Wednesday, November 14, 2001 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Archive Import - Comment

Random notes: The Public having to cut 15% of staff? That probably has nothing to do with On The Town or The Wild Party... Rocky's grosses are inline with my projections. Will it close before Christmas?... On Thursday, from 6 - Midnight, Decoy Marketing (AKA Forrest the producer of Production Notes) is having a kick off party to launch the new marketing company providing "grassroots" or "buzz" marketing. For more info contact Forrest at 646-345-2010... There is no truth to the rumor that I was at the Victoria's Secret taping in Bryant Park yesterday... Who knew you could do patriotic underwear?

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'Phantom' of the Booth? by Michael Riedel

Never mind the weak economy, the fear of another terrorist attack and the plunging tourist trade. What really has Broadway producers quaking is the prospect of "The Phantom of the Opera" moving to the half-price ticket booth in Times Square this spring.

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'PHANTOM' OF THE BOOTH?

By MICHAEL RIEDEL
NEVER mind the weak economy, the fear of another terrorist attack and the plunging tourist trade. What really has Broadway producers quaking is the prospect of "The Phantom of the Opera" moving to the half-price ticket booth in Times Square this spring.

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'Monty' strips down to go back on road

Prod'n hopes to hit all major markets beginning April or May 11/13/01 10:00pm

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CSC Holds Benefit for Ladder Company #3

Bill Irwin, John Turturro, Roger Rees, Kathleen Chalfant, Gloria Deluxe and Humble-Foster are scheduled to appear in Classic Stage Company’s benefit for Ladder Company #3. The performance will take pl...[Read More]

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Cast Set for Ensler's Necessary Targets

Shirley Knight, Diane Venora and Rosemary Murphy are set to star in the world premiere of Necessary Targets by Eve Ensler (The...[Read More]

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Broadway Grosses: Filled to the Rafters

Mamma Mia! what a hit! The musical, which opened on Broadway on October 18, was at 101.44% capacity last week. That figure is higher than The Producers and The Lion King, which ha...[Read More]

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Havana Is Waiting to Close at the Cherry Lane

Eduardo Machado’s Havana Is Waiting will end its run at the Cherry Lane Theatre on Sunday, November 25,...[Read More]

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Archive Import - Comment

With respect to the Dodger story, I received the following email:

    Re: The Dodgers or any other producer negotiating more favorable terms than the League
    Most, if not all, the contracts contain a Most Favored Nations (MFN) clause. If a union gives the Dodgers, or any other producer, more favorable terms than are in the League contract, then the union must also give the same terms to the League.
    For this reason, the unions are not likely to give the Dodgers better terms. Disney ran into this problem when they negotiated their contract.
That is a good point that the writer brings up. I wonder if Favored Nations would hold up against projects out of scope, with either the unions or producers claiming that they are substantially different than their counterpart. Take for instance the 501-C-3 organizations: do Lincoln Center and Roundabout not produce "Broadway shows" in "Broadway venues" yet operate under a different contract? (LORT rather than Production). So under the logic proposed by the writer, every Broadway show should be afforded Favored Nations with respect to the contract that that Thou Shalt Not is afforded -- which we know is not the case.

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On Stage, a Day in the Life of an Idiosyncratic Physicist by Dennis Overbye

Richard Feynman, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, was the scientist as he might have been imagined by Jack Kerouac.

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Dates Set for Boy George Musical in London

Dates are set for the world premiere run of the Boy George musical, Taboo. The production will begin performances at London’s The Venue on January 11 in preparation for a January 29 openi…

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Eddie Izzard Takes On Joe Egg in the West End

Comedian Eddie Izzard is set to take over the lead in Peter Nichols' A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg when the play transfers to the West End’s Comedy Theatre in December. The show is currently ru...[Read More]

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CSC Holds Benefit for Ladder Company #3

Bill Irwin, John Turturro, Roger Rees, Kathleen Chalfant, Gloria Deluxe and Humble-Foster are scheduled to appear in Classic Stage Company’s benefit for Ladder Company #3. The performance will take pl...[Read More]

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Group celebrating Strasberg's 100th

Homage to complement 'Godfather' screening

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B'way bounces back

B.O. jumps after lackluster previous week
Broadway rebounded nicely from the previous week's B.O. debacle, the direct result of an unusual triple whammy: Halloween, the World Series and the end of daylight savings time. The overall tally last week rose $1,470,503 -- up 13.68% from the week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 -- for a grand total of $12,213,243.

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Matinees With Nathan? by Michael Portantiere

As of this writing, and barring an announcement to the contrary, Nathan Lane is scheduled to return to an eight-performance-a-week schedule in The Producers as of Tuesday, November 20.

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