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Ragtime Battles Celebrity Factor on Broadway, Closes Proudly

James Sims | Posted 12.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Scarlett Johannson, Jude Law, Broadway, Ragtime, Celebrity, Stephen Sondheim, Recession, New York, Catherine Zeta-Jones, New York News

Ragtime's lack of celebrity is one of many reasons why the musical failed to set box office records. While that ultimately led to an early demise, it should wear that as a badge of honor.

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Astoria Characters: The Stage-Seeking Actress

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.29.2009 | New York

She can tap dance and sing. She can play the flute and the piano. Okay, she's better at the flute. All Sarah Bradley needs is a stage -- any stage.

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Bush Follies Brought Tudors to Broadway

James Sims | Posted 12.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: A Man for All Seasons, George W. Bush, Broadway, The Tudors, Showtime, Mary Stuart, Henry VIII, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Entertainment News

Surveying some of Broadway's best offerings over the last couple years, one common storyline jumps out. King Henry VIII and all of the Tudors-related atrocities have seen a prominent revival.

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Stage Door: Race, 39 Steps, Flahooley

Fern Siegel | Posted 12.28.2009 | New York

Read More: David Alan Grier, Broadway, David Mamet, Entertainment, Kerry Washington, James Spader, Alfred Hitchcock, Yip Harburg, New York News

Never one to shy from provocative themes, Mamet's latest play, Race, at the Ethel Barrymore, sounds incendiary, but fails to deliver a knockout punch.

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Let Me Down Easy

Yazmany Arboleda | Posted 12.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, New York, America, Dying, Entertainment, Let Me Down Easy, Broadway, Anna Deavere Smith, Yazmany Arboleda, Theater, Art, Second Stage Theater, Health Care, Death, Entertainment News

At a time of debate around "death panels", Anna Deavere Smith brings to life a rich, diverse range of perspectives on how we live and die in America today.

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Broadway Theater Workers Strike Avoided

Crain's New York Business | Posted 12.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Broadway, Manhattan, Broadway Porters, Broadway Cleaners, New York City, New York, Broadway Labor, New York News

Broadway's theater cleaners, porters and matrons reached an agreement with the Broadway League late Thursday night, averting a potential strike on the...

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Feinstein and Hyde Pierce: A Bendel Bonnet, a Shakespeare Sonnet, Mickey Mouse

Kathryn McGarr | Posted 12.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Broadway, David Hyde Pierce, Cole Porter, Feinstein's at Loews Regency, New York Nightlife, Michael Feinstein, Spamalot, Christmas, New York News

At one point, Hyde Pierce and Feinstein said they'd be doing a number originally done by Bing and Frank, "And if you don't know who Bing and Frank are, you're probably in the wrong show." This is true.

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Hair's Allison Case: 'Replace Fear With Love'

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Conan O'Brien, Mamma Mia, Apple, Allison Case, Broadway, Revival, Sophie Sheridan, Mac Commercials, Love, Peace, Hair, Nurse Jackie, Entertainment News

If you've seen Hair on Broadway, you know how infectiously joyous the cast is and how strong their message of love is. Their energy beams from the orchestra to the nosebleeds in the theater.

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Exclusive: Tony Winner Jim Norton Kicks Up His Heels In "Finian's Rainbow"

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Musical, Theater, Broadway, Jim Norton, Tony, Entertainment News

Is anyone happier on Broadway than the cast of Finian's Rainbow? The musical once considered as problematic as South Pacific appeared in Encores and then transferred to Broadway with rapturous reviews.

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Stage Door: Finian's Rainbow, James Barbour, Misalliance

Fern Siegel | Posted 12.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Broadway, George Bernard Shaw, Off-Broadway, City Center, Entertainment, New York News

How are things in Glocca Morra? That question is asked nightly at the St. James, where the revival of Finian's Rainbow offers songs, a love story, a leprechaun and a dollop of politics.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones Makes Broadway Debut To Mixed Reviews (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Angela Lansbury, A-Little-Night-Music, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Entertainment News

Catherine Zeta-Jones made her Broadway debut Sunday night as aging actress Desiree in the Stephen Sondheim musical 'A Little Night Music.' She starred...

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Danny Aiello: Singing, Selecting Roles, and Taking On a Musical Al Capone

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: American Idol, Musical, Tony Bennett, Spike Lee, Song, Danny Aiello, Broadway, 29th Street, Darin, Moonstruck, Music, Sinatra, Actors, Al Capone, Solo, Entertainment News

"It's not about vanity," Danny Aiello said sincerely via a phone interview from his New Jersey home. "It wasn't a need to sing. I wanted to sing."

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Times Square Shooting Leaves One Dead Outside Marriott Marquis Hotel

AP | TOM HAYS and CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Times Square, Nypd, Times Square Death, Broadway, Marriott Marquis Hotel, Police Shooting, Times Square Shooting, New York, Tourists, Shooting in Times Square, Time Square Shooting, Shooting Times Square, Marriott Marquis Shooting, Times Square Shootout, New York News

NEW YORK — A plainclothes cop chased a scam artist through sidewalks crowded with holiday shoppers and tourists Thursday in the heart of Times S...

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David Mamet's Race Against the Cultural Clock

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 12.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Racial-Justice, David Alan Grier, The Practice, Kerry Washington, Broadway, Rape Trials, David Mamet, Race, Boston Legal, James Spader, Richard Thomas, New York News

While most conversations about race inspire deep ambivalence if not outright silence, Mamet converts the stage into a raucous racial seminar jacked up on truth serum.

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Jessica Simpson Sparkles At Ashlee's Broadway Debut (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Theater, Ashlee Simpson, Jessica Simpson, Entertainment News

Ashlee Simpson debuted as Roxie in Broadway's "Chicago" Monday night with her sister and husband there to support here. Ashlee, recently let go from ...

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Newly Unemployed Kelsey Grammer Set For Broadway

AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Kelsey Grammer, Broadway, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — From television's favorite psychiatrist to the owner of a French Riviera nightclub: Kelsey Grammer is set to star on Broadway in "La ...

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James Spader Plays Dark, Familiar Creep In Broadway Debut

nytimes.com | PATRICK HEALY | Posted 11.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Theater, James Spader Broadway, James Spader, Entertainment News

"CULTIVATE the appearance of contrition," the character Jack Lawson, a lawyer, tells a white client accused of raping a black woman in "Race," a new p...

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Stage Door: Ragtime, My Wonderful Day

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.26.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Alan Ayckbourn, Broadway, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, E.L. Doctorow, Emma Goldman, Evelyn Nesbit, Ayesha Antoine, Harry Houdini, New York News

Ragtime is a sweeping, ambitious revival that, with the election of Barack Obama, carries added resonance. The musical, an adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel, is not to be missed.

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Fela!: One Step Forward, a Few Missteps Back

Cara Joy David | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Kerry Butler, Sahr Ngaujah, Billy Elliot, Broadway, Will Smith, Off-Broadway, Fela!, Jay-Z, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, New York News

It remains to be seen whether Fela! can survive its producers' blunders and triumph on Broadway. Hopefully it will--it's something different.

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Getting to know Mary Birdsong and Life in "Ephronia"

Jon Chattman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Delia Ephron, Women, Jane Lynch, Even Ensler, Broadway, Tv, Musical, Loss-and-What-I-Wore, Nora Ephron, Monologues, Actress, Mary Birdsong, Ephron, Wore, Glee, Cottonhead, Love, Entertainment News

The actress Mary Birdsong has extensive credits in television, film, and the stage, and is currently appearing in the Ephron sisters' latest work, Love, Loss and What I Wore.

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Stage Door: Superior Donuts, The Understudy, Vamps

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Michael McKean, Broadway, Cabaret, Off-Broadway, Tracy Letts, Entertainment, Chicago, New York News

When August: Osage County drama burst on Broadway, it trumpeted the arrival of Tracy Letts, who won the Pulitzer. By contrast, his follow-up effort, Superior Donuts, is a quiet meditation.

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Why Kanye West Could Never Be Fela Kuti

Derek Beres | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bill T Jones, Broadway, Modern Dance, Nigeria, Kanye West, Fela Kuti, Afrobeat, Entertainment News

While Kanye West's admitted disdain for books is well known, I reflected on his recent comments while at the Eugene O'Neill Theater watching Fela!, the production based on the life Fela Kuti.

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Broadway Play Tackles Issues of Death

nytimes.com | Gina Kolata | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Broadway Play, Women, Fear, Dying, Mourning, Death and Dying, Broadway, Loss, Death, Grief, Anna Deavere Smith, Coping, Hurricane Katrina, Cancer, Health Care, Lance Armstrong, Living News

Ms. Smith, a tall, imposing woman, takes on the character of her subjects by repeating their exact words, complete with regional accents, ums and uhs ...

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Jennifer Aniston Parties With Ashton Kutcher & Demi Moore (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Brooke SHields, Slideshow, Jennifer Aniston, Broadway, Demi Moore, Eva Mendes, David Cross, Amber Tamblyn, Ashton Kutcher, Poll, Entertainment News

Jennifer Aniston took the stage Monday night to sing 'Yellow Submarine' as part of the 9th Annual 24-Hour Plays on Broadway--a series of six 10-minute...

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