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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Challenges at Portland’s Profile Theater by Patrick Healy

After moving from New York to Oregon to run the Profile Theater in Portland, Adriana Baer faced many challenges, starting with finding the company a new home.    

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Monday, September 9, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Rocky’ Casting Is Announced for Broadway by Patrick Healy

Andy Karl will star as Rocky Balboa in the $15 million boxing musical “Rocky” that is set to begin performances at the Winter Garden Theater in February. Margo Seibert will make her Broa…

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ArtsBeat: Manhattan Theater Club to Stage New Fierstein Play on Broadway by Patrick Healy

“Casa Valentina” will be the Tony winner’s first play on Broadway since 1987.    

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

ArtsBeat: Broadway ‘Annie’ to Close in January by Patrick Healy

The revival will close at the Palace Theater on Jan. 5, 2014 after 38 preview performances and 487 regular performances, the producers announced.    

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The New Season: For ‘Big Fish,’ Susan Stroman Lures Investors, Too by Patrick Healy

For the new Broadway musical “Big Fish,” Susan Stroman isn’t just the director and choreographer. She is also a rainmaker.    

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Summertime, and Broadway Living Is Hard: Attendance Drops 8 Percent by Patrick Healy

Broadway hits like “The Book of Mormon,” “Wicked,” “Matilda” and “Pippin” are doing well, but overall, summer turnout was low.    

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ArtsBeat: Weinstein Lands a Big-Name Executive Producer for ‘Finding Neverland’ by Patrick Healy

The Broadway producer Barry Weissler will be an executive producer of “Finding Neverland,” the first big-budget stage musical from Harvey Weinstein.    

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

ArtsBeat: Michelle Williams to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Cabaret’ by Patrick Healy

The three-time Oscar nominee will star as Sally Bowles in the new production, aiming for an opening in early 2014.    

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ArtsBeat: Summer Attendance Falls on Broadway, but High Prices Lift Sales Totals by Patrick Healy

The tourist-heavy summer months of 2013 saw attendance fall by 8 percent compared to the same period last year, but high prices brought overall sales slightly higher.    

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ArtsBeat: ‘Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812’ Moving to Midtown by Patrick Healy

The immersive nightclub-meets-musical production, based on a section of Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” is moving to an empty lot on West 45th Street for a 14-week run.   &nb…

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ArtsBeat: London Production of ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ to Screened in Movie Theaters by Patrick Healy

The acclaimed London production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical “Merrily We Roll Along” will be shown in movie theaters on Oct. 23.    

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

And Now, a ‘Spider-Man’ Tell-All by Patrick Healy

A new memoir, to be published in November, details backstage maneuvering and insults in the development of this $75 million musical.    

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Monday, August 26, 2013

ArtsBeat: Weekly Ticket Sales Drop Under $1 Million for Broadway’s ‘Spider-Man’ by Patrick Healy

A spokesman for the production linked the drop in sales to the recent injury of one of the performers.    

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Shed in London Transcends the National Theater’s Shadow by Patrick Healy

The Shed, a temporary small theater under the aegis of the National Theater in London, has helped bring vitality to its venerable bigger sibling.    

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

ArtsBeat: Dancer Injured During ‘Spider-Man’ Performance by Patrick Healy

Daniel Curry, a dancer in the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” was seriously injured Thursday when part of his leg was caught in a piece of the show’s technically elab…

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The Director John Doyle Revives ‘The Color Purple’ in London by Patrick Healy

The Scottish director John Doyle, known for his spare stage productions, is behind an acclaimed revival of the musical “The Color Purple” in London.    

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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

‘All the Faces of the Moon’ Is Monologues on New York by Patrick Healy

Mike Daisey’s new series of monologues, “All the Faces of the Moon,” will take place over 29 nights at the Public Theater.    

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Friday, August 9, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Apple Family’ Cast Loses a Sister for Final Play by Patrick Healy

J. Smith-Cameron, who played Jane in the first three “Apple Family Plays,” will not be returning to the role.    

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ArtsBeat: 100 Monologues From Bogosian to Kick Off Labyrinth Theater Season by Patrick Healy

Eric Bogosian will perform at Bank Street Theater Oct. 1-20 as part of the Labyrinth Theater Company’s 2013-14 season.    

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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

In London, Punchdrunk’s ‘Drowned Man’ Has Audiences Roaming by Patrick Healy

“The Drowned Man” is the latest site-specific production from the Punchdrunk theater company of London.    

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Hollywood’s Big Bet on Broadway Adaptations by Patrick Healy

As film companies invest heavily in turning movies into Broadway musicals, they find it’s not so easy to pinpoint what might ensure a crossover success.    

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

ArtsBeat: In Search of Her Romeo, This Juliet Gains a Friar Laurence by Patrick Healy

Finn Wittrock has dropped out of the Classic Stage Company’s “Romeo and Juliet,” and William Hurt has signed on as Friar Laurence.    

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Defraud Broadway Producers by William K. Rashbaum and Patrick Healy

A former stockbroker admitted he invented investors and a phantom loan as part of a sham effort to rescue a failed production of “Rebecca.”    

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

ArtsBeat: Larry Kramer Is Married in Hospital Ceremony by Patrick Healy

The playwright and activist married his longtime partner, David Webster, on Wednesday, days after undergoing surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center.    

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ArtsBeat: Understudy Steps Up for Nathan Lane in ‘The Nance’ by Patrick Healy

Mr. Lane injured his foot and leg during Wednesday night’s performance and had to be replaced by his understudy, Stephen DeRosa.    

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

ArtsBeat: Public Theater Looking for New Home for ‘Here Lies Love’ by Patrick Healy

The immersive musical about Imelda Marcos will close on Sunday, but the theater promises a plan for reopening soon.    

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Pulitzer Winners Add Juice to Broadway’s Season by Patrick Healy

Plays by John Patrick Shanley, James Lapine and Ayad Akhtar are expected.    

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

ArtsBeat: Broadway ‘Macbeth’ Hires a Lady to Star With Hawke by Patrick Healy

The English actress Anne-Marie Duff will portray Lady Macbeth opposite Ethan Hawke in the fall.    

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ArtsBeat: Flea Theater Season Will Feature Salem Witches and Olsen Twins by Patrick Healy

The season includes works by Adriano Shaplin, A.R. Gurney, Jonathan Caren and Mallery Avidon.    

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

ArtsBeat: LaBeouf and ‘Orphans’ Producers Settle Over Firing by Patrick Healy

Shia LaBeouf and the producers of “Orphans” reached a settlement in response to a grievance Mr. LaBeouf filed with the Actors’ Equity union.    

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Friday, July 12, 2013

Intiman Theater in Seattle Downsizes Into a Summer Festival by Patrick Healy

The Intiman Theater in Seattle has reconstituted itself as a far smaller enterprise — the Intiman Theater Festival, with a mission of producing four shows every summer.   &n…

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