Bunches of books have been made into Broadway shows, from Phantom, to Tale of Two Cities, to Ragtime.
And, as is more and more the case, lots of movies have made the leap as well, from Billy Elliot, to Big, to Kinky Boots.
We’ve even had albums morph into musicals, like Tommy, and [...]
The Olivier Awards (London’s Tonys) announced their nominations last week.
If you didn’t catch them, click here to see the complete list.
And then let me know if you noticed anything . . . ummmmm . . . interesting.
A quick click on the Olivier Awards [...]
Spoiler alert: If you work at or run a non-profit, I’ll bet you your endowment, you’re not going to like this post.
Yesterday I put in a call to a vendor I have not worked with before to ask for some rates for their services for a developing musical I’m [...]
A friend of mine, and to protect the innocent, let’s call that friend . . . uh . . . me . . . was recently offered a chance to invest $50k into a Broadway musical. A high unit price, but fairly typical for a higher priced musical.
While I wasn’t sure [...]
When famous people that have had an impact on the biz pass on, I usually blog about it. See this for example. Or this.
This past weekend, the biz lost someone who has also helped keep shows going for a long time.
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