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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Reed Birney, Back on Broadway in ‘Picnic’ by Patrick Healy

After decades of journeyman work, Reed Birney has translated his recent Off Broadway success into his return to Broadway, in “Picnic.”

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

ArtsBeat: Defying Gravity: 'Wicked' Soars to Broadway Box Office Record by Patrick Healy

The musical pulls in almost $2.95 million for nine performances, and ends 2012 as the highest grossing Broadway show for the ninth consecutive year.

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ArtsBeat: 'Rebecca' Producer Hopes For Broadway Run in 2013 by Patrick Healy

Ben Sprecher said the show's notoriety has made him more optimistic about raising the remaining money needed to stage it in New York.

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Thursday, December 27, 2012

ArtsBeat: Strong Sales for 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' With Scarlett Johansson by Patrick Healy

The production of "Cat," along with the Broadway revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross" (starring Al Pacino), were the highest-earning plays in a pre-Christmas week that is almost always dominated…

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Newsies' Recoups Initial Investment by Patrick Healy

The Broadway musical "Newsies" has recouped its $5 million capitalization, becoming the fastest of any Disney musical on Broadway to turn a profit, the show's producers said.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Scarlett Johansson in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ by Patrick Healy

Scarlett Johansson, gravitating toward portraying flintier characters than those she portrayed earlier in her career, has returned to Broadway in Tennessee Williams’s “Cat on a Hot Tin R…

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

ArtsBeat: Spoofing Celebrities in a Weekly 'Time Machine' by Patrick Healy

In "Totally Tubular Time Machine," audience members will be encouraged to ask personal questions of actors playing famous performers like Madonna and Justin Bieber.

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ArtsBeat: Manhattan Theater Club and Ars Nova Announce Recipients of Inaugural Commissions by Patrick Healy

The inaugural commissions will go to Thomas Bradshaw ("Job"), Samuel D. Hunter ("The Whale"), and Sharyn Rothstein ("The Invested"); a fourth commission will be shared by Adam Bock ("A Small…

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Monday, December 17, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'A Christmas Story' Climbs the Broadway Box Office Charts by Patrick Healy

The high gross for "Christmas Story" was partly the result of its producers adding a ninth performance last week; most other shows had only the usual eight.

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Friday, December 14, 2012

ArtsBeat: Might-Have-Beens in 'Evita' Include Banderas, Iglesias, Esparza by Patrick Healy

Producers declined to comment on whether negotiations with these and other actors to replace the departing Ricky Martin ever progressed.

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

ArtsBeat: Musical Inspired by 'Othello' Coming to Public Theater by Patrick Healy

"Venice" is set in the near future in a war-torn city.

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: Cory Michael Smith to Star in 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' by Patrick Healy

Mr. Smith will play Fred, the narrator and Southern writer.

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ArtsBeat: 'Let My People Come' Is Coming Back To New York by Patrick Healy

Famed for its nudity, the show will play at an Upper West Side bar and lounge, with the producer hoping for a full run to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its Off Broadway opening.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

ArtsBeat: Rather Than Recasting, 'Evita' Will Close on Jan. 26 by Patrick Healy

Producers reverse their decision to keep the show open after Ricky Martin and his costars leave.

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ArtsBeat: Shia LaBeouf to Star Opposite Alec Baldwin in 'Orphans' on Broadway by Patrick Healy

Mr. LaBeouf will make his Broadway debut as a petty thief who kidnaps a mobster, to be played by Mr. Baldwin, in the revival of Lyle Kessler's 1983 drama.

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ArtsBeat: Holly Hunter Withdraws from 'The Vandal' Off Broadway by Patrick Healy

Deirdre O'Connell will take the role in Hamish Linklater's play, opening at the Flea Theater.

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ArtsBeat: Zosia Mamet's Winter Plans: On 'Girls' and Off Broadway by Patrick Healy

Ms. Mamet will star in Paul Downs Colaizzo's "Really Really," a drama about sexual politics and culture clashes among college students.

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ArtsBeat: Finalists Named for Kennedy Theater Prize by Patrick Healy

The new $100,000 award was established in September by Jean Kennedy Smith to honor her brother Edward M. Kennedy.

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ArtsBeat: Bo Bice Is Broadway Bound in 'Pump Boys and Dinettes' by Patrick Healy

Mr. Bice, a runner-up to Carrie Underwood on "American Idol," will be part of the show's six-person cast.

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Monday, December 10, 2012

ArtsBeat: A Dark and Stormy Fall Season for Broadway by Patrick Healy

Out of 19 plays and musicals that opened in the second half of this year, only 2 are hits with ticket buyers.

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

‘Tarzan’ and ‘Lion King’ Make Hamburg a Theater City by Patrick Healy

“Tarzan,” “The Lion King” and now “Rocky” are turning Hamburg into a profitable city for big, splashy musicals.

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

ArtsBeat: Veteran Broadway Producers Back 'Pippin' by Patrick Healy and Scott Heller

Barry Weissler, the Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway revival of "Chicago" and many other musicals, said on Thursday that he and his wife, Fran, along with producers Howard and Jan…

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

David Mamet Has Flop and Hit on One Broadway Block by Patrick Healy

The rapid fall of David Mamet’s new play, “The Anarchist,” raises questions about business on Broadway, especially the producer-playwright relationship.

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A Hit in Germany, a ‘Rocky’ Musical Aims at Broadway by Patrick Healy

A stage musical based on the 1976 movie “Rocky” has proved a hit in Hamburg, Germany. Now its producers hope to bring it to Broadway.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

ArtsBeat: Kathie Lee Gifford's 'Scandalous' to Close by Patrick Healy

"Scandalous" was the latest attempt by theater artists to create a musical that explored spiritual themes and aimed for audiences who might be drawn to stories about religious figures.

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Scandalous' Producers Keep Faith in a Struggling Show by Patrick Healy

The show's creator, Kathie Lee Gifford, and two of the lead producers, Dick and Betsy DeVos, have kept the show running in hopes that it will find a larger audience at the box office.

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ArtsBeat: 'King Kong' Producer Eyeing Spider-Man's Broadway Lair by Patrick Healy

The new musical, based on the famed movie about a rampaging ape, is first scheduled to open in Melbourne, but a New York run could come later.

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

ArtsBeat: Seattle's Intiman Theater Plans Summer Festival by Patrick Healy

The festival of four productions will include a world-premiere musical, "Stu for Silverton."

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ArtsBeat: 'Silence! The Musical' to Close by Patrick Healy

The New York production of the show will close in December.

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ArtsBeat: 'Miss Firecracker' to Open on Broadway by Patrick Healy

Beth Henley's play "The Miss Firecracker Contest" will be mounted on Broadway this spring and star the Emmy-nominated actress Amber Tamblyn.

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ArtsBeat: Shakespeare's Globe Sets 2014 Opening Date for Indoor Theater by Patrick Healy

The new space, which will focus on Jacobean works, will be named after the actor and director Sam Wanamaker.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
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Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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