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The curtain has come down on yet another Broadway season. That sound you hear in the distance is the opening of many a Fire Island and Hampton home as the industry gets ready to hibernat…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending June 10, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $299,235 4,760 50.94% $62.86 ANYTHING GOES $4…
Every year I post my Tony Award predictions alongside YOUR predictions (derived from what the majority of you think is going to win based on your answers in my Tony Pool). Well, this year I …
The subject of this blog is from an email I got from a reader just last weekend, and wouldn’t you know it, two days ago the Broadway League’s Economic Impact report arrived on my…
We had hoped to announce the finalists for our 10 Minute Play contest last Friday . . . but frankly, we were overwhelmed with so many submissions . . . and so many damn good ones . . . that …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending June 3, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $299,657 4,900 52.44% $61.15 ANYTHING GOES $41…
I don’t think I ever saw Edgar “Buddy” Freitag without a smile on his face. I first met him at an ad meeting for Blithe Spirit. Â He, and his equally smile-icious wife, B…
Thanks to a calendar snafu, we skipped a few months of these “popular posts” entries, but we’re all caught up now. Â Click here to see all others. In case this entry is n…
First, let me say that the idea I’m going to propose below probably isn’t practical anymore. Â Unfortunately for all of us, the number of theater critics has dwindled in recent…
Buzzer sound! Â The fourth and final quarter of the 2012 Broadway season is over. Â Can you believe it? Â Another year come and gone. And this one was a beaut . . . depending on how yo…
I first met Sarah Galbraith when I was Company Managing Thoroughly Modern Millie. Â She was the Bookkeeper on the show, and we hit it off instantly. Â (Bookkeepers are the go-between wit…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 27, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $418,337 6,214 66.50% $67.32 ANYTHING GOES $47…
There’s a brand spanking new place to see stuff and a new place to be seen that just opened up called . . . 54 Below. Where is it? Below Studio 54. It’s kind of a mashup of Bar C…
I didn’t have to work to overhear this next exchange, because I was literally in the middle of the conversation. Spring is the season of industry events. From galas, to luncheons, to a…
There’s been a lot of buzz about the number of shows featuring religious subject matter appearing on Broadway in the last 12-18 months. Â With Sister Act, Mormon, Godspell, JCS, and …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 20, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $433,648 6,545 70.04% $66.26 ANYTHING GOES $51…
This one is for the Actors out there. I’ve given out Audition Tips for Actors on this blog before, and now it’s time for you to hear it from a true audition expert. Â Rachel Ho…
The subject of Dynamic Pricing around theater folks these days is like . . . well . . . like dynamite. And there were two whole sessions dedicated to this explosive topic today: Â the firs…
Spring Road Conference Day 2! Day 2 is only only a half day – partly because everyone runs off to see matinees, and partly because everyone is still stuffed and a bit hungover from the…
The first sign of Spring for me isn’t shorts, or sun dresses, or even that half of the business has already started taking Friday afternoons off. The first sign that Spring has Sprung …
Believe it or not, one of the greatest complaints I hear from Broadway Investors is not that they lost money. Â It’s that they didn’t feel like they were a part of the process.…
There has been a lot of chatter about stars in shows these days, including this recent article from The Hollywood Reporter that features a few quotes from me. While I was being interviewed, …
Have you ever been to The Goodspeed Opera House? If you haven’t, this is your chance . . . because we’ve got two tickets to the new musical, Amazing Grace, which opens later this…
In case you missed the news, Andy Warhol’s classic “Double Elvis” painting fetched a whopping $37 million smackaroonies at Sotheby’s on Wednesday. Â I know, I know …
The middle of NYC, also known as Times Square, is now like the Wild West. Â Instead of gunslingers, we’ve got street teams peddling Broadway tickets, stand-up comedy tickets, photos …
