Moreno lands ShoWest star

'Grace' thesp recently made Gotham legit debut

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Serious drama a hard sell on Broadway By ROBERT HOFLER

Cast pays cost for loss of Wilson's 'Gem'

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Off B'way gets back onstage

Recent upstarts might be turning things around

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Reversal of Fortune

MTC stages comeback after bumpy inaugural season
While most entertainment companies are subject to the unpredictable rollercoaster of good and bad patches, this season's turnaround at Manhattan Theater Club represents a reversal of fortune that's remarkable.

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Valdez returns to stage in 'Remix'

Revue-style show will open April 29

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Ehle to play Tracy Lord in London "Story"

Tony-winner plucks plum role at Old Vic

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Pendleton will cast 'Shadow' Off B'way

Show begins previews March 1 in Gotham
Austin Pendleton's "Orson's Shadow" is that rarest of legit beasts: a new play receiving a commercial production in an Off Broadway house. Planetearth Prods. and Scott Morfee have announced a March 13 premiere for "Orson's Shadow" at the Barrow Street Theater.

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Frost ankles Goodspeed

Producer gives co. the cold shoulder

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B'way can't shake chills

Warmer weather fails to heat legit B.O.

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Biz slides; 'Movin' Out' 976g

Road Grosses

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Spacey to take on Bard

Thesp tries Shakespeare in 2nd season at Old Vic

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'Cookin'' heat cools off

'Tap' sequel among lackluster shows at large venues

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Traveling tuners land crix licks

Non-equity tours take shortcuts to fill skeds
In January, Los Angeles turned into the legit stix when a non-Equity tour of "Oklahoma!" rolled into the mighty Pantages Theater. There on the stage that recently hosted "The Producers" and "Hairspray" were thesps barely out of college.

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Roundabout's out of League

Theater co. leaves trade org

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Roundabout gets topper

Wolper new managing director of company

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'Jewtopia' recoups Off B'way

Previews to begin in Chicago, Coral Springs, Detroit
Off Broadway comedy "Jewtopia" will officially recoup its $625,000 capitalization Sunday, just 20 weeks after it began previews at the Westside Theater.

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Prexy named for Radio City

Marciano to overlook legendary music hall

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B'way can't shake chills

Warmer weather fails to heat Broadway

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'March' draws 'Best' actors

It looks like a reunion for the 2000 Broadway cast of "Gore Vidal's The Best Man." Chris Noth will join Charles Durning and Michael Learned in the world premiere of the scribe's "On the Marc…

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Leigh, Gambon return to National

Director's prod'n to open in September; thesp to play Falstaff

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Bay area stages play politics

Brava Theater to bow 'Guantanamo,' Aurora solicits scripts
The 2004 presidential election left theater folk in the famously left-leaning San Francisco Bay area reeling -- and looking for ways to make meaningful artistic statements in the face of an administration they believe stands for everything most nonprofit theaters eschew.

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'Pocket' jazzed for 2006

"In the Pocket" is the new name for the new tuner by the late Cy Coleman. Set to open on Broadway in spring 2006, the show was called "Like Jazz" in its world-premiere staging last season at…

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Kennedy/Marshall eye B'way

'Hurlyburly' revival gets hot

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Shaw Fest seeing red

Canuck's legit fest shows B.O. dip

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Big 'Change' in tuners

West Coast embraces serious shows; Gotham goes for fluff
While Gotham digs out from the snow, California shovels the mud. Weather differences aside, there is also a big divide in the critical climates between the two coasts.

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