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Are new plays and new musicals really on the downswing? Part I

By On February 27, 2013 · 11 Comments

I read a quote recently which lamented the fact that there weren’t as many new plays on Broadway anymore.

At first, my head started a-nodding in agreement.  It’s easy to jump on the ol’ “things aren’t so good” whine-wagon.  But then I wondered, “Is that really the case?”  I know it seems [...]

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Oh how Broadway will miss Marty Richards.

By On November 28, 2012 · 4 Comments

Broadway lost one of the great Producers on Monday, when Marty Richards passed on to the Great White Way in the sky.

Just look at these credits:  On The Twentieth Century, Sweeney Todd, Grand Hotel, Will Rogers Follies, and a whole bunch more.

But perhaps his greatest credit would be [...]

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It’s time for Somewhere In Time. World Premiere Announced!

By On October 17, 2012 · 29 Comments

Twelve years ago, I was strolling through a video store (!) on the Upper West Side that is long since gone, and I fell in love . . . with a story.

It was the story of a man who, while strolling through a hotel on Mackinac Island, fell in love with [...]

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Poor Rebecca. What happened to that girl?

By On October 1, 2012 · 14 Comments

Rebecca has been on quite a ride for the past few years.  She kind of reminds me of Whitney Kropp.  She’s the girl who gets told she’s going to the big dance . . . and gets all dolled up . . . and her fancy schmancy date never shows.

And [...]

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Harvard on Spider-Man.

By On September 21, 2012 · 3 Comments

Say what you want about the 80 million dollar super-spider that is about to enter its 3rd year on 42nd Street, but one thing is for sure . . . that Spider got some serious press.

Part of my business mission is to get Broadway and the Theater “off the arts pages” [...]

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