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Friday, October 26, 2012

Marc Bamuthi Joseph's 'red, black & GREEN: a blues' by Felicia R. Lee

Marc Bamuthi Joseph's new theatrical work was inspired when he noticed that his students, who performed poems at environmental-movement events, were often the only black people there.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

ArtsBeat: Redgrave To Direct Stage Version of a Beirut Memoir by Felicia R. Lee

The piece is based on the memoir by Wadad Makdisi Cortas, who served for years as a principal at the girls' school in Beirut.

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Monday, October 22, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Pump Boys and Dinettes' Returning to Broadway by Felicia R. Lee

The 1980s musical will return to Broadway next spring in a new production featuring direction and musical staging by John Doyle.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: Nominees for Clive Barnes Foundation Awards Announced by Felicia R. Lee

The awards are given to two talented young professionals, one in the field of theater and one in the field of dance.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Failure of Musical 'Rebecca' Costs More Than Money by Felicia R. Lee

For more than 100 put out of work by cancellation of the musical "Rebecca," the hits are both financial and emotional.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: Four-Part, Eleven-Hour 'Life and Times' To Be Part of Soho Rep Season by Felicia R. Lee

Nature Theater of Oklahoma's opus has toured internationally but has not been produced in the United States.

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Television: Kenny Leon Directs a New 'Steel Magnolias' for Lifetime by Felicia R. Lee

For a Lifetime movie, a Broadway director reconfigures a 1989 film weepie with a black ensemble.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

ArtsBeat: Richard Rhodes Writes A Play About Reagan, Gorbachev and Nuclear Weapons by Felicia R. Lee

"Reykjavik" will have a staged reading, followed by a panel discussion, at the Baruch Performing Arts Center on Thursday evening.

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Anne Hathaway to Sing at Joe's Pub by Felicia R. Lee

The concert will celebrate the renovation of the Public Theater.

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Monday, September 24, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Ann,' Holland Taylor's Play About Ann Richards, Will Open on Broadway by Felicia R. Lee

The portrait of the former Texas Governor will open at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in March.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Harlem School of the Arts Gets $5 Million From Herb Alpert by Felicia R. Lee

The gift from the Herb Alpert Foundation is the largest in the history of the school.

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Friday, September 7, 2012

ArtsBeat: African-American Theater in Minnesota Suspends Programming by Felicia R. Lee

The Penumbra Theater in St. Paul has cut its budget and laid off staff, hoping to raise enough money to put on one production next spring.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

ArtsBeat: Target Margin to Explore Yiddish Theater by Felicia R. Lee

Target Margin Theater plans a two-year project focusing on Yiddish theater.

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Trying to Be Stars, Like the 'Jersey Boys' They Portrayed by Felicia R. Lee

Four performers from the original cast of "Jersey Boys" are now trying to be real pop stars as the Midtown Men.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

ArtsBeat: Jessica Hecht and Judith Light to Star in New Richard Greenberg Play by Felicia R. Lee

"The Assembled Parties" is scheduled for Broadway in the spring.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Memphis' Producers, as Closing Nears, Say Show Will Recoup $12 Million Investment by Felicia R. Lee

The show won the 2010 Tony for best musical.

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Friday, July 20, 2012

ArtsBeat: Rose's Turn: Mother of 'Gypsy' To Get a Biography by Felicia R. Lee

Independent scholar Carolyn Quinn promises a more complicated portrait of the ultimate stage mother.

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Monday, July 16, 2012

ArtsBeat: Harlem Stage Unveils Fall Season by Felicia R. Lee

One of the premieres is "Holding it Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project," a multimedia presentation based on the real lives and dreams of veterans of color from the Iraq and Afghanistan confl…

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

ArtsBeat: Peter O'Toole Says He Is Retiring From Acting by Felicia R. Lee

The actor, 79, says, "The heart for it has gone out of me."

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

ArtsBeat: Manhattan Theater Club Unveils New Play Initiative by Felicia R. Lee

All seats at Studio and Stage II will cost $30.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

ArtsBeat: Brooklyn International Theater Company Ready to Leave Nelson George's Apartment by Felicia R. Lee

A reading is planned at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday night.

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

National Black Theater in Harlem Settles Disputes by Felicia R. Lee

The National Black Theater has resolved financial disputes that had threatened its future.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

ArtsBeat: For Manhattan Theater Club, Edie Falco Will Star in Play By 'Nurse Jackie' Writer by Felicia R. Lee

The theater's season also includes new version of "An Enemy of the People" and an opera-themed play by Terrence McNally.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

James Earl Jones as a Broadway Patriarch, Onstage and Off by Felicia R. Lee

A visit with James Earl Jones, who has garnered his latest Tony nomination at 81 for "Gore Vidal's The Best Man."

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

ArtsBeat: Mike Birbiglia's 'Sleepwalk With Me' to Start BAMcinemaFest by Felicia R. Lee

The festival of independent films, presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAMcineÌmatek program, runs from June 20 through July 1.

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Friday, March 2, 2012

ArtsBeat: In Court Filing, Taymor Says 'Spider-Man' Producers Are Trying to Ruin Her Reputation by Felicia R. Lee

Ms. Taymor contends that the show's producers secretly conspired to oust her while still asking her to make changes on the show's book while public performances were going on.

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

ArtsBeat: Chita Rivera Will Be A Suspect When 'Mystery of Edwin Drood' Returns by Felicia R. Lee

Roundabout Theater Company features the musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood" as part of its 2012-2013 season.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

ArtsBeat: Lincoln Center Theater to Open New Space With 'Slowgirl' by Felicia R. Lee

Lincoln Center Theater will open its new Claire Tow Theater with "Slowgirl," a new play by Greg Pierce.

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

ArtsBeat: 'Porgy and Bess' Director Will Take on Cirque du Soleil Next by Felicia R. Lee

Diane Paulus, the director of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess," will oversee a new Cirque du Soleil production called "Amaluna" that opens in Canada in April

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011