Summary
Broadway refers to the well-known form of professional theater in America, and the most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. A Broadway show refers to a performance, usually a play or musical presented in one of the 39 theatres with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District of Manhattan in New York City. Broadway musicals usually have much longer runs than Broadway plays. Going to a Broadway show is a top tourist attraction and getting a Broadway ticket can be difficult, but there are ticket booths where cutomers can buy a discount Broadway ticket. The Broadway theater district extends from 42nd street to 53rd street, and from Sixth Ave. to Ninth Av...
Broadway refers to the well-known form of professional theater in America, and the most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. A Broadway show refers to a performance, usually a play or musical presented in one of the 39 theatres with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District of Manhattan in New York City. Broadway musicals usually have much longer runs than Broadway plays. Going to a Broadway show is a top tourist attraction and getting a Broadway ticket can be difficult, but there are ticket booths where cutomers can buy a discount Broadway ticket. The Broadway theater district extends from 42nd street to 53rd street, and from Sixth Ave. to Ninth Ave., and includes Times Square.
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'A Christmas Carol' (2003) A FEW CIVIC HIGHLIGHTS 'A Man of No Importance' (2006) 'Angels in America' (1997)
Of The Morning CallCIVIC TIMELINE 1927: Civic Little Theatre premieres with ''Suppressed Desires,'' a comedy about psychoanalysis, in the decidedly untheatrical National Guard Armory in Allentown. 1931: An adaptation of Charles Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'' is...Tags: Buster Keaton, Metal and Mineral, Public Holidays, Music Theater, Executive Branch
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Appreciating playwright-humorist Christopher Durang
linda.winer@newsday.comIt is time to appreciate Christopher Durang. Actually, it is long past time to have a drum roll for this singular voice in American theater. But there are two Durang revivals this week (as well as a new play opening at the Public Theatre next season),...Tags: Bay Street Theater, Mental Illness, Church and State Relations, Awards and Prizes, Sigourney Weaver
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Valerie Harper tackles Tallulah
Special to The TimesTHESE days, the actress formerly known as Rhoda sports personas vastly different from the straight-talking New Yorker she created for television's classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and its spinoff, "Rhoda." Three decades later, Valerie Harper...Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Pearl S Buck, Second City, Tennessee Williams, Awards and Prizes
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Katie Holmes Broadway tickets go on sale
Tickets will go on sale this weekend for the Broadway debut of Katie Holmes. The "Dawson's Creek" star and wife of Tom Cruise will star in a revival of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." The production opens Oct. 16 and will play a limited engagement...Tags: Arthur Miller, Dianne Wiest, Music Theater, Katie Holmes, John Lithgow
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Revitalized Drury Lane Water Tower is back, bold and ready
The late, great Tony De Santis spent $9 million several years ago to turn a movie theater at Water Tower Place back into a venue for live shows. The legendary creator of the Drury Lane Theatre empire had decided the time was right to come back downtown to...Tags: Water Supply, Magnificent Mile, Water Tower, Water Tower Place, Oakbrook Terrace
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This July 4th weekend, celebrate your right to free jazz
Chicago Tribune criticThe Independence Day weekend may be synonymous with American music, but in Chicago that doesn't necessarily mean marches by John Philip Sousa (glorious though they are). Free jazz, hard-core bebop, American popular song—that's how Chicago marks the...Tags: Country Music, Ravinia Festival, Barbara Cook, Public Holidays, Music Theater
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Actors' union, theater producers reach agreement
The Associated PressThe actors' union and Broadway theater producers have reached a tentative agreement for a new 39-month contract that covers Broadway shows and touring productions. Actors' Equity Association and the Broadway League, which represents both producers and...Tags: Contracts, Celebrity, Music Theater
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Broadway averts strike with deal by actors, theaters
Actors' Equity Association, the actors' union, and the Broadway League, which represents producers and theater owners, reached a tentative agreement for a new contract yesterday, averting the possibility of a strike such as the one that shut down Broadway...Tags: Contracts, Celebrity, Music Theater, Strikes
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In Concert
Today A Nameless Desire, Scoundrel, Victims of Experience, Prosthetic Fly Recher Theatre, 512 York Road, Towson / 410-337-7210 or 410-547-7328 or ticketmaster.com. Doc Hochman's Patriotic Dixieband Rams Head Tavern, 33 West St., Annapolis / 410-268-...Tags: Dancing, Transportation, Lyle Lovett, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Games
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Fireworks and thunderstorms
Special to The SunThe intrepid folks who braved steamy afternoon humidity and ignored dire forecasts of evening thunderstorms were rewarded by ample parking, lots of green space and soft summer breezes at the Anne Arundel Community College stadium field for the fifth...Tags: Liberty Bell, Charles Ives, Music Theater, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Classical Music
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