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Theater reporter at The New York Times.

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2 years
Some days New York City is hard. But then there are days when you find yourself on a subway car filled with children singing "We Don't Talk About Bruno." Today was one of those days.
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Paragraph I did not expect to read this morning: "Mr. Trump’s handlers designated an unnamed White House official known as the 'Music Man' to play him his favorite show tunes, including 'Memory' from 'Cats,' to pull him from the brink of rage."
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Since the shutdown of Broadway, I’ve been wanting to see what New York’s theater district looked like without any shows running, so last night I put on a mask and took a socially distant walk around.
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4 years
First show of 2021. Hopefully many more to come. #ratatouillethemusical
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5 years
Broadway news: @Lin_Manuel and friends are bringing their improv show, Freestyle Love Supreme, to the Booth Theater for a four-month run starting in September. He will be a producer and occasional performer.
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Terrence McNally, the Tony-Winning playwright whose credits include "Ragtime," "Master Class," "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Love! Valour! Compassion!", died today at 81 of coronavirus complications. He was a lung cancer survivor with chronic COPD.
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4 years
Broadway will remain closed at least through June 7. But because of uncertainty about when large gatherings will be allowed to resume, industry leaders acknowledge the theaters could be shuttered even longer.
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Theater news: The Drama Book Shop, now owned by @Lin_Manuel and three of his "Hamilton" collaborators, will reopen in March on West 39th Street in Midtown Manhattan, with design overseen by "Hamilton" set designer @DavidKorins .
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3 years
The three biggest current Broadway hits — “Hamilton,” “The Lion King,” and “Wicked” — just jointly announced that they will all resume performances on Sept. 14.
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6 years
Wait for it: The creators of @HamiltonMusical are building a traveling exhibition about Alexander Hamilton's life and times, opening in Chicago in November.
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3 years
Broadway theaters will dim their lights at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow in honor of Sidney Poitier.
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Just announced: Broadway theaters will continue to require audiences to wear masks at least through June 30.
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3 years
Breaking: @NYCMayor is now announcing a program to vaccinate theater workers. "It's time to raise the curtain and bring Broadway back," he said.
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3 years
Tonight is a milestone on the road back for Broadway. It’s the first night of “Springsteen on Broadway,” the first full length event for a paying audience on Broadway since 3/12/20.
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8 years
It's official: all four #TonyAwards for performances in musicals have been won by black actors.
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4 years
The "Hamilton" movie -- a live capture of the stage musical shot in 2016 -- will be released 15 months early, on July 3, via streaming on Disney Plus.
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Breaking: Broadway producers have reached an “emergency relief agreement” with 14 labor unions to provide partial salary and benefits for actors, musicians, stagehands and others working on suspended shows.
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8 years
Breaking: Cast of @HamiltonMusical is dropping the use of muskets from their #TonyAwards performance tonight because of Orlando.
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3 years
Broadway shows are trying really hard to stay open at a very difficult time. Tonight, an unusual example: At "Thoughts of a Colored Man," playwright @keenanthemuse is going on (with script in hand), along with two understudies, so the show can go on despite cast absences.
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2 years
Instead of giving a curtain speech after the show, @Andre_DeShields sang “Believe in Yourself” from “The Wiz.” (He played the title character in the original Broadway production in 1975.) And then he tossed his wine cup into the crowd, waved, and left.
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6 years
Breaking Broadway news: @LauraBenanti will take over the role of Eliza Doolittle in @MyFairLadyBway , succeeding Lauren Ambrose. Final Ambrose performance 10/21; first Benanti performance 10/23.
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7 years
Honoring a great stage and screen career: @TheTonyAwards will give lifetime achievement award to @jamesearljones
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6 years
Hillary Clinton is coming to Broadway. As a character in a play. Here comes "Hillary and Clinton," by Lucas Hnath, starring Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow.
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2 years
"The Phantom of the Opera," Broadway's longest-running show, will close Feb. 18, a few weeks after it celebrates its 35th anniversary.
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Noted: Thus far there is not a single musical with an original score announced for the current Broadway season.
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7 years
Happy Mean Girls Day. Tina Fey is handing out cheese fries to a long line of people buying tickets to the upcoming Broadway musical.
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2 years
"Sweeney Todd," the masterfully macabre musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, will have a large-scale revival on Broadway next spring starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford.
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7 years
Stephen Sondheim, interviewed by @Lin_Manuel . No further introduction needed.
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6 years
Lin-Manuel Miranda is bringing "Hamilton" to Puerto Rico. We visited with him to learn more about what the island means to him, and what he means to the island.
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5 years
26 Broadway shows -- plus Carnegie Hall, much of Lincoln Center, and a J.Lo concert-- were shuttered by tonight's power outage. But a handful of casts serenaded disappointed patrons on sidewalks. #nycpoweroutage
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Michael Paulson
3 years
Broadway will soon be home to a James Earl Jones Theater. @ShubertOrg announced today that it will rename the Cort, on W. 48th St., after the much-loved actor. This will be the second Broadway house named for a Black artist; the other is the August Wilson.
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6 years
The Secret Life of Sven: How a speechless reindeer is brought to life in Broadway's “Frozen.”
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New York’s century-old Drama Book Shop, now owned by Lin-Manuel Miranda and friends, will reopen on June 10 following a long hiatus prompted by a relocation, a redesign, and, of course, a pandemic.
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Just announced: @Lin_Manuel is co-producing an Off Broadway run of Freestyle Love Supreme, his improvisational hip hop group, from 1/30 to 3/2 at Greenwich House Theater. He will be an occasional guest performer.
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7 years
"Hamilton" is heading to Puerto Rico, with @Lin_Manuel back in the title role
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9 years
OK, I just saw 3,000 fans sing "The Schuyler Sisters" (from memory) to the cast of @HamiltonMusical . This is real. #BroadwayCon
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Michael Paulson
6 years
Unexpected drama at the opening of “The Cher Show” on Broadway: The actor playing Sonny Bono called out @kanyewest for using his cellphone during the show, and Kanye West then apologized.
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5 years
Breaking theater news: Jonathan Groff will lead an Off Broadway revival of “Little Shop of Horrors” this fall.
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3 years
Today, for the first time in 387 days, an audience assembled at a Broadway theater to watch two performers make art. Savion Glover danced. Nathan Lane acted. And both of them invoked a host of theatrical legends, past and present.
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Tonight Broadway’s marquees were dimmed in honor of Stephen Sondheim. A large crowd gathered on West 45th Street.
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3 years
Just announced: All Broadway theater marquees will be dimmed in Stephen Sondheim's memory on Wednesday, Dec. 8th, at 6:30 p.m.
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Michael Paulson
7 years
Where in the World is James B. Comey? At the theater, as it turns out.
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5 years
Broadway news: "Six," a British pop musical about the wives of Henry VIII, will begin performances in February at the Brooks Atkinson Theater following short runs in Chicago, Cambridge, Edmonton and Saint Paul. The show is already a hit in London.
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Michael Paulson
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King for a day: @Lin_Manuel will star as King Arthur in a one-night concert performance of "Camelot" (a musical he has loved since childhood) to benefit @LCTheater .
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Yale School of Drama, one of the nation's most prestigious theater graduate programs, will go tuition free after receiving a $150 million gift from David Geffen. The school will also be renamed as the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.
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Michael Paulson
2 years
As @hadestown grapples with Covid cases, Amber Gray is returning to play Persephone tonight.
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Michael Paulson
6 years
Big news on Broadway: @ActorsEquity and @BroadwayLeague have agreed to a new deal that will give performers who help develop hit shows a small cut of their profits
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Michael Paulson
5 years
"I don’t think any part of my life is not meant to be." Ali Stroker, the first wheelchair user to win a Tony Award as a performer, talks about ability, disability, and why she loves to sing.
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Michael Paulson
4 years
Outside the Hirschfeld, where “Moulin Rouge!” was playing, are columns promoting the cast, including Danny Burstein and Aaron Tveit, both of whom have survived being infected by the coronavirus.
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Michael Paulson
2 years
All Broadway theaters will dim their lights for one minute at 7:45 p.m. Saturday in honor of Angela Lansbury, @BroadwayLeague has just announced.
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Michael Paulson
5 years
Breaking news: Harold (Hal) Prince, a longtime producer and director who was one of the most significant figures in the history of Broadway, has died at 91. Among his many distinctions -- he won 21 Tony Awards, more than any other individual. We'll post an obituary soon.
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Michael Paulson
6 years
Good news for those who worry about Broadway's future: the audience is getting younger.
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Michael Paulson
8 years
This seat has been waiting for 46 years. On Sunday, @BarbraStreisand returns to #TonyAwards . Last time was 1970.
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Michael Paulson
3 years
Ten Broadway shows have canceled today. That's nearly one-third of the 32 shows currently running.
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Michael Paulson
3 years
Shakespeare in the Park is coming back to New York. Today's news heralds a summer in which prominent American theaters, orchestras and opera companies are heading outdoors for their first in-person productions since the pandemic began.
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Michael Paulson
3 years
Amber Gray, who wraps up her long run in "Hadestown" this weekend, will next play Banquo in this spring's Broadway revival of "Macbeth," joining a cast led by Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga. The cast will also feature @granthamcoleman as Macduff and Asia Kate Dillon as Malcolm.
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Michael Paulson
5 years
OK, so at @bwaycon this evening there are several hundred people gathered in a ballroom singing the entire score of @SixBroadway , which has yet to play a single performance in New York. #BroadwayCon
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Michael Paulson
4 years
“Beetlejuice” faces one of the more unusual situations. It was being evicted from the Winter Garden on June 6 to make way for “The Music Man.” But it now seems like there will likely be empty theaters when Broadway reopens if the producers can afford a move and wish to make one.
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Michael Paulson
4 years
The TKTS booth is promising a return to business on April 13. That was yesterday.
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Michael Paulson
7 years
"Mean Girls" is coming to Broadway. As a musical. Next spring. And this time, the Plastics have smartphones.
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3 years
There's no way of knowing if this will last, but it seems worth noting that many more Broadway shows are succeeding in staging performances this week than last week, at least so far. It looks like 28 shows performed yesterday, compared to 18 the previous Wednesday.
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Michael Paulson
4 years
Yet another visual element I only spotted because the streets were empty: the symbols below the show title at the Lyric, home to “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
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Michael Paulson
4 years
A number of marquees are dark. This is the August Wilson, home to “Mean Girls.”
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Michael Paulson
4 years
Breaking Broadway news: Disney says it will not reopen "Frozen" when theater returns in New York. This is the first Broadway musical to close due to the pandemic.
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Michael Paulson
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Meanwhile, I had never appreciated the font and framing at the entryway to the Minskoff, home to “The Lion King.”
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Michael Paulson
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And there is some darkened signage. This is at the Walter Kerr, home to “Hadestown.”
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Michael Paulson
5 years
"Beetlejuice" seemed to be beating the odds on Broadway. But now it's getting the boot.
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Michael Paulson
5 years
It was quite a night at the St. James Theater.
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Michael Paulson
6 years
He's 20 feet tall. He weighs 2,000 pounds. And he’s coming to Broadway this fall. Meet King Kong, a massive marionette that has taken a decade to develop and requires 14 performers to operate.
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Michael Paulson
4 years
This image is a reflection in a puddle of the marquee for “Hangmen,” the first new show felled by the virus. The play, which was in previews at the Golden, closed without opening.
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Michael Paulson
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Breaking: Broadway is suspending all performances through April 12 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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2 years
The actress Kara Young is a first-time Tony nominee. Her dad is a waiter at the Rainbow Room. This is the story of what happened when he worked the lunch at which she was honored.
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Michael Paulson
4 years
The Booth is still promoting a canceled revival of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” which also closed before opening.
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Michael Paulson
3 years
Musical theater is back on Broadway. Tonight, "Waitress" and "Hadestown" performed for vaccinated, masked crowds; they are the first musicals to begin runs since March of 2020. I swung by both shows; here is my report:
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Michael Paulson
8 years
Broadway news: Hamilton's @OakSmash will succeed @joshgroban in 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. '
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Michael Paulson
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Breaking: Producers of @HamiltonMusical have agreed to share profits with the show's original cast members
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Michael Paulson
2 years
This afternoon I was at the dedication of Broadway’s Lena Horne Theater, the first Broadway theater named for a Black woman.
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"Come From Away" news: @JennColella will rejoin the Broadway cast from June 21 to August 7.
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Michael Paulson
4 years
And how had I never stopped to take in the glorious clock and globe atop the Paramount Building?
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Michael Paulson
2 years
Jonathan Groff and @LindsayMendez will join Daniel Radcliffe in the @NYTW79 production of "Merrily We Roll Along" (written by Sondheim and Furth). Previews begin 11/21; opening is 12/12. Groff plays Franklin, Radcliffe is Charley and Mendez is Mary; director is @MariaFriedman1 .
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Michael Paulson
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Breaking Broadway news: The Daniel Fish-directed revival of "Oklahoma!," which had acclaimed runs at Bard SummerScape and @stannswarehouse , will transfer to Broadway's Circle in the Square Theater, beginning performances in March and opening in April.
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Michael Paulson
7 years
Big night on Broadway -- @BetteMidler fell (she's fine) and @BenSPLATT met @Beyonce (he's fine too).
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Breaking Broadway news: Daniel Craig, fresh off his final James Bond film, will play Macbeth on Broadway next spring, opposite Ruth Negga as Lady Macbeth.
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Breaking theater news: Stephen Sondheim's final musical, inspired by two Luis Buñuel films, will be staged at @TheShedNY in September. It's now called "Here We Are."
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Michael Paulson
4 years
The streets, of course, are pretty quiet, but for the sirens. Here is an ambulance passing the New Amsterdam, home to “Aladdin.”
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6 years
"Hamilton" grossed $4 million last week -- the highest weekly gross in Broadway history-- as records fell like dominos during a boffo holiday period. Also noteworthy: 5 nonmusical dramas brought in more than $1 million each.
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Also wildly over-optimistic: “See you in 2 weeks!” says the sign at the excellent Los Tacos No. 1.
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Michael Paulson
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There are still a few people about, but many of them appear to be either homeless — I saw a man urinating on the entrance to the Times Square subway station — or law enforcement.
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Michael Paulson
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Daniel Radcliffe will star in an Off Broadway revival of "Merrily We Roll Along" late this year at @NYTW79 . The production, directed by @MariaFriedman1 , will arrive about a year after the death of the show's composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim.
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Michael Paulson
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Did I just see @StephanieJBlock , while performing “Believe” in @TheCherShow , tell a patron to stop videotaping her, without missing a step or a note? Why yes, I did.
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Michael Paulson
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"Some Like It Hot" news: A Broadway-bound musical adaptation adds @ambermruffin as a writer (joining Matthew López) and @iamKENNYLEON as a producer. The adaptation depicts Sugar, a role originated on film by Marilyn Monroe, as a Black woman. by @smbahr14
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Bruce Springsteen extends -- for a third time -- on Broadway. His solo show will now run until December.
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