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The Broadway revival of “Godspell” has attracted attention by recruiting a team of about 700 investors, with some putting up as little as $1,000 each.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:53PMLaura Osnes will play the title role and Santino Fontana her prince in a Broadway-bound version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
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Among the challenges facing the Broadway transfer of Bruce Norris’s “Clybourne Park,” the actors had to confront their own reactions to the play’s charged dialogue about race.
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Michael Shannon, Reed Birney and Merritt Wever will be in the cast of Annie Baker's adaptation of the Chekhov play.
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Mr. Azenberg, the producer of "Lost in Yonkers" and "Brighton Beach Memoirs," among many other plays, will get the lifetime achievement prize at the June ceremony.
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After the musical “Carrie” closed earlier than scheduled on Sunday, some theater bloggers and critics have wondered if it was salvageable in the first place.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:38PM"The Book of Mormon" and "Newsies" set house records, while "The Lion King" becomes the highest grossing show of all time.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMOff Broadway season to include musical version of "Giant" and new plays by Richard Nelson, Richard Foreman, and Colman Domingo.
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A lawyer for Richard Kobak, a stuntman who played Spider-Man in some flying sequences, has gone to court asking the show's producers for documents.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:57AMLinda Lavin returns to Broadway as Rita, the furious matriarch of the family in Nicky Silver’s play “The Lyons,” opening this month at the Cort Theater.
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The revival of the Gershwin musical will not be eligible for a Tony award for its heavily revised book, though the reasons why are in dispute.
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United States premiere of "Potted Potter," based on the seven Harry Potter books, will open in June at the Little Shubert theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:16PMAmy Adams will play the Baker's Wife this summer in "Into the Woods" at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
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Tracie Bennett, a British theater veteran, makes her Broadway debut in “End of the Rainbow” playing the daunting role of Judy Garland six months before her death.
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"Fly" will mark the first musical from playwright Rajiv Joseph and the directing debut of Jeffrey Seller, who produced "Rent" and "Avenue Q" among other Broadway hits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:45PMTwo-actor rendition of all seven "Harry Potter" novels is looking to make its United States debut this summer.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Disney musical and revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice show bring in big audiences during their preview runs.
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The American Repertory Theater announcement did not mention Broadway, but New York producers will likely give the production a close look if it's a hit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:39PMMr. Klugman had been set to play Juror No. 9 in the production, 55 years after he had a breakout performance in the 1957 film "12 Angry Men" as Juror No. 5.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:26PMPhilip Seymour Hoffman, who plays Willy Loman in the Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman,” has found the role to be all-consuming.
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