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Harvey Fierstein On The 'Kinky Boots' Surprise That Critics Have Ignored

HuffingtonPost.com | Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 05.18.2013 | Gay Voices
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“Would I be scared to say ‘gay?'" asks the very openly gay Harvey Fierstein, discussing the hit Broadway musical "Kinky Boots," which has garnered...

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Broadway's Next Hit?

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 11.05.2012 | Arts
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NEW YORK — Dig out those leg warmers and headbands – "Flashdance" is coming to Broadway. Producers said Tuesday that the stage adaptation...

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'World-Changing' Tupac Musical Set To Begin Casting

Posted 03.01.2012 | Black Voices
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Good news for Tupac Shakur fans! The late hip-hop icon’s music will be featured in a new Broadway musical titled, “Holler If Ya Hear Me.” Acc...

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Diane Keaton Reveals Five Year Battle With Bulimia

Posted 01.11.2012 | Fifty
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Beloved actress Diane Keaton scribed a new memoir, Then Again, revealing that she suffered a five-year battle with bulimia in her 20s. Keaton was a st...

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'Les Mis' To Hit Big Screen In 3D

Posted 11.19.2011 | Arts
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Whether you love them or hate them, Broadway musicals are known for their bombastic dramatics, and the upcoming film adaptation of 'Les Miserables,' t...

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'Rocky': The Musical?!

ew.com | Posted 08.02.2011 | Entertainment
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According to a report in the New York Times, Rocky is on its way to becoming a freaking musical -- with a hoped-for 2013 Broadway opening. EW has c...

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New 'Spider-Man' Directors Announced, Opening Delayed Till Summer

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK and MARK KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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NEW YORK — Julie Taymor, the Tony Award winning director of "The Lion King," will no longer direct Broadway's troubled "Spider-Man" musical as p...

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Injured Theatergoers Sue 'Billy Elliot' For $4 Million

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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NEW YORK — Two theatergoers are suing a Broadway musical for millions after claiming they were injured during a performance of "Billy Elliot: The Mu...

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Injured 'Spider-Man' Eager To Rejoin Production

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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NEW YORK — The actor badly hurt after plunging more than 30 feet in front of a shocked audience watching the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn ...

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'Spider-Man' Actor Injured In Stunt Fall

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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NEW YORK — Broadway might need a superhero to save the new Spider-Man musical. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the most expensive production in...

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Theater Review: "Women On The Verge" Of Bad

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Michael Giltz

WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN ** out of **** At the Belasco Theatre Neither the complete train wreck some people predicted nor the fizz...

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An Open Letter To Broadway's Newest Song and Dance Man, Billie Joe Armstrong

Rick Cleveland | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Rick Cleveland

Dear Billie Joe, I can't wait to see what you guys come up with next. God love President Barack Obama, but there are more idiots in America than ever. I just pray I won't be hearing about a Green Day episode of Glee anytime soon.

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The Pulitzer Debacle?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Hoyt Hilsman

Rather than simply dismissing the Pulitzers as old-fashioned or irrelevant, isn't it worth a further discussion of how the Committee goes about making its choices -- especially when it ignores the nominees of its own Jury?

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Movie Review: Shrek Forever After

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

All the warning signs are there: it's the 4th film, it's in 3D, virtually all of the original creative talent (aside from the actors) have moved on. Has the law of diminishing returns caught up with Shrek Forever After? Yes and no -- but mostly no.

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