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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Caramoor Sets Lineup for Summer Festival by Allan Kozinn

A variety of classical music and opera programming will be offered at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, N.Y.

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Friday, January 17, 2014

Concert to Re-Create Debut of Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ on 90th Anniversary by Allan Kozinn

Maurice Peress will re-create the debut performance of George Gershwin's jazz-tinged work at Town Hall on Feb. 12.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

ArtsBeat: Musical ‘Titanic’ Headed Back to New York by Allan Kozinn

The Maury Yeston musical, which won five Tony Awards in 1999, including Best Musical, will play in Toronto this summer before coming to Broadway in the fall.    

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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

City Opera Musicians and Singers to Play a Benefit Concert by Allan Kozinn

The orchestra musicians and several of the principal singers of the New York City Opera will perform to commemorate the now-defunct company's 70th anniversary.

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ArtsBeat: New York Festival to Celebrate the Work of James Baldwin by Allan Kozinn

This year’s Live Ideas Festival in Chelsea will present readings and multi-disciplinary performances inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin.    

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Girl You Know It’s True! An Opera Inspired by Milli Vanilli Is Set for Brooklyn Run by Allan Kozinn

"Wow," an operatic work in progress, will run at BRIC House, a new performance space in Brooklyn, Jan. 23 throuh Feb. 1.

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ArtsBeat: ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf’ to Open Off Broadway by Allan Kozinn

In Terry Teachout’s one-man play, John Douglas Thompson will play Louis Armstrong, reminiscing backstage after one of his last concerts.    

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Monday, January 13, 2014

ArtsBeat: Spalding Gray Prize Goes to Richard Maxwell by Allan Kozinn

The award, named for the monologuist who died in 2004, includes a $20,000 commission to create a work.    

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Friday, January 10, 2014

Symphony Space Artistic Director Resigns by Allan Kozinn

Laura Kaminsky had been the artistic director of Symphony Space since 2010, and the overseer of its music programming since 2006.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Omaha Theater to Produce a Stage Adaptation of ‘The Shining’ by Allan Kozinn

Stephen King gave the Benson Theater company permission to adapt his book for two benefit performances in March.

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Idaho Ballet Troupe to Shift Directions by Allan Kozinn

The Trey McIntyre Project in Boise will mount a tour this spring and then cease operating as a full-time dance troupe, becoming a project-driven company.

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

ArtsBeat: Michael Counts to Join 3-Legged Dog Theater Company by Allan Kozinn

Mr. Counts, a director and visual artist, will help oversee the company’s immersive productions and installations.    

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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

ArtsBeat: Simon Rattle Among the Artists on Queen Elizabeth’s Honors List by Allan Kozinn

Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honors List includes Sir Simon Rattle, the Liverpool-born conductor, as well as Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Angela Lansbury.    

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Monday, December 30, 2013

ArtsBeat: The Starting Lineup: As Othello, a 6-Foot-3 Running Back, No. 27, Eddie George by Allan Kozinn

Eddie George, who retired from the NFL in 2005, is playing the title role in the Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Othello.”    

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

New Program to Support Operas by Women by Allan Kozinn

Opera America is offering grants for women who write operas.

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Monday, December 23, 2013

Viewers Found Much to Love in ‘Lucy’ Christmas Show by Allan Kozinn

A colorized broadcast of two "I Love Lucy" episodes outperformed a Peanuts Christmas special and the perennial holiday film "It's a Wonderful Life" on Friday night.

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Friday, December 20, 2013

City Opera Ticket Holders Have to Get in Line With Other Creditors by Allan Kozinn

A judge overseeing New York City Opera's bankruptcy case said the company could not yet refund money to people who bought tickets for performances that were canceled.

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Netrebko to Perform at Le Poisson Rouge by Allan Kozinn

The soprano Anna Netrebko's concert on Jan. 15 is actually a promotion, of sorts, for the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Borodin’s “Prince Igor."

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

ArtsBeat: Bebe Neuwirth to Play a Third Role in ‘Chicago’ on Broadway by Allan Kozinn

The Tony-winning actress will play prison matron “Mama” Morton in the long-running Broadway musical.    

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

ArtsBeat: Linda Lavin to Star in New Nicky Silver Play by Allan Kozinn

Ms. Lavin will play an actress who goes to pieces in Mr. Silver’s latest work, “Too Much Sun,” at the Vineyard Theater.    

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Billy Joel to Be a Madison Square Garden ‘Franchise’ by Allan Kozinn

Starting in January, Mr. Joel will play a show a month at the Garden for as long as fans want to hear him play, he said Tuesday.

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Monday, December 2, 2013

Canadian Opera Commissions New Work From Rufus Wainwright by Allan Kozinn

The Canadian Opera Company in Toronto has commissioned Mr. Wainwright’s second opera, “Hadrian.”

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Friday, November 29, 2013

A Cast Change for Met Opera’s ‘Fledermaus’ by Allan Kozinn

Christine Schäfer, the soprano who was to have sung Adele in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of “Die Fledermaus,” has withdrawn because of illness, the Met said.

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ArtsBeat: Angela Lansbury Returning to London Stage in ‘Blithe Spirit’ by Allan Kozinn

Angela Lansbury will reprise her Tony-winning performance in “Blithe Spirit” when she returns to the London stage for the first time in nearly 40 years.    

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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘All the Way,’ With Bryan Cranston, Sets Broadway Opening Date by Allan Kozinn

The play will open at the Neil Simon Theater, more typically a home for big-budget musicals.    

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Monday, November 25, 2013

Monty Python Reunion Adds Four More Shows by Allan Kozinn

Tickets to the first Monty Python reunion performance next year in London sold out quickly, and the troupe added four more dates.

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ArtsBeat: A Public Memorial for Julie Harris by Allan Kozinn

Christopher Plummer, Hal Holbrook and Cherry Jones are among those who will ather to pay tribute to Ms. Harris at a New York City theater on Dec. 3.    

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: Craig Bierko Won’t Return to ‘Matilda’ by Allan Kozinn

The actor said he is not healing quickly enough from a shoulder injury to assume the “physically demanding role.”    

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ArtsBeat: John Hodgman to Highlight Under the Radar Festival by Allan Kozinn

The 10th annual showcase of experimental theater is scheduled from Jan. 8 to 19.    

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Monday, November 18, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Here Lies Love’ Cast to Reunite for Benefit Performance by Allan Kozinn

The cast of David Byrne’s musical about Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos will reunite for one night in New York, with proceeds to aid relief efforts in the Philippines.    

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New Leader Is Named for ArtPlace America by Allan Kozinn

Jamie L. Bennett will become the executive director of ArtPlace America, a two-year-old organization that advocates art and cultural projects in community development.

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