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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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Friday, July 6, 2012

ArtsBeat: Take That, Tyson: 'Raging Bull' LaMotta Brings 'Lady and the Champ' Back to the Stage by Dave Itzkoff

Jake LaMotta, the one-time middleweight champion whose life inspired the film "Raging Bull," is bringing back his show "Lady and the Champ," which chronicles his boxing career and the years …

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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: Off Broadway Revival of 'Rent' to Close by Dave Itzkoff

“Rent,” the popular musical about the lives and loves of downtown New York artists in the era of AIDS will close at New World Stages on Sept. 9, a little more than a year after the produ…

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Monday, July 2, 2012

Alec Baldwin Gives $1 Million to New York Philharmonic by Dave Itzkoff

Two days after Alec Baldwin's wedding, the New York Philharmonic said it had received a gift of $1 million from the actor to honor Zarin Mehta, its outgoing president and executive director.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

ArtsBeat: Bobby Cannavale to Play Ricky Roma in 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Revival by Dave Itzkoff

Mr. Cannavale inherits the role, as it were, from his Broadway co-star Al Pacino, who played the proudly successful Ricky Roma in James Foley's 1992 film adaptation of the play.

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‘The Exorcist’ on a Los Angeles Stage by Dave Itzkoff

A stage adaptation of “The Exorcist” in Los Angeles faces challenges: the city’s reputation for theatrical premieres and the source material’s acclaim as a 1973 film.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

ArtsBeat: Life After 'Dead': Jon Bernthal Joins MCC Theater Play and Scorsese Movie by Dave Itzkoff

Jon Bernthal, of AMC's horror series "The Walking Dead," talks about his new roles in MCC Theater's coming production of "Small Engine Repair" and Martin Scorsese's new film "The Wolf of Wal…

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In Protest, Walker Won't Allow Hebrew Translation of 'The Color Purple' by Dave Itzkoff

Alice Walker has told the Israeli publisher Yediot Books that she will not permit it to release a Hebrew-language translation of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple" as a prot…

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Friday, June 15, 2012

ArtsBeat: Jeremy Jordan Added to Cast of NBC's 'Smash' by Dave Itzkoff

Jeremy Jordan, a Tony Award nominee for his lead role in "Newsies the Musical," will join "Smash" in Season 2 as a character described as "Sexy, charismatic, musically gifted, but also self-…

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

ArtsBeat: The Bad News: Broadway Revival of 'Godspell' to Close by Dave Itzkoff

The Broadway revival of "Godspell," Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak's musical loosely based on parables from the New Testament, will play its final performance on June 24.

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

ArtsBeat: That's News to Him: Aaron Sorkin on 'The Newsroom' and His Steve Jobs Screenplay by Dave Itzkoff

Aaron Sorkin, the creator of "The Newsroom," talks about balancing the writing of his new HBO series with film projects like "The Social Network" as well as upcoming assignments like a scree…

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

ArtsBeat: Early Theater of Shakespeare's Is Unearthed in London by Dave Itzkoff

An archaeological dig in London has unearthed remains of the Curtain Theater, which was home to the Lord Chamberlain's Men from 1597 to 1599 and was the site where plays including "Romeo and…

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

ArtsBeat: Debra Winger to Make Her Broadway Debut in David Mamet's 'Anarchist' by Dave Itzkoff

Debra Winger, whose films include "Terms of Endearment," "Urban Cowboy" and "An Officer and a Gentleman," is replacing Laurie Metcalf in David Mamet's play about a prison inmate with a radic…

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ArtsBeat: Omar Sings! Funny or Die Presents 'The Wire: The Musical' by Dave Itzkoff

Funny or Die presents a family-friendly musical send-up of that gritty HBO crime drama featuring the original cast members Michael Kenneth Williams, Sonja Sohn, Larry Gillard Jr., Andre Royo…

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Good Guys and Bad Guys That I've Been: Paul Williams on 'Paul Williams Still Alive' by Dave Itzkoff

Paul Williams, the songwriter of "Evergreen," "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainbow Connection," talks about a new documentary on his life, the ups and downs of his career and, of course, his…

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

ArtsBeat: British Comedian Simon Amstell Bringing Solo Show to New York by Dave Itzkoff

In America, Simon Amstell may not yet have the name recognition of Eddie Izzard or Billy Connolly, but a New York producer who helped break those better-known names is betting that he'll be …

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

ArtsBeat: Le First Trailer for 'Les Misérables' by Dave Itzkoff

An early look at Tom Hooper's adaptation of "Les Misérables" offers tantalizing glimpses of Hollywood A-listers playing sad Parisians, but the focus is firmly on Anne Hathaway, who plays th…

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

ArtsBeat: Imagine That: Peter Dinklage to Star in All-Male 'Imaginary Invalid' by Dave Itzkoff

Peter Dinklage, the the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning star of HBO's "Game of Thrones," will appear at the 2012 Bard SummerScape in a new production of Molière's satire "The Imaginary …

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ArtsBeat: Don't Blame Ellis: Four Actors Are Cut from 'Smash' by Dave Itzkoff

The Broadway performers Brian d'Arcy James and Will Chase are leaving "Smash," the NBC comedy-drama about the making of a Broadway musical, as are Raza Jaffrey and Jaime Cepero, who played t…

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

‘Sleep No More,’ Enhanced by MIT Media Lab by Dave Itzkoff

A test drive of the MIT Media Lab’s electronic enhancements to the site-specific theater piece “Sleep No More.”

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Monday, May 21, 2012

ArtsBeat: Encores! Announces New Season by Dave Itzkoff

City Center's Encores! will open just as it did when the long-running revival series began in 1994, with a production of "Fiorello!," Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's musical about Fiorello …

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Friday, May 18, 2012

ArtsBeat: Stage Play of 'The Exorcist' Now Possesses Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain by Dave Itzkoff

Brooke Shields will play Chris MacNeil, the mother of an afflicted child, and Richard Chamberlain will play the veteran demon-chaser Father Merrin in a stage adaptation of "The Exorcist" tha…

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: Broadway Musical 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' to Close by Dave Itzkoff

The musical, about a team of drag performers journeying through remote Australia in a camping (and camp) bus, will play its final show at the Palace Theater on June 24.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

ArtsBeat: Bret Michaels Settles Lawsuit After Injury at Tony Awards by Dave Itzkoff

Bret Michaels, the frontman of the rock band Poison, had sued the producers of the Tony Awards after he was injured by a descending backdrop during the 2009 awards broadcast, and CBS, which …

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Chaplin' Musical Tramps Its Way to Broadway by Dave Itzkoff

"Chaplin," a new musical about the life and career of Charlie Chaplin, will be presented at the Barrymore Theater, with previews to begin on Aug. 21 and an opening night planned for Sept. 10.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Leap of Faith' to Close on Sunday by Dave Itzkoff

"Leap of Faith," adapted from the 1992 movie starring Steve Martin and featuring Raúl Esparza as the fraudulent evangelist Jonas Nightingale, will close after earning only one Tony Award no…

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: Ghost Story 'Rebecca,' Halted by Mortal Problems, Sets New Broadway Dates by Dave Itzkoff

The musical adaptation of "Rebecca," the Daphne du Maurier novel, will now open at the Broadhurst Theater on Nov. 18. It previously postponed a planned April 22 opening after producers were …

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ArtsBeat: Anjelica Huston Performs 'September Song' in Her 'Smash' Singing Debut by Dave Itzkoff

Anjelica Huston, who plays a Broadway producer on "Smash," will perform her first musical number on the show: "September Song," which was written for and made popular by her grandfather Walt…

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

ArtsBeat: Paul Rudd and Emma Stone to Star in Live Reading of 'The Apartment' by Dave Itzkoff

Paul Rudd, the "Role Models" and "Knocked Up" star, and Emma Stone, whose films include "The Help," will play C. C. Baxter and Fran Kubelik, the parts originally played by Jack Lemmon and Sh…

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Friday, April 20, 2012

ArtsBeat: Kids These Days: Teen Production of 'God of Carnage' Coming to Boston in May by Dave Itzkoff

A production of "God of Carnage," the Yasmina Reza comedy about bickering adults, will star four teenage actors when it is presented at Boston's Bulger Performing Arts Center in May.

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ArtsBeat: 'King's Speech' Play Closes Early in London by Dave Itzkoff

The West End production of "The King's Speech," written by David Seidler, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the film, opened to positive reviews in March and was to run through July …

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