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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Independence Question Dominates Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Steven McElroy

The Scots are voting for independence from Britain next month, and the referendum was a frequent theme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

ArtsBeat: ‘The Object Lesson’ Takes a Top Prize at Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Steven McElroy

The show, created and performed by Geoff Sobelle, won the 2014 Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh award.

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

ArtsBeat: Protests Thwart Israeli Troupe at Edinburgh Festival by Steven McElroy

An Israeli theater company is seeking a new venue at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after protests disrupted other shows.

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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The Week Ahead: ‘Sex With Strangers,’ at Second Stage Theater by Steven McElroy

In Laura Eason’s “Sex With Strangers,” a young blogger engages in a lot of the title activity, boasts online of his conquests and turns them into a racy book.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

‘Snow Queen’ Emerges From Defunct San Jose Theater by Steven McElroy

The artistic directors of the San Jose Repertory Theater, which just folded, are investing great hopes in the brief New York run of “The Snow Queen,” a musical they jointly created.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

The Week Ahead: Kabuki Company Returns to Lincoln Center by Steven McElroy

Heisei Nakamura-za, a Kabuki company from Tokyo, makes a return visit to the Lincoln Center Festival.

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Monday, June 30, 2014

Why Karen Olivo Left the Big City by Steven McElroy

The Tony award-winning actress Karen Olivo has traded the Broadway lights for a more quiet life in Madison, Wis.

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Friday, June 13, 2014

David Greig’s ‘The Events’ Is Coming to New Haven by Steven McElroy

David Greig’s play about the aftermath of a mass shooting, “The Events,” will use local choirs in its American debut this month in New Haven.

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

ArtsBeat: Scottish Independence Debate Will Reach Edinburgh Fringe Festival by Steven McElroy

The annual event, which runs Aug. 1 to 25, is scheduled to include almost 3,200 shows.

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

The Week Ahead: Greta Gerwig in ‘The Village Bike’ by Steven McElroy

Penelope Skinner’s play “The Village Bike,” with Greta Gerwig, is making its American debut in an MCC Theater production.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Summer Stages: Theater: Nationwide Theater Listings by Steven McElroy

A selected look at summer theater offerings across the country.

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

Arts, Briefly: A New York Premiere for a Scottish Play by Steven McElroy

“The Events,” a drama by the Scottish playwright David Greig, will have its New York premiere at New York Theater Workshop next winter.

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The Week Ahead: Sandwich Makers and Their Stories by Steven McElroy

It is safe to say that we are rarely, in a single week, introduced to not one but two Off Broadway productions with sandwich makers as central characters.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

The Week Ahead: ‘Of Mice and Men’ Returns to Broadway by Steven McElroy

Many of us read John Steinbeck’s 1937 novella “Of Mice and Men” in high school, but it has been a lot harder to see it on Broadway, until now.

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Sunday, April 6, 2014

Concert Versions of Broadway Musicals Appear Beyond Theaters by Steven McElroy

Broadway musicals get a second life in cabaret settings.    

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Monday, March 17, 2014

ArtsBeat: 59E59 Theaters to Announce Fresh Plans by Steven McElroy

A new slate of productions are to be presented on the main stage of 59E59’s three-theater complex, the 196-seat Theater A.    

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

The Week Ahead: Secrets Rooted in a Family Tree by Steven McElroy

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins brings up a stew of simmering resentments and unfinished arguments in his play “Appropriate.”    

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Stage Actors Between Gigs Stay Busy With Web Series by Steven McElroy

New web series are featuring theater actors and stories about the romantic and comic indignities they suffer behind the scenes.    

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Monday, February 17, 2014

For the Play ‘Kung Fu,’ Choreographing Combat by Steven McElroy

David Henry Hwang’s “Kung Fu,” about the life and legend of Bruce Lee, highlights the complexities of making stage fighting look real to an audience while remaining safe for the perfor…

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The Week Ahead: A Short Affair, Now With Songs by Steven McElroy

Expectations are high for Jason Robert Brown’s return to Broadway with “The Bridges of Madison County.”    

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Monday, February 10, 2014

ArtsBeat: Brits Off Broadway to Feature Mini-Festival of Ayckbourn Plays by Steven McElroy

The 2014 festival will also include “Peddling,” a solo show by Harry Melling, who played Dudley Dursley in the “Harry Potter” films.    

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

ArtsBeat: Popular Web Series About Struggling Actors Gets New Season Start Date by Steven McElroy

“Submissions Only” will begin its third season on March 3 on BroadwayWorld.com    

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Theater | The Week Ahead: A Domino Theory for Marriage by Steven McElroy

The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama “Dinner With Friends” is being given a revival by the Roundabout Theater Company.    

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

ArtsBeat: ‘Bacharach Reimagined’ Extends Run by Steven McElroy

“What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined” will now play through February 16 at New York Theater Workshop.    

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Week Ahead | Theater: Location, Location, Impersonation by Steven McElroy

In “The Tribute Artist,” Charles Busch plays a female impersonator whose landlady dies, leaving an opportunity to take on her identity — and her townhouse.    

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

January Stages: In Your Seat but on Your Toes by Steven McElroy, Roslyn Sulcas, Alexis Soloski and Eric Grode

True aficionados of inventive theater know exactly where they need to be every January: far Off Broadway.    

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Week Ahead | Theater: A Music Master and a Mensch by Steven McElroy

The documentary “Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love” will be shown on PBS.    

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Week Ahead | Theater: The 1950s, Roiling Under the Surface by Steven McElroy

A. R. Gurney’s latest effort, “Family Furniture,” having its premiere at the Flea, is set during a transformative summer.    

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Week Ahead | Theater: It’s Getting Warm in the Tap Studio by Steven McElroy

Tina Satter’s “House of Dance” is set in a small-town tap studio as a small group of performers prepares for a competition.    

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Theater: Two Big Voices Back From Grave by Steven McElroy

Janis Joplin and Billie Holiday are coming to life anew for temporary, theatrical visits to the corporeal world.    

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

The New Season: Theater Listings for Fall 2013 by Steven McElroy

An expanded list of new shows coming to New York and elsewhere this fall.    

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards