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Monday, March 25, 2013

Solid Sales for ‘Pippin’ and ‘The Nance’ on Broadway by Patrick Healy

Two of the highest-profile new shows had healthy starts in their first weekend of performances, while "The Book of Mormon" broke a record for combined sales in London and New York.

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ArtsBeat: Producers Will Create a ‘Russian’ Supper Club for Relaunched ‘Natasha’ Musical by Patrick Healy

Dave Malloy’s acclaimed electro-pop show, which originated at Ars Nova, will be restaged in a 6.000-square-foot space in the meatpacking district.

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‘The Flick’ Prompts an Explanation From Playwrights Horizons by Patrick Healy

The artistic director of Playwrights Horizons sent an e-mail to subscribers explaining the company's decision to produce Annie Baker's play "The Flick," which has been embraced by critics bu…

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ArtsBeat: Producers and Set Designer to Get Lifetime Achievement Tonys by Patrick Healy

Bernard Gersten, Paul Libin and Ming Cho Lee will be honored at the Tonys ceremony on June 9.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

‘Matilda’ Arrives on Broadway With Big Dreams by Patrick Healy

“Matilda,” a hit in London, arrives on Broadway as the theater’s latest shot at the dream of a global blockbuster.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Elaine Stritch Announces Final Show at Café Carlyle by Patrick Healy

Elaine Stritch, 88, who has a Tony Award and three Emmys, said her last show at Café Carlyle will be in the first week of April.

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ArtsBeat: ‘The Revisionst’ Eyes Broadway as it Extends Run by Patrick Healy

The play by Jesse Eisenberg, starrting Vanessa Redgrave, is one of the hottest Off Broadway tickets.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: Judge Sets Court Date in ‘Spider-Man’ Trial by Patrick Healy

Despite agreeing in principle on a settlement, the producers and former director of the show have not been able to hammer out final details in their dispute over copyright and profits.

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ArtsBeat: Broadway ‘Cat’ Revival Cools at Box Office by Patrick Healy

The revival of Tennessee Williams’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” starring Scarlett Johansson, may still recoup its capitalization on Broadway.

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Thursday, March 14, 2013

ArtsBeat: Dueling Court Filings by ‘Rebecca’ Combatants Reveal Backstage Drama by Patrick Healy

After the former publicist for the troubled musical seeks dismissal of a lawsuit against him, the producers respond with details of phony emails sent to warn a potential investor.

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ArtsBeat: Billie Joe Armstrong to Write Songs for Yale Repertory Theater Show by Patrick Healy

“These Paper Bullets” is a rock ‘n’ roll updating of “Much Ado About Nothing.”

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

ArtsBeat: Signature Theater Season to Include Premiere of New Albee Work by Patrick Healy

“Edward Albee’s Laying an Egg,” a new play by the Tony Award-winning writer, will have its world premiere this summer at Signature Theater – one of several productions that the compa…

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

ArtsBeat: New York Theater Workshop’s New Season to Feature Caryl Churchill Play by Patrick Healy

The 2013-14 season will feature Ms. Churchill’s “Love and Information,” Will Power’s “Fetch Clay, Make Man,” “What’s It All About: Bacharach Imagined” and a fourth play to …

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ArtsBeat: Judge Said to Be Frustrated Over Lack of Settlement in ‘Spider-Man’ Battle by Patrick Healy

The parties have been saying they are close to a deal, but the legal wrangling continues.

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ArtsBeat: Strong Sales for ‘Lucky Guy’ With Tom Hanks by Patrick Healy

Several new Broadway shows are off to good starts at the box office, none more so than the Tom Hanks vehicle “Lucky Guy,” which last week became the rare play to take in more than $1 mil…

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Monday, March 11, 2013

ArtsBeat: Connecticut School’s Production of ‘Sweeney Todd’ Sparks Protest by Patrick Healy

Some residents in Woodbridge, Conn., believe that “Sweeney Todd” is too violent for the students in the Amity Regional High School drama program.

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ArtsBeat: Free Festival to Offer Plays With New York Themes by Patrick Healy

The NewYorkNewYork festival is scheduled to run March 18-24.

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

ArtsBeat: Victory Gardens Theater To Shrink Its 2013-14 Season by Patrick Healy

In his second year as artistic director, Chay Yew has decided to put on three productions, instead of the usual five, as part of a strategic plan to shore up the theater’s shaky finances.

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Monday, March 4, 2013

ArtsBeat: A Fast Start for ‘Lucky Guy’ on Broadway by Patrick Healy

The Nora Ephron play, starring Tom Hanks, drew well at the box office in its first weekend of performances.

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ArtsBeat: Theaters Add Dates for ‘Vandal,’ ‘Belleville,’ ‘Passion,’ ‘Really Really’ by Patrick Healy

The Flea Theater will give two of its actors a break for other commitments before bringing back “The Vandal” by Hamish Linklater

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

ArtsBeat: Idina Menzel to Return to Broadway Next Spring in a New Musical by Patrick Healy

The musical, “If/Then,” will reunite several people who have worked together before.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Tim Federle’s Children’s Novel Is About Love for Theater by Patrick Healy

Tim Federle, a musical-theater veteran, has written two children’s novels about a 13-year-old obsessed with the theater and offering support for young people discovering that they are gay.

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ArtsBeat: First Winners of Kennedy Playwriting Prize Announced by Patrick Healy

Dan O’Brien’s “Body of an American” and Robert Schenkkan’s “All the Way” are the first winners of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

New Faces in Spring Theater by Patrick Healy, Steven McElroy, Alexis Soloski and Sandy Macdonald

What gets actors to high-profile stage roles? Talent, persistence and a bit of luck.

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ArtsBeat: Ben Foster Will Replace Shia LaBeouf in ‘Orphans’ by Patrick Healy and Dave Itzkoff

Mr. Foster, who has never done a professional stage play, had auditioned for the part earlier.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

ArtsBeat: Broadway Plans on Hold for 'Miss Firecracker' and 'Velocity of Autumn' by Patrick Healy

Larry Kaye, who had planned this spring to produce both "The Miss Firecracker Contest" by Beth Henley and "The Velocity of Autumn" by Eric Coble, said that he still hoped to bring them to Br…

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ArtsBeat: Strong Sales for Broadway 'Cinderella,' Still in Previews by Patrick Healy

The Broadway musical "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" achieved a relatively rare feat last week, grossing more than $1 million even though the show is still in preview performances.

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Tom Hanks in ‘Lucky Guy,’ His Broadway Debut by Patrick Healy

Tom Hanks is making his Broadway debut in “Lucky Guy,” written by his friend Nora Ephron.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

ArtsBeat: New York Producers Mull a Broadway Transfer for 'Glass Menagerie' by Patrick Healy

The window to move the American Repertory Theater production of the Tennessee Williams play is tight before this season's Tony Awards cutoff date.

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ArtsBeat: 'Les Misérables' Coming Back to Broadway Next Year by Patrick Healy

A new stage version of the blockbuster musical will open on Broadway in March 2014, the producer Cameron Mackintosh said.

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

ArtsBeat: Tony Awards Eligibility Panel Skirts an Orphan vs. Orphan-Keeper Battle by Patrick Healy

Lilla Crawford, the title star of "Annie," will be eligible for the best actress in a musical prize, while Katie Finneran, the show's Miss Hannigan, will be eligible for the supporting actre…

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