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Career included producer, theater founder, charter commissioner
Benjamin H. Segal, 83, theatrical producer and founder of the Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, Conn., died Dec. 27 in Wallingford after a brief illness.
The Omnicom Group has bought Serino Coyne, Broadway's biggest marketing and ad firm.
And then there were five. "La Boheme" joined the $1 million club over the New Year's session, taking in $1,013,328. Baz Luhrmann's show fit right in among "Hairspray" ($1,025,021), "The Lio…
Patric set to don buckskins
Jason Patric, drawing critical acclaim as a tough cop in "Narc," has signed to play famed frontiersman Jim Bowie in "The Alamo."
Patric joins Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton and newcomer Patrick Wilson in the pic's four meatiest roles.
I got a laugh from seeing Variety, the "show business bible," call Patrick Wilson - a two-time Tony nominee for Best Actor - a "newcomer." Do they read their own publication?
Globe noms help pic's word-of-mouth campaigns
Several limited releases kicked up their heels in fine holiday style this weekend. Miramax's "Chicago" staged a particularly boffo bow, as the critically lauded musical grossed an estimated $2.1 million from 77 playdates in 22 markets.
Union to join National Coalition
Actors Equity has indicated it will join the National Coalition for Health Care, following in the footsteps of the Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA, the Directors Guild and IATSE.
Total member workweeks also falls
Citing the long-term impact of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Actors Equity reported that earnings for members declined 2.7% in the 2001-02 season to $249.2 million.
Spaces at 520 Eighth Ave. open Jan. 10
As Gotham's garment biz shrinks, small theaters and related legit orgs continue to move into the fashion district south of 42nd Street on the West Side.
Long-running musicals fare well at pre-Xmas B.O.
Minor upticks and major plummets marked the pre-Christmas session. Thirty-three shows brought in $16,135,339, down $1,017,967 or 5.93% from the previous session.
Revue opens Off Broadway site
Another opening, another show, but not just another theater. The Little Shubert makes its debut tonight with the revue "Tommy Tune: White Tie and Tails."
'Lady,' 'Wedding' roll down Off B'way aisle
Off Broadway theaters see them coming and going in the early New Year. "Our Lady of 121st Street" takes over for "Burn This" at the Union Square Theater.
Humana slate puts emphasis on new voices
The Humana Festival is playing host to a new crop of playwrights this season: None of the playwrights providing full-lengths works have visited the festival before.
Road grosses climbed 6.1% in Week 28 (Dec. 2-8), with 17 shows reporting.
B'w'y B.O. strong, but crunch time looming
Boffo numbers, heavy doubts. With total receipts at $17,153,306, Broadway produced its second highest grossing non-holiday week, as total tally fell just $438,243 or 2.49%, from the previous record-setting session.
Musical to premiere in Buenos Aires in April
Soccer superstar Diego Maradona is about to follow his countrywoman Eva Peron as the inspiration for a legit musical.
Trio reteams as 'Couple' goes German
Felix und Oskar? German helmer Doris Dorrie ("Naked") has reteamed with veteran thesps Heiner Lauterbach and Uwe Ochsenknecht for a Teutonic take on Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple."
Higher tix prices cited in non-holiday mark
Broadway's 34 shows set a non-holiday record of $17,500,645 last week, which retired the old one of $16,068,527 from April 9-15, 2000, when there were 36 productions on the boards. No surprise: Higher ticket prices had much to do with that $17.5 million take.
New musicals have dominated B.O. recently
"Into the Woods" never got out of the B.O. forest. After several money-losing weeks, the Stephen Sondheim revival will close Dec. 29 at the Broadhurst Theater.
This new staging of "Man of La Mancha", with Jonathan Kent in charge, might earn a decent run fueled by the burnished baritone of its appealing star, Brian Stokes Mitchell, but it doesn't make a persuasive case for the enduring merits of this sentimental appraisal of Cervantes and his famous tilter-at-windmills....
Is this the earliest posting of a review EVER?
Thanks to Ste on All That Chat for pointing this out!
Magic pro to bow in Broadway's 'The Exonerated'
Prestidigitator Penn Jillette, best known as the loquacious half of Penn & Teller, is going legit for the first time.
Road grosses held steady for the third week in a row in Week 16 (Nov. 18-24th), dropping a mere .4% for a total of $15,396,405, with 20 shows reporting.
Eighteen shows declined at the box office
The November slump deepened despite the addition of three shows -- overall receipts for 31 productions came to $14,073,109, down $91,030, with paid attendance off a significant 6.2%.
One of American history's most notorious bad guys takes the stage in Richard Nelson's "The General From America," the general in question being the infamous Benedict Arnold, whose very name …
The team behind the longest-running Off Broadway musical is ready to defy the odds. Again. The producers of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" have set a backer's audition on Dec. 16 …
David Mamet tosses out his usual theatrical lexicon and reaches rather far afield for both the style and substance of "Boston Marriage," an odd kickshaw of a comedy -- to borrow one of the m…
