Wednesday, April 13, 2011
In "O Beautiful," which will make its debut at the University of Delaware, Theresa Rebeck blends American history and contemporary issues in a satirical play about politics, abortion and Jes…
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The New York-based creators of "Smash" - an NBC fall season prospect about the making of a Broadway musical - have concluded filming.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03PM[SHARE]Friday, April 8, 2011
There are three productions of "Macbeth" underway in New York this month, but admirers of Shakespeare's lighter work have an alternative: The Acting Company's production of "The Comedy of Er…
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Friday, April 1, 2011
A play about a Palestinian family preparing for a family wedding in the politically volatile West Bank, and a modern retelling of Homer's "Illiad."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:47PM[SHARE]David Mamet's new play, "The Anarchist," will have its world premiere in London this fall, a team of American and British producers announced on Friday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 31, 2011
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County," a long-in-the-works musical by the horror writer Stephen King and the rock musician John Mellencamp, will have its world premiere in April 2012.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:22PM[SHARE]Ms. Shields has previously taken over four Broadway roles in productions that began with other actresses: Roxie Hart in "Chicago," Sally Bowles in "Cabaret," Rizzo in "Grease," and Ruth in "…
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In their first full week of performances since opening on Broadway, the new musical "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" notched a 30-percent increase in ticket sales and the revival of "Arcadia"…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PM[SHARE]New York's Public Theater announced its second consecutive summer of casting a repertory company of actors in its two Shakespeare in the Park productions, "Measure for Measure" and "All's We…
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In the first major change confirmed for Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the critically panned Geek Chorus " a major device in the musical " will be cut altogether, three members …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:40PM[SHARE]Playwrights Horizons on Thursday announced five of the six productions in its 2011-12 line-up, including a world premiere from Gina Gionfriddo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "Becky Shaw") an…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:10PM[SHARE]Playwrights Horizons on Thursday announced five of the six productions in its 2011-12 line-up, including a world premiere from Gina Gionfriddo (a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "Becky Shaw") an…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:50PM[SHARE]At Saturday night's annual Inner Circle charity dinner, which features skits performed by the City Hall press corps and the Mayor, Mr. Bloomberg is working some elements from "Spider-Man" in…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PM[SHARE]At Saturday night's annual Inner Circle charity dinner, which will feature skits performed by the City Hall press corps and the mayor of New York City, Mr. Bloomberg will incorporate some el…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:21PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Rajiv Joseph's Iraq play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," starring Robin Williams, is the first play on Broadway since the 1970s to confront the ruthlessness of war. Will it find an audien…
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The actress who plays the villainess Arachne in Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" will be out of the show for the next two weeksafter she sustained an injury onstage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:27PM[SHARE]The actress who plays the villainess Arachne in Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" will be out of the show for the next two weeksafter she sustained an injury onstage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:08PM[SHARE]John Guare, the acclaimed stage writer and judge of the series, announced on Tuesday that Shannon Murdoch had won for "New Light Shine."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PM[SHARE]John Guare, the acclaimed stage writer and judge of the series, announced on Tuesday that Shannon Murdoch had won for "New Light Shine."
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Several plays earned at least 50 percent of their maximum possible gross amounts, an indicator that each was in the black for the week.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:01PM[SHARE]The producers announced that this critically acclaimed Off Broadway comedy would close because of the previous commitments of several cast members.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 20, 2011
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