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[title of show]: From YouTube to Broadway

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 08.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Twitter, The [Title of Show] Show, Musical Theater, Hunter Bell, Broadway, Jeff Bowen, Youtube, Heidi Blickenstaff, titleofshow.com, [Title of Show], Susan Blackwell, Larry Pressgrove, Facebook, Blogging, Entertainment News

Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen started with a deadline to enter a musical theater festival, then came up with an idea and wrote "[title of show]" in three weeks.

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Theater: Hair In Central Park

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Vietnam, Central Park, Iraq War, Draft, Hair, Theater, Broadway, Musicals, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News

Central Park is the perfect setting for a revival of that instant time capsule of a musical, Hair. Central Park was the setting for a Be-In and it doe...

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Stage Door: Occupant, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy

Fern Siegel | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Theater, Occupant, Theater Review, Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, Entertainment News

Insightful, and astounding, Albee's Occupant reveals the true grit behind an artist's calling. By contrast, Goldberg's Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy focuses on the wholly physical -- stretching, literally, what the body can do.

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Weinstein Brothers Are Broadway Bound

Variety | Gordon Cox | Posted 06.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Finding Neverland, Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, Entertainment News

After years as a featured player on the legit scene, Harvey Weinstein is stepping into a leading role. The Weinstein Co. -- a minority co-producer on...

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"Cry-Baby" Closing After Brief Broadway Run

AP | Posted 06.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Cry-Baby, Broadway, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — "Cry-Baby" is the first casualty of the 2008 Tony Awards. It will close Sunday after a disappointing run of 68 performances. Althoug...

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Greener Great White Way: Broadway Gets "Eco-Friendly"

Grist | Sarah van Schagen | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Al Gore, Inconvenient Truth, Going Green, Broadway, Green, Green Living, Green News

Mamma Mia! Broadway is going green. Inspired by An Inconvenient Truth, producer David Stone (who recently greened his hit musical Wicked) met with oth...

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The Greatest Musical You've Never Heard Of

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Fiorello! Musical, Broadway, Theater, Musicals, Fiorello LaGuardia, Chicago, Entertainment News

"You have never heard of it," that kind of unknown. AND greatest: winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award greatest. The show is...are you ready?

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The Great American Musical's Memory Bank

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Broadway, American Dream, American Musicals, Rock Operas, Entertainment News

As America looks towards the post-Bush era, it's important to learn from the most idealistic marvels of our past. The American dream that has fallen away was once up there on Broadway's stage, inspiring audiences every night.

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Broadway Actor Breaks Both Wrists In 20-Foot Trapdoor Fall

AP | Posted 05.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Adrian Bailey, Broadway, The Little Mermaid, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — An actor in "The Little Mermaid" broke his wrists after falling at least 20 feet through a trap door to the stage minutes before a pe...

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Daniel Radcliffe To Make Nude Broadway Debut In September

AP | Posted 04.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Daniel Radcliffe, Daniel Radcliffe Nude, Daniel Radcliffe Naked, Equus, Broadway, Daniel Radcliffe Equus, Celebrity Skin, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Harry Potter is headed to The Great White Way. Daniel Radcliffe, the star of the "Harry Potter" movies, will make his Broadway debut...

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American Idol Top 9: The Results

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Dolly Parton is one of the most talented songwriters in country music history, has a sensational voice and has recorded more great albums than you can shake a stick at.

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Stage Door: Theater Reviews

Fern Siegel | Posted 03.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Broadway, Off-Broadway, The Adding Machine, Sunday in the Park, Entertainment News

The Adding Machine, an off-Broadway revival of the 1923 Elmer Rice play, is staged in a Thirties social realism style, complemented by moving performances and a rich modern score.

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American Idol Audition Finale

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon Cowell, Reality TV, Pop Music, Ryan Seacrest, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Broadway, American Idol, Rock, Entertainment News

We've seen plenty of people get the nod, but not necessarily the one person who is going to pop out and make it to the final 12 and win it all.

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Students for Hillary: No More Promises, We Want Proof

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Volutneers, Super Tuesday, New York, Students for Clinton, Youth Vote, New York City, St. John's, Broadway, Policy Positions, Clinton Volunteers, Policy, Students, New York Primary, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Primary, Canvassing, Marymount, Home News

"The majority of my friends who are voting for Obama can't give me any substantive reason as to why they are voting for him," she said.

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Will Ferrell Plans Broadway Role

NY Post | Michael Riedel | Posted 01.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Will Ferrell Broadway, Broadway, Will Ferrell, Entertainment News

Will Ferrell has been quietly poking around Broadway, looking for a theater for a show he's writing and will star in next fall. Details are sketchy, ...

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Broadway Posts Record 07 Sales, Despite Strike Shut Down

Bloomberg | Philip Boroff | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Broadway League, Wicked, Stage, Hairspray, Broadway, Spamalot, Stagehands, Stragehands Strike, Business News

Broadway revenue totaled more than $938 million in 2007, up 3.5 percent from 2006 despite a 19-day stagehands strike in November that shut down most s...

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Queens, Booze and Show Tunes: The Secret New York Alternative to the Broadway Musical

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 12.13.2007 | Living

Read More: Off Broadway, Great NYC Bars, Broadway, Secret New York, Musicals, Broadway Plays, Showtunes, Great Places to Go in NYC, Living News

But if you're in town with a musical theater loving crew of "adults" who appreciate the nuances of cast recordings, you won't have a better night out than at Marie's Crisis Cafe.

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Broadway Stagehands And Producers Reach Deal To End Strike

AP | Michael Kuchwara | Posted 11.28.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Bruce Cohen, Broadway Strike, Entertainment News

Broadway stagehands and theater producers reached a tentative agreement Wednesday night to end a strike that has shut down more than two dozen plays a...

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Dim Lights on the Great White Way

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 11.26.2007 | Media

Read More: Broadway Strike, HIV/AIDS, The Ritz, Hiv, Broadway, Broadway Cares, Aids, Rosie Perez, Media News

Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS is losing $40,000 a day -- more than a quarter million dollars a week -- in voluntary contributions every day the strike continues.

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Both Sides Back To Bargaining Table In Broadway Strike

AP via Newsweek | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 11.24.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway Strike, Broadway, Entertainment News

Striking stagehands and theater producers agreed Saturday to return to the bargaining table, nearly a week after negotiations collapsed and kept most ...

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Judge Orders "The Grinch" Back Open Despite Broadway Strike

AP | Samuel Maull | Posted 11.21.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway Strike, Broadway, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Broadway, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Entertainment News

All the Whos down in Whoville will have holiday work this year after a Manhattan judge ordered the Broadway production of "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch S...

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More Money, Les Moonves

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 11.14.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway Strike, Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, Broadway, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Too literal for showbiz insiders: "We write the story-a for Eva Longori-a!" Too obtuse for showbiz outsiders: "More money, Les Moonves!"

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A Frighteningly Familiar Fairy Tale

Justin Hudnall | Posted 11.12.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Theater, Broadway, Theater Review, A Hard Heart, Epic Theater, New York, Chalfant, Entertainment News

Nothing says "I told you so" like writing a political parable a decade before it comes true. This is what English playwright Howard Barker has achieved with A Hard Heart.

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Broadway Stays Dark As Strike Hits Day Three

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 11.12.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Broadway Strike, Entertainment News

Striking stagehands and theater producers traded accusations but not much else as the work stoppage that has shut down more than two dozen Broadway pl...

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Broadway Stays Dark As Strike Enters Day Two

AP | MICHAEL KUCHWARA | Posted 11.11.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Broadway Strike, Entertainment News

The drama was on the streets and not on stage for disappointed theatergoers as striking stagehands picketed behind barricades in the Times Square area...

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