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Monday, May 25, 2015

Laurents-Hatcher Award Announced by Patrick Healy

The foundation of the Broadway director Arthur Laurents and his longtime partner, Tom Hatcher, announced on Tuesday that its first playwriting award, worth $150,000, would go to Jeff Talbott.

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A Reluctant Redgrave, on ‘Daisy’ and More by Patrick Healy

Joined by James Earl Jones, Vanessa Redgrave talked about a Broadway role she at first was reluctant to tackle.

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'Spider-Man' Producers Have Their Eye on Script Doctor with Superhero Credentials by Patrick Healy

The producers of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have asked Mr. Aguirre-Sacasa, a playwright who also written Spider-Man stories for Marvel Comics, to help rewrite the s…

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Fosse Revival Coming to Roundabout by Patrick Healy

Two years after scrapping its original plans due to the recession, Roundabout Theater Company announced Wednesday that it would produce "Bob Fosse's Dancin' " this fall at Broadway's Studio …

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All of New York Is Shakespeare’s Stage by Patrick Healy

Until at least August, audiences will be able to find a Shakespeare work somewhere in New York City.

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'Spider-Man' Producers Hire Help; More Delays Possible by Patrick Healy

The producers of the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" have brought on a veteran musical supervisor and conductor, Paul Bogaev, as a consultant to help improve the performance…

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Washington Theater to Bring Back 'Oklahoma!' by Patrick Healy

A Washington theater is bringing back its much-praised production of "Oklahoma!" this summer and hopes Broadway will take note.

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'It Gets Better,' the Public Service Announcement by Patrick Healy

The It Gets Better Project, an online video campaign to cheer up gay teenagers who have been victims of bullies, has joined with the stars of the new Broadway musical "Priscilla Queen of the…

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The 'Lion' Roars Loudest At the Box Office After 13 Years on Broadway by Patrick Healy

"The Lion King" is the first show to hit No. 1 in Broadway's weekly box office grosses so late in the life of its run, edging out its closest competitors, "Wicked" and "Spider-Man: Turn Off …

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Robin Wagner, Set Designer for 'Producers,' 'Dreamgirls,' Gets Excellence Award by Patrick Healy

The veteran Broadway set designer, whose early use of large-scale automated scenery in musicals like "On the Twentieth Century" and "Dreamgirls" has now become standard in American theater, …

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'Normal Heart' Revival a Late Addition to Broadway (and Tony) Calendar by Patrick Healy

Larry Kramer's landmark play about love, AIDS and New York in the 1980s, which will begin preview performances at the Golden Theater on April 19 and open on April 27.

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In Twist, Off Broadway Looms Larger for Hits by Patrick Healy

“Rent” is set to follow a trail blazed by “Avenue Q,” in which a well-known Broadway show moves to the cheaper environment of Off Broadway.

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In Twist, Off Broadway Looms Larger for Hits by Patrick Healy

“Rent” is set to follow a trail blazed by “Avenue Q,” in which a well-known Broadway show moves to the cheaper environment of Off Broadway.

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'Spider-Man' Producers Mulling Another Delay for Opening Night by Patrick Healy

The musical's producers are considering postponing opening night again, perhaps as late as June, say people familiar with the deliberations.

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Bono Swings In To Help Decide Whether 'Spider-Man' Is Ready To Fly by Patrick Healy

The U2 lead singer will attend Tuesday night's performance and share with his fellow creators whether he thinks the musical is ready to open on March 15.

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Steppenwolf Theater Company to Tackle Doctorow's Civil War Novel by Patrick Healy

"The March," transformed to the stage, will use 27 actors.

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George C. Wolfe To Help Out on 'The Normal Heart' by Patrick Healy

George C. Wolfe to help out on "Normal Heart" directing.

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‘Spider-Man' Overhaul to Delay Opening by Patrick Healy

The producers of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” are planning a significant overhaul of the $65 million Broadway musical that would involve shutting down performances for two to …

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Cromer and Hecht to Reunite for 'Streetcar' at Williamstown by Patrick Healy

This "Streetcar" will build upon Mr. Cromer's widely praised mounting of the Tennessee Williams play last year at the Writers' Theater in Glencoe, Ill., with the same designers but new cast …

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‘Spider-Man’ Director Is Said to Be Leaving by PATRICK HEALY

Julie Taymor will step aside as director of “Spider-Man” once talks have concluded, the lead producer reportedly told investors.

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‘Spider-Man’ Overhaul Forces a 3-Month Delay by Patrick Healy

The producers are planning an overhaul of the $65 million musical that would involve shutting down weeks of performances.

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Precipitous Fall for ‘Spider-Man’ Director by Patrick Healy

After nine years of work, Julie Taymor is stepping aside, and friends described her as anguished and distraught.

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New Director for 'Spider-Man' by Patrick Healy

Julie Taymor is stepping aside as director of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," and will be replaced by Philip William McKinley, who previously directed "The Boy From Oz" and the circus.

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A Broadway Makeover for ‘Priscilla’ Queens by Patrick Healy

The campy musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” has undergone some Americanization as it prepares to open on Broadway.

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‘Spider-Man’: Turn On the Changes by Patrick Healy

Producers will cut some of Julie Taymor’s signature touches as they reshape the Broadway show “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”

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'American Idiot' to Close by Patrick Healy

The Broadway musical will close on April 24 after 27 preview performances and 421 regular performances, the producers announced on Thursday.

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‘Spider-Man’ Will Open on June 14 (So They Say) by Patrick Healy

The $65 million Broadway musical announced its sixth delay and canceled three weeks of previews to incorporate “significant and exciting revisions.”

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A Broadway Makeover for ‘Priscilla’ Queens by Patrick Healy

The campy musical “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” has undergone some Americanization as it prepares to open on Broadway.

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‘Spider-Man’: Turn On the Changes by Patrick Healy

Producers will cut some of Julie Taymor’s signature touches as they reshape the Broadway show “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”

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