Articles filed under Professional Theater
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J.K. Rowling defends casting of black Hermione in new playDec 20, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON - A black actress playing Hermione Granger? J.K. Rowling has no problem with that. The best-selling author of the "Harry Potter" books has responded to mixed reac...
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Margaritaville madness: Jimmy Buffett musical in the worksDec 17, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Parrottheads, rejoice - there's a Jimmy Buffett musical in the works. Producers said Thursday that the show will have Buffett's blend of rock and country tune...
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Federal tax code change will help live theater nationwideDec 17, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Live commercial theater from Broadway to Los Angeles is about to get a huge financial boost under a federal tax code change that's been championed by U.S...
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Steppenwolf's tart 'Domesticated' looks at morality, monogamy in the political realmDec 16, 2015 10:00 am - "Domesticated," a tart, darkly comic meditation on morality, monogamy and marriage against the backdrop of politics, suggests that attempting to tame the human male isn'...
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Broadway's 41st theater will be the Hudson TheatreDec 16, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Broadway will soon have a new place to play - its 41st theater. The Ambassador Theatre Group said Wednesday it will reopen and operate Broadway's Hudson ...
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Lucy Prebble's 'The Effect' to land at Barrow Street TheatreDec 16, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - British playwright Lucy Prebble's "The Effect," about the relationship between science and love, will make its North American debut this spring at the Ba...
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Theater events: 'Bad Jews' at Royal George to close Dec. 27Dec 15, 2015 10:00 pm - 'Jews' bids farewell Theater Wit's acclaimed, oft-extended world premiere of Joshua Harmon's comedy "Bad Jews" - the most successful production in the theater's 11-...
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Josh Groban eyes Broadway, says he's in that 'headspace'Dec 14, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Josh Groban will be following up his album of Broadway standards by doing it for real - singing on a Broadway stage for the first time. "I was kind of in...
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The AP picks its top theater of 2015Dec 14, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's best-in-theater lists are going to be anticlimactic. There's one listing that will surely be at the top of every critic's round-up. But there...
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Metropolis has got itself turned aroundDec 14, 2015 4:00 am - Hats off to the team now running the show at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre. New Executive/Artistic Director Joe Keefe seems to have found the formula for consistentl...