Saturday Christmas stifles Broadway take
There was no year-end bonus for Broadway. With Christmas falling on Saturday, the lucrative weekend perfs were adversely affected. A few shows even skipped a matinee in favor of a nine-perf sked this week.
Book takes on love-hate relationship of H'wood, B'way
The Actors Studio has appointed board members Carlin Glynn, Lee Grant and Stephen Lang to serve as co-artistic directors of the 60-year-old nonprofit dedicated to the development of actors, …
First step in three-part strategy
The American Guild of Musical Artists has enacted a voluntary code of standards for agents and managers representing AGMA members with the goal of preventing what it claims is a "plethora" of unethical practices.
Story centers on broke socialite at daughter's university
Broadway director John Rando ("Urinetown") has agreed to helm campus comedy "The College Experience" for Warner Bros. with Adam Schroeder and Geri Robert producing.
Landis to direct Off Broadway adaptation
Thanks to "All My Children's" exec producer Julie Hanan Carruthers, Tonya Pinkins says she can continue her role of Lydia Frye Cudahy on the soap by winging to N.Y. on Mondays from her starr…
Tour slated to run through 2005
Herin, Mathias teamed on book and lyrics
B'way auds as low as Sept. '03, B.O. up 5.5%
NYMF? NAMT? The Gotham musical theater community has been mired in alphabet soup lately, as two seemingly like-minded festivals converged on the city back-to-back.
Road grosses
Broadway grosses
Long-brewing musicals rev up production
Film, TV writers in demand for tuner books
But Spacey's 1st helming job gets mixed reviews
Equestrian-acrobatics show will feature music, acting
Oscar favorite takes to the director's chair on B'way
Ed Harris will make his stage directing debut when he helms the Roundabout Theater Company's Broadway production of Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love" this winter.
B'way team heads to bigscreen
Prod'n currently playing at London's National Theater
Kaufman offers his take on music master
Movie of musical finds a funder
Revolution Studios will now pay the tab for "Rent," a screen adaptation of Jonathan Larson's Tony-winning musical. The film will be directed by Chris Columbus, who has been writing the script for the past several months.
Martha Plimpton has ankled Woody Allen's Off Broadway play "A Second Hand Memory" and will be replaced by Elizabeth Marvel. Plimpton recently finished shooting a guest appearance on "7th Hea…