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Friday, April 20, 2012

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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Monday, April 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: Mark Rylance Play, Written With a Favorite Poet, Is Coming to the Guthrie by Dave Itzkoff

“Nice Fish,” written by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins, will make its debut at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis next year.

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Christian Borle, From ‘Smash’ to ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ by Dave Itzkoff

Christian Borle, an actor in NBC’s “Smash,” is also keeping a foot in the theater, playing a pirate in “Peter and the Starcatcher,” opening Sunday on Broadway.

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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Nutty Professor' Musical Will Have Its Premiere in Nashville by Dave Itzkoff

A musical version of "The Nutty Professor," adapted from Jerry Lewis's hit 1963 and starring Michael Andrew as Julius Kelp and directed by Mr. Lewis, will make its debut in July at the James…

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ArtsBeat: Retrospective on Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams Coming to Museum of the Moving Image by Dave Itzkoff

The month-long program, running from April 27 through May 27 at the Museum of the Moving Image, will honor the innovative character skits and comedy pieces of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams and…

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: Jason Reitman's 'Live Read' Series to Bring 'The Apartment' to New York This Month by Dave Itzkoff

Jason Reitman, the director of "Juno," "Young Adult" and "Up in the Air," will present a live reading of the screenplay for Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" featuring a cast of contemporary ac…

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Monday, March 26, 2012

ArtsBeat: Mike Daisey Apologizes for Falsehoods in Monologue About Apple by Dave Itzkoff

In a post on his blog Mike Daisey, the writer and performer of the disputed one-man show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," wrote, "When I said onstage that I had personally experien…

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

ArtsBeat: We Ain't Got Dames: Edna Everage Plans Her Retirement by Dave Itzkoff

Barry Humphries, the actor and comedian who has played Dame Edna Everage in various incarnations for more than half a century, says that a coming stage show called "Eat Pray Laugh!" will be …

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

ArtsBeat: Steve Martin Composing New Music for Shakespeare in the Park, Because He Can by Dave Itzkoff

Steve Martin — who, when he is not writing, acting or tweeting, is also an accomplished banjo player — will write new music to be performed by a live bluegrass band for the Shakespeare i…

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Monday, March 5, 2012

ArtsBeat: They Pledge Allegiance to the Frat: 'Animal House' Musical Is Planned by Dave Itzkoff

"Animal House: The Musical," based on the hit 1978 college comedy, will feature a new score by the band Barenaked Ladies and will be directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw, a Tony Awar…

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: Running Wilde: A Gangster Version of 'Earnest,' Directed by David Hyde Pierce by Dave Itzkoff

David Hyde Pierce explains the production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" that he is directing for this summer's Williamstown Theater Festival, stemming from his belief that the languag…

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Wallace Shawn and André Gregory Tackle Ibsen by Dave Itzkoff

The creators of the influential art-house movies “My Dinner With André” and “Vanya on 42nd Street” are planning a filmed version of Ibsen’s “Master Builder.”

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Monday, February 13, 2012

ArtsBeat: Hoo-ah! Al Pacino Receives National Medal of Arts From President Obama by Dave Itzkoff

Al Pacino, the Academy and Tony Award-winning actor, was recognized along with Will Barnet, Rita Dove and Mel Tillis, among other honorees, as the National Medals of Arts and the National Hu…

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

ArtsBeat: Radio Play Will Honor 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' by Dave Itzkoff

Live performances of the play, with a cast that features Phylicia Rashad and Leslie Uggams and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, will be recorded for a planned national broadcast in Septemb…

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

ArtsBeat: Intiman Theater in Seattle Will Stay Alive by Dave Itzkoff

The Intiman Theater, which has been under financial duress for a year, said that it had raised over $1 million in pledges and would present a four-play season in the summer.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: Encores! Prefers Megan Hilty for 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' by Dave Itzkoff

Ms. Hilty will be playing the Lorelei Lee role made famous by Marilyn Monroe (and Carol Channing).

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Monday, January 23, 2012

ArtsBeat: Tim Rice Has No Hosannas for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Superstar' Reality Show by Dave Itzkoff

Tim Rice, the "Jesus Christ Superstar" lyricist and one-time collaborator of Mr. Lloyd Webber, said that a reality series to cast a new production of the musical was "tasteless" and "tacky."

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Friday, January 20, 2012

ArtsBeat: Blanchett and Husband Leaving as Artistic Directors of Sydney Theater Company by Dave Itzkoff

Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, will end their tenure with the Australian theater company for which she starred in an acclaimed production of "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Edgar Allan Poe Fans Say 'Nevermore' to Vigil for Mystery Admirer by Dave Itzkoff

For the third year in a row the Poe Toaster has failed to make an annual birthday visit to the Baltimore grave of Edgar Allan Poe and the organizers of a vigil say they will no longer stake …

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

ArtsBeat: Set Faces to Stunned: William Shatner Is Coming Back to Broadway by Dave Itzkoff

The "Star Trek" actor's one-man show, called "Shatner's World: We Just Live in It," will begin performances next month and will be his first Broadway production in more than 50 years.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

ArtsBeat: Cirque du Soleil 3D Movie Coming at You This Year by Dave Itzkoff

Paramount said it had acquired the distribution rights to "Cirque du Soleil Worlds Away," a 3D movie written and directed by Andrew Adamson (of the "Shrek" and "Narnia" franchises) and whose…

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Announces Its Broadway Cast by Dave Itzkoff

The coming Broadway transfer of that Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical will retain many of the performers from its widely praised runs at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Straford Shakespea…

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Online Sales of Louis C. K. Special Cross $1 Million Mark by Dave Itzkoff

In an interview with Jimmy Fallon, Louis C. K. said that from the money he has made from his online comedy special "Live at the Beacon Theater," he would give $250,000 in bonuses to people w…

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Classic Stage Snaps Up Christina Ricci for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by Dave Itzkoff

Ms. Ricci will play the diminutive but excitable Hermia in the production, which previously announced Ms. Neuwirth to star as the fairy queen, Titania. Think of it as the coming together of …

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Monday, December 12, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: St. Ann's Warehouse Signs Lease for New Space in Dumbo by Dave Itzkoff

The Brooklyn theater said that it had signed a three-year lease on a new 19,000-square-foot home at 29 Jay Street in Brooklyn, near its current base of operations at 38 Water Street.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Double, Triple and Quadruple Toil: Alan Cumming Will Star in One-Man 'Macbeth' by Dave Itzkoff

Mr. Cumming, the "Good Wife" and "Cabaret" star, will play every single role in a new production of the Shakespeare tragedy, including the regicidal schemer of its title and his devious, spo…

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Monday, November 28, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Bowie Shoots Down Report of Musical Based on His Songs by Dave Itzkoff

The concept of a stage production based on Mr. Bowie's songs is unlikely to be realized unless the singer ch-ch-ch-ch-changes his mind.

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Friday, November 25, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: No Ending, Spoiled or Otherwise, in Sight as 'The Mousetrap' Begins Its 60th Year by Dave Itzkoff

The West End production of the Agatha Christie mystery was first performed on Nov. 25, 1952, and a new British tour and other events were announced to mark the anniversary.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: How 'The Sound of Music' Became One of Salzburg's Favorite Things by Dave Itzkoff

The first-ever theatrical production of "The Sound of Music" in the city where the von Trapp family lived - and fled from - has made audiences come alive with approval, even as it invokes un…

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Questions for Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin by Dave Itzkoff

Three decades after they made their names in “Evita,” Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin are returning to Broadway together.

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Everybody Laugh: Sarah Silverman Sings Broadway by Dave Itzkoff

Ms. Silverman, the coarse, candid comedian, surprises with her performances from "Man of La Mancha," "Annie," "Company" and "Les Miserables" on Seth Rudetsky's SiriusXM radio show.

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