy

The musical revue is scheduled to open on Broadway in the fall.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

ArtsBeat: Fiona Shaw to Star in 'The Testament of Mary' on Broadway by Patrick Healy

The play will be directed by Ms. Shaw's longtime collaborator, Deborah Warner.

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Monday, January 7, 2013

ArtsBeat: 'Mary Poppins' To Fly Off as 'Aladdin' Lands on Broadway by Patrick Healy

After the March 3 closing, the New Amsterdam Theater will be renovated over several months before "Aladdin" moves in.

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ArtsBeat: Cold Spell Hits Broadway Box Office by Patrick Healy

"Dead Accounts" and "Chaplin" finish their runs on a mixed note.

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ArtsBeat: O'Neill Theater Center Honors Christopher Plummer by Patrick Healy

The actor will receive the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's annual Monte Cristo Award.

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Sunday, January 6, 2013

For Some Shows, Path to Broadway Is Pockmarked by Patrick Healy

For multiple reasons several shows meant for Broadway’s 2012-13 season have been delayed or canceled.

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

ArtsBeat: 'Pippin' Is Returning to Broadway by Patrick Healy

The musical, featuring a score by Stephen Schwartz, will be back on Broadway for the first time since its original five-year run ended in 1977.

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Reed Birney, Back on Broadway in ‘Picnic’ by Patrick Healy

After decades of journeyman work, Reed Birney has translated his recent Off Broadway success into his return to Broadway, in “Picnic.”

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