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   Death of a Salesman: Theater Review

   6:00 pm 3/15/2012

   • by David Rooney

   Philip Seymour Hoffman, Linda Emond and Andrew Garfield star in Mike Nichols' powerful Broadway revival of the 1949 Arthur Miller drama about the tragedy of the common man.Read more

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   David Strathairn to Join Jessica Chastain in Broadway Revival of 'The Heiress'

   11:00 am 3/15/2012

   • by David Rooney

   The Emmy-winning actor will play Chastain's emotionally distant father in the stage adaptation by Ruth and Augustus Goetz of the Henry James novel, "Washington Square."Read more

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   Christopher Plummer's 'Barrymore' to Take Theatrical Bow

   11:51 am 3/13/2012

   • by David Rooney

   The recent Oscar winner reprised the acclaimed role that earned him a Tony Award in 1997 last year in Canada in this bio-play, which was captured on multiple high-definition cameras by director-adapter Érik Canuel.Read more

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   That's So Broadway: Raven-Symoné Gets Into the Habit for 'Sister Act'

   9:10 am 3/7/2012

   • by David Rooney

   The former Disney Channel star will make her Broadway debut in the musical adaptation of the 1992 Touchstone comedy, stepping into the role originally played onscreen by producer Whoopi Goldberg.Read more

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   'Animal House' Musical Heads to Broadway With Barenaked Ladies

   11:49 am 3/5/2012

   • by David Rooney

   Universal Pictures Stage Productions is developing the 1978 John Belushi comedy for stage, with Casey Nicholaw ("The Book of Mormon") on board as director-choreographer, and the "One Week" band composing the original score.Read more

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   Carrie: Theater Review

   5:30 pm 3/1/2012

   • by David Rooney

   The original creative team behind the commercially disastrous 1988 Broadway musical adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel make a valiant attempt to wash the blood off their much-maligned baby.Read more

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   Justin Long to Make Broadway Debut in 'Seminar'

   1:51 pm 3/1/2012

   • by Philiana Ng

   The actor will replace Hamish Linklater in the role of Martin beginning April 3.Read more

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   Assistance: Theater Review

   5:00 pm 2/28/2012

   • by David Rooney

   "Bachelorette" writer-director Leslye Headland says her play about long-suffering executive assistants is not a tell-all, but the notoriously irascible personality of her former boss, Harvey Weinstein, is stamped all over it.Read more

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   Topher Grace, Olivia Thirlby Reteam With Director Paul Weitz for New Play

   10:18 am 2/28/2012

   • by David Rooney

   The two will star in stage comedy "Lonely, I'm Not," premiering Off Broadway in a Second Stage Theatre production.Read more

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    Howard Kissel: An Appreciation

    12:36 pm 2/26/2012

    • by David Rooney

    A theater critic for almost four decades, including two at the Daily News, Howard Kissel could be acerbic but was always fair-minded, his writing informed by a passionate cross-disciplinary interest in the arts and a love of all the cultural riches New York has to offer.Read more

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