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Tony box-office boost looks more like a bust this season
Broadway’s Tony contenders have yet to experience the typical box-office boost following last week's nominations. So far, only two of the four top-nominated shows have seen an uptick in ticket sales, according to data released by The Broadway...
Tags: Music Theater, Music, Tom Hanks, Services and Shopping, Politics
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'The Spectacular Now' director James Ponsoldt to adapt 'Pippin'
Making two indie films about the drinking problems of young people might not immediately seem to put one in line for adapting a beloved Broadway musical, but such are the unpredictable ways of Hollywood. The Weinstein Co. said Tuesday that James Ponsoldt,...
Tags: Aaron Paul, Shailene Woodley, Entertainment, Smashed (movie), Tony Awards
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Duke Ellington's music lives to be heard
It's no big thing to play the music of Duke Ellington. That's done all the time: in cabarets, concert halls, movies, Broadway theaters and anywhere jazz musicians assemble. Ellingtonia, a word coined by admirers who realized that no existing musical...
Tags: Lincoln Center, Arts and Culture, Martin Luther King Jr., Entertainment, Music Industry
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IATSE reaches deal with Broadway producers
Broadway crews to get pay bumpStagehands, ticket collectors and crew members for "Matilda," "Wicked," "Jersey Boys" and other Broadway shows are getting a pay raise. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which represents more than 100,000 workers in the...Tags: Wicked (musical), Theater, Entertainment Events, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Baz Luhrmann's 'Gatsby' hears hip-hop where Fitzgerald heard jazz
Baz Luhrmann didn't want to answer the question. "I can't really say it about myself," he said. "But yes, I do." The Australian director behind this month's hip-hop-inspired adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" had been asked if he thinks his movies...
Tags: Jack White, Andre Benjamin, Jay-Z, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Entertainment
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Attendance for Broadway touring shows continues to dip
Attendance at touring Broadway shows nationwide dropped for the second straight season, according to a newly released report from the Broadway League. The report said that 12.7 million people attended a touring show in the 2011-12 season, down from 13.1...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Entertainment, Wicked (musical)
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Sarah Jessica Parker, Blythe Danner to star in Amanda Peet's new play
Actress Amanda Peet has added some star power to her debut as a playwright. Blythe Danner and Sarah Jessica Parker will play mother and daughter facing family and fiscal troubles in Peet’s new off-Broadway production. "The Commons of Pensacola"...
Tags: Theater, Entertainment Events, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amanda Peet
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'Hank Greenberg' reveals resilience of early baseball legend
The game of baseball seemed grandly American in the 1930s. Players had cherubic names — Birdie and Schoolboy, sounding like characters from a Broadway musical. Beneath the good times, though, breathed an awful hatred. In his new book, "Hank...
Tags: Spring Training, Sports, Baseball, New York Yankees, Jackie Robinson
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Brooke Shields to direct 'Chicago' at Hollywood Bowl
Actress Brooke Shields this summer will make her first move from stage to director’s chair for the Hollywood Bowl’s production of “Chicago.” It was also announced that Rob Fisher, who has served as a supervising music director in...
Tags: Theater, Music Theater, Music, Entertainment Events, London Theatre
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Joe Mantello joins Ryan Murphy's 'The Normal Heart' movie
Joe Mantello, who was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Ned Weeks in the 2011 Broadway production of "The Normal Heart,” has signed on for a different role in Ryan Murphy’s film adaptation. Mantello will play Mickey Marcus in...
Tags: Tony Awards, Theater, Ryan Murphy, AIDS, Entertainment Events
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Bertie Carvel gives his all as 'Matilda's' demonic Miss Trunchbull
NEW YORK — Miss Agatha Trunchbull, headmistress of Crunchem Hall school, hates pigtails. They're good only to serve as handles by which she can toss a rebellious child into the air — a feat this one-time Olympic hammer-throwing champion...
Tags: Celebrities, Psychology, Arts and Culture, Matthew Warchus, Zachary Quinto
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Nathan Lane in 'The Nance' on Broadway: What did the critics think?
“The Nance,” a new play that deals in sexual identity on and offstage, opened Monday at the Lyceum Theater. Two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane stars as Chauncey Miles, a performer during the dying days of burlesque who plays up effeminate...
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