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Spring break was not enough to keep Broadway's gross ticket sales afloat this week as overall earnings fell by nearly $3.5 million through the week ending April 22 — the lowest sales h…
Ready to take his skills back to the stage, Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal will perform this fall in the American premier of Nick Payne's "If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet". The show, a Rou…
There is a new king on Broadway! As of Monday, April 9, box office figures showed "The Lion King" overtaking the title of all-time highest grossing show, previously held by "The Phantom of t…
On April 12, 2012, Groupon announced that its GrouponLive website would be launching "G-Pass," a new feature that will allow users to bypass box office and will call lines.
Groupon, the onli…
The Great White Way had another successful week with an overall increase of about $2 million (six percent) in gross ticket sales through the week ending April 15.
According to figures provid…
Returning for another stage performance, the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Into the Woods," is set to play this summer at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre as …
The musical version of the popular 2006 romantic film, "Once," is enjoying positive reviews on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The unusual production is set entirely in a Dublin p…
Broadway gross ticket sales increased dramatically for the week ending April 8, with sales up $4 million (17.5%) from the previous week, mostly due to Easter weekend earnings.
Gross ticket …
According to Broadway.com, "Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience," a parody of the famous Harry Potter series, will be arriving in New York this upcoming summer 2012 for a run of…
Broadway gross ticket sales for the week ending April 1 increased only slightly despite the addition of four new productions.
According to figures posted by The Broadway League, gross ticke…
A few years ago, my husband and business partner returned from a networking meeting charged up about what he called "Facebook Bucks." He'd spoken with a leading credit card loyalty program …
No official casting announcements have been made, but negotiations are under way for Rosie O'Donnell to play Miss Hannigan in Broadway's upcoming revival of "Annie." "This is a great role th…
The legendary rivalry and close friendship shared by Larry Bird and Earvin "Magic" Johnson is getting the musical treatment as "Magic/Bird" opens on Broadway this spring of 2012.
The 90 minu…
Broadway ticket sales totaled $22.9 million last week with a loss among half of the Great White Way's 30 productions that are currently running. Despite the decreases, several shows had very…
Earth Day is coming, and that means the return of the "Broadway Recycled" concert. Presented by the nonprofit At Hand Theatre Company, the April 22 concert will showcase songs cut from a var…
Georgia native Amy Stephens is turning the region's passion for football into a profitable ticketing brokerage with her own business called Amy's Tickets. But she did not start out her busin…
"Ghost the Musical," starring Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy as Sam Wheat and Molly Jensen, characters that were played onscreen by Swayze and Moore in the 1990 film version, opened rece…
Broadway ticket sales continued their increase through the week ending March 18 with sales of $22 million, some of which may have been attributed to the opening of three productions.
Sales …
Madonna's hot ticket sales seem to be cooling off a bit, opening the door for the top two Broadway productions to take over TicketNews' excusive events rankings for the week ending Sunday, M…
Unlike many recent movies-made-musicals, "Bring It On" is less a simple recreation of the 2000 film, and more a dynamic combination of the first and second movies, a collaboration that is ma…
"Greeks win one day, Trojans win the next, like a game of tug-of-war, and nothing to show for it but exhaustion, poverty, and loneliness," says the storyteller, the lone Poet recounting the …
The Broadway League has developed another application for theater lovers based on its comprehensive Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) website.
The free app, available for all iOS devices (iP…
"We are revolting children living in revolting times. We sing revolting songs, using revolting rhymes. We'll be revolting children 'til our revolting's done. And we'll have the Trunchbull va…
Ticket sales for the Great White Way were not great as gross sales fell $3.4 million through the week ending March 5 despite the opening of two productions.
Sales for this week's 27 shows to…
Google's new concert listings feature will help streamline the online music discovery and ticketing buying process for the consumer as it calls attention to secondary ticket sellers.
Google …
