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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Ben Sprecher, ‘Rebecca’ Producer, Explains His Fallen Dream by Patrick Healy and William K. Rashbaum

Ben Sprecher, now clear of any suggestion he did anything untoward to cause the musical’s collapse, has begun to spell out how it could have happened.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:14AM
Monday, October 8, 2012

City Room: Inquiry Finds That Four 'Rebecca' Investors Did Not Exist by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

The lawyer for the lead producer of the Broadway musical, which collapsed after the reported death of a mysterious investor, said on Sunday that the investor and three others who were brough…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:17PM
Friday, October 5, 2012

Commission Was Involved in $4.5 Million Financing for ‘Rebecca’ by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

It seems increasingly likely that a fund-raiser fabricated the four investors whom producers were relying on, according to a lawyer for the Broadway musical’s lead producer.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:28AM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

2nd U.S. Inquiry Centers on ‘Rebecca’ Go-Between by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

Mark C. Hotton, a stockbroker who introduced a producer of the musical to the mysterious investor Paul Abrams, is the subject of an unrelated federal fraud investigation.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:02PM
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

‘Rebecca’ Go-Between Is at Center of Separate U.S. Inquiry by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

Mark C. Hotton, a stockbroker who introduced a producer of the musical to the mysterious investor Paul Abrams, is the subject of an unrelated federal fraud investigation.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:27PM
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

L.I. Man Said to Have Connected ‘Rebecca’ Producer With Investor by Patrick Healy and William K. Rashbaum

A man with a history of civil fraud complaints against him steered the lead producer of “Rebecca” to the investor, according to a person who learned about the middleman from the producer.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:51PM

ArtsBeat: 'Rebecca' Producer Denies Inventing Mystery Investor by Patrick Healy and William K. Rashbaum

As criminal investigation proceeds, Ben Sprecher says he is still looking to stage the musical on Broadway or elsewhere.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:56PM
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Review: 2012 FringeNYC Roundup #8 by Dan Bacalzo and Chris Kompanek

Reports on 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, City of Shadows, Rated M for Mature, and Dogs: A Biting Comedy.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AM
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Review: 2012 FringeNYC Roundup #7 by Dan Bacalzo and Chris Kompanek

Reports on An Interrogation Primer, Nocturnal, and Vacuum at the New York International Fringe Festival.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Review: 2012 FringeNYC Roundup #6 by Chris Kompanek and Zachary Stewart

Reports on New York International Fringe Festival shows Decompression, Mahmoud, and Would.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AM
Friday, August 17, 2012

Review: 2012 FringeNYC Roundup #4 by Andy Buck and Chris Kompanek

Reports on Pieces,The Underdeveloped and Overexposed Life of Deena Domino, and REDlight.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AM
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Review: 2012 NYMF Roundup #3 by Dan Bacalzo, Chris Kompanek, and Brooke Pierce

Reports on Prison Dancer: The Musical, Swing State, Foreverman, and Le Cabaret Grimm.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

‘Spider-Man’ tech suicide fears  by Rocco Parascandola and Joe Kemp

A VIDEO technician for the Broadway hit “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is missing after he sent suicidal notes to friends, police sources said. Jason Lindahl, 27, was last seen at his …

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:24PM
Sunday, March 4, 2012

Arts, Briefly: Film Actors Join Paul Weitz Play by Patrick Healy and Adam W. Kepler

Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby have joined the cast of Paul Weitz’s new comedy, “Lonely, I’m Not,” at the Off Broadway Second Stage Theater.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:35PM
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

ArtsBeat: Rolling Along: Sondheim Discloses He's Working on a New Show by Adam W. Kepler and Patrick Healy

The Tony-winning composer Stephen Sondheim is collaborating with playwright David Ives on a new musical.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:41PM
Thursday, December 29, 2011

The Year Ahead: Kevin Spacey in ‘Richard III’ at Brookyn Academy of Music by Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood and Patrick Healy

A look at some of the theatrical offerings of 2012, including Kevin Spacey in “Richard III,” Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis in “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” and a revival of “Me…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:20PM
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Arts & Leisure: Critics Look Back at Favorite Stage Moments of 2011 by Erik Piepenburg, Catherine Rampell, David Rooney, Scott Heller, Patrick Healy, Eric Grode, Jason Zinoman and Andy Webster

Critics and writers for The New York Times recall their favorite moments onstage in 2011, some of them happening in the smallest and most offbeat of places.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:25PM
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Review: NYMF 2011 Roundup #5 by Dan Bacalzo and Chris Kompanek

Reports on Kiki Baby, Tour de Fierce, and Greenwood.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:53PM
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Library Books on Kindle: A Visual Walkthrough by Lauren Lampasone, Reference and Research Services

Have you heard? Library books are now available to borrow on Kindle devices and other devices with Kindle reading software (Windows, Mac, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Windo…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:14AM
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Review: FringeNYC 2011 Review Roundup #6 by Dan Bacalzo, Chris Kompanek, and Brooke Pierce

Reports on Bella and the Pool Boy, What The Sparrow Said, Sanyasi2011, and Carnival Knowledge.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AM
Monday, August 22, 2011

Review: FringeNYC 2011 Review Roundup #5 by David Finkle, Chris Kompanek, and Andy Propst

Reports on The Bardy Bunch, Leonard Cohen Koans, The Mountain Song, Paper Cut, and The Rubber Room.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:23PM
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Review: FringeNYC 2011 Review Roundup #2 by Dan Bacalzo, Andy Buck, and Chris Kompanek

Reports on Nils' F*cked Up Day, Before Placing Me On Your Shelf, and American Vaudeville Theatre 15th Anniversary ExTRAVaganza.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Monday, August 15, 2011

Review: FringeNYC 2011 Review Roundup #1 by Dan Bacalzo, Andy Buck, and Chris Kompanek

Reports on Winner Take All (A Rock Opera), Parker & Dizzy's Fabulous Journey To the End Of the Rainbow, I Will Be Good, and Happy Worst Day Ever.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Monday, August 1, 2011

Review: NYMF 2010 Roundup #3 by Chris Kompanek and Meredith Lee

Reports on My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, The History of War, and Above Hell's Kitchen.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM

Review: NYMF 2010 Roundup #2 by Dan Bacalzo, Chris Kompanek, and Sandy MacDonald

Reports on Frog Kiss, The Tenth Floor, Jay Alan Zimmerman's Incredibly Deaf Musical, and POPart: the Musical.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54AM
Friday, June 24, 2011

Shakespeare Troupe Starts Building Brooklyn Theater by Patrick Healy and Kate Taylor

The Theater for a New Audience breaks ground for its own theater in Brooklyn.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:34PM
Thursday, June 23, 2011

How the Numbers Add Up (Way Up) for ‘Spider-Man’ by Kevin Flynn and Patrick Healy

The web is untangling to show how $75 million was spent on “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” more than twice as much as any production in Broadway history.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:41AM
Thursday, April 14, 2011

ArtsBeat: For One Last Weekend, a Chance to See 'Spider-Man' 1.0 by Patrick Healy and Scott Heller

This weekend is the last chance to see the director Julie Taymor's original vision for the $70 million-and-counting musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:15PM
Sunday, March 13, 2011

A Broadway Superlative for All the Wrong Reasons by Patrick Healy and Kevin Flynn

“Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” has been more than nine years in the making, and its final form still remains up in the air.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:53PM

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