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Monday, November 18, 2013

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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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

In Britain, an Unlikely Call to Redistribute Cultural Capital by Allan Kozinn

A British think tank published a report arguing that cultural institutions like the Royal Opera House and the British Museum should be relocated outside of London.

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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

‘Silent Night,’ Pulitzer Winner, to Air on PBS by Allan Kozinn

The Pulitzer Prize-winning opera by Kevin Puts will be shown on PBS in December.

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ArtsBeat: ‘Steel Hammer’ and ‘The Christians’ Planned for Humana Festival by Allan Kozinn

Now in its 38th year, the festival is scheduled to run Feb. 26 to April 6 in Louisville, Ky.    

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Monday, November 11, 2013

ArtsBeat: Supper Club to Reopen With ‘Carnal’ Take on ‘Magic Flute’ by Allan Kozinn

“Queen of the Night” will relaunch the Diamond Horseshoe in the basement of the Paramount Hotel.    

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ArtsBeat: Aaron Glick Awarded T Fellowship for Theater Producers by Allan Kozinn

The T Fellowship, administered by Columbia, aims to support emerging theatrical producers through a stipend and mentoring.    

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

ArtsBeat: Carnegie Hall Benefit to Turn Nathan Lane Into Nathan Detroit Once Again by Allan Kozinn

The actor will star alongside Megan Mullally, Patrick Wilson and Sierra Boggess in a one-night concert staging of “Guys and Dolls.”    

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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

ArtsBeat: Diane Paulus’s Cirque du Soleil Show Headed to New York by Allan Kozinn

“Amaluna,” which opened in Montreal in April 2012, is inspired by “The Tempest,” and directed by Ms. Paulus, who won a Tony for directing this year’s “Pippin” revival. &nb…

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Musical America Names Audra McDonald Musician of the Year by Allan Kozinn

The classical music journal Musical America honors Audra McDonald among others in its annual awards.

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ArtsBeat: Nominees Named for Clive Barnes Awards by Allan Kozinn

The Clive Barnes Awards honor actors and dancers.    

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Monday, November 4, 2013

ArtsBeat: Ali, Tyson and Captain Kirk: Coil Festival Announces Lineup by Allan Kozinn

Among the offerings of the Coil Festival in January will be an imagined match between Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and a video remix of Captain Kirk’s observations from the original “Sta…

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

ArtsBeat: Ewan McGregor To Make Broadway Debut in ‘Real Thing’ by Allan Kozinn

He will star in the Roundabout Theater Company revival of Tom Stoppard’s play in October 2014.    

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Parents’ Group Challenges Theater’s Policy on ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ by Allan Kozinn

The Parents Television Council called on the IFC Center in New York to enforce the NC-17 rating for the racy film.

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Cirque du Soleil Facing Fines in Death of Performer by Allan Kozinn

The Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fining Cirque du Soleil $25,235 in connection with the death of an acrobat in June.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

College Painters to Face Off Onstage by Allan Kozinn

A competition called ArtBattles U will invite student painters to compete at an event in the East Village, with the winners chosen by the audience.

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Star Withdraws From Lyric Opera’s ‘Otello’ by Allan Kozinn

The tenor Johan Botha has withdrawn from the title role in the final two performances of Verdi's "Otello" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago because of back pain.

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Lincoln Center to Expand Discount Ticket Sales by Allan Kozinn

The box office at the David Rubenstein Atrium will sell discount tickets to a week's worth of events at New York City Center, the 92nd Street Y, Merkin Concert Hall and Miller Theater.

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

New York Philharmonic to Stream Video Performances Next Week by Allan Kozinn

The Philharmonic will stream some recent notable performances next week, including a concert led by Lorin Maazel in North Korea and a Chinese New Year gala conducted by Long Yu.

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ArtsBeat: Transport Group Theater Announces New Season by Allan Kozinn

The company will mount an all-female version of John Van Druten’s classic, “I Remember Mama,” and a revival of John Cariani’s “Almost, Maine.”    

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

ArtsBeat: Nina Arianda Returning to New York Stage in ‘Red Vienna’ by Allan Kozinn

The actress will play a widow who joins the criminal underworld after her husband is killed in World War I in the Manhattan Theater Club production.    

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Boston and St. Louis Orchestra Musicians Play Up the World Series by Allan Kozinn

Musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performed in a YouTube clip to cheer the Red Sox and the Cardinals.

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

$60 Million Gift to Establish Fellowships at Juilliard by Allan Kozinn

A gift of $60 million from Bruce and Suzie Kovner will fund music student fellowships to pay for tuition, fees, room and board, and a stipend.

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Monday, October 7, 2013

Patrice Chéreau, Opera, Stage and Film Director, Dies at 68 by Allan Kozinn

Mr. Chéreau’s iconoclastic theater, opera and film productions sometimes offered broad social critiques that made them both deeply provocative and widely influential.   &nb…

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Carnegie Hall Concert to Proceed as Labor Negotiations Continue by Allan Kozinn

Stagehands who went on strike on Wednesday, causing the cancellation of Carnegie's opening-night concert, agreed to work on Thursday night as negotiations continue.

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

ArtsBeat: K.D. Lang to Make Debut on Broadway by Allan Kozinn

The genre-crossing singer will star in “After Midnight,” the musical about Harlem’s legendary Cotton Club that opens at the Brook Atkinson Theater in October. The show is built around …

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Monday, August 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: Beatles Tribute Will End Broadway Run Months Early by Allan Kozinn

The concert show “Let It Be,” scheduled to run through Dec. 29, will close on Sept. 1, because of weak ticket sales.    

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Friday, August 16, 2013

‘Spider-Man’ Resumes Shows After Injury by Allan Kozinn

After the technical team for “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” determined that the onstage injury Daniel Curry, a dancer, suffered in Thursday night’s show was not caused by a computer m…

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

‘Soul Doctor’ Recalls the Life of Shlomo Carlebach by Allan Kozinn

The new Broadway musical “Soul Doctor” stars Eric Anderson, who isn’t Jewish, as the real-life singing rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.    

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Fiona Shaw to Replace Deborah Warner in Directing Met Opera’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ by Allan Kozinn

Ms. Warner withdrew from the production because of "an unexpected surgical procedure," the Metropolitan Opera said in a statement.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

ArtsBeat: Bryce Pinkham and LaChanze Are Broadway Bound by Allan Kozinn

Mr. Pinkham joins the Broadway cast of “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”; LaChanze will star in “If/Then,” a new Broadway-bound musical; and “Brendan at the Chelsea” wil…

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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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