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The Ticket Summit® conference and trade show begins its 2012 winter conference this afternoon, January 18, at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York, NY. Today's schedule includes a TicketNetwo…
Ticket Summit® is coming up this week, January 18-20, at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York, NY. The three-day conference and trade show will host professionals from all sections of the tic…
Broadway received a Gershwin infusion last night, January 12, with the opening of "The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Helmed by Diane Paulus, the musical adapts a…
Ticket sales on Broadway dropped 36 percent last week, as New York's legitimate theatre district entered its traditional January doldrums.
Through the week ending January 8, sales dropped to…
The much-derided Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" continued to prove its critics wrong this week when the show set a new single-week record for ticket sales.
The show grosse…
Similar to their Broadway counterparts, a growing number of theaters in London's West End are turning to dynamic ticket pricing to help fill seats.
Dynamic pricing, which allows for up or do…
These days, social media is helping venues sell tickets and impacting what patrons do once they're in their seats.
A number of theatrical venues across the country have been experimenting wi…
In two week's time, ticketing industry professionals will once again converge in New York City for Ticket Summit®. The conference and trade show will stage its fourth annual event in the…
Live Nation is opening a new 500-capacity concert venue in Indianapolis this weekend, just over a month before the Super Bowl's scheduled arrival in February.
Deluxe is located in the baseme…
Live Nation has hired an Internet and music industry veteran to help boost its new data analytics initiative with media measurement company BigChampagne.
The live entertainment and ticketing…
Broadway ticket sales dropped $1 million to $23.3 million for the week ending December 25, a decrease of 4.1 percent from the previous week's tally of $24.3 million.
Eight shows grossed at l…
I think we can all agree that the use of social media as a marketing tool cannot be ignored. After all, word of mouth is the number one way that people hear about events, and Facebook is the…
The owners of an independent promotions company are suing Live Nation for alleged strong-arm tactics that led to the owners losing a contract with the New Jersey State Fair.
Thomas Dorfman a…
Ticketing company Ticketfly is expanding its technological tool kit again, this time hoping to better harness the power of Facebook for ticket sales.
Launched last week, Ticketfly's new Face…
The ticketing industry is one of the most misunderstood industries in America. Unfortunately, the role and function of a ticket broker is even more misunderstood. It's worth taking a minute …
Live Nation this week bought data analytics company BigChampagne to help expand its marketing and Internet branding efforts. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Located near Live Nation in B…
An ancient Greek comedy receives a contemporary infusion on Broadway, where the new musical "Lysistrata Jones" opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre last night, December 14.
"Lysistata Jones" tr…
Ticket resale marketplace StubHub took the wraps off its UK Web site today, December 14, a little over a week later than originally planned.The company said it expected to launch the site on…
Broadway's bottom line saw a $1.2 million uptick through the week ending December 11, bringing the Main Stem's 33-production cumulative to $25 million.
Attendance also increased across the G…
Two of Broadway's top-selling shows, "Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway" and "The Book of Mormon," are employing a dynamic ticket pricing model similar to that used by airlines, hotels and prof…
Returning to Broadway for the first time since his 2010 concert special, Harry Connick, Jr. stars in the current revival of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." The re-imagined musical, dir…
"Stick Fly" made headlines earlier this year when pop songstress Alicia Keys stepped on as co-producer. Now the Broadway play is under lights again, following its December 8 opening at Cort …
Though significantly lower than the lucrative Thanksgiving frame, ticket sales remained strong at Broadway box offices through the week ending December 4.
Overall gross dropped from $27.8 mi…
Ticketmaster is doubling the amount it initially set aside to settle a class action lawsuit over certain fees, after a judge rejected a proposed settlement earlier this year.
The company wil…
As the holiday season gears up, Radio City Music Hall is taking firm hold of TicketNews' exclusive venues rankings, beating all rivals once again for the week ending Sunday, December 4.
Thi…
