Tuesday, January 24, 2017
New York Philharmonic President Matthew VanBesien is leaving in May to become president of the University of Michigan’s University Musical Society.
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The Tony Award-winning revival of “The Color Purple” ended its Broadway engagement on a very green note, posting its highest-grossing sales in its final week.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 06:17PMTuesday, January 3, 2017
Broadway shows set a weekly record by posting a combined $49.7 million in ticket sales for the period ended Jan. 1, according to the Broadway League, a trade group.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 06:12PMTuesday, December 27, 2016
With New York in tourist holiday mode, shows are so packed some theaters are offering standing-room tickets, an option that gives would-be attendees another way to get in the door.
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Producers of immersive theater, which encourages the audience to interact with the actors and sets, are accustomed to things getting out control.
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Plans have been announced to produce a revival of “Room Service” on Broadway during the 2017-18 season. The play is best known for a 1938 film adaptation that starred the Marx Brothers.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 05:36PMWednesday, December 7, 2016
The Guggenheim Museum has plans for “The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,” a work about the late Apple executive that is set to be premiered by the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico this upcoming …
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A federal jury determined that 10% of the show’s success is attributable to infringement of an unpublished autobiography of band member Tommy DeVito. The Broadway show has grossed more tha…
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 07:11PMTuesday, November 29, 2016
On ‘The Hamilton Mixtape,’ hip-hop, R&B and pop stars from Busta Rhymes to Kelly Clarkson cover or reinterpret tunes from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash musical.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 12:46PMMonday, November 28, 2016
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is refinancing about a third of its hefty debt load, as it readies for a planned $500 million renovation of the New York Philharmonic’s home venue at…
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Retailers looking to convey their brand identities are increasingly embedding themselves with master storytellers: Broadway shows.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 08:26PMTuesday, November 22, 2016
Madison Square Garden Co., whose venues include New York City’s Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall, said hackers may have captured personal information on credit and debit car…
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Music-industry veteran Tommy Mottola is making his first go as a lead producer on Broadway, helming ‘A Bronx Tale the Musical,’ based on a one-man show by Chazz Palminteri that became a …
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This Saturday, at the Met Cloisters, lovers of modern classical music can see the Calder Quartet giving a rare performance of Morton Feldman’s 1983 piece ‘String Quartet No. 2.’
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Books about Neil Simon and Eugene O’Neill are hitting the shelves, and more theater news: Bookish theater fans will have many pages to turn this fall, as two books about great American pla…
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Some cast members read Tolstoy’s novel to prepare for ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812.’
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Theater company and producers agree on credit for ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.’
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With their contract set to expire Sunday, actors are lobbying for more money, but off-Broadway theaters and producers say their offer is a significant increase.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 08:51PMMonday, October 24, 2016
Decades before ‘Modern Family,’ New York theater embraced ‘Falsettos,’ about a father who leaves his wife for his boyfriend. Now a revival puts this prescient musical in front of mod…
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 10:54PMFriday, October 21, 2016
Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller and more at the Public Theater’s revival of ‘Plenty,’ starring Rachel Weisz.
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‘Hamilton’ opens this week in Chicago, the first stage in an expansion hitting San Francisco, Los Angeles, D.C. and London
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‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses,’ now in previews at the Booth Theatre, takes its scene changes so seriously that director Josie Rourke hired a movement director to choreograph them.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 09:48PMFriday, October 14, 2016
Choreographer Jessica Lang’s ‘Her Notes,’ commissioned by American Ballet Theatre, has its premiere Oct. 21 at the David H. Koch Theater.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 07:10PMTuesday, October 11, 2016
The pre-emptive step promises to avoid one of the most contentious backstage issues when a show looks like a hit. ‘Hamilton’ cast members negotiated their profit-sharing deal well after …
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 08:22PMMonday, October 10, 2016
In a new revival of the Chekhov classic, language, design and casting signal a world in transition.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 06:49PMWednesday, October 5, 2016
Joseph Polisi, Juilliard’s longest-serving president, said he would step down from his position at the performing-arts school in 2018.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 09:30PMTuesday, October 4, 2016
Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz, who perform as Ibeyi, have had a banner year: from singing at Chanel’s resort show in Havana to appearing in Beyoncé’s Lemonade.
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To assemble the cast for “The Front Page,” a Broadway revival opening Oct. 20, Nathan Lane, Jack O’Brien and Scott Rudin put their heads (and Rolodexes) together.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 06:30PMFriday, September 30, 2016
Broadway dreams crash and soar in two new documentaries at this year’s New York Film Festival: one celebrates the historic ‘Hamilton,’ while the other explores the bittersweet legacy o…
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Ticket sales are down, and theater leaders are hoping new shows will help grosses catch up.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal at 09:04PMFriday, September 16, 2016
The three-time Pulitzer Prize winner who challenged theatrical convention in masterworks such as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “A Delicate Balance” died at his home in Mont…
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