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Friday, August 12, 2016

Cirque du Soleil Bends Broadway Norms to Revamp ‘Paramour’ by Joshua Barone

Cirque du Soleil has canceled four performances beginning Aug. 22 to rework the musical’s plot and acrobatics.

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Sunday, August 7, 2016

La MaMa Announces an Eclectic and International 55th Season by Joshua Barone

Productions for the coming year include a revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” directed by Estelle Parsons.

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Director Pulls ‘Hamlet’ From Theater for a New Audience by Joshua Barone

In an unusual artistic rift, Sam Gold is seeking instead to stage the play at the Public Theater, with Oscar Isaac still starring.

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Sunday, July 10, 2016

Artistic Director Moves from Abrons to Skirball Center by Joshua Barone

Jay Wegman, artistic director of Abrons Arts Center, will leave to join N.Y.U.’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts as its senior director.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Takes His Final Bows in ‘Hamilton’ by Joshua Barone

Mr. Miranda, who played the title character, shared his moment with the other departing cast members, including Phillipa Soo and Leslie Odom Jr.

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Art by Jan Brady? Wally Cleaver? Lando Calrissian? See It Off Broadway by Joshua Barone

The set of “Out of the Mouths of Babes,” featuring works by film and TV stars, is New York’s newest art gallery.

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Monday, June 27, 2016

An a Cappella Musical, ‘In Transit,’ Is Coming to Broadway by Joshua Barone

The musical’s writing team includes Kristen Anderson-Lopez, one of the songwriters behind the Disney movie “Frozen.”

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

La MaMa to Release Expanded Version of Digital Archive by Joshua Barone

A revitalized version including a program from a Philip Glass opera and items from Warhol’s Factory will be posted at catalog.lamama.org.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Taylor Mac’s 24-Hour Song Cycle Sets Date for World Premiere by Joshua Barone

The production will open the St. Ann’s Warehouse season in September.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Collective Releases its Annual List of Plays by Female and Transgender Writers by Joshua Barone

The Los Angeles-based Kilroys is back with its third annual list of plays by female and transgender writers that are worthy of production.

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Monday, June 20, 2016

Crossing the Line Festival Includes a New ‘Julius Caesar’ by Joshua Barone

The New York premiere of “Julius Caesar. Spared Parts.,” adapted by the director Romeo Castellucci, will be staged Oct. 1 and 2 at Federal Hall.

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Julius Caesar and Malcolm X Get Their Days Onstage at New Victory by Joshua Barone

The theater’s 2016-2017 season also includes many more new shows, including the debut of an Elephant & Piggie musical based on Mo Willems’s books.

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Sunday, June 5, 2016

‘The Humans’ and ‘Shuffle Along’ Take Top Honors at Drama Desk Awards by Joshua Barone

“The Humans” won for outstanding play and “Shuffle Along” for outstanding musical. The musical “She Loves Me” won for outstanding revival.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Sol Project Aims to ‘Create a New Canon’ of Latino Theater by Joshua Barone

“Alligator,” a play by Hilary Bettis, a staff writer for the TV series “The Americans,” will kick off the initiative in November.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

BAM Next Wave Festival to Include Isabelle Huppert and Mikhail Baryshnikov by Joshua Barone

The festival, which runs Sept. 7 through Dec. 18, features work by Donnacha Dennehy, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Kyle Abraham.

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Public Theater Season to Include Work by David Byrne and Richard Nelson by Joshua Barone

Mr. Byrne’s work, the musical “Saint Joan,” will be framed as a rock concert; Alex Timbers will direct.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Sutton Foster to Star in New Group Revival of ‘Sweet Charity’ by Joshua Barone

Ms. Foster heads Off Broadway for the 1966 musical, with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and a book by Neil Simon, in the fall season.

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

City Center’s Season to Include a New Vail Dance Festival by Joshua Barone

Vail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC is to run from Nov. 3-Nov. 6; the season includes Fall for Dance and performances by the ballerina Natalia Osipova.

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Monday, March 28, 2016

‘Barbara Cook: Then and Now’ Is Postponed Off Broadway by Joshua Barone

Ms. Cook’s one-woman show that was scheduled to begin performances on April 12, has been postponed.

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Sunday, March 27, 2016

Ballez to Combine Two Classic Tales in Nontraditional Form by Joshua Barone

“Sleeping Beauty and the Beast” — created by Katy Pyle, artistic director of Ballez — reimagines Tchaikovsky’s 1890 ballet “The Sleeping Beauty” and the 18th-century fairy tale…

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

ArtsBeat: New Dance Alliance Announces Lineup of Performance Mix Festival by Joshua Barone

This year’s festival runs from June 6 through 11 at the Abrons Arts Center.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

ArtsBeat: The Kitchen Announces Spring Season by Joshua Barone

The season opens with Joan Jonas’s “They Come to Us Without a Word II.”

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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

ArtsBeat: Neil Patrick Harris’s Latest Trick: A Magic-Themed Immersive Theater Project by Joshua Barone

Neil Patrick Harris is working on a new magical-themed immersive theater project that is aiming for a fall opening in New York.

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

Barbara Cook to Appear in One-Woman Show at New World Stages by Joshua Barone

“Barbara Cook: Then and Now,” inspired by a coming book of the same name, begins performances on April 13.

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Sunday, February 21, 2016

ArtsBeat: Tim Etchells Wins Award in Honor of Spalding Gray by Joshua Barone

Mr. Etchells is the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, a British theater troupe.

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

ArtsBeat: ‘Golden Bride’ to Return for Second Engagement by Joshua Barone

The Yiddish-language operetta had a successful Off Broadway run in November.

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ArtsBeat: Estelle Parsons Takes Role in New Israel Horovitz Comedy by Joshua Barone

Estelle Parsons will perform in a new comedy about four women who meet in Paris for the funeral of a 100-year-old man they all loved.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Robert Fairchild to Depart ‘An American in Paris’ by Joshua Barone

Garen Scribner, who performs in lieu of Mr. Fairchild twice a week, will take over beginning March 15.

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Thursday, February 4, 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016

José Limón Dance Foundation Appoints New Artistic Director by Joshua Barone

Colin Connor, a former soloist with Limón Dance Company who went on to a career in choreography and education, returns, to the foundation.

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A Paul Taylor American Modern Dance Program for $5 by Joshua Barone

Tickets for a triple bill by Paul Taylor American Modern Dance on March 15 will cost $5.

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