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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Arts & Leisure: ‘Carrie,’ a Huge Stage Flop, Is Reinvented by MCC Theater by Patrick Healy

One of Broadway’s greatest flops, “Carrie” is being dressed up, and toned down, for another onstage dance.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: Broadway Run for 'Clybourne Park' in Jeopardy by Patrick Healy

Lead producer Scott Rudin has pulled out of backing Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Clybourne Park," calling into question whether it will open on Broadway this spring.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

ArtsBeat: New Musical Set in 1960s Coming to Second Stage Theater by Patrick Healy

The musical "Dogfight" will have its world premiere at Second Stage Theater.

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Signature Theater Opens New Home in a Frank Gehry Building by Patrick Healy

Signature Theater Company opens its new home on Tuesday, an ambitious project undertaken in the midst of the recession.

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ArtsBeat: Even With a Jonas, A Box Office Drop for 'How to Succeed' by Patrick Healy

The gross of $682,879 for the standard eight performances was the lowest amount for "How to Succeed" since early preview performances last March.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

ArtsBeat: Tyne Daly, Ben Vereen Among Theater Hall of Fame Inductees by Patrick Healy

The Theater Hall of Fame names Ben Vereen and Tyne Daly among new honorees.

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ArtsBeat: Without Money in Place, 'Rebecca' Postpones Broadway Opening Until Next Season by Patrick Healy

"Rebecca," one of the Broadway season's most expensive musicals, has postponed its opening after producers couldn't raise all the money to capitalize the show.

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ArtsBeat: Yale Turns To Royal Shakespeare Company For Its New Playwriting Chair by Patrick Healy

Jeanie O'Haire, the dramaturg for the Royal Shakespeare Company, will succeed playwright Paula Vogel as chair of the Yale Drama School playwriting department.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Follies' Closes Without Turning a Profit by Patrick Healy

"Follies" closes on Broadway without turning a profit, though the head of the Kennedy Center says it outdid expectations and will help the center in the long run.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

‘War Horse’ Stage and Screen Versions Help Each Other by Patrick Healy

With shows like “War Horse,” “Rock of Ages” and “Chicago,” Broadway has come to embrace film adaptations as good for business.

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ArtsBeat: Laurents/Hatcher Playwriting Prize Goes to 'Modern Terrorism' by Patrick Healy

Jon Kern’s new play has been selected for the 2012 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award, a generous theater prize that provides $50,000 to the author and $100,000 toward the production costs …

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Television: ‘Smash’ on NBC, About Broadway, With Katharine McPhee by Patrick Healy

For Broadway veterans, nothing less than pride is on the line when “Smash,” the prime-time soap about the making of a musical, opens on Feb. 6 on NBC.

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ArtsBeat: 'Peter and the Starcatcher' Will Land on Broadway in March by Patrick Healy

The play "Peter and the Starcatcher" will transfer to Broadway in March.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'The Mountaintop' Recoups On Broadway by Patrick Healy

"The Mountaintop" will recoup its $3.1-million budget when it closes on Broadway this weekend.

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ArtsBeat: 'Clybourne Park' Coming to Broadway in April by Patrick Healy

The 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama by Bruce Norris will open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theater on April 12.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

‘Spider-Man’ Producers Sue Taymor for Breach by Patrick Healy

The producers of the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” marshaled a muscular counteroffensive in federal court in Manhattan against a lawsuit by Julie Taymor, the show’s …

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ArtsBeat: A Date for the Tony Awards by Patrick Healy

The organizers also set April 26 as the cut-off date for Broadway shows to open and be considered eligible for Tony nominations and awards.

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Friday, January 13, 2012

Classic Stage Company to Get 'Passion' by Patrick Healy

The revival of the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical, to be directed by John Doyle, will be the first musical in the 45-year history of the Classic Stage Company.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: As 'Clear Day' Clears Out, 'Leap of Faith' Will Leap Onto Broadway by Patrick Healy

"On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" is closing after two and a half months, making way for "Leap of Faith" to open at the St. James Theater.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Leap of Faith' Hoping to Head to Broadway This Spring by Patrick Healy

"Leap of Faith" would be the latest addition to a Broadway season that had a dearth of new original musicals only a few months ago.

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Monday, January 9, 2012

With ‘Porgy’ on Broadway, Gershwin Heirs Flex Their Rights by Patrick Healy

The Broadway adaptation of “Porgy and Bess,” opening Thursday, is just one of a series of attempts by composers’ estates to get the most out their work before copyrights expire.

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Friday, January 6, 2012

ArtsBeat Blog: Producing Partnership Behind 'Rent' and 'Avenue Q' Comes To An End by Patrick Healy

Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, the producing team behind "Rent," "Avenue Q" and "In the Heights," are amicably ending their professional partnership after 21 years.

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Thursday, January 5, 2012

ArtsBeat Blog: Jessica Chastain to Star in 'The Heiress' on Broadway by Patrick Healy

The upcoming Broadway revival of “The Heiress” has found its Catherine Sloper: Jessica Chastain, who received critical acclaim for film performances last year.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

ArtsBeat Blog: 'Relatively Speaking' to Close at the End of the Month by Patrick Healy

The comic triple bill by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen, and Elaine May will close on Broadway at the end of January after 153 performances.

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ArtsBeat Blog: Jackman to Try to Work His Box Office Magic as Houdini by Patrick Healy

Hugh Jackman will return to Broadway for the 2013-14 season playing Harry Houdini.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

ArtsBeat Blog: 'Lysistrata Jones' to Close by Patrick Healy

"Lysistrata Jones" will have played 34 preview performances and 30 regular performances when it closes on Sunday.

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ArtsBeat Blog: Broadway Box Office Soars, With 'Spider-Man' Flying Highest Ever by Patrick Healy

The holiday week box office on Broadway saw 18 shows top the $1 million mark, with "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" making more in a week than any other show in history.

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ArtsBeat Blog: Jeremy Jordan On Verge of Joining Broadway Move of Disney's 'Newsies' by Patrick Healy

The director of "Newsies," Jeff Calhoun recently told BroadwayWorld.com that "it'll be fun to be with Jeremy again," which was apparently an inadvertent slip on his part, since a moment late…

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Monday, January 2, 2012

Darren Criss of ‘Glee’ Fills Daniel Radcliffe’s Shoes by Patrick Healy

Darren Criss has his Broadway opening on Tuesday night, the start of a three-week run in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

‘Yank!’ and Other Shows Delayed but Still Hoping for Broadway by Patrick Healy

A progress report on some shows announced for Broadway that have yet to make their bows, and some of the factors that have caused delays.

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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…

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