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Tony-winning actress had commanding, ferocious presence
Play is first prod'n while Westwood gets facelift
Opera guides National to Olivier nom lead
The National Theater once again dominated the 2004 Laurence Olivier Award nominations, honoring the finest in London theater, opera, and dance during 2003. The South Bank complex garnered 20 noms -- one fewer, actually, than it managed last year -- including three of the four play nominees and the musical frontrunner, "Jerry Springer -- The Opera."
Stars set for Child's new play, Landau directs
Road grosses
Sold-out show will return to NT next Christmas
Spate of closings precedes traditionally chilly season
Broadway rang in the New Year in typically festive fashion, garnering year-high numbers for a weekly frame. The B.O. total for the 30 shows was a heady $20,449,860, up 6.8% from the preceding week, itself a healthy one.
Member earnings hit all-time high of $264.5 mil
Nationwide, the median annual salary for an actor was $6,148; average annual salary was $14,995. The percentage of actors working in a given week continues to hover at about 15%.
And I thought I had a rough year...
Helmer fills in for late Gutierrez in D.C.
'Confederate Widow,' 'Laughing Room' ruled out
The Tony Awards administration committee met Thursday in Gotham to decide the award eligibility of shows that opened on Broadway in the first half of the season.
B.O. breaks some records, but not biggest
Model for three-theater complex to be unveiled in late Jan.
Event features artists from 30 countries, 'ideas' forum
B.O. breaks some records, but not biggest
'Producers' thesps pact for film adaptation
Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane have reached deals to bring "The Producers," Mel Brooks' hit Broadway show, to the bigscreen for Universal Pictures.
Road grosses
With union budgets nixed, stix see neophytes in major revivals
Audiences attending the new national tours of "Oklahoma" and "Oliver," both bearing the stamp of Cameron Mackintosh, are for the most part getting plenty of country flavor in the former and city squalor in the latter.
While I do agree with a producer's right to mount a show as they see financially fit, using non-union talent in place of AEA members in large market venues is short-sighted. If the costs are out of control, the actor's salaries are only one item on a very large budget. The problem has to be fixed before road audiences start to shun big Broadway tours. Killing the road, which is where many Broadway shows make their money, will in turn have an adverse effect on Broadway.
Ludwig's 'Ladies' last perf for outgoing a.d.
Warm welcome for 'Producers' duo
They came back, they performed, they conquered. Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick returned to "The Producers" Tuesday for a three-month reprise.
Christmas week is top-grossing sesh of '03
Zaks to helm, Mitchell to choreograph revival
Two gay guys and two legit giants make for one Broadway revival. Clear Channel is joining with the Nederlanders to bring "La Cage aux Folles" back to Gotham next season. The musical version of the 1978 French film about a gay club owner and his transvestite partner opened in 1983.
URTA pact discussion to begin next month
Maradona play to bow Jan.7, then go int'l
'Barbarella'-based tuner sets March bow
It's not only movies that are latching onto the current comicbook craze.
