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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Rabbit, Runs: 'Harvey,' With Jim Parsons, Sets Broadway Opening Date by Patrick Healy

Mr. Parsons, the "Big Bang Theory" star, will take on the role of Elwood, the genial eccentric who claims to see a six-foot-tall white rabbit named Harvey.

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Monday, November 28, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Thanksgiving Week Broadway Box Office Stuffed with Good News by Patrick Healy

Even with fewer shows playing, Broadway box office is up for the holiday week.

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ArtsBeat Blog: Tony Kushner Wins $100,000 Award for 'Creative Citizenship' by Patrick Healy

The playwright is honored for his "lifetime of artistic work and activism."

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

‘Spider-Man,’ a Year After First Preview, Is on Solid Ground by Patrick Healy

A year after its preview disasters “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” is established as a solid Broadway show.

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Friday, November 25, 2011

New Pricing Strategy Makes the Most of Hot Broadway Tickets by Patrick Healy

Hit shows like “Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway” and “The Book of Mormon” use the supply-and-demand strategy of dynamic pricing to raise ticket prices for the best seats.

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

‘On a Clear Day’ Now Centers on the Psychiatrist by Patrick Healy

The wacky 1965 musical “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever” is reimagined, and Daisy becomes Davey.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Frank Wildhorn, Composer of ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ by Patrick Healy

The composer Frank Wildhorn has not exactly been the critics’ favorite, but his backers believe things will be different with his new show, “Bonnie & Clyde.”

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Jim Parsons May Go From Sheldon to 'Harvey' by Patrick Healy

Jim Parsons in talks to star in "Harvey" on Broadway

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ArtsBeat Blog: Bernadette Peters and Martin Short Linked to Possible Revival of 'I Do! I Do!' by Patrick Healy

The show "I Do! I Do!," the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical, has never been revived on Broadway since it was first produced in 1966.

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ArtsBeat Blog: 'End of the Rainbow' Finds a Broadway Home by Patrick Healy

"End of the Rainbow," a hit London drama-with-music about Judy Garland's final months, will play in New York this spring at the Belasco Theater, one of the last Broadway houses to announce i…

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Tommy Tune Recalls Studio 54 Glory Days in New Show by Patrick Healy

Tommy Tune’s creative spirit keeps bubbling, this time at the University of Miami, where he is mounting a new musical based on Studio 54.

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Disney Starts Small for ‘Newsies the Musical’ by Patrick Healy

Disney announced plans to mount a low-budget, three-month run of “Newsies the Musical” in New York in part because two of its recent productions on Broadway were critical and commercial …

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ArtsBeat Blog: 'Leap of Faith' Heading to Broadway Next Fall by Patrick Healy

The musical was adapted from the 1992 Steve Martin film about an evangelical con man who is offered a chance at redemption.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: In Esquire, Taymor Says She Was Unfairly Maligned by U2 Leaders Over 'Spider-Man' Woes by Patrick Healy

In an interview with Esquire magazine, Julie Taymor accuses Bono and the Edge of U2 - her former collaborators on "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" - of maligning her as a bogus explanation fo…

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‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ Is Less Changed for Broadway by Patrick Healy

When “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” opens on Broadway, it won’t have some of the proposed revisions criticized by Stephen Sondheim, but the show’s director and lead producer still…

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Monday, November 7, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011

Producer Explains the Scrapping of ‘Funny Girl’ by Patrick Healy

When four investors each backed out, the “Funny Girl” revival planned for Los Angeles and Broadway had to close down.

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Thursday, November 3, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Original 'Spider-Man' Director Taymor Will Be Eligible For Tony by Patrick Healy

Julie Taymor solely eligible for best director Tony for "Spider Man," says awards administration panel

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ArtsBeat Blog: LuPone and Metcalf to Square Off on Broadway in New Mamet Play by Patrick Healy

Patti LuPone and Laurie Metcalf to costar in new David Mamet play coming to Broadway

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

A Rush to Get Musicals to Broadway by Patrick Healy

A thin slate of new musicals this season has some producers hustling to find a Broadway theater for their shows.

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ArtsBeat Blog: 'Rebecca' Musical Gets a Theater and a Star by Patrick Healy

Sierra Boggess ("The Little Mermaid," "Love Never Dies") has been cast to play the second Mrs. de Winter in a Broadway production of "Rebecca," a musical version of Daphne du Maurier's gothi…

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Candice Bergen and Angela Lansbury and John Larroquette Join Cast of 'Gore Vidal's The Best Man' by Patrick Healy

Candice Bergen, Angela Lansbury, John Larroquette, and Michael McKean will join the previously announced James Earl Jones in the Broadway revival.

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Monday, October 31, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Unusually High Prices Jack Up Hugh Jackman's Broadway Haul by Patrick Healy

Hugh Jackman's new concert on Broadway set a house record at the Broadhurst Theater, earning more than of $1.2 million last week, a result of the producers' decision to charge exorbitant pri…

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ArtsBeat Blog: Injured Broadway Stars Hope for Quick Returns to the Stage by Patrick Healy

Jan Maxwell of "Follies" was hit by a car and will be sidelined from performances. Meanwhile, "The Book of Mormon" star Josh Gad was injured during last Thursday's performance of the Tony A…

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Friday, October 28, 2011

‘SeeWatchLook’: Street Scenes at the High Line by Patrick Healy

A show called “SeeWatchLook” presents quintessential New York characters to a sometimes unwitting audience.

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ArtsBeat Blog: Leading Actresses Bowing Out of 'Spider-Man' in November by Patrick Healy

The show will have a new Mary Jane Watson and a new Arachne.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Memories of Joseph Papp Abound at Public Theater Celebration by Patrick Healy

Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and more reminisce about Joseph Papp, the brilliant, domineering and fiercely loyal founder of the Public Theater.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Roundabout Extends Its Commitment to 'Sons of the Prophet' and Its Playwright by Patrick Healy

Roundabout Theater Company plans to stay in the Stephen Karam business.

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ArtsBeat Blog: Kirstie Alley May Lead 'Hollywood Whores' to Broadway by Patrick Healy

Kirstie Alley may star in "The Fabulous Lies of Hollywood Whores," a new comedy aimed at Broadway

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