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Broadway Grosses* w/e 6/26/2011

By Ken Davenport On June 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending June 26, 2011:

Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $842,092 8,267 100.72% $101.86 BABY IT'S YOU! $438,913 6,796 74.45% $64.58 BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGDHAD ZOO $358,806 4,629 42.67% $77.51 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL $951,214 10,972 96.52% $86.69 BORN YESTERDAY $263,123 4,315 49.99% [...]

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    The Sunday Giveaway: 2 Tickets to The Illusion by Tony Kushner

    By Ken Davenport On June 26, 2011 · 26 Comments

    Quick . . . . give me a list of the 3 most influential playwrights of the last twenty years.

    Was Tony Kushner on the list?  Was he at or near the top?

    He should have been.

    Signature Theatre's Tony Kushner season continues with The Illusion, his "most [...]

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      Who won the tickets to The Jimmy Awards?

      By Ken Davenport On June 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

      We had a wonderful outpouring of support for drama teachers in this week's contest for two tickets to Monday's Jimmy Awards.

      And the winner is . . . 

      Ellie!  Email me, Ellie, and I'll see you on Monday!

      But, as "blah, blah, end of a bad Hallmark movie" as it sounds, [...]

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        I went to see this show because of the name above the title. And it wasn’t a star.

        By Ken Davenport On June 24, 2011 · 7 Comments

        I was in London a few weeks ago, and while I was shopping for a show to see, I noticed a familiar name above the title that got me excited enough to buy a ticket.

        It wasn't Jude Law.

        And it wasn't Sienna Miller. (ok, it was sort of Sienna Miller)

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          7 Lessons we can learn from Book of Mormon.

          By Ken Davenport On June 23, 2011 · 5 Comments

          Sure, Book of Mormon won Best Musical this year.  But in my opinion, it should be up for a Producing Prize as well.  

          The Producers made a whole bunch of great calls on this show that have helped turn it into the biggest hit Broadway has seen in years.  

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