326 stories by "Douglas McLennan"
“The ratings for the live ceremony hosted by Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth are close to the all-time low for the Tonys, which was 6 million in 2012. Final numbers will be issued T…
“Recognizing history is something the Tonys, in recent years, have become not just indifferent to but openly fearful about. The thinking is all terror-based: Ratings have fallen from d…
“In a year of record Broadway grosses ($1.36 billion), it’s heartening to see commercial imperatives take a back seat. But then perhaps Broadway is beginning to recognize how rel…
“It is tempting to see this contest as a battle between an arty, alternative show and a mainstream attraction with great touring potential. But what’s alt anymore? It is also wor…
“The truth is, there is plenty that is worthwhile on Broadway, maybe more this season that has just concluded than most. And, equally important, there are some promising developments.&…
“While fans of Kristin Chenoweth and Kelli O’Hara duke it out, let’s raise a glass to Oskar Eustis, the Public Theater’s game-changing artistic director who, since he…
Broadway producers may use the Internet for all sorts of things, but rarely for raising money. Shows are financed pretty much the same way they were 50 years ago, face to face and on the pho…
“Think about it: we (mostly) ask our audiences to commute to a particular location, step into a dark building, shut off all access to the outside world, be quiet, and not disturb us as…
There's certainly a market opportunity. The global theater industry generates tens of billions of dollars in revenue each year. That puts theater in comparable territory to the global film i…
“Broadway Anglophilia is certainly not a new phenomenon. With its august tradition of theatrical excellence, Britain has long been exporting its top-tier thespians to our shores, and t…
“Not since Tyrone Guthrie founded the company that would bear his name has someone become more associated with the Guthrie Theater, one of the nation's acclaimed regional theaters. The…
Musicals may seem like a counterintuitive choice for a deaf theater company, but they aren't uncommon for Deaf West, one of the few theater groups in the country led by a deaf artistic direc…
“Playful's ability to commission and develop new plays is subsidized by an unusual business model: the producers take on the workmanlike roles of general manager on unrelated productio…
“Its heavy-handed approach to the Los Angeles theater community reveals serious flaws both in Equity’s vision of the future and its ability to implement any vision at all. From t…
“Acting is often spoken of as a narcissistic pursuit, but it seemed much more humble at Theatre for One. Why crave the attention of multitudes when the most we can ask for is to be see…
“The Broadway League said Tuesday that box offices reported a record total gross of $1.36 billion " up from $1.27 billion from the previous season. The trade association for theater ow…
"We know from soldiers today coming back from Iraq or Afghanistan that they have these hallucinations," Michael Fassbender said. "You could be walking down the Croisette here and then it's B…
“The use of on-stage tropes to represent colonial oppression has been written about extensively by many scholars in my field of Theatre Studies. The over-arching theme is that non-Indi…
“The subject is sensitive, awkward and uncomfortable but also, a growing priority for even the most established theater companies in Chicago, many of which are still relatively new at …
“Both Paparelli and his theater company " the two were inseparable " were at their creative peak. During Paparelli’s seven-year tenure, ATC produced a slew of highly regarded wor…
“Thanks in part to the box-office drawing power of Hugh Jackman, Bradley Cooper, Helen Mirren, Larry David, Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and other celebrated performers, Broadway's o…
“Creative Arts Awards, including Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical and others such as Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Orchestrations and more, are typically handed out off th…
“The five songs that were cut before rehearsals include a tune called “Lady Liza,” sung by Higgins and his buddy Colonel Hugh Pickering; “Please Don’t Marry Me,…
While 20 have been nominated, only four will win. “Here, a look at who's ahead, who can upset and who should just be happy to be there.”
Musical theatre accounts for more than half of all box office income despite comprising just 15% of all productions staged, a report has suggested.
