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Monday, December 24, 2012

ArtsBeat: Because You Watched Live Theater: 'The Netflix Plays' Coming to Ars Nova by Dave Itzkoff

As with past programs presented by the Ars Nova Play Group -- see "The Wikipedia Plays," "The Urban Dictionary Plays" and "The Wii Plays" -- "The Netflix Plays" takes inspiration from anothe…

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Glengarry' Revival, With Pacino and Cannavale, Recoups on Broadway by Dave Itzkoff

This latest revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" is the first production of the current Broadway season to recoup its investment.

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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' and 'The Matrix' Among Movies Added to National Film Registry by Dave Itzkoff

Other movies the Library of Congress has chosen to preserve include "Born Yesterday," "Dirty Harry," "A League of Their Own," "A Christmas Story" and "Slacker," citing them as "works of endu…

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Strange Bedfellows: Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann on 'This Is 40' by Dave Itzkoff

The husband-and-wife team talk about their collaboration on Mr. Apatow's new comedy, "This Is 40," in which Ms. Mann and Paul Rudd reprise their roles as a married couple not unlike Mr. Apat…

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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Smash' With a 'Z': Liza Minnelli Gets a Guest Shot by Dave Itzkoff

Liza Minnelli will play herself in a coming episode of "Smash," the NBC comedy-drama about the making of a Broadway musical.

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Monday, November 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: New York Philharmonic Finds Its Stars for 'Carousel' by Dave Itzkoff

Nathan Gunn and Kelli O'Hara will play the lovers Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan in a new staged production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical for the New York Philharmonic. The cast wil…

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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

ArtsBeat: Malkovich Bringing a Modernized 'Dangerous Liaisons' to Washington by Dave Itzkoff

John Malkovich, who played the Vicomte de Valmont in Stephen Frears's 1988 film version of "Dangerous Liaisons," will have his French-language production of the play - which adds some modern…

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Monday, November 5, 2012

ArtsBeat: New York Philharmonic to Celebrate Hamlisch by Dave Itzkoff

Audra McDonald, Kelli O'Hara, Josh Groban and Michael Feinstein are among the performers who will participate in the Philharmonic's New Year's Eve concert, which was originally scheduled to …

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Darth Vader Goes to Disneyland (Literally) by Dave Itzkoff

A video from Disney Parks imagines what might happen if the Dark Lord of the Sith paid a visit to the self-styled Happiest Place on Earth.

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ArtsBeat: Lincoln Center Sets American Songbook Schedule for 2013 by Dave Itzkoff

Kristin Chenoweth, Valerie Simpson, Mavis Staples and Tom Morello are among the musicians who will participate in the 2013 season, which will expand to use Lincoln Center's Stanley H. Kaplan…

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

ArtsBeat: Neil Patrick Harris Conjures Up Magic Show for Geffen Playhouse by Dave Itzkoff

Neil Patrick Harris, the Emmy Award-winning star of "How I Met Your Mother," will direct a magic show called "Nothing to Hide" that will feature the sleight-of-hand artists Derek DelGaudio a…

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

ArtsBeat: Nathan Lane Will Return to Broadway in 'The Nance' by Dave Itzkoff

Lincoln Center Theater will present Mr. Lane in Douglas Carter Beane's new play, "The Nance," about a gay performer portraying a camp gay character in 1930s New York burlesque.

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

ArtsBeat: Roundabout Revival of 'Picnic' Finds Its Stars by Dave Itzkoff

Maggie Grace (of the hit "Taken" thrillers) and Sebastian Stan (of "Captain America: The First Avenger) will play the young lovers Madge Owens and Hal Carter in Roundabout Theater Company's …

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Monday, October 8, 2012

And Now For Something Completely Literate: A Memoir from John Cleese by Dave Itzkoff

The Monty Python co-founder and star of "Fawlty Towers" and "A Fish Called Wanda" will write "the inside story of how a shy child from Weston-super-Mare, who dabbled briefly with teaching an…

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

ArtsBeat: How I Made My Memoir: Book Coming From Neil Patrick Harris by Dave Itzkoff

A nonfiction project from Neil Patrick Harris, the Emmy-winning star of "How I Met Your Mother" and host of many an award show, will be published by Crown Archetype in spring 2014.

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Seeks Treatment After Rant by Dave Itzkoff

A statement on the band's Web site said Mr. Armstrong was being treated for substance abuse after he halted the band's Friday performance at the iHeartRadio Music Festival to deliver an angr…

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

ArtsBeat: A Night of Music to Remember Marvin Hamlisch by Dave Itzkoff

Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli were among the performers at a musical tribute to Marvin Hamlisch at Juilliard's Peter Jay Sharp Theater on Tuesday night.

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Friday, September 7, 2012

ArtsBeat: Before Blanchett Leaves Sydney Theater Post, Some Housekeeping by Dave Itzkoff

Cate Blanchett will star with Isabelle Huppert in a new production of "The Maids" for Sydney Theater Company before she leaves as co-artistic director. Her husband and co-artistic director, …

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

ArtsBeat: Taymor, 'Spider-Man' Producers Reach Undisclosed Settlement on Dueling Lawsuits by Dave Itzkoff

The dispute arose after Ms. Taymor was fired as the director of the $75 million production.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Biography of Gore Vidal Coming in 2015 by Dave Itzkoff

Doubleday will publish a biography of Gore Vidal, the prolific and pugnacious man of letters, written by Jay Parini, who was a friend of Mr. Vidal's for some 30 years.

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Feinstein Named Successor to Hamlisch at Pasadena Pops by Dave Itzkoff

Michael Feinstein will begin in his role as principal pops conductor in the orchestra's 2013 season. He will also be named the Marvin Hamlisch Chair at the Pasadena Pops, a newly created tit…

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Andrew Upton to Become Sole Artistic Director of Sydney Theater Company by Dave Itzkoff

Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett, the husband and wife team, have been co-artistic directors of the Sydney Theater Company since 2008. Mr. Upton's new term as artistic director will begin on …

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Lollipops in the Midst of Grief by Dave Itzkoff

Bill Clinton remembers Marvin Hamlisch as a “good-hearted, humble and hilarious genius.”

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Monday, August 13, 2012

ArtsBeat: Lars von Trier Seeks Film Submissions for User-Generated Project by Dave Itzkoff

Entrants for the project, called Gesamt, are asked to create short films or recordings inspired by one of six existing works, including James Joyce's "Ulysses," August Strindberg's "The Fami…

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

ArtsBeat: Funeral Services Planned for Marvin Hamlisch by Dave Itzkoff

Marvin Hamlisch, who won Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, will be remembered at public visitations in New York on Sunday and Monday, and at a funeral serv…

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Golden Boy' Cast Features Tony Shalhoub, Yvonne Strahovski and Danny Burstein by Dave Itzkoff

Seth Numrich will portray the "Golden Boy" protagonist Joe Bonaparte, a young man torn between careers as a violinist and a boxer, alongside an ensemble cast that includes Tony Shalhoub (of …

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Marvin Hamlisch, Composer of 'A Chorus Line,' Dies at 68 by Dave Itzkoff

Marvin Hamlisch, the singularly productive and sensationally decorated composer of musicals like "A Chorus Line" and songs like "The Way We Were," died in Los Angeles on Monday after a brief…

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Monday, August 6, 2012

ArtsBeat: John C. McGinley Joins 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Revival on Broadway by Dave Itzkoff

John C. McGinley, whose previous credits include the NBC comedy “Scrubs” and Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War drama “Platoon,” will play the embittered real-estate salesman Dave Moss.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton of Sydney Theater and ‘Vanya’ by Dave Itzkoff

Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton, who have been married since 1997, divide their responsibilities as artistic directors of the Sydney Theater Company.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Jerry Lewis Directing a Musical ‘Nutty Professor’ by Dave Itzkoff

At 86, Jerry Lewis is revisiting his past by directing a musical version of “The Nutty Professor” in Nashville.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: Kristin Chenoweth Recovering After Accident During Filming by Dave Itzkoff

The Tony Award-winning actress was injured Wednesday at the Brooklyn location where “The Good Wife” was filming.

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