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Thursday, July 18, 2013

92nd Street Y Reading Series Announces 75th Anniversary Season by Jennifer Schuessler

The Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y will offer readings and more.

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

ArtsBeat: Random House Project to Rewrite Shakespeare by Jennifer Schuessler

Jeanette Winterson and Anne Tyler are the first two authors who will be rewriting Shakespeare’s plays as part of a project announced by Random House’s Hogarth imprint.   &…

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ at the Tonys by Jennifer Schuessler

All eight actors who have played George and Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” on Broadway have earned Tony Award nominations.    

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: A Mad Man in Austenland by Jennifer Schuessler

Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete Campbell in the television series “Mad Men,” will star as Mr. Darcy in a stage version of “Pride and Prejudice.”    

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

E.L. Doctorow and Mark di Suvero Strike Gold at American Academy of Arts and Letters by Jennifer Schuessler

The novelist E.L. Doctorow and the sculptor Mark di Suvero are awarded gold medals for the arts.

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Monday, March 18, 2013

Bancroft Prize Awarded to Two Historians by Jennifer Schuessler

The winners are John Fabian Witt for “Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History” and W. Jeffrey Bolster for “The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail.”

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Public Domain, My Dear Watson? Lawsuit Challenges Conan Doyle Copyrights by Jennifer Schuessler

A leading Sherlock Holmes scholar argues that many licensing fees paid to the estate have been unnecessary, since the main characters are no longer under U.S. copyright.

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Friday, February 8, 2013

ArtsBeat: Shakespeare's Globe to Stage 'Henry VI' at Historic Battle Sites by Jennifer Schuessler

The production will tour to sites that are featured in plays that make up Shekespeare's trilogy.

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Theater Company Takes Richard III Back to the Parking Lot by Jennifer Schuessler

The Drilling Company will produce "Richard III" this summer as part of its annual Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot season.

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Friday, January 18, 2013

Cirque du Soleil Announces Layoffs by Jennifer Schuessler

High production costs are blamed for the layoffs, and the closing of four shows.

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Monday, December 3, 2012

Tourists Increase Share of Broadway Ticket Sales by Jennifer Schuessler

Report on audience demographics for 2011-12 season found that foreign visitors accounted for more than 18 percent of Broadway tickets sold.

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ArtsBeat: 'Chaplin' to Close Next Month by Jennifer Schuessler

The show, which opened on Broadway in September, has struggled at the box office.

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ArtsBeat: Old Vic Announces 2013 Season by Jennifer Schuessler

Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones will team up as the lovers Beatrice and Benedick in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing,"

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

ArtsBeat: Mike Tyson, 'Chaplin' Announce National Tours by Jennifer Schuessler

The boxer's one-man show will begin a 36-city tour in Indianapolis in February.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

ArtsBeat: Couples Counseling for 'Virginia Woolf"s George and Martha by Jennifer Schuessler

On Thursday, after the three-hour onstage slugfest that is "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf," some 40 therapists and their companions will stay in their seats at the Booth Theater for a short…

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

ArtsBeat: Thomas Bradshaw to Collaborate With Winfrey on New HBO Drama by Jennifer Schuessler

The provocative playwright will develop a series about the first black president of a prestigious liberal arts college.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Thomas Bradshaw Talks About ‘Job’ and His Other Plays by Jennifer Schuessler

The playwright Thomas Bradshaw talks about “Job” and his other plays, which have impressed some audiences and outraged others.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

‘Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking!’: Shaping a Spoof by Jennifer Schuessler

Gerard Alessandrini is once again feasting on theatrical spoils, shaping his latest spoof, “Forbidden Broadway: Alive & Kicking!,” which anticipates fodder from shows opening in the fall.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Guggenheim Announces 'Works & Process' Performance Season by Jennifer Schuessler

Ballet, music, dance, theater and more will be part of the Guggenheim's Works & Process lineup.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

ArtsBeat: Schimmel Center to Host Shakespeare's Globe's 'Hamlet' by Jennifer Schuessler

The more than 30-event season at Pace University will also include an appearance by the Romanian gypsy brass band Fanfare Ciocarlia, a "banjo summit" featuring Bela Fleck, and a tribute to W…

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ArtsBeat: 'Ghost: The Musical' to Close on Aug. 18 by Jennifer Schuessler

The closing represents a commercial failure for the show, which has never came close to cracking $1 million a week in ticket sales.

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ArtsBeat: Actor Sues Donmar Warehouse Over Gun Misfire by Jennifer Schuessler

David Birrell was injured when a replica revolver he was wielding misfired onstage during a performance of Stephen Sondheim's "Passion."

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

ArtsBeat: DeLillo Play on Global Warming to Receive Premiere in London by Jennifer Schuessler

Originally commissioned by the Steppenwolf Theater, the one-act will play three days as part of the London Literature Festival.

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ArtsBeat: Patrick Page, Green Goblin in 'Spider-Man' Musical, Will Depart on Aug. 5 by Jennifer Schuessler

Hailed as a bright spot in the much-maligned musical, the actor will take on an other villainous Broadway role in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the Roundabout Theater Company.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

New Play About Dr. Ruth Westheimer by Jennifer Schuessler

The sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer is the subject of a new play by Mark St. Germain.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

ArtsBeat: New York, Cultural Capital of the World? Discuss by Jennifer Schuessler

Two panels at the Public Theater wrestled with whether New York was still a nurturing home for artists.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Charles Aznavour Cancels New York Shows in Contract Dispute by Jennifer Schuessler

The French singer said health problems were not the reason for the shows' cancellation this week.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

New York Public Library to Digitize Washington, Thoreau and Twain by Jennifer Schuessler

The items include letters by Washington and a map of Walden Pond drawn by Thoreau.

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Monday, February 20, 2012

Al Hirschfeld to Get His Own Biographical Portrait by Jennifer Schuessler

Farrar Straus and Giroux has commissioned a biography of the legendary theatrical portraitist Al Hirschfeld, who died at 99 in 2003, to be written by Ellen Stern, author of a 1987 profile of…

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Friday, February 17, 2012

ArtsBeat: Off-Off-Broadway Announces a Nickel Fundraising Campaign by Jennifer Schuessler

Some 50 theater companies plan to contribute five cents from every ticket sale to help bolster Off-Off-Broadway.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: Tale of the Floppy Disks: How Jonathan Larson Created 'Rent' by Jennifer Schuessler

A curator at the New York Public Library minutely analyzes the floppy disks left behind by Jonathan Larson, creator of the mega-hit musical "Rent.''

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic