Thursday, January 3, 2002 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Crain's New York: Cablevision appointment fuels sale buzz

Cablevision Systems Corp. has named a former AOL Time Warner executive as president of its New York cable business, fueling buzz that Cablevision is looking to sell the business to the media giant.
What does this have to do with Broadway? Follow the money... Cablevision owns Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. They have been involved in many productions (Christmas Carol, Pimpernel, Wizard of Oz...) AOL Time Warner wants to get into the Broadway business (nee: Disney), dangling its feet in the water with the Batman project among other things. If this rumored sale happens, it will definitely have an impact on Broadway, if only to give Disney some competition. But in bigger ways, if AOL Time Warner takes a large stake in Broadway properties, they most certainly have a distribution and marketing channels. Can you imagine everyone who logs on to AOL getting a popup that says, "You've Got Tickets!"

SOURCE: www.crainsny.com at 12:00AM

Archive Import - Comment

And good news to look forward to in February: Playbill Radio will be launching!

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM

A Return to Sullivan Street by Ken Mandelbaum

...and the Grinch's heart grew to three times it's normal size!

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Camp Broadway and Columbia University announce The Stringers Program

Camp Broadway and Columbia University's Columbia Scholastic Press Association, in association with Walt Disney Theatrical Productions, unite to train New York City high school students in a…

SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:00AM

Christine Ebersole cancels

[Cancels her next few concerts at Arci's and some 42nd Street performances.]

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:00AM

A Tempest at Shakespeare Shrine: Plan to Raze Theater Is Debated by SARAH LYALL

Even the most zealous partisans of the Royal Shakespeare Theater, built in 1932 as a showcase for the Art Deco style then in vogue, are well aware of its drawbacks.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00AM

B'way has happy holiday

Holiday B.O. a big reason to celebrate
"The good story is, there was no story," said "Rent" producer Jeffrey Seller. "Broadway behaved as it was supposed to last week."

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AM

Peter Filichia's Diary

Filichia chats with Joe Morton and other theater types at various holiday parties.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AM

Broadway Grosses: Dancing Feet

Those tapping feet of 42nd Street did something amazing last week: they danced their way to the top of the box office heap.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

The New Group's Good Thing Ends Early

Jessica Goldberg�s Good Thing will end its limited engagement at The New Group/Theatre @ St. Clement's a week earlier than expected. The drama will now close on Sunday, January 6.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Will Streetcar Run on B'way in 2002?

The long-rumored revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Kim Cattrall, may still happen.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AM

Bad Year, But Grand Finale

Despite a holiday-week bonanza at the box office, Broadway ended the year down more than $22 million and 500,000 fannies from its record 2000 season. With figures available through Dec. 30,…

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:00AM

A WORD FROM THE WISE by CHIP DEFFAA

IF you haven't met Wise Guise yet, you should. The 11-year-old sketch-comedy troupe has a new show, and while it's uneven, it's still wildly entertaining.

SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AM

Broadway Grosses: December 24-30

$279,803

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM