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London's Hot Ticket Gets Mixed Reviews

Fans shell out for McGregor's Iago, but it's the Moor who wows

Dec 5, 07 8:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The hottest ticket in London is for a production of Othello, starring Ewan McGregor in a 250-seat theater, with the price of tickets hitting $4,000 on the secondary market. Yet the play opened this week to decidedly mixed reviews. While everyone praised Chiwetel Ejiofor as the Moor of Venice,... More »

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theater • London • William Shakespeare • Ewan McGregor

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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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theater • Broadway • stagehands

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!

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

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

Chinese Opera House Opens

Sep 25, 07 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Armed ballerinas and a song by former Chinese president Jiang Zemin today celebrate the opening of Beijing's controversial National Grand Theater, a $360 million modern arts complex built in the shadow of the Forbidden City. The Red Detachment of Women, however, is a traditional touch—it's one of eight plays... More »

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China • theater • Beijing • opera • Forbidden City • National Grand Theater • The Red Detachment of Women

Joan Rivers
Gets Ready for Her Close-Up

Comic puts on her game face for new theatrical piece

Aug 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having been relieved of red-carpet duty, Joan Rivers is busy workshopping an autobiographical comedy in San Francisco. It's the 74-year-old Barnard grad's third play, and she's planning to take it off-Broadway once she figures out "what's funny and poignant and what isn't." The LA Times pays a call... More »

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plastic surgery • theater • comedy • Joan Rivers • red carpet • autobiography

'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

Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters

Order of the Phoenix casts a spell on critics—well, most of them, anyway

Jul 10, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Holy Quidditch! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix flies onto the silver screen tomorrow just two weeks before the ballyhooed release of the final book of the wizard saga. It seems to have cast a spell on critics, like Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who says it will "... More »

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Harry Potter • theater • New York Times • film • Newsweek • Rolling Stone • A.O. Wilson • David Ansen • Peter Travers • movie review • movies • movie theaters

Pavarotti's
New Album Could Be Finale

Tenor records
sacred music while battling cancer

Jul 5, 07 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti is recording songs for what could be his last album as the 71-year-old tenor battles pancreatic cancer. His elder daughter reportedly told a magazine that he "knows he will die soon," but later insisted her words had been twisted. Doctors discovered the cancer last... More »

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music • theater • Italy • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • pancreatic cancer

Opera Star Beverly Sills Dead at 78

Soprano captured America's heart

Jul 3, 07 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Soprano Beverly Sills, whose ebullient personality and brilliant singing voice not only made her a star but helped demystify opera in America, died Monday night in her Manhattan home from inoperable lung cancer, the New York Times reports. She was 78. Sills spent much of her singing career with the... More »

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music • theater • obituary • opera • Beverly Sills • celebrity • New York City Opera • actor

Disney's Rat Trounces 'Die Hard'

'Ratatouille' is weekend box office champ,  with $47M to  'Die Hard's'  $33M

Jul 2, 07 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Ratatouille," Disney's critically hailed animated flick about a gourmet rat, dominated the box office in its opening weekend, scoring $47.2M to the latest Bruce Willis vehicle's $33.15 million.  Also bested was religious-themed romp "Evan Almighty."  More »

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Hollywood • theater • film • Ratatouille • Pixar • Disney • animation • box office • movies

3-D Format
Will Foil
Film Pirates

Camcorder killer coming to a
theater near you

Jun 28, 07 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie makers are preparing to launch a major assault on video piracy—in 3-D.  In two years, more than 4,000 theaters will be 3-D-ready, and top studios are gearing up to create films in the new format, which can't be recorded off the screen. Steven Spielberg and Peter... More »

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technology • Hollywood • theater • film • Dreamworks • piracy • DVD piracy • George Lucas • 3D • camcorder • Jeffrey Katzenberg • movies • movie theaters

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

Satire Finds a Stage in Baghdad  

Iraq's waning community of actors is free of censorhip, but under siege by extremists

May 21, 07 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least someone is laughing: At Iraq's National Theater a one-act play called "The Intensive Care Unit" satirizes the country's bombed-out chaos. The prevailing mood, the Washington Post reports, is jovial and non-sectarian; performances are all matinees because no one dares venture out at night. More »

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Iraq • theater • satire • censorship • play • actor

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