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Broadway grosses dipped again in Week 13 (Aug. 19-25), falling 2% from the week previous. Total haul was $13,693,246. Attendance was 224,847, drooping a proportional 1.8%.
At Wednesday's City Hall press conference, Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters that the NFL's big kickoff in Times Square Sept. 5 will not decimate Broadway ticket sales that day.
Legit production house Jacobsen Entertainment is in full swing Down Under after launching three new shows in three days in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
For the second week in a row, Broadway continued to slip but still managed to outpace B.O. and paid-attendance levels set in 2000 and 2001 for this time frame.
Request 'unusual' according to observers
Helmer Rob Marshall is asking for "compensation" for his work on "Hairspray," according to sources close to the hit musical.
Tommy Tune will return to the New York stage in November to open the brand-new Little Shubert Theater on West 42nd Street.
Michael Grandage has announced the first four productions of his regime as artistic director of the Donmar Warehouse, succeeding Sam Mendes.
Current Duva-Flack clients include Gabe Barre, Norbert Leo Butz, Raul Esparza, Boyd Gaines and Barry Humphries.
The New York Times just took down its Broadway closing notice.
'Hairspray' generates buzz, 'Producers' comparison
"Hairspray" director Jack O'Brien made the distinction at the Roseland party: "This is the other musical. 'The Producers' is a show business story. 'Hairspray' is for everybody else. Who can't relate to the fat little girl who achieves her dream?" "Hairspray" may be set in Baltimore, but Des Moines will understand.
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There are a few articles in Variety that I am trying to post, unfortunately I'm not having much luck at the moment.
OK, so the new musical "Hairspray" doesn't offer a cure for cancer, or the nose-diving Dow for that matter, but if the infectious jubilation currently spritzing from the stage of the Neil Simon Theater were bottled and sold across the country like, say, hairspray, consumer confidence would not be a problem. Certainly this sweet, infinitely spirited, bubblegum-flavored confection won't be lacking for buyers any time soon. Arriving in an aerosol fog of advance hype, it more than lives up to its promise.
Our "Town," your "Town," whose "Town" is coming to town this Broadway season? Adrian Bryan-Brown, spokesman for the Roundabout Theater Co., confirmed the legit org would not be staging the T…
Public Theater impresario George C. Wolfe has not always been lucky in his sorties uptown. Now Wolfe is venturing even further uptown for "Harlem Song," a musical revue that celebrates the c…
Broadway receipts dipped during the Fourth of July holiday week, as holiday diversions kept theatergoers out of the seats. Total B.O. dipped to $11,946,658, a slide of 12.7%. Attendance of 2…
One-woman play to hit Cleveland, Cambridge 7/1/02 3:18pm
B.O. drop less than usual for pre-July 4 week 7/1/02 3:33pm
Company now dominates country's musical market 7/1/02 4:37pm
Roundabout prod'n vulnerable due to size, late date 7/2/02 10:00pm
It may be curtains for "Our Town" plans. Rumors circulated last week at the Roundabout's opening-night party for Edward Albee's "All Over" that it was indeed all over for the company's 2003 Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's play.... Full Story
Variety Review by Robert L. Daniels
Paper Mill Playhouse winds up its season with a lavish production of My Fair Lady that marks the exit of Robert Johanson as artistic director. Johanson has helmed 50 musicals and plays during his 23-year tenure. His swan song is an admirable and faithful staging of the Alan Jay Lerner-Frederick Loewe milestone.
Broadway grosses 6/30/02 6:00am
Road grosses 6/30/02 6:00am
Fest looks forward to new venue 6/30/02 6:00am
Responsibilities include capital projects, board relations 6/30/02 6:00am
Mara Manus has been appointed executive director of the Public Theater.
