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Peacock has found its match with legal, hook-up skein
Feature thesp Alicia Silverstone ("Clueless") has inked to play the lead role in Darren Star and Jeff Rake's upcoming matchmaker pilot for NBC.
The rap on Broadway in recent years is that it's increasingly become a department store offering the same limited number of brands, or, with Disney's steady presence, a theme park offering a very specific kind of ride.
Thanks to jdm on All That Chat! for pointing this out.
I must say that I'm happy to know a large number of men and women in their 20s and 30s who care deeply about Broadway. Of course, I wish there were more, but there are people of all ages who know Broadway is for everyone--I feel bad for the people who haven't quite figured that out yet.
Only five shows saw gains at the box office
A mid-November slump is business as usual for Broadway. Last week's B.O. dip, however, was deeper than usual. The overall tally for 28 shows came to $14,164,049, down $781,337 or 5.23% from the previous session. Paid attendance fell an identical 5.23% to land at 219,141.
But unusual legit show faces B.O. pickle
By ROBERT HOFLER
The selling power of Gotham's legit critics is about to be tested. Again.
With all 28 shows up at the box office, Broadway recovered nicely from the previous session's traditional time-change jinx to post a record $14,945,386, a big $1,723,279 improvement. Paid at…
Broadway and the West End have been looking at a big spoonful of box office sugar ever since Disney and Cameron Mackintosh began negotiations for a stage version of "Mary Poppins," a potenti…
Just like clockwork, the suspension of daylight-saving time worked its usual mischief on Broadway. Receipts fell a hefty but very standard 11.52%.
Richard Kind and Howard McGillin have been offered the lead roles in "Gold," a new musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman.
Variety Review by CHARLES ISHERWOOD
A lack of pep is definitely not the problem for "Debbie Does Dallas," the Off Broadway musical adapted from the celebrated 1978 porn flick. The talented actresses gleefully bouncing their way through the show, impersonating a pack of innocently lascivious cheerleaders, at times seem positively drunk with it. But no amount of amiable goofing could entirely compensate for the aimlessness of the spoofing, and the general, uh, limpness of the wit on display here.
Impressive gains by "Dance of the Vampires" and "Flower Drum Song" buoyed Broadway's overall tally of $14,436,865 and prevented an autumn plunge. Total receipts were down a mere $248,471, or…
Previews to begin around Jan. or Feb., 2003
The road box office crept upward during Week 20 (Oct. 7-13), totaling $12,482,183. With 18 shows reporting this week, numbers increased 4.0%.
Post bumps review in favor of Pacino show
The review appears today (see below).
Thanks to Michael Crawford, Broadway defied tradition to improve on the previous week's holiday session. He may play one of the undead in "Dance of the Vampires," but Crawford's return to th…
Variety Review by DENNIS HARVEY
Purists can start their carping and trendmongers their toadying right now: Baz Luhrmann's "La Boheme" is a hit, if a qualified one as yet. This Broadway-bound revival of his 1990 Australian Opera production may not be the most moving or beautifully sung "Boheme" you'll ever witness, but it captures the tale's sportive, youthful and impetuous aspects with a bravado that will surely enchant those who might never see a "Boheme" otherwise.
Who wants to see a first preview, anyway?
Broadway grabbed $14,559,143 million in receipts last week, a record for the pre-Columbus Day session. Overall tally rose $1,665,759, which translates to a very average 12.92% increase from …
The road grosses held steady during Week 18 (Sept. 30-Oct. 6). The total of $12,003,366 for the 16 shows reporting was up by just 1.3% over the previous week.
The Kennedy Center will dole out more than $100,000 to five theaters and seven playwrights in the latest round of grants under its Fund for New American Plays program.
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" playwright Rupert Holmes has solved a long-running mystery at Random House: When would he finally turn in a first novel commissioned seven years ago?
The all-star stagings of "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" and "Our Town" present distinctly different financial opportunities.
Lelia Goldoni, best known for her perf in helmer John Cassavetes' 1959 film "Shadows," will launch her legit company Theater Phoenix with a fund-raising cabaret Oct. 24 at Miceli's restauran…
Viennese producers aim to take bite out of N.Y.
Could Broadway be looking at another blockbuster with "Movin' Out"? In its first week of previews, the new dance musical from Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp took in $645,921 for eight performanc…
Liev Schreiber will join Sigourney Weaver in Neil LaBute's new play "The Mercy Seat."
