Exclusive: Scott Bakula will return to the New York stage this winter in an Off Broadway, world premiere production of the new musical The Connector, conceived and directed by Daisy Prince with music and lyrics by Tony winner Jason Robert Brown (Parade) and a book by Jonathan Marc Sherman.
A production of the acclaimed Off Broadway non-profit company McC Theater, The Connector will begin performances at McC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater on January 12, 2024, with an opening night set for February 6. The limited engagement will run through February 18, 2024.
Set in the rapidly changing media and magazine worlds of the late 1990s (the title refers to a revered publication), The Connector also will feature choreography by Karla Puno Garcia, co-choreographer of the Broadway-found Days of Wine and Roses.
In addition to Bakula, who will play a character named Conrad, the large cast of The Connector will include Sweeney Todd‘s Joanna Carpenter,...
A production of the acclaimed Off Broadway non-profit company McC Theater, The Connector will begin performances at McC Theater’s Newman Mills Theater on January 12, 2024, with an opening night set for February 6. The limited engagement will run through February 18, 2024.
Set in the rapidly changing media and magazine worlds of the late 1990s (the title refers to a revered publication), The Connector also will feature choreography by Karla Puno Garcia, co-choreographer of the Broadway-found Days of Wine and Roses.
In addition to Bakula, who will play a character named Conrad, the large cast of The Connector will include Sweeney Todd‘s Joanna Carpenter,...
- 10/5/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Mangurama and Bobb Films have bought U.S. and Canadian theatrical distribution rights for the documentary “Weed the People,” executive produced by Ricki Lake.
Abby Epstein, who teamed with Lake on “The Business of Being Born,” directed “Weed the People.” The film made its world premiere at the 2018 SXSW Festival, was the audience award winner at the Nashville Film Festival and will have a West Coast premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Epstein and Lake said, “We are thrilled to be working with Mangurama on the theatrical release of our documentary, ‘Weed The People.’ Following in the footsteps of ‘The Business of Being Born,’ which changed the way Americans looked at childbirth, we hope that ‘Weed The People’ will humanize the controversy around medical cannabis. As our film reveals, access to this plant has become a human rights issue.”
The film focuses on several families who obtain cannabis oil...
Abby Epstein, who teamed with Lake on “The Business of Being Born,” directed “Weed the People.” The film made its world premiere at the 2018 SXSW Festival, was the audience award winner at the Nashville Film Festival and will have a West Coast premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Epstein and Lake said, “We are thrilled to be working with Mangurama on the theatrical release of our documentary, ‘Weed The People.’ Following in the footsteps of ‘The Business of Being Born,’ which changed the way Americans looked at childbirth, we hope that ‘Weed The People’ will humanize the controversy around medical cannabis. As our film reveals, access to this plant has become a human rights issue.”
The film focuses on several families who obtain cannabis oil...
- 9/12/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
A big step up for Randy Freer, who’s considered one of the most influential execs in TV sports. He’ll continue to oversee sports at Fox but with “a broad strategic and operational role across Fng” including Fox Broadcasting, reporting to Fng CEO Peter Rice, the company says. Freer seems to have a halo from the launch of Fox Sports 1 in August. Rice praised Freer’s “impressive skills as both an operator and builder of businesses” and said he’ll be “a key partner for me in overseeing and driving continued growth of our global channels business which spans nearly 400 channels in 200 countries.” Execs who’ll now report to Freer include Michael Biard, President of Distribution at Fox Networks; Toby Byrne, President of National Ad Sales at Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports Media Group; Lou Latorre, President of Advertising Sales at Fox Cable Entertainment Networks, Fox Hispanic Media Group; and Kyle Sherman,...
- 10/28/2013
- by DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
- Deadline TV
The TV sports ad marketplace traditionally offers the networks that carry sports a sure bet in attracting revenue. But as with everything else in this economic crisis, nothing is as it has been, and TV sports has lost much of its instant sellability, even the once-invulnerable NFL.
"Clearly, we are finding out that TV sports advertising is not recession-proof, so we are having to work harder to get business," said a sports sales executive at one network. "Every advertiser wants to pay less and get more, not only in entertainment but also in sports."
Sports media buyers still tick off TV sports' positives, particularly live coverage: delivery of male audiences, family-friendly viewing, a lower incidence of time-shifted viewing and generally consistent ratings. But they add there are too many negatives that make this an unusually weak market, notably pressure from their clients to get better deals and softness in two formerly strong sports ad categories.
"Clearly, we are finding out that TV sports advertising is not recession-proof, so we are having to work harder to get business," said a sports sales executive at one network. "Every advertiser wants to pay less and get more, not only in entertainment but also in sports."
Sports media buyers still tick off TV sports' positives, particularly live coverage: delivery of male audiences, family-friendly viewing, a lower incidence of time-shifted viewing and generally consistent ratings. But they add there are too many negatives that make this an unusually weak market, notably pressure from their clients to get better deals and softness in two formerly strong sports ad categories.
- 7/17/2009
- by By John Consoli, Mediaweek
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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