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Thursday, November 10, 2022

‘Dancin’’ Revival to Boogie Onto Broadway in March by Michael Paulson

The show, originally created by Bob Fosse in the late 1970s, has been reimagined with the blessing of his daughter.

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Friday, November 4, 2022

Between Kanye and the Midterms, the Unsettling Stream of Antisemitism by Michael Paulson and Ruth Graham

For American Jews, this fall has become increasingly worrisome. On Thursday alone, the F.B.I. warned of threats to New Jersey synagogues and the Nets suspended Kyrie Irving.

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Monday, October 31, 2022

Ben Platt on the Unfortunate Timeliness of His ‘Parade’ Revival by Michael Paulson

The 29-year-old actor, best known for his Tony-winning turn in “Dear Evan Hansen,” this week returns to the stage at New York City Center.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

‘New York, New York,’ a Film-Inspired Homage, Plans Broadway Bow by Michael Paulson

The new musical, based on the 1977 Martin Scorsese film, features songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb and is directed by Susan Stroman.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Nathan Lane to Return to Broadway This Winter in ‘Pictures From Home’ by Michael Paulson

The play, written by Sharr White and directed by Bartlett Sher, will also star Danny Burstein and Zoë Wanamaker.

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Friday, October 21, 2022

‘Back to the Future’ Musical to Open on Broadway Next Summer by Michael Paulson

The show, now in London, has a creative team that combines veterans of the film with some Broadway stalwarts. Performances will begin on June 30.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Times Square May Get One of the Few Spectacles It Lacks: A Casino by Dana Rubinstein, Nicole Hong and Michael Paulson

The battle to win a New York City casino license has heated up in Manhattan, with real estate and gambling giants offering competing proposals for Times Square and Hudson Yards.

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For Broadway’s 1776, featuring Seattle’s Sara Porkalob, the drama is offstage by Michael Paulson and Jennifer Schuessler

The current Broadway revival of “1776” was hoping to spark a conversation about power and representation. And it has, if not quite in the way it intended.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

For Broadway’s ‘1776’ Revival, the Drama Is Offstage by Michael Paulson and Jennifer Schuessler

A cast member criticized the consciously progressive revival for its handling of race in rehearsals, saying there had been “harm done.” She later apologized for her comments.

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Monday, October 17, 2022

Patti LuPone Says She Resigned From Stage Actors’ Union by Michael Paulson

The actress left months ago, and revealed her exit on Monday after her name arose during discussion of the errant reprimanding of a “Hadestown” patron who was using a captioning device.

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

‘A Strange Loop,’ Which Won Best Musical, to End Broadway Run by Michael Paulson

The meta-musical, which won the Tony Award this year and the Pulitzer Prize in 2020, announced it would close on Jan. 15.

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

That Oscar Levant Play Had an Earlier Version. Its Writer Is Unhappy. by Michael Paulson

The actor Sean Hayes is planning to come to Broadway next spring in “Good Night, Oscar,” written by Doug Wright. But another playwright, David Adjmi, is not pleased with the way his earl…

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Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan to Star in Hansberry Revival by Michael Paulson

“The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,” a rarely revived play by Lorraine Hansberry, will be presented at BAM starting in February.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else by Michael Paulson

The first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in drama has four shows this season. “If you can hear the world singing, it’s your job to write it down,” she said.

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Monday, October 3, 2022

As ‘Come From Away’ Closes, a Newfoundlander Heads Back Home by Michael Paulson

The Canadian actress Petrina Bromley has been in the cast during the show’s surprise hit run on Broadway. It resonated because “it’s about kindness,” she says.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Bad Cinderella’ to Open on Broadway in March by Michael Paulson

The musical, which was known simply as “Cinderella” during a previous run in London, is a new adaptation of the classic fairy tale.

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Friday, September 23, 2022

Lynn Nottage’s ‘Clyde’s’ Is the Most-Staged Play in America by Michael Paulson

An annual survey, suspended during the pandemic, resumes and finds theaters nationally doing fewer shows and torn between escapism and ambition.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Carol Burnett Leading Campaign to Rename Theater for Hal Prince by Michael Paulson

The Majestic Theater has housed “The Phantom of the Opera,” which Prince directed, for the entire 35 years of its run.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Mike Birbiglia to Return to Broadway With a New Show This Fall by Michael Paulson

The comedic storyteller, who previously brought a solo show to Broadway in 2018, has a new act for a new age.

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‘Beetlejuice’ to Close on Broadway by Michael Paulson

The show had a bumpy, boisterous run, and will now begin a tour.

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Monday, September 19, 2022

Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant by Michael Paulson

“Good Night, Oscar,” by Doug Wright, explores the life of a pianist who became famous as a witty guest and host of midcentury radio and television shows.

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Sunday, September 18, 2022

After ‘Phantom,’ Which Shows Will Be the Longest-Running on Broadway? by Michael Paulson

Hints: They both reached for the gun. I’m working on my roar! Everyone deserves the chance to fly. Have fun in hell!

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‘The World Has Changed’: Cameron Mackintosh on Closing ‘Phantom’ by Michael Paulson

In an interview, the storied British producer said that weakening box office and rising production costs led to the decision to end the longest run in Broadway history.

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Friday, September 16, 2022

‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Broadway’s Longest-Running Show, to Close by Michael Paulson

The theatergoing audience has been slow to return after the pandemic lockdown, and the show hasn’t been selling well enough to defray its running costs.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. by Michael Paulson

For the musical’s Hamburg premiere, a team wrestled with language and cultural differences to bring the story alive for a new audience.

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Six Lyrics That Show Why ‘Hamilton’ Is Tough to Translate by Michael Paulson

A direct transfer of words was never going to work for such a complex show. So the team involved got creative.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

New Musical From ‘Strange Loop’ Writer to Run Off Broadway by Michael Paulson

‘White Girl in Danger,’ a soap opera satire by Michael R. Jackson, will be staged in New York next spring by Second Stage and Vineyard theaters.

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Broadway’s ‘Music Man’ Revival Will End Run on Jan. 1 by Michael Paulson

The show’s producers have decided not to recast after stars Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster finish runs of slightly more than a year in the show.

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Are Men in Dresses and Wigs Still Funny in Comedy? by Michael Paulson and Justin J Wee

As “Some Like It Hot” and “Ain’t No Mo’” head to Broadway, following runs of “Tootsie” and “Mrs. Doubtfire,” 10 artists reflect on an enduring trope and how it works, or …

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

New York City Center Taps Veteran Arts Administrator as Its Next Head by Michael Paulson

Michael S. Rosenberg, the managing director of the McCarter Theater Center, will succeed Arlene Shuler as the City Center president and chief executive.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

A New ‘Christmas Carol’ for Broadway by Michael Paulson

Jefferson Mays will bring his adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic to the Nederlander Theater starting in November.

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