Signature gets gov't assistance

New facility being constructed for January 2006

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

West End primps for 'Hairspray' arrival

British cast sought for tuner

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Biz booming at National Theater

Attendance rose to 91% during fiscal year

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Scoundrels' speeds to B'way

Heavy hitters prep $11 mil tuner in San Diego
The transition -- from concept to readings to regional production to Broadway -- for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" is moving smoother than a con man's pitch.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Legitimate investors by Richard Ouzounian

Canucks shift coin from films to B'way ventures

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Hairspray' planning to blow into London

British cast sought for tuner
Good morning, Blighty!

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

SCR preems 'Naked Girl'

Seventh of Greenberg's plays to premiere at SCR

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Zaks to direct Spacey's 'Story'

Helmer takes a whack at 'Philadelphia'

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Yahoo! getting ready for Broadway debut

New site sets up the stage

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Stormy skies fail to flood B.O.

Attendance flat on B'way

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Crudup's up to B'way gig

McDonagh drama to be helmed by Crowley
Billy Crudup is in talks to headline the Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman."

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

ICM taps NYC legit head

Herold bringing along Merrill clients
International Creative Management has hired Patrick Herold, former owner of the Helen Merrill agency, as a senior VP and head of the legit theater department at ICM's New York office.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Andrews will return to her 'Boy Friend'

Goodspeed to run show from July 15 to Sept. 24
Julie Andrews will repeat directing chores on "The Boy Friend" when it plays the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., next summer before hitting the road for an eight-city tour through December 2005. A second leg of the tour for 2006 is being eyed.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Being' goes to Broadway

Producers seek writer, director to adapt material
David Permut has partnered with the estate of author Jerzy Kosinski to adapt his novel "Being There" for Broadway. Peter Sellers starred in Kosinski's 1979 feature adaptation for director Hal Ashby.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Times seeking legit critic

Jefferson to change gears, tackle experimental art
On Tuesday, the New York Times newsroom got the word: The paper is looking for a new second-string theater critic, and Margo Jefferson is moving on to a new beat.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

B.O. business as usual on Broadway

'Forever Tango' takes up some slack

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Chicago's tunes have legit allure

Prod'n eyes regional theater opening next year
Add another band to the list of rockers going the tuner route -- Chicago. The songs of the popular horn-based act are being adapted for "Colour My World," a classic "boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back" musical, according to producer Richard Akins.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Strip mauls Great White Way

Sin City lures 'Avenue,' 'Rock You' to its roster
"It's a deal with the devil," sniped one New York producer about Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum's much-maligned deal to send "Avenue Q," their Tony Award-winning musical, to Las Vegas. "Broadway producers won't ever get slot machines in their lobbies."

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Q' troupe cues 'Fidelity' tuner

Producing team expects to workshop prod'n in 2005
The producers of "Avenue Q" are looking to a follow-up project: a musical version of "High Fidelity." Robyn Goodman, Kevin McCollum and Jeffrey Seller have acquired the rights from Disney to the Nick Hornby novel and the Stephen Frears-directed film.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Post taps new legit critic

Lyons 'retires' from five-year position
Frank Scheck has replaced Donald Lyons as second-string theater critic for the New York Post.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Boy,' 'Fiddler' buoy B'way B.O.

Revs up 1.33% over previous week
Broadway box office last week continued its slow climb out of the Fourth of July subcellar.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Tonys lower curtain on rep

Single press agent to be announced in four to six weeks

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

</b>Press rep suing Goodspeed by FRANK RIZZO

Eisen filed suit last week in Middletown, Conn.
A veteran New York press rep is suing the Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, Conn., for breach of contract and nonpayment of services.
Not paying an 85 year old man his salary? Max Eisen is a legendary Broadway press rep! Who is running Goodspeed? Rooster Hannigan? Surely not Daddy Warbucks.

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Spidey suited for stage 

Taymor to helm tuner; book writer Jordon may be on board

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Par seeks high-kicking aud for vaude 

Follies has run for 14 seasons, grossing $75 million

SOURCE: Variety at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑