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Broadway stories: 97 news summaries

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Farnsworth is 'Clumsy,' 'Shallow'

Critics are unimpressed by Sorkin's historical play

Dec 4, 07 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin’s play The Farnsworth Invention, starring "Simpsons" stalwart Hank Azaria and Jimmi Simpson as rival television pioneers, opened last night to mixed reviews. The New York Post’s Clive Barnes finds it better suited to the screen and criticizes the business of the... More »

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television • theater • Broadway • Aaron Sorkin • Hank Azaria • Jimmi Simpson

Deal Ends Broadway Strike

Stagehands will report back to work after 19-day walkout

Nov 28, 07 10:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Stagehands and theater producers reached a deal tonight to end the strike that has shut down Broadway for nearly three weeks, the AP reports. Negotiators ended a marathon bargaining session with a deal on compensation and work rules for the stagehands, and union members took down their picket lines, the... More »

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Broadway Strike Talks Aim for
Happy Ending

Hope of deal emerges as sides 'working hard' to negotiate

Nov 26, 07 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The curtain may be falling on the Broadway stagehands' strike, as producers and union reps sat down yesterday in an effort to resolve the dispute for the first time in a week. The marathon session, which carried into this morning, had both sides cautiously optimistic, reports Newsday: "I... More »

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theater • Broadway • strike • negotiations • stagehands • Broadway stagehands' strike • League of American Theatres and Producers • Nederlander Producing Company of America • Hershel Waxman

Grinch Returns to Broadway Despite Strike

Holiday musical reopens after 2 weeks of darkness, picketing

Nov 23, 07 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Little girls and their parents flocked to this morning's reopening of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! after a 2-week hiatus, the Times reports. A stagehands' strike has shuttered most Broadway productions, but Grinch tickets went on sale after a judge ordered the show, which has a separate... More »

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theater • Dr. Seuss • Broadway • labor unions • labor relations • stagehands • Broadway stagehands' strike • Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

Grinch Can't Steal Christmas, Judge Orders

Stageworkers' striking was not to her liking; this show will go on

Nov 22, 07 9:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Manhattan judge ruled against some of Broadway's striking stagehands yesterday, ordering the musical "Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!" to resume performances tomorrow, the AP reports. The injunction, which may save the show from financial doom, also unleashed a flood of kid-lit wordplay on the... More »

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Dr. Seuss • Broadway • Broadway stagehands' strike • Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! • Helen Freedman • Jujamcyn Theaters • St. James Theatre

Talks to End Strike Flop on Broadway

Shows canceled through Thanksgiving; both sides glum

Nov 19, 07 4:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The lights of the Great White Way remain dark after talks to end the nine-day strike by Broadway stagehands broke off last night when producers abruptly walked out of negotiations. The 27 shows affected by the strike are now canceled through Nov. 25, costing Broadway the lucrative Thanksgiving weekend, the... More »

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theater • New York City • Broadway • strike • Thanksgiving • Broadway producers

Broadway Stagehands, Producers Plan Talks

Stagehands, producers agree to meet this weekend

Nov 14, 07 8:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The stagehands striking on Broadway will resume talks with theater producers this weekend, the New York Times reports. The two sides were tight-lipped about whether the meeting would end the five-day strike, which has closed 27 shows on the Great White Way. But Michael Bloomberg called the negotiations “... More »

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theater • New York City • Broadway • Michael Bloomberg • strike • stagehands • Broadway producers

B'way Strike Price: $17M a Day

With no talks scheduled, hotels, restaurants feeling the pain, worrying about tourists

Nov 13, 07 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - The strike by theater stagehands is taking a big toll on Broadway’s $5-billion-a-year business, the Wall Street Journal reports. With restaurants, hotels, and bars feeling the pain as theatergoers stay away, officials estimate that the city that never sleeps is losing up to $17 million a day. No talks... More »

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theater • Broadway • labor strike • stagehands

You'll See the Lights Go Out on Broadway

Stagehands begin strike, shut down
most shows

Nov 10, 07 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Most Broadway shows will be closed today as stagehands begin a strike over new work rules. The move comes after three months of negotiations, reports Reuters, and only off-Broadway shows and a few large productions with their own contracts are spared. Theater officials predict the strike will last only a... More »

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theater • New York City • Broadway • strike • stagehands

Young Frank's a Broadway Flub

Mel Brooks' Producers follow-up wears his jokes thin, critics say

Nov 9, 07 7:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Brooks wowed 42nd Street with his musical debut The Producers, but follow-up Young Frankenstein fell flat at last night's opening, says Time's Richard Zoglin. Without Brooks' freshman hit, Young Frank might be “reasonably entertaining”; instead it demands comparison and ends up mere “shtick." Its brilliant film... More »

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Broadway • Mel Brooks • The Producers • Young Frankenstein • Andrea Martin • SCTV • Nathan Lane • Matthew Broderick

Wizard Hits Broadway in the Buff

Radcliffe: 'Broadway is a big, big thing'

Nov 5, 07 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will hit the Great White Way when Equus opens in New York next year. Radcliffe appeared in the 8-week London run of Peter Schaffer's play this year, garnering attention for showing his wand and quaffles in a nude scene. "I'm obviously nervous but I'm... More »

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Harry Potter • theater • Broadway • Daniel Radcliffe • Equus

Robert Goulet Dies at 73

Acclaimed crooner was awaiting a lung transplant

Oct 31, 07 3:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Goulet, whose deep baritone and matinee-idol looks propelled him to fame in the 1960s, died yesterday while waiting for a lung transplant. Goulet, 73, became a star almost overnight when he debuted as Lancelot in the Broadway production of Camelot, the LA Times reports, and  went on to a... More »

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television • obituary • Broadway • singers • death • lung transplants • Robert Goulet • Camelot • Lancelot • movies

Singer Robert Goulet Awaits Lung Transplant

Life 'hanging on the edge, but he's
 strong,' says wife

Oct 24, 07 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critically ill singer Robert Goulet is sedated and on a respirator awaiting a lung transplant at a Los Angeles hospital, his wife said yesterday. A suitable donor has yet to be found, and a hospital committee has not yet determined that Goulet, 73, would make a good transplant candidate. He... More »

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Broadway • musical theater • singer • Robert Goulet • Vera Goulet • Camelot

When Stars Fall, Broadway Sends 'Em Off in Style

Dedicated obit-readers trek to star-studded memorial tributes

Oct 17, 07 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - In contrast to Hollywood, Broadway lavishes star-studded spectaculars on its deceased, and a cadre of loyal Broadway-lovers (many elderly) scan the obits and flock to the free tributes, reports the Wall Street Journal. Recent winners include tributes to Jerry Orbach ("Everybody from 'Law & Order' came") and... More »

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Broadway • memorial services

'Beauty and
the Beast'
Takes Last Bow on Broadway

Belle waves adieu;
Ariel to wave hello

Jul 29, 07 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The final curtain falls on Beauty and the Beast today after more than 5,000 performances and 13 years on Broadway. The show that started the Disney-on-Broadway rage will exit the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to make room for a stage adaptation of another kiddie staple, The Little Mermaid, the AP reports. More »

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entertainment • music • theater • Broadway • Disney • Beauty and the Beast • musical theater • The Little Mermaid • Bill Nabel

Period Pieces Coast Through Tony Awards

Spring Awakening, Coast of Utopia
make history at theater honors

Jun 11, 07 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard’s marathon glance back at 19th-century Russia, became czar of the Tonys at last night's 61st annual ceremony in New York. The $7-million, 8-hour epic claimed more statuettes than any drama in history—including honors for best play and director—in a year when... More »

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theater • Tony Awards • Spring Awakening • Broadway • Tom Stoppard • Coast of Utopia • Julie White

On Broadway, It Looks Like 'Spring'

Would-be best musical leads the pack with 11 Tony Award nominations

May 15, 07 12:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The rock musical Spring Awakening scored 11 Tony Award nominations today, including best musical, best book, and best original score for Steven Sater and pop musician Duncan Sheik. Tom Stoppard's 9-hour trilogy The Coast of Utopia (a best play competitor) and the musical Grey Gardens scored 10 nods apiece. The... More »

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entertainment • music • theater • Tony Awards • Spring Awakening • Broadway • Tom Stoppard • Coast of Utopia • actor

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