Live Nation Sues Former Chairman Over Severance Agreement

Live Nation sued Michael Cohl, alleging that he failed to honor a commitment to pay $5.4 million he owed the company under a complex severance agreement.

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Calling in to the 'Bells Are Ringing' Revival by Marshall Heyman

It was like being back at theater camp. In a rehearsal room at City Center, the cast and creative team of "Bells Are Ringing," the opening offering in the 18th season of Encores! gathered fo…

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Neil LaBute on Tragedy and Faith

Playwright Neil LaBute's new drama examines the aftermath of an office massacre.

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They, Too, Sing America by Terry Teachout

John Guare's "A Free Man of Color" masterfully tells a complex, richly realized American story set in New Orleans at the dawn of the 19th century. The Arizona Theatre Company does great just…

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Shakespeare in Studs by Christina Binkley

For a new screen adaptation of "The Tempest," costume designer Sandy Powell tapped a punk aesthetic.

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Bopping With the Best of the Best by Will Friedwald

Enjoying a healthy middle age, the Phil Woods Quintet plays Birdland. Andrea Marcovicci offers an expressive and intimate history of the torch song, and the New York Pops celebrates the melo…

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Haunting Tale by Candlelight

New staging of 'The Turn of the Screw' is heightened by its period-home location and some candlelight.

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For Some, a Machine Just Won't Do

This weekend, City Center presents a production of the 1956 musical comedy "Bells Are Ringing," about an answering service operator.

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Who You Gonna Call? For Bedbugs, an Out-of-Work Actor by Melanie Grayce West

New York's Pest Infestation Spells Opportunity for Thespians; 'It's Like Hanging Out'

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Shining a Light on Off-Off Broadway by Amy Zimmer

Filmmaker and Playwright's Documentary Is Center of Project to Bring Awareness to Often Overlooked Theater Scene

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The Merchant of Broadway by Terry Teachout

When "The Merchant of Venice" appeared in Central Park this summer, it seemed destined for Broadway. Now that it has arrived there, is it ready for the big stage?

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Haunting Tale by Candlelight

New staging of 'The Turn of the Screw' is heightened by its period-home location and some candlelight.

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Film Buff Renovates Theater

Real-estate developer Charles Cohen and his wife, Clo, have given $1.2 million to vision-loss nonprofit Lighthouse International in order to gut and rehab the theater.

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How to Vend It Like Beckham

Why do some stars get paid so much more than others? It's a complicated formula.

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A Light on Off-Off Broadway

Frank Kuzler's Awareness Project aims to raise money and interest in the world of Off-Off Broadway theater.

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Not for the Faint of Heart! by Terry Teachout

Teller of Penn & Teller fame has come up with "Play Dead," a sensationally entertaining shockfest. Aside from great puppetry, the main new thing about "The Pee-wee Herman Show" is all the do…

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A Gift to Veterans

Former actress Lois Pope lost a cousin in the Vietnam War, but it wasn't until a fateful day in 1968 that her attitude toward veterans changed completely.

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Tuning In to the American Songbook

At the Name That Tune benefit for the American Songbook Project, partygoers came dressed as their favorite showtunes.

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Businessman Fits Children and Bus With PJs

Businessman David Kucera, 51 years old, is stepping in again to host "Stuff a Bus." This year's goal is to collect 5,000 pair of pajamas and 2,500 books.

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Beatles for Sale---Minus the Mania

At the Neil Simon Theatre, the Fab Four is making them dance, if not scream.

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Photo-Op: S'Wonderful Audrey Hepburn

Ellen Fontana's "Audrey 100"—a collection of snapshots, studio portraits and candids of Audrey Hepburn—are a very solid definition of glamour.

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Before TV, Theater Was in the Home

Long before film and television, not to mention video games, legions of children stirred their imaginations and broadened their knowledge with toy theaters made of paper.

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Injuries and Glitches Delay 'Spider-Man'

The oft-imperiled production announced Thursday that it will put off previews for two weeks and give itself an extra week of previews before reviews come out.

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Reasons to Be Nervous by Terry Teachout

It's as if they'd tried to turn "Shoot the Piano Player" or "Wings of Desire" into a Big Mac musical—and the results, not at all surprisingly, are a flavorless mess.

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Gulag a Go-Go

The only remaining Soviet labor camp has been converted into a museum and public-performance space. Is it ever OK to have fun at the Gulag?

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