Whenever any industry goes through a period of explosive growth, like we on Broadway are in right now, it has a ripple effect on how that industry will operate over the next chunk of time. And as we talked about yesterday, not only are we in a time of plenty on Broadway right now (plenty of …
Read MoreI’m starting to sound like some kind of musical-living parrot. “Broadway is booming. Squaaaaak! Broadway is booming.” As I reported in yesterday’s gross wrap up there was some serious Pirate-like booty in our box offices last week, with 14 shows grossing over $1mm. It’s a good time to have a show musical on Broadway. Our industry is hot, thanks partly …
Read MoreWe announced that Once on this Island was happening a few months ago. And we even threw out opening dates. And then we even opened up about our international search for Ti Moune, which took us all the way to Haiti (wait until you see the video from this trip). But announcements are just that . . . announcements. A veteran Broadway …
Read MoreI was nervous. I didn’t know why. Maybe it was the fancy Madison Avenue address. Or the fancy furniture in the waiting room. Or maybe it was just because I was about to see a lawyer. Lawyers mean serious business. They deal with The Law, after all. And you and I have seen enough Law & …
Read MoreIt seemed like just yesterday that the big question about the Tony nominations was how many Hamilton was going to get. That’s right, my dear readers, a year has already come and gone, and just yesterday the 2017 Tony Award nominations were announced. (And I wouldn’t have been surprised if Hamilton had sneaked one in this year, somehow – Best Ridiculous Amount of …
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