'Allegro' gets 2nd chance

Prod'n opens Jan. 11; 14 actors may play multiple roles

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

'Producers' hits Toronto

Road grosses

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B.O. off; 'Nine' exits

Broadway grosses

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Bard buffs BAM spring sesh

'Pericles,' 'Midsummer's' among legit productions

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B.O. up; 'Hairspray' 995g

Road Grosses

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Biz holds; 'Town' 590g

Broadway Grosses

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E! lets celebs be heard

Net takes 'Words' from stage to small screen

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

'Plow' may speed back to B'way

Araca Group's Warchus hoping to bring back classic
If there's a David Mamet play that needs a Broadway revival, it is "Speed-the-Plow."

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

B.O. bucks B'way trend

Road Grosses

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Biz booms; 'Town' 516g

Broadway Grosses

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Playwrights heed muse of music

Kushner leads list of scribes tackling first musicals

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

'Girl' hits the West End in spring

"Me and My Girl," one of the longest-running Brit tuners of the 1980s, will receive a major West End revival next spring.

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

CAA's legit arm inks talent

Scribes Taylor, Berman sign

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

'Change' reaps Rich rave

Leaked Times review offers different 'Caroline' take
Fax machines have been working overtime on Broadway. Frank Rich has written a rave of "Caroline, or Change," to appear Sunday in the New York Times. More essay than review, Rich's piece "'Caroline,' Kennedy and Change" circulated via fax as early as Wednesday afternoon, four days ahead of publication.

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

Jefferson in for Weber at N.Y. Times

Pulitzer Prize winning critic steps into footlights
Effective Jan. 1, Margo Jefferson will replace Bruce Weber as a theater critic at the New York Times. Weber, who has held the second-string position since March 2000, will return to his reporter duties.

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

Biz up; Cincy 'Millie' 706g

Road grosses

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B.O. off; 'Anna' 244g

Broadway grosses

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Indie presenters rewrite road rules

Operators turn new markets, non-Equity tours
Times are tough for the solo road presenter -- so tough that some drastic measures are being taken by independent operators. Over the past five years, Clear Channel Entertainment has moved to the forefront of the Broadway touring business, snapping up more theaters and becoming the road's biggest presenter, by some measure.

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

L.A. legit scene gets boost from developer

Geffen to be first tenant at renovated Brentwood Theater
Martin Markinson, owner of Gotham's Helen Hayes Theater, has expanded his L.A. legit holdings with the intention of adding to L.A.'s commercial theater scene. "With the closing of the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills, there is the need for a 500-seat commercial theater," Markinson said.

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

Equity pays 'Harmony' crew

Schwartz, Shubert coin troubles helped close tuner

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B'way biz has ups, downs

Total receipts came to a record-setting $15,1 mil
Did anyone really expect "Bobbi Boland," "Laughing Room Only," "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All" and "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" to make it past Thanksgiving, much less New Year's Day? They were orphans on paper, and their rapid demise says much about some producers' dream life but remarkably little about the theater's health.

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

West End facing a funk

Fall sees few critical or B.O. hits
What is the West End to do? That's the question making the rounds at the moment in a London commercial legit climate that is facing its usual woes. Industry insiders, ever optimistic, prefer to look toward the future rather than dwell on a less than pleasant recent past.

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

Biz even; 'Wicked' 926g

Broadway grosses

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'Avon' looks to B'way

With a rare crop of strong reviews in its pocket, Amy Freed's comedy "The Beard of Avon" is a candidate to move from the not-for-profit New York Theater Workshop to a commercial run.

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

Abbey marks 100th

Irish theater plans classics, int'l tours

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