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Monday, April 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Matilda' Wins Record-Setting Seven Olivier Awards by Scott Heller

The adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel will come to Broadway next season.

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

ArtsBeat: $10 Million Gift Leads to Irene Diamond Stage at Signature Center by Scott Heller

The Signature Theater Company gets $10 million from the Irene Diamond Foundation.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

ArtsBeat: Public Theater Artistic Director Says 'Our Audience Was Misled' by Daisey by Scott Heller

Oskar Eustis responds to revelations about fabricated parts of "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs."

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

ArtsBeat: Tony Winners Join 'Prince of Broadway' by Scott Heller

A musical tribute to director/producer Harold Prince will feature Linda Lavin, LaChanze and 10 others.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

ArtsBeat: Keith Carradine Will Star in 'Hands on a Hardbody' Musical by Scott Heller

Based on a 1997 documentary and opening at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, the show has a creative team that includes Trey Anastasio of Phish and the Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwrig…

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: Justin Long To Make Broadway Debut in 'Seminar' by Scott Heller

The TV and movie actor will play an aspiring novelist opposite Jeff Goldblum in Theresa Rebeck's comedy.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

ArtsBeat: Musical Version of 'Far From Heaven' Will Debut at Williamstown by Scott Heller

The Williamstown Theater Festival will offer a "preview production" of the musical version of "Far From Heaven," the Todd Haynes melodrama, as part of its 2012 season.

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Saturday, January 14, 2012

ArtsBeat: Julie Andrews to Direct 'Mousical' Based on Her Children's Book by Scott Heller

Julie Andrews will direct a musical version of her children's book, "The Great American Mousical," for Goodspeed Musicals.

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Thursday, January 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: Start the Presses: Jeremy Jordan Will Star in 'Newsies' on Broadway by Scott Heller

Rising musical theater actor Jeremy Jordan will again play the lead role of Jack Kelly when "Newsies," a musical adaptation of the film, opens on Broadway in March.

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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Arts & Leisure: Critics Look Back at Favorite Stage Moments of 2011 by Erik Piepenburg, Catherine Rampell, David Rooney, Scott Heller, Patrick Healy, Eric Grode, Jason Zinoman and Andy Webster

Critics and writers for The New York Times recall their favorite moments onstage in 2011, some of them happening in the smallest and most offbeat of places.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: 'Bonnie & Clyde' Will Close on Dec. 30 by Scott Heller

"Bonnie & Clyde" is closing officially on Dec. 30.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Hey, Old Friends: Casting Announced for 'Merrily We Roll Along' at Encores! by Scott Heller

Colin Donnell, currently going toe-to-toe with Sutton Foster as her dapper leading man in "Anything Goes,'' will play the ambitious songwriter Franklin Shepard in the Encores! production of …

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Musical Theater Festival Composers Name Dream Songs by Erik Piepenburg and Scott Heller

Composers from the New York Musical Theater Festival speak of the songs they wish they’d written, and the favorites from their own shows.

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Friday, August 19, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: New York Fringe Festival Report: 'Dystopia Gardens' by Scott Heller

"Dystopia Gardens" - a "sketch play about an unpleasant future" -- delivers steady laughs, most of them silly.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

ArtsBeat: 'Catch Me If You Can' To Close on Sept. 4 by Scott Heller

"Catch Me If You Can" is closing on Sept. 4

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Friday, June 17, 2011

ArtsBeat: Turn On The TV: 'Law & Order' Episode Inspired by 'Spider-Man' Airs on Sunday by Scott Heller

On Sunday, the "Criminal Intent" branch of the deathless franchise airs "Icarus," an episode loosely based on Broadway's most attention-grabbing show.

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Friday, May 13, 2011

ArtsBeat: The Tonys: Stop the Show! by Scott Heller

A look at some show-stopping moments from "Catch Me if You Can," "Anything Goes" and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

ArtsBeat: 'The Book of Mormon' Tour to Open in Denver by Scott Heller

"The Book of Mormon" will open its tour in Denver, in the home state of two of the show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of "South Park." Other Broadway hits that have an…

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

ArtsBeat: For One Last Weekend, a Chance to See 'Spider-Man' 1.0 by Patrick Healy and Scott Heller

This weekend is the last chance to see the director Julie Taymor's original vision for the $70 million-and-counting musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."

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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011

ArtsBeat: ‘Spider-Man’ Opening Delayed Again by Scott Heller

The musical's producers, Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, said the opening was pushed back "to allow for more time to fine-tune aspects of the show, including the new ending."

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‘Spider-Man’ Won’t Open Until March 15 by Scott Heller and Patrick Healy

It was the fifth opening delay for the technically daunting musical; preview performances on Jan. 18 and Jan. 25 have been canceled.

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

'Spider-Man' Opening Delayed Until March 15 by Scott Heller

Another delay for Spider Man opening

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U2 Album Producer To Work On 'Spider-Man' Music by Scott Heller

Steve Lillywhite, the Grammy-winning record producer who counts U2 as among his most frequent clients, has come aboard "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.''

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ArtsBeat: U2 Album Producer To Work On 'Spider-Man' Music by Scott Heller

Steve Lillywhite, the Grammy-winning record producer who counts U2 as among his most frequent clients, has come aboard "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.''

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Monday, January 10, 2011

ArtsBeat: Stritch and Miranda Get Last Laughs at Finales of 'Night Music' and 'In the Heights' by Scott Heller

Sunday's closing performances of "A Little Night Music" and "In the Heights'' were especially raucous.

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Stritch and Miranda Get Last Laughs at Finales of 'Night Music' and 'In the Heights' by Scott Heller

Sunday's closing performances of "A Little Night Music" and "In the Heights'' were especially raucous.

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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Onstage, the Irreverent (and Maybe Irresistible) by Ben Brantley, Charles Isherwood, Scott Heller and Erik Piepenburg

Critics and writers for The New York Times write about shows and performances they are looking forward to seeing on New York stages in 2011.

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