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Monday, December 12, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: 'Detroit' Rerouted Off-Broadway for New York Debut by Felicia R. Lee

Lisa D'Amour's play "Detroit" to open Playwrights Horizon's 2012 season

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Les Waters Named New Artistic Director at Actors Theater of Louisville by Felicia R. Lee

Mr. Waters, an Obie-award winning director known for his work with Sarah Ruhl and other emerging playwrights, has been the associate director of Berkeley Repertory Theater since 2003. Pres…

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Trisha Brown to Receive 'Bessie' Lifetime Achievement Award by Felicia R. Lee

The award is the first of what will be an annual honor for choreographers.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Library of Congress Acquires John Raitt Collection by Felicia R. Lee

A record of decades in show business includes scrapbooks, photos, annotated scripts and recordings.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

ArtsBeat: A Dramatic Entrance: Kelli O'Hara to Play Regan in 'King Lear' by Felicia R. Lee

The Public Theater production is scheduled for Oct. 18-Nov. 20.

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ArtsBeat: Ten Years Later, 'The Guys' Will Return to Commemorate 9/11 by Felicia R. Lee

"The Guys" is structured as a dialogue between an editor and the New York fire captain she is helping to compose eulogies for the men he lost on 9/11.

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

For a Harlem Theater, Hope Amid the Hurdles by Felicia R. Lee

The Classical Theater of Harlem will perform "Henry V" in the group's first full-scale production in nearly two years.

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Friday, July 22, 2011

A Word With: Danny Aiello: Emotional Guy, Speaking for Others by Felicia R. Lee

Mr. Aiello sees his role in "The Shoemaker," Off Broadway, as a voice for those who are frightened and frustrated by terrorism.

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Friday, July 1, 2011

ArtsBeat: Harlem Stage Announces Fall Lineup by Felicia R. Lee

Harlem Stage will give a new dance work by choreographers Nora Chipaumire and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar its world premiere in October, and the D.J. Rich Medina will transform Harlem Stage Gateh…

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ArtsBeat: LAByrinth Theater Finds a Downtown Home by Felicia R. Lee

LAByrinth Theater Company has a steady home for its newly announced 2011-12 season. It will take over the Cherry Pit, at 155 Bank Street in Greenwich Village, formerly the home f the Cherry…

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

ArtsBeat: From Catfish Row to Times Square: 'Porgy and Bess' Returning to Broadway by Felicia R. Lee

A revamped version of George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess," starring Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis and David Alan Grier, will go to Broadway soon after its previously-announced run at the America…

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American Ballet Theater Partners With the University of North Carolina School of the Arts by Felicia R. Lee

American Ballet Theater and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) School of Dance in Winston-Salem are embarking on a five-year partnership.

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ArtsBeat: 'Follies' Returns to Broadway With Kennedy Center Cast by Felicia R. Lee

The Kennedy Center production of "Follies" will open on Broadway in September at the Marquis Theater for a limited engagement.

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ArtsBeat: 'On a Clear Day' Now Has One to Open by Felicia R. Lee

A new version of this 1965 musical is to star Harry Connick Jr. and open on Dec. 11 at the St. James Theater.

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ArtsBeat: Rupert Goold's 'Decade' to Tackle Legacy of 9/11 by Felicia R. Lee

The play, conceived and developed by Rupert Goold and Robert Icke, is expected to have the writers John Logan ("Red") and Alecky Blythe ("London Road") involved.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Cut, Baste, Stitch, Sing! by Felicia R. Lee

The 1937 revue "Pins and Needles," about garment workers and unions, has been given a new rendition by the Foundry Theater and Families United for Racial and Economic Equality.

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Ailey Dance Camp Coming to Newark by Felicia R. Lee

A six-week program for middle school students.

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

City College to Support New Theater Uptown by Felicia R. Lee

Hopes are high that the New Haarlem Arts Theater will boost the school's theater education program and draw more audiences uptown.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

ArtsBeat: Lincoln Center Theater Entices a Younger Crowd by Felicia R. Lee

Lincoln Center Theater on Tuesday started a program to provide $30 seats to its performances for people ages 21 to 35.

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Friday, May 13, 2011

ArtsBeat: Adam Gwon and Michelle Elliott Win Musical-Theater Writing Prizes by Felicia R. Lee

The composer and lyricist Adam Gwon and the book writer and lyricist Michelle Elliott are the 2011 recipients of the 2011 Kleban Prize.

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Friday, April 15, 2011

'War Horse' To Gallop On Indefinitely at Lincoln Center by Felicia R. Lee

What had been scheduled as a limited engagement of "War Horse" has been extended indefinitely.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

In a Broadway Role, Many Returns by Felicia R. Lee

Tate Donovan's turn in "Good People" has brought him back to New York and to his Irish-American roots.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Getty Museum Will Return Painting Looted by Nazis by Felicia R. Lee

A 370-year-old painting that belonged to a Jewish art dealer who fled Holland around the time of the Nazi invasion in 1940 will be returned to his family by the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Metropolitan Museum Names Manager of Concerts and Lectures by Felicia R. Lee

The Metropolitan Museum of Art named a new director of its famed concert and lecture series. She is Limor Tomer, a producer, programmer, administrator and musician who has worked at New York…

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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

American Ballet Theater Will Return to City Center by Felicia R. Lee

American Ballet Theater makes plans to return to City Center, where it had not performed since 2008.

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Levine Replacements for Carnegie Concerts Are Named by Felicia R. Lee

The March 15, 16 and 17 Carnegie Hall dates that James Levine will miss due to illness will be filled by his colleagues at the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

'American Slavery Project' Focuses on Black Playwrights by Felicia R. Lee

"The American Slavery Project," set to begin on March 7 at the CAP 21 Theater, is a free reading series to showcase black playwrights who are exploring issues of slavery and the Civil War.

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ArtsBeat: 'American Slavery Project' Focuses on Black Playwrights by Felicia R. Lee

"The American Slavery Project," set to begin on March 7 at the CAP 21 Theater, is a free reading series to showcase black playwrights who are exploring issues of slavery and the Civil War.

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Prize for Phylicia Rashad by Felicia R. Lee

Phylicia Rashad will receive the lifetime achievement award at the 19th annual Pan African Film Festival.

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All that Chat

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