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Monday, May 25, 2015

Broadway Producer Plans Crowd-Funded Show by Ellen Gamerman

On Wednesday, producer Ken Davenport announced a plan to bring "Godspell" to Broadway by raising small payments from hundreds of investors.

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'Spider-Man' Actor Goes Green a Second Time by Ellen Gamerman

The cast of "Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark" is scheduled to start rehearsing in the show's Broadway theater on Monday. One actor, Patrick Page, has been there before: In 2006-07, he played th…

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Theater's Baby Boom by Ellen Gamerman

After rising in popularity in Europe in recent years, sophisticated stage plays targeted to children as young as 12 months are increasingly being produced in the U.S.

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Mamet on Growing Up by Ellen Gamerman

As his "A Life in the Theatre" is revived on Broadway and he embarks on a new film about Phil Spector, the playwright David Mamet talks about how fatherhood has changed him.

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Sondheim, in Search of a Rhyme by Ellen Gamerman

Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim talks about deadlines, his "Muse" and the burden of other people's expectations

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The Snow Must Go On by Ellen Gamerman

City's Theatergoers Brave the Elements

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Jim Gaffigan: A Comic Fish Out of Water by Ellen Gamerman

The comedian makes his theater debut in "That Championship Season" on Broadway.

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The Other Shylock by Ellen Gamerman

About two weeks after Al Pacino ended a hit Broadway run in "The Merchant of Venice," another version of the play starring F. Murray Abraham opens Off Broadway.

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'Tiger' Playwright Enters Broadway's Lion's Den by Ellen Gamerman

Playwright Rajiv Joseph's dark comedy, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," starts previews.

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

The High Stakes of NBC's 'Smash' by Ellen Gamerman and Sam Schechner

NBC's Broadway-based series hopes to win more than the theater crowd

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

For an Actor, Envy and Insecurity Don't Require Much Acting by Ellen Gamerman

"I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous," says Hamish Linklater, who portrays an aspiring novelist consumed by envy in the new Broadway comedy, "Seminar."

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards