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Thursday, August 11, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Christopher Sieber to Join George Hamilton in 'La Cage' Tour by Erik Piepenburg

Christopher Sieber will play Albin (aka the drag queen Zaza) in the national tour of "La Cage aux Folle."

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

ArtsBeat: Rosemary Harris and Carla Gugino to Star in Athol Fugard Play on Broadway by Erik Piepenburg

The Roundabout Theater Company's production of Athol Fugard's play "The Road to Mecca" will begin previews in December.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers on Lauren Ambrose, and Booing at the Theater by Erik Piepenburg

ArtsBeat was abuzz last week with two theater posts that sharply divided many readers.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Integration, Gentrification, Conversation by Erik Piepenburg

"Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is set in a Chicago neighborhood, but it could be about any American city.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

ArtsBeat: 'Dancing at Lughnasa' to Return to New York by Erik Piepenburg

Brian Friel's Tony Award-winning play "Dancing at Lughnasa" will return to New York at the Irish Repertory Theater.

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Cast, Rehearse, Perform (and Hurry) by Erik Piepenburg

"One Night Stand" is a documentary about casting, rehearsing and performing a musical, all in 24 hours.

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Inside a Master Class: Breathe, Punctuate, Forget Led Zeppelin by Erik Piepenburg

Luckily for aspiring musical theater performers in New York, some big Broadway names offer encouraging, tough-love-based 10-minute apprenticeships.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

ArtsBeat: 'Arias With a Twist' to Return to New York by Erik Piepenburg

"Arias with a Twist," a night of song, dance and leggy life-sized puppets created by the performer Joey Arias in collaboration with the puppeteer Basil Twist, will return to New York.

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Sunday, July 10, 2011

ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Review 'Master Class' by Erik Piepenburg

A roundup of readers' reviews of the Broadway revival of "Master Class," starring Tyne Daly.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

ArtsBeat: Q. & A.: How to Start Your Own Theater Company by Erik Piepenburg

Reginald Nelson, the author of a book about how to start a theater company, is taking readers' questions.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

ArtsBeat: 7 Fingers Acrobats to Return to New York by Erik Piepenburg

It's turning out to be quite a summer for French-Canadian, hoop-diving, animal-free circus ensembles in New York City.

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Sunday, July 3, 2011

ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Cast 'Funny Girl' by Erik Piepenburg

who should play Fanny? Readers offered wide-ranging suggestions, from theater insiders like Lea Michele, Idina Menzel and Sutton Foster to outside-the-box choices like Lady Gaga, Sarah Silve…

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

ArtsBeat: Kim Cattrall Coming to Broadway in 'Private Lives' by Erik Piepenburg

Kim Cattrall ("Sex and the City") will reprise her role in "Private Lives" when Noel Coward's comedy opens on Broadway this fall after a run in London.

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Friday, June 24, 2011

It's All About Holding Hands and Stitching Hems by Erik Piepenburg

Broadway stars like Sutton Foster, Patti LuPone and Victoria Clark depend on their dressers to get them through more than costume changes.

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

ArtsBeat: Vogel and Weitz to Be Part of Second Stage's New Season by Erik Piepenburg

Second Stage's new season includes a revival of Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" and a new comedy by Paul Weitz.

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ArtsBeat: Vogel and Weitz Return to Second Stage by Erik Piepenburg

Second Stage's new season includes a revival of Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" and a new comedy by Paul Weitz.

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Monday, June 20, 2011

ArtsBeat: Curtain Down Heads Up: Advice for Broadway Producers and Casting Directors by Erik Piepenburg

Readers had a lot to say about two recent theater-related articles, one that explored the line between success and struggle on Broadway, another that took a close look at the challenging wor…

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

ArtsBeat: Farewell Morticia. Greetings Titania. by Erik Piepenburg

Bebe Neuwirth is going from the queen of freaks to queen of the fairies. Ms. Neuwirth, who plays Morticia in the Broadway musical "The Addams Family" through June 26, will portray Titania ne…

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Friday, June 10, 2011

ArtsBeat: Tony Picks From a Young Playwright by Erik Piepenburg

A 12-year-old young playwright shares her thoughts on the Tony Awards.

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

ArtsBeat: Tony Picks From Mark Sanchez, the Jets Quarterback by Erik Piepenburg

Mark Sanchez, the quarterback for the New York Jets, discusses his favorite plays, musical numbers and actors ahead of this year's Tony Awards.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

ArtsBeat: Tony Picks, Courtesy of Michael Musto by Erik Piepenburg

The gossip columnist and chronicler of downtown life talks about his picks for the Tony Awards.

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

ArtsBeat: 'Million Dollar Quartet' to Close, Then Move by Erik Piepenburg

The Broadway musical will close and move to New World Stages.

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ArtsBeat: Tony Picks From a Drama Book Shop Employee by Erik Piepenburg

Helen Sneed, a staff member at the Drama Book Shop, predicts the Tony Awards.

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

ArtsBeat: Behind the Poster: 'One Arm' by Erik Piepenburg

A closer look at the poster design for a new production of a play based on a Tennessee Williams short story about a boxer missing an arm.

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

ArtsBeat: A Touch of Broadway in a New Ticketing App by Erik Piepenburg

Broadway theatergoers who are tired of being put on hold or waiting in line at the box office have a new mobile way to buy tickets.

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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011

Revisiting Notes From a Roommate Search Begun on 9/10/01 by Erik Piepenburg

Brian Sloan's "WTC View" is about a young gay man named Eric and his search for a roommate after 9/11.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

What Good Is Sitting Alone in Your Room? Cabaret Is a Steal by Erik Piepenburg

In addition to more upscale nightclubs, performance spaces around Manhattan offer ballads and standards for a comparative song.

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ArtsBeat: Nail Down the Seats " 'The Exorcist' Is Coming to the Stage by Erik Piepenburg

A stage adaptation of the 1971 novel about a girl possessed by the devil is coming to the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles next summer.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

ArtsBeat: Off With Its Head: 'Wonderland' Musical to Close on Sunday by Erik Piepenburg and Dave Itzkoff

The costly production based on Lewis Carroll's novels will close on Sunday, not quite one month after it opened at the Marquis Theater.

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All that Chat

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