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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

That Broadway Baby, Now in ‘In Transit’ by Joanne Kaufman

Twan — an 18-inch-long, roughly 10-pound blue-eyed doll with an alert expression — has appeared in five Broadway shows, including “Cinderella.”

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Friday, November 4, 2016

What I Love: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, ‘Frozen’ Songwriter, at Home by Joanne Kaufman

The Grammy award winner lives with her husband and frequent collaborator, Robert Lopez, and their children in Brooklyn.

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Friday, October 28, 2016

What I Love: Gerard Alessandrini: Man of Many Broadway Spoofs by Joanne Kaufman

The creator of the theatrical spoof “Spamilton” has a home in Ivoryton, Conn.

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Friday, September 9, 2016

What I Love: Sara Bareilles, of ‘Waitress,’ on Her Sanctuary in the City by Joanne Kaufman

Sara Bareilles, the Grammy and Tony-nominated singer-songwriter, lives in a two-bedroom rental in Lower Manhattan.

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Friday, August 12, 2016

What I Love: Leslie Odom Jr., of ‘Hamilton,’ at Home in Hell’s Kitchen by Joanne Kaufman

The Tony Award winner rents a one-bedroom with his wife, Nicolette Robinson, an actor and singer.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

What I Love: A Broadway Star in Hudson Heights by Joanne Kaufman

Victoria Clark, a Tony winner, has a new husband, a new home and a new role, directing.

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Friday, July 22, 2016

What I Love: A Big Life in a Tiny Home by Joanne Kaufman

How the actress Linda Emond made the most of her 200-square-foot studio on the Upper East Side.

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

What I Love: Why Imogen Lloyd Webber Doesn’t Live Anywhere Near ‘Cats’ by Joanne Kaufman

The daughter of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber follows her father’s advice and buys an apartment on the East Side.

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Friday, June 24, 2016

What I Love: Israel Horovitz at Home in Greenwich Village by Joanne Kaufman

A playwright’s longtime home bears his stamp — and that of the odd errant baseball.

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Friday, June 17, 2016

What I Love: John Leguizamo’s Walls May Talk, but They Don’t Criticize by Joanne Kaufman

The actor lives with his family in an ornate West Village brownstone.

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Friday, June 10, 2016

What I Love: At Home with Danielle Brooks, of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ by Joanne Kaufman

The actress, a Tony nominee for “The Color Purple,” and an inmate on “Orange Is the New Black,” lives in a Brooklyn high-rise.

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Friday, May 27, 2016

What I Love: Michael Cerveris’s ‘Fun Home’ in Chelsea by Joanne Kaufman

The Tony-winning actor lives with his dog in a prewar co-op.

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

The Curtain Call: Dip, Kiss or Curtsy? by Joanne Kaufman

Tony nominees talk about their preferred styles of bowing at curtain call and how they came to adopt them.

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Friday, May 6, 2016

Christopher Jackson of ‘Hamilton,’ at Home in the Bronx by Joanne Kaufman

The Tony nominee lives with his wife, Veronica Vazquez-Jackson, an actress and singer.

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

What I Love: Christopher Jackson of ‘Hamilton,’ at Home in the Bronx by Joanne Kaufman

The Tony nominee lives with his wife, Veronica Vazquez-Jackson, an actress and singer.

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

What I Love: From Broadway Stage to Harlem Home (Terrence Mann and Charlotte d’Amboise) by Joanne Kaufman

A visit to the home of Terrence Mann, a star of the Broadway musical “Tuck Everlasting,” and his dancer/actress wife, Charlotte d’Amboise.

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Saturday, April 16, 2016

What I Love: Kerry Butler on Japanese Toilets and ‘Disaster!’ by Joanne Kaufman

The actress lives with her husband, Joey Mazzarino, and their children on the Upper West Side.

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

What I Love: Jessica Hecht, a Star of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ at Home by Joanne Kaufman

The actress lives so close to Broadway she easily can slip home on matinee days. She plays Tevye’s wife in “Fiddler on the Roof.”

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

Sisterhood, Beyond the Script by Joanne Kaufman

Actresses in several shows, including “Hamilton” and “Fiddler on the Roof,” demonstrate the power of real-life bonding in conveying authenticity.

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Friday, January 22, 2016

What I Love: Megan Hilty, Broadway Star, at Home by Joanne Kaufman

Ms. Hilty, a star of “Noises Off” on Broadway, lives on the Upper West Side with her husband, Brian Gallagher, an actor and musician.

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

What I Love: Broadway’s Sierra Boggess at Home by Joanne Kaufman

The actress Sierra Boggess, a star of “School of Rock,” lives on the Upper West Side.

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Sunday, November 15, 2015

What I Love: At Camryn Manheim’s Place: Hope, Joy and Poker by Joanne Kaufman

The actress Camryn Manheim has a long-held loft on the Lower East Side.

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Saturday, October 3, 2015

What I Love: Audrey and Danny Meyer at Home on Gramercy Park by Joanne Kaufman

Audrey Heffernan Meyer, the actress, and her husband Danny Meyer, the restaurateur, came to the neighborhood 17 years ago.

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Saturday, September 19, 2015

What I Love: Julie White’s Fairy Tale Cottage by Joanne Kaufman

The Broadway actress’s 1934 Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., home underwent extensive renovations after she bought it last year.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The Composer Andrew Lippa on the Upper West Side - The New York Times by Joanne Kaufman

Five photographs of Andrew Lippa and his husband, David Bloch, hang in the foyer of the couple’s apartment on the upper reaches of the Upper West Side.

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Sunday, September 6, 2015

What I Love: The Composer Andrew Lippa on the Upper West Side by Joanne Kaufman

Mr. Lippa and his husband, David Bloch, like to say they live in suburban Manhattan.

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Saturday, August 22, 2015

John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey’s Brownstone Rental - The New York Times by Joanne Kaufman

The couple known to uptown sophisticates as the Nick and Nora of the cabaret world — and to the rest of us as John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey — rent the parlor and garden floors of …

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Edward Hibbert on His West Village Studio by Joanne Kaufman

For years, the actor Edward Hibbert lived contentedly in a studio apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, an area that “has become so chic we now call it Chez Hades,” said Mr. Hibbert, 59, who is…

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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Night Out: Elizabeth Reaser Is Game for Anything, Onstage and Off by Joanne Kaufman

Being spanked in public eight times a week can have residual effects.

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Saturday, May 30, 2015

What I Love: Judy Kuhn, ‘Fun Home’ Star, on Her TriBeCa Loft by Joanne Kaufman

The Broadway actress lives with her husband, David Schwab, and their daughter.

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Friday, May 29, 2015

ONE-LORD SHOW by Joanne Kaufman

A weak premise is stretched very thinly over 90 minutes.

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards