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The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending January 21, 2018.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/926927-episode-174-pulitzer-prize-winner-alfred-uhry.mp3 I first met Alfred Uhry when I was company managing the reading and the workshop of Parad…
I first met Alfred Uhry when I was company managing the reading and the workshop of Parade, the musical he wrote with Jason Robert Brown, years before it made it to Broadway. Shows und…
Ok, this is kind of breaking news, but I’m not going to dwell on it too much. Because business (and life) is about moving forward. As of February 1st, The Davenport Theater, which …
It’s one thing to read a book once. But it takes an extra special book to read twice. Go on. Take a moment. Think about all the books you’ve read more than once. I’d be…
Now that was fun. So, I’ll admit. I’ve done about a dozen of my “socials” around the world over the past 10 years and five minutes before the start of each andÂ�…
In the spring of 1983, Allan Becker ushered me into a windowless room on West 57th Street where I found myself facing Ed Kleban, Alan Menken, Maury Yeston, Skip Kennon, and Richard Engquist.…
In the first non-holiday week of 2019, grosses continued to slim for the street and for most productions. Four fewer shows on the boards meant a 15% drop in overall grosses to $32M. Overa…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/918168-episode-173-david-chase.mp3 Like Beetlejuice, David Chase has appeared. His name had been uttered at least three times by so many of my pre…
Like Beetlejuice, David Chase has appeared. His name had been uttered at least three times by so many of my previous podcast guests that I had to have him on. And as you’ll hear in thi…
Back in 2010, we started a reading series in our rehearsal room due to the number of submissions of great developing work we received that wasn’t for us, but we felt should be se…
I can’t tell you the last time I stepped inside a movie theater. And since just a year ago it was reported that movie theater attendance was at a 25 year low (!), I would bet you…
The question of if and when to stream is something we strategize for each and every release. It's certainly not an exact science, and reasonable people in our business disagree on this impor…
Broadway Grosses across the board land back on earth this week following after last week's record-shattering numbers. Overall, grosses last week were $37.5M down with several shows playing o…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/910878-episode-172-sierra-boggess.mp3 In my podcast with Broadway Star Danny Burstein, I remarked how I had been remiss in asking Actors to appear…
In my podcast with Broadway Star Danny Burstein, I remarked how I had been remiss in asking Actors to appear on the podcast. Why had I overlooked these artists? Well, in so many cases…
Zip it up. Weeks ago I was looking for a CFO. I found one on ZipRecruiter. So I gotta give ’em a shout. What’s the next one of these? To Kill A Mockingbird is kill…
Yup, you read that right. Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook is officially becoming a Broadway musical. It will (relatively) soon join the likes of other mega-hit movie-musical…
I know, it’s 2019 already. But you all know I like to do things a little bit differently, so while everyone else was publishing away their listicles about their favorite moments on…
As predicted, last year's records were used to fuel Time Square's confetti cannons, as each one was blown to smithereens! From Disney to British plays to American Plays, box office rec…
Taking the leap from your reading, workshop or Showcase production to the off-Broadway stage can be intimidating. Budgets for small off-Broadway shows can reach into hundreds of thousands of…
The penultimate week of the year typically bears gifts and this year did not disappoint. Despite many shows choosing to play seven performances this week (and nine in the following week)…
Happy last working Friday of 2018! (I know we’ve got another Friday to go, but it seems like the entire world is taking off next week, so if you’ve got business to do before …
One of my goals in 2019 is to learn more about the hard-working people who make theater and the people who dream about making theater all over this world. So, during my next trip to jolly…
When producing a show, your to-do list can often feel endless. (You're nodding your head right now, aren't you?) You've got capital to raise. A production team to assemble. Venue scouting. C…
