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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

ArtsBeat: Cutting-Edge Chamber Opera Festival to Offer Five Works by Allan Kozinn

“Prototype: Opera/Theater/Now” will present five works in January.    

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Alvin Ailey Announces New Season by Allan Kozinn

Starting in December, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's season will include the world premiere of an untitled work by Aszure Barton.

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

ArtsBeat: New Chapters in ‘Life and Times’ Will Be Part of Crossing the Line Festival by Allan Kozinn

The multidiscplinary festival will include two more episodes in the show from Nature Theater of Oklahoma, as well as several other performances that rely on audience participation. &nbs…

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

ArtsBeat: Coming From Stephen Schwartz: A Musical About an Opera Impresario — in German by Allan Kozinn

The composer of “Wicked” and “Pippin” is writing the score for “Schikaneder,” which will have its premiere in Vienna.    

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Friday, June 21, 2013

ArtsBeat: Quinn Goes to Bat for Theater Troupe Over Parking Fees by Allan Kozinn

The City Council speaker has identified a donor to cover the troupe’s costs if the Department of Transportation continues to demand payment for Shakespeare production in a parking lot.&nbs…

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Something for Every Taste in Next Glimmerglass Season by Allan Kozinn

The 2014 season of the Glimmerglass Opera will include "Carousel," two works from the standard repertory and a contemporary opera.

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ArtsBeat: Frank Langella To Play ‘King Lear’ at Brooklyn Academy by Allan Kozinn

The production will play the Harvey Theater in January, after its premiere at the Chichester Festival Theater in October.    

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Seattle Opera Finds Replacement for Longtime General Director by Allan Kozinn

Aidan Lang will succeed Speight Jenkins as general director of the Seattle Opera.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

New George Benjamin Opera Is Commissioned by Allan Kozinn

The Royal Opera in London commissioned Mr. Benjamin to compose his third opera. Martin Crimp is to write the libretto.

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ArtsBeat: ‘True Blood’ Star Will Play Stanley in ‘Streetcar’ by Allan Kozinn

Joe Manganiello, who plays a werewolf in the HBO series, will star opposite René Augesen in a Yale Repertory Theater production.    

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

La Scala Names New General Manager by Allan Kozinn

Alexander Pereira, currently the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, is to be the opera house’s new general manager.

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Friday, May 31, 2013

New York Grand Opera Cancels Central Park Performances by Allan Kozinn

After free performances in Central Park for 39 summers, the opera canceled its planned events, citing the increasing unpredictability of the weather in recent years.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

ArtsBeat: Ethan Coen Play to Open Atlantic Theater Company Season by Allan Kozinn

“Women or Nothing,” by Ethan Coen, is scheduled to begin previews Aug. 28.    

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Beatles’ Biographer Donates Song Manuscripts to British Library by Allan Kozinn

The British Library receives handwritten lyrics to “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “She Said She Said” and “In My Life."

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

ArtsBeat: All-Female ‘Julius Caesar’ to Open New Season at St. Ann’s Warehouse by Allan Kozinn

The production of “Julius Caesar,” first staged in London last year, will open to 2013-14 season at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.    

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A New Executive Director for Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center by Allan Kozinn

Suzanne Davidson will replace Norma Hurlburt, who has held the post since 2000.

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Fall for Dance Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Performances at the Delacorte Theater by Allan Kozinn

The performances at the Delacorte, on Sept. 16 and 17, are a kind of prelude to the main festival, which runs from Sept. 25 through Oct. 5 at City Center.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

ArtsBeat: American Repertory Theater Announces Full Season by Allan Kozinn

The theater will present six productions in its 2013-14 season in Cambridge, Mass.    

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ArtsBeat: Albee’s New Play, ‘Laying an Egg,’ Postponed Again by Allan Kozinn

Edward Albee’s play “Laying an Egg” was to have been the centerpiece of the new season at the Signature Theater, which scheduled and postponed the work once before, in the 2011-12 seas…

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Friday, April 19, 2013

Artists in Residence at Park Avenue Armory by Allan Kozinn

The singer-songwriter Somi, the choreographer Faye Driscoll, the Trusty Sidekick Theater Company and the multidisciplinary artists Ralph Lemon and Okwui Okpokwasili and the visual artist Ale…

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ArtsBeat: Bryan Cranston to Play Lyndon Johnson in ‘All the Way’ by Allan Kozinn

Robert Schenkkan’s play about the former president will open at the American Repertory Theater in September.    

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ArtsBeat: ‘Assembled Parties’ Playwright Tweaks Play in Response to Boston Bombings by Allan Kozinn

The playwright Richard Greenberg excised several lines that referred to Boston and to a student bomb-maker at Harvard before the play opened on Wednesday.    

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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

ArtsBeat: Two National Theater Directors to Depart by Allan Kozinn

The artistic director, Nicholas Hytner, will depart in 2015, and the executive director, Nick Starr, will leave in 2014.    

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Murder Ballad’ To Sing Again in Union Square by Allan Kozinn

Caissie Levy will join Rebecca Naomi Jones, Will Swenson, and John Ellison Conlee in the cast of the rock musical.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love,’ About Imelda Marcos by Allan Kozinn

David Byrne, the frontman of Talking Heads, creates a disco evocation of the world of Imelda Marcos for a Public Theater stage in “Here Lies Love.”

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Monday, March 18, 2013

ArtsBeat: Dee Dee Bridgewater to Play Billie Holiday Off Broadway by Allan Kozinn

Stephen Stahl’s musical “Lady Day” will include 25 songs for which the late jazz singer is best known.

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Heart Puts Some Led in Its Summer Tour by Allan Kozinn

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience will tour with Heart this summer.

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ArtsBeat: Annie Baker Wins Blackburn Prize and Horton Foote Honor by Allan Kozinn

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize honors women who have written works of outstanding quality.

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Friday, March 15, 2013

ArtsBeat: A Carole King Musical Is Broadway Bound by Allan Kozinn

“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” featuring Ms. King’s music and the story of her life, is scheduled to open on Broadway in spring 2014, with a book by Douglas McGrath.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Manhattan School of Music Names New President by Allan Kozinn

James Gandre will assume the post in May, succeeding Robert Sirota.

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

ArtsBeat: A Hit in Seattle, ‘First Date’ Coming to Broadway by Allan Kozinn

The musical tale of a mismatched couple on a blind date will open at the Longacre Theater in late summer.

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