Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The show, which will not recoup its producers’ $15 million investment, strained to attract more female theatergoers and Sting fans.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:47PMDespite herculean efforts by Sting, the show’s star composer, to promote the musical, an audience did not materialize.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:46AMMonday, January 5, 2015
Broadway musicals and plays grossed $42.8 million, the highest total ever for a week’s worth of performances, according to box-office data released on Monday.
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Monday, December 22, 2014
The long-running Broadway hit cleared the $2 million mark at the box office last week, and is set to be the year’s top-selling show, ahead of “Wicked.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:19PMWritten by the Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro, “Living on Love” was first mounted at the Williamstown Theater Festival.
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Thursday, December 18, 2014
Terrence McNally’s satire about theater people has recouped its $3.9 million capitalization, becoming the first show of the 2014-15 season to announce that it has turned a profit.
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The Second Stage Theater company is moving ahead on buying the Helen Hayes Theater and hopes to set aside a reserve fund to cover production costs.
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With a Broadway theater suddenly available, producers of the new musical comedy “Something Rotten!” dropped plans for a run in Seattle.
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Friday, December 12, 2014
The musical, a revival of a 1997 Broadway production, will close on Jan. 4, according to a theater executive, despite positive reviews and a cult following.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
The revival of A.R. Gurney’s play will close this Sunday, before some of its scheduled stars ever get to perform.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMMonday, December 8, 2014
With several well-reviewed plays on Broadway, and others starring big names, some productions have struggled, like the revival of “This Is Our Youth” starring Michael Cera.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:22PMBeth Malone, Emily Skeggs and Sydney Lucas will return to the Broadway production of “Fun Home,” playing the central character of Alison.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Sales were strong for Broadway shows during Thanksgiving week, adding up to $34.1 million for the 36 shows.
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Thursday, November 27, 2014
Michael B. Jordan and John Turturro will take part in a reading of the script for Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing"
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:46PMThe Storm Theater Company, an Off Off Broadway troupe, will in January revive the Anita Loos play “Gigi,” in which Audrey Hepburn made her Broadway debut in the title role in 1951.
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The union for professional actors wants audiences in Chicago, and then nationwide, to understand the distinction between Broadway and nonunion tours.
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The new musical comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas” had lukewarm ticket sales in its first preview performances; the other new musical still running, “The Last Ship,” has also seen slow sale…
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Sting, who wrote the music and lyrics for the struggling Broadway musical “The Last Ship,” will join the cast on Dec. 9.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The Shubert Organization, which owns 17 of Broadway’s 40 theaters, completes a deal to take over New World Stages, an Off Broadway complex with five small theaters.
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