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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Predictions From Tony Award Voters by Patrick Healy

A sampling of Tony voters share their decisions about who will be anointed the best of Broadway.    

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Monday, June 3, 2013

ArtsBeat: Tony Contenders in Battle of the Box Office by Patrick Healy

“Kinky Boots” and “Matilda” — both best musical nominees — are battling it out at the box office, while “Lucky Guy” is the top selling nominated play.    

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ArtsBeat: Lilly Awards for Women in Theater Go to Lois Smith, Mimi Kilgore by Patrick Healy

The actress Jessica Hecht and the playwrights Paula Vogel and Tanya Barfield will also receive prizes at the ceremony, to be held Monday night.    

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

ArtsBeat: Emma Stone Is Out of ‘Cabaret’ Revival by Patrick Healy

Ms. Stone was to make her Broadway debut as Sally Bowles.    

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ArtsBeat: ‘Les Misérables’ Sets Broadway Opening Date by Patrick Healy

“Les Misérables” will run at the Imperial Theater and begin previews on March 1, 2014, with an opening night of March 23.    

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ArtsBeat: Cinderella Adaptation to Play Off Broadway in 2014 by Patrick Healy

“Cinderella/Cendrillon,” based on the Brothers Grimm version of the Cinderella tale, will run at New York Theater Workshop in May 2014, the theater announced on Thursday.  &nbs…

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ArtsBeat: Who Needs a Tony Nomination? Midler’s One-Woman Show Pays Off by Patrick Healy

“I’ll Eat You Last,” starring Bette Midler, recoups its $2.4 million capitalization after eight weeks of performances on Broadway.    

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Soul Doctor’ to Bring a Singing Rabbi to Broadway by Patrick Healy

The success of the musical may shed light on the purchasing power of Jewish theater-goers from the New York region, who were once the backbone of Broadway.    

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

ArtsBeat: Broadway Attendance Fell Six Percent This Season by Patrick Healy

Attendance at Broadway shows fell to its lowest level in eight years, but grosses were unchanged because of rising ticket prices.    

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ArtsBeat: Rebecca Hall to Make Broadway Debut in Revival of 85-Year-Old Play by Patrick Healy

The British actress Rebecca Hall will appear in “Machinal,” which has not been on Broadway since the original production in 1928.    

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Musical Heading to Second Stage Theater by Patrick Healy

The adaptation of the film “Little Miss Sunshine” is to begin previews at Second Stage in October.    

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

ArtsBeat: Obies Ceremony Celebrates Departing Village Voice Theater Critic by Patrick Healy

The newspaper’s firing of Michael Feingold drew remarks from the stage but no loud protest at the annual event honoring Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway theater.    

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Monday, May 20, 2013

ArtsBeat: Obie Awards Honor ‘Detroit’ and ‘Grimly Handsome’ by Patrick Healy

In a tie, Lisa D’Amour’s “Detroit” and Julia Jarcho’s “Grimly Handsome” shared the Obie Award for best new American play.    

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ArtsBeat: ‘Matilda’ Wins Big at Drama Desk Awards by Patrick Healy

‘Matilda’ won awards for outstanding musical, featured actor (Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchbull), lyrics, book, and set design.    

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: Sale of Foxwoods on Broadway May Be Near by Patrick Healy

The Ambassador Theater Group, a dominant theater owner and producer in Britain, is poised to buy the theater, one of Broadway’s 40 houses and home of the musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off th…

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ Coming to Broadway by Patrick Healy

The musical comedy “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder” is coming to the Walter Kerr Theater in the fall.    

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ArtsBeat: Extended Runs for Some Tony Nominees by Patrick Healy

Three best play nominees — “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” “The Assembled Parties” and “Lucky Guy” — extended their runs.    

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

ArtsBeat: Roundabout Theater Announces Changes to Fall Season by Patrick Healy

A Broadway revival of “The Winslow Boy” will take the place of a planned production of “The Philadelphia Story.”    

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Friday, May 10, 2013

‘Cinderella’ and ‘Kinky Boots,’ Previews to Opening Night by Patrick Healy

“Kinky Boots,” which had a run in Chicago before coming to Broadway, and “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” with no out-of-town run, both got major surgery because of surveys of…

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

ArtsBeat: Cherry Jones to Return to Manhattan Theater Club in New Play by Patrick Healy

Ms. Jones will return to the theater’s Off Broadway stage next spring in a new drama by Sarah Treem, “When We Were Young and Unafraid.”    

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Sunday, May 5, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Piano Lesson’ and ‘The Whale’ Win Lortel Awards by Patrick Healy

Signature Theater’s revival of August Wilson’s “Piano Lesson” and the Playwrights Horizon production of “The Whale” were the big winners at the ceremony for the Lucille Lortel Aw…

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

ArtsBeat: I’ll Seat You Last: Tony-Snubbed Shows Take Back Free Tickets by Patrick Healy

The producers of “I’ll Eat You Last” and “Macbeth,” both of which were blanked in the Tony nomination derby, have decided not to offer free tickets to Tony voters.   …

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ArtsBeat: ‘The Nance’ Extends Its Run by Patrick Healy

Following on its five Tony nominations, the Douglas Carter Beane play starring Nathan Lane will be extended eight weeks.    

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ArtsBeat: ‘Buyer & Cellar’ Moving to Larger Theater by Patrick Healy

Michael Urie’s one-man play will transfer from the 99-seat Rattlestick Playwrights Theater to the 199-seat Barrow Street Theater starting in June.    

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

ArtsBeat: The Testament of Toibin: A Tony Nod, and a Closing Notice by Patrick Healy

The writer Colm Toibin reflects on his first experience as a Broadway playwright with “The Testament of Mary,” which was nominated for a top award and announced its closing on the same d…

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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

It’s ‘Kinky Boots’ vs. ‘Matilda’ in Tony Nominations by Patrick Healy

Traditional song-and-dance shows about scrappy underdogs dominated the Tony Award nominations on Tuesday.    

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ArtsBeat: Tony Awards 2013 Nominations Live Blog by Patrick Healy

The nominations for the 67th annual Tonys will be announced at 8:30 a.m., and we’ll be live-blogging throughout the morning with analysis of the picks, the snubs and their artistic and com…

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Monday, April 29, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Motown: The Musical’ Surges at Box Office Ahead of Tony Nominations by Patrick Healy

“Motown: The Musical” is the biggest box office hit among the new productions of the 2012-13 season and the two likely front-runners for the best musical Tony, “Matilda” and “Kinky…

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ArtsBeat: ‘Curious Incident’ Dominates at Olivier Awards by Patrick Healy

The National Theater production, an adaptation of the best-selling novel, won seven prizes, including best play and best actor.    

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Rocky’ Musical Is Heading to Broadway by Patrick Healy

Preview performances are set to begin in February at the Winter Garden Theater, the lead producers announced on Sunday.    

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Friday, April 26, 2013

ArtsBeat: ‘Matilda’ Quartet Will Get Special Tony But Won’t Be Eligible for Best Actress by Patrick Healy

The committee administering the awards contradicted a precedent set when three performers playing “Billy Elliot” were jointly eligible, and won, the top Tony.    

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