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Monday, June 9, 2025

INTIMATE 'MAYBE HAPPY ENDING' ENGINEERS TURNAROUND by Philip Boroff

Maybe Happy Ending  achieved an unlikely Broadway rebound. During previews last fall, the beguiling one-act musical about love and loss in the digital age failed to crack $300,000 a week …

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:35AM[SHARE]
Sunday, June 8, 2025

INTIMATE 'MAYBE HAPPY ENDING' ENGINEERS TURNAROUND by Philip Boroff

Maybe Happy Ending achieved an unlikely Broadway rebound.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:35PM[SHARE]
Thursday, June 5, 2025

'JUST IN TIME' PREVAILS IN TOUGH SEASON FOR NEW MUSICALS by Philip Boroff

Jonathan Groff is scheduled to perform twice at the Tony Awards on Sunday. The enviable television exposure should confirm his show, Just in Time, as the most commercially successful new mus…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 06:40PM[SHARE]

'JUST IN TIME' PREVAILS IN TOUGH SEASON FOR NEW MUSICALS by Philip Boroff

Jonathan Groff is scheduled to perform twice at the Tony Awards on Sunday.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 02:40PM[SHARE]
Thursday, May 29, 2025

DANCIN' DESIGNERS DUE MORE THAN $200,000 by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: A Federal judge has ordered producer Joey Parnes and two of his companies to pay more than $200,000 owed to designers of his short-lived, 2023 revival of Bob Fosse's Dancin.' In A…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:38PM[SHARE]

DANCIN' DESIGNERS DUE MORE THAN $200,000 by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: A Federal judge has ordered producer Joey Parnes and two of his companies to pay more than $200,000 owed to designers of his short-lived, 2023 revival of Bob Fosse's Dancin.'

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:38AM[SHARE]
Friday, May 16, 2025

BOONDOGGLE OR SOUND POLICY? STATE EXTENDS BROADWAY TAX CREDIT by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Good Night, and Good Luck has repeatedly set weekly records as the highest-grossing play in Broadway history. Nonetheless, the George Clooney blockbuster projected it will qualify…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:49PM[SHARE]

BOONDOGGLE OR SOUND POLICY? CLARIFYING THE BROADWAY TAX CREDIT by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Good Night, and Good Luck has repeatedly set weekly records as the highest-grossing play in Broadway history.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:49AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

INSIDE BROADWAY'S ROCKY REBOUND by Philip Boroff

Broadway's blockbuster numbers indicate that the box office has recovered from the pandemic. But as production costs continue to soar, the investment climate for everything besides star-driv…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:20PM[SHARE]

INSIDE BROADWAY'S ROCKY REBOUND by Philip Boroff

Broadway's blockbuster numbers indicate that the box office has recovered from the pandemic.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 01:20PM[SHARE]
Monday, April 7, 2025

POLITICALLY POTENT 'RAGTIME' COMING TO THE BEAUMONT by Philip Boroff

Lear deBessonet is preparing to stage a Broadway revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater this fall, in her debut as artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater. Previews are schedu…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:50AM[SHARE]

POLITICALLY POTENT 'RAGTIME' COMING TO THE BEAUMONT by Philip Boroff

Lear deBessonet is preparing to stage a Broadway revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater this fall, in her debut as artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 06:50AM[SHARE]
Monday, March 10, 2025

LUFTIG WINS LATEST ROUND IN 'KINKY BOOTS' BATTLE by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a reorganization plan for Hal Luftig Co. that gives the busy producer breathing room in his six-year court battle against a deep-pocketed i…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:44PM[SHARE]

LUFTIG WINS LATEST ROUND IN 'KINKY BOOTS' BATTLE by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a reorganization plan for Hal Luftig Co.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 12:44PM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 20, 2025

POP STAR SIA ADAPTS INDIE FILM AMID NEA CRISIS (EXCLUSIVE) by Philip Boroff

Sia, the Australian pop star whose songs are featured in the jukebox musicals Moulin Rouge! and Hell's Kitchen, is developing a theater score of her own. The singer-songwriter behind "Chande…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:54PM[SHARE]

POP STAR SIA ADAPTS INDIE FILM AMID NEA CRISIS (EXCLUSIVE) by Philip Boroff

Sia, the Australian pop star whose songs are featured in the jukebox musicals Moulin Rouge! and Hell's Kitchen, is developing a theater score of her own.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 10:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

BROADWAY'S OLDER AUDIENCE STAGES A COMEBACK by Philip Boroff

With concerns about Covid on the wane, aging theatergoers rebounded on Broadway last season, according to a new report by the Broadway League. As the audience shrank modestly in 2023-24 f…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:14AM[SHARE]

BROADWAY'S OLDER AUDIENCE STAGES A COMEBACK by Philip Boroff

With concerns about Covid on the wane, aging theatergoers returned to Broadway last season, according to a new report by the Broadway League.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 03:14AM[SHARE]
Friday, January 24, 2025

JEFF T. DANIEL FAVORED FOR SHUBERT CROWN by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: The highest-stakes succession race on Broadway appears to be over. Jeff T. Daniel is being positioned to take the reins at the Shubert Organization, Broadway's largest landlord, p…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:28PM[SHARE]

JEFF T. DANIEL FAVORED FOR SHUBERT CROWN by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: The highest-stakes succession race on Broadway appears to be over.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 09:28AM[SHARE]
Monday, January 13, 2025

SEAVIEW SCOOPS UP A TIMES SQUARE THEATER by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: The prolific production company Seaview plans to reopen the 296-seat venue that Second Stage relinquished, a vote of confidence for off-Broadway theater as nonprofit companies ret…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:21AM[SHARE]

SEAVIEW SCOOPS UP A TIMES SQUARE THEATER by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: The prolific production company Seaview plans to reopen the 296-seat venue that Second Stage relinquished, a vote of confidence for off-Broadway theater as nonprofit companies ret…

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 06:21AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

SIGNATURE AUDITOR RAISES 'SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT' ABOUT NONPROFIT'S SURVIVAL by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Theatre Co. " which raised the bar off-Broadway by devoting entire seasons to the work of major dramatists while offering $25 tickets across the board " is struggling to…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:36PM[SHARE]
Friday, December 13, 2024

TODAYTIX INTEGRATION PROMPTS BOX OFFICE UNION PROTEST by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Broadway's box office union, which is in contract negotiations with the Broadway League, claims that the industry's embrace of TodayTix Group represents an unfair labor practice. …

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:35PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

'SOUND & FURY': INSIDE THE 'SLEEP NO MORE' LITIGATION by Philip Boroff

As Sleep No More  prepares to close after a historic 12-year run, the producers of the immersive show are in an epic battle against their landlord. Producers Arthur Karpati and Jonathan H…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:26AM[SHARE]
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

'OPERATION MINCEMEAT' TARGETS GOLDEN THEATRE by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Producers of Operation Mincemeat  are raising at least $11.5 million to transfer the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning musical to Broadway, according to financial doc…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:23PM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 5, 2024

JUJAMCYN PROFIT REVEALED IN RARE DISCLOSURE by Philip Boroff

Broadway investors stand to lose about $200 million on the 2023-24 season's flops. For Jujamcyn Theaters, the Broadway landlord, it was a different story. Jujamcyn earned a profit of $34 mil…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:43PM[SHARE]
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

OSKAR EUSTIS' LONG GOODBYE by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Before the Public Theater fired a fifth of its staff, the downtown institution faced a financial crisis. When it disclosed layoffs last July, the renowned nonprofit company said t…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:20PM[SHARE]
Friday, July 12, 2024

JONATHAN GROFF SETS SPRING 2025 BROADWAY RETURN WITH 'JUST IN TIME' by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Newly minted Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff will play the 1950s and '60s crooner Bobby Darin in a staged reading next month, ahead of a planned Broadway opening in spring 202…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 01:47PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

'HELL'S KITCHEN' AIMS TO DEFY BIG BUDGET SLUMP by Philip Boroff

In a tough time for big Broadway productions, Hell's Kitchen is burning up the box office. Despite its surprise loss to The Outsiders for the Best Musical Tony Award, Alicia Keys' semi-autob…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:06PM[SHARE]
Monday, June 17, 2024

'OUTSIDERS' WIN TONY RUMBLE; 'SUFFS' SCORES TOO by Philip Boroff

The Outsiders  may have had the inside track at the Tony Awards after all. In awarding Best Musical to the $22 million adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel and Francis Ford Coppola movie a…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:21AM[SHARE]

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