Tuesday, October 29, 2019
André Bishop, head of Lincoln Center Theater, earned pay and benefits valued at $1 million in 2017. It's likely the biggest one-year compensation for a New York nonprofit theater leader. To…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:11AM[SHARE]Monday, October 7, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: The Public Theater has earned tens of millions of dollars for its role developing Hamilton " and is spending as little of it as possible on two ambitious projects. The vener…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2019
The Broadway League and Actors' Equity Association reached a tentative pact that will raise the weekly minimum for Broadway actors 3.5 percent to $2,168. The current Production contract, wit…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 01:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 5, 2019
After an acclaimed run at New York Theatre Workshop, Jeremy O. Harris' Slave Play begins previews on Tuesday at the John Golden Theatre. I spoke to lead producer Greg Nobile of Seavie…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 07:20PM[SHARE]Monday, August 26, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, MASS " Six, Â the pop-concert musical featuring the wives of Henry VIII cracking wise and woeful about their tragic destinies, is an inventive and exuberant take on 16th-century…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 22, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Scott Rudin knows the territory " the Broadway territory, that is. Visiting River City with Hugh Jackman in Rudin's upcoming revival of The Music Man  won't come cheap. A year …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:51PM[SHARE]Christie's auction house said it will offer three original drawings by the legendary  Broadway portraitist Al Hirschfeld that were owned by Terry Allen Kramer, the prolific Broadway produ…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:07AM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Tickets for Broadway's Belle Époque hit have gone from pricey to pricier. Moulin Rouge!  grossed $2.1 million last week, little changed from the previous seven days. The ad…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:35PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Ben Sprecher, who spent six years in court trying to clear his name following the pre-opening collapse of Rebecca the Musical, Â was accused in a Federal complaint of possessing and distri…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 1, 2019
Jeremy Gerard, Frank Rich and Jesse Green published valuable reminiscences of Hal Prince, the prolific and hugely successful and influential producer and director who died yesterday, at 91. …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:41AM[SHARE]Friday, July 26, 2019
Three decades after The Phantom first dropped his chandelier in New York and Jean Valjean took up pursuit here, along comes another Paris-based musical spectacle and prospective blockbuster.…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:13AM[SHARE]Monday, July 8, 2019
Alan Fox's Safe Space at Bay Street Theater is a provocative exploration of academic freedom in our call-out culture " and a three-character cage match to control the narrative during a …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:23PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2019
The Prom, Â the $13.5 musical comedy that developed a cult following but not a mass audience since opening in November, will close on Aug. 11. It's the first musical to announce its closur…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Did he really just say that? And sing that? Scott Rudin, Tyler Perry, Disney, critics, and the composer-lyricist-librettist Michael R. Jackson himself are among those skewered and s…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:08PM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: With investors to repay and resellers on the prowl, the producers of Hadestown  increased ticket prices by as much as 47 percent, coinciding with the show's best musical win…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:19PM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2019
Hadestown's strong sales and its Tony Award for Best Musical may advance the cause of female theater artists more effectively than any speech advocating for industry inclusiveness. The in…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:17AM[SHARE]Friday, June 7, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive Tony Awards contest, can producers who vote for their own show make a difference? I obtained a list of voters in the 2017-18 season " which I'm told is largely cu…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:41PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 30, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Broadway's oddest and most enduring financing-scandal-turned-courtroom-drama has closed. After six years, 471 legal filings, one trial and another that had been on tap, Rebecca…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Thanks to Hamilton, Â The Lion King, Â Harry Potter and other blockbusters that draw fans from around the world, Broadway reported a record $1.8 billion in sales " up 7.8 percent " for t…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:40PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 21, 2019
What the Constitution Means to Me and Hadestown,  two of the most of the acclaimed Broadway shows of the season, were both developed at New York Theatre Workshop. Last night, Artistic …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:20PM[SHARE]While accepting a lifetime achievement award at the Obies last night, Founding Artistic Director Jeffrey Horowitz described how an apartment fire helped him create the nonprofit Theatre for …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 09:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 16, 2019
For female musical theater composers, this season has been a mixed bag. Of eight original Broadway scores, just one, Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown, was written by a woman. Yet with its st…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:21PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 30, 2019
It's been a few years since an old-fashioned mainstream comedy won best musical at the Tony Awards. Tootsie  could change that. Its primary challenger appears to be the acclaimed New O…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 06:37PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Students of Rupert Murdoch may wonder why an 88-year-old multi-billionaire would devote his last years to destabilizing democracy, promoting division and thwarting efforts to slow climate ch…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 09:58PM[SHARE]Monday, April 1, 2019
Disturbing, timely and leavened by dry wit, What the Constitution Means to Me is an impassioned play about American governance that may renew your faith in Broadway. Heidi Schreck, wh…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:08PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 21, 2019
Ain't Too Proud isn't too original, but it should appeal to fans of the Temptations, the most successful African-American recording group in history. The musical's five leads gorgeously …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:50PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Cementing his position as Broadway's most prolific and arguably most powerful producer,  Scott Rudin said today that he's reviving The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman, in October 2020…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:58AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 10, 2019
Set in suburban Jersey and based on Ned Vizzini's out-there 2004 novel, Be More Chill  is about a frustrated high school junior named Jeremy (Will Roland, best-known for Dear Evan Hans…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 09:44PM[SHARE]Friday, March 8, 2019
Morrissey's seven-night engagement at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre sold well in the first hour of general public availability, suggesting a bright future for rock stars on Broadway. As of 11 am…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:16AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 28, 2019
EXCLUSIVE:Â Ben Sprecher's six-year campaign to hold his former press agent accountable for the collapse of his musical and reputation has been cleared for another courtroom showdown. Earl…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:22PM[SHARE]Friday, February 8, 2019
After 33 days, Actors’ Equity has ended its strike against the Broadway League over how its members are compensated for developing new work. Actors sought revenue or profit share when …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:30PM[SHARE] 
