Monday, December 2, 2024
The Broadway League, an industry trade organization, named Jason Laks as its new president. “I think our mission has to be more than to make it 2019 again,” Laks said.
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The troupe is also closing its Chicago company, but continues to perform in Berlin, Boston, Las Vegas and, soon, Orlando.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMWith less touring, it’s been a while since all the world has been its stage, but the troupe is working with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater — where it has family ties.
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Well-reviewed in London but poorly received in New York, the musical with an Elton John score will end its run on Dec. 8.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMThe first domestic TKTS outpost outside New York comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics.
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The award-winning production will begin performances in February as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s next season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMTheatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.
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Thursday, October 24, 2024
The musical, which opened in London three years ago, is still going strong there and touring North America, while productions are planned in Japan and on a cruise ship.
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The Connelly Theater has suspended operations after its church landlord began more carefully scrutinizing show scripts and its general manager resigned.
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He collaborated with Eisa Davis to make a concept album inspired by the 1979 movie. One big change: the main gang is made up of women.
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Kimberly Belflower’s “John Proctor Is the Villain” will be directed by Danya Taymor, who won a Tony this year for “The Outsiders.”
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James Morgan, who has been with the small New York theater company for 50 years, blamed the effects of a stroke for his behavior.
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The musical, created by Shania Taub, announced that it will play its final performance on Jan. 5 and start a national tour next fall.
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The landlords also said they would reconsider their process for determining who to honor with full and partial dimmings.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:12PM“Just in Time,” a new musical about the “Mack the Knife” pop singer, will open next spring at Circle in the Square in Manhattan.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
The musical, based on the best-selling novel, featured dazzling acrobatics and puppetry. Its final performance will be Dec. 8.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMThe show is about a real World War II episode in which British intelligence planted disinformation on a dead body to fool the Germans.
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He won the award playing a Yonkers feed store clerk in “Hello, Dolly!” and was also nominated for roles in “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Hair.”
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The Olivier Award-winning revival, in which the actor plays all of the parts, is to begin previews March 11 at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
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For the second year in a row, a play about the Constitution is the most-staged in America. And a farce about a terrible president is also pretty popular.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMChristopher Ashley, the artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse and a Tony winner for “Come From Away,” will run the large New York nonprofit.
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The show, which had a previous run at Atlantic Theater Company, is scheduled to begin previews in February at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.
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Mason, an associate director of the comedy, which opened on Broadway last week, will step in as Patti LuPone’s counterpart.
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The show, adapted from the play and movie, was first staged last winter at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:24AMGeorge Clooney as Murrow! Denzel Washington as Othello! Mia Farrow as a larcenous landlord! So much to see!
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DeBessonet, currently the artistic director of Encores!, will work alongside Bartlett Sher, who will serve as executive producer.
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The show, nominated for three Tony Awards, opened March 14 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. It will go on a national tour starting next September.
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As she departs the acclaimed nonprofit, Rothman discussed why women need to be in leadership, her Tony Awards mic drop and the “perfect production.”
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Branden Jacobs-Jenkins had Broadway success this year with a drama starring Sarah Paulson. In February, he’ll return with a new play directed by Phylicia Rashad.
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