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Barry Manilow’s “Harmony” Strikes the Right Chords in Atlanta — Finally
After two decades, “Harmony,” Barry Manilow’s labor of love, seems to have finally found its groove. The musical, about a popular sextet in the Weimar Republic that ran afoul of the Nazis, opened in...
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“Mamma Mia!” Hits a Major Milestone
“Nobody thought ‘Mamma Mia!’ was going to work,” said Judy Craymer, its lead producer, on the cusp of the Broadway musical reaching the milestone of 5,000 performances and moving from the Winter...
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“Spider-Man” to Close in Early January — Biggest Financial Flop in Broadway...
Joe Allen’s, the famed restaurant in the theater district, decorates its brick walls with posters of infamous Broadway flops. Come January, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” will take pride of place in...
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Marin Mazzie Gets the Most Coveted Role of the Season in “Bullets Over Broadway”
In news that was not entirely unexpected, three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie was officially cast in the coveted role of Helen Sinclair, the tippling and scene-stealing diva in the much-anticipated...
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“‘The Sound of Music’ Live!” Scores in the Ratings But Not With Critics
“‘The Sound of Music’ Live!” scored so high in the ratings on the evening of December 5 that it is likely that NBC-TV, which took a huge gamble, may well be encouraged to repeat the exercise....
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NBC Exults and Carrie Underwood Fires Back at Her Critics
Nearly 18.5 million people tuned into “The Sound of Music Live!” on December 5th, a ratings bonanza which spurred Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC’s entertainment division, to announce that...
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“King Kong, the Musical”: The World’s Most Famous Ape Returns to New York
“Titanic, the Musical” is not the only behemoth finding a berth on Broadway later this year. Come December, “King Kong, the Musical” will be moored at the 1,930-seat Foxwoods Theatre, which was...
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Will Renewed Scrutiny Hurt Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway”?
The allegations of child molestation once more raised against Woody Allen — this time by the purported victim Dylan Farrow Previn — has unleashed a spate of articles and threads on theater chat rooms...
View ArticleStock Report: Robert Lopez Up, Andrew Lloyd Webber Down
If Broadway composers were stocks, blue-chip Robert Lopez would have split several times over. Andrew Lloyd Webber, on the other hand, is on a downward trajectory. Having won Tony Awards for “Avenue...
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Postponement of “Heart and Lights” Is No Anomaly
Last week’s sudden announcement by Radio City Music Hall that it was postponing “Heart and Lights,” its $25-million spring extravaganza, was shocking. But it was by no means an anomaly in the...
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