Theater owner and producer Ambassador Theatre Group has agreed to an exclusive three-year partnership with J.J. Abrams’ newly formed theater division, Bad Robot Live.
As part of the partnership, Atg, which has theaters on the West End and Broadway, will have opportunities to help bring to stage and partner on theater productions from Bad Robot Live, a division of Abram’s Bad Robot Productions, as well as give Bad Robot Live the opportunity to work on those projects with Atg’s producing arm. Elizabeth Rothman, formerly of the non-profit theater Manhattan Theatre Club, will head Bad Robot Live.
The first joint project will be Liz Kingsman’s solo show, One Woman Show, which recently played The Ambassadors Theatre in London and received a 2023 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play. Atg Productions, Bad Robot Live and co-producer Wessex Grove will bring the show to the U.
As part of the partnership, Atg, which has theaters on the West End and Broadway, will have opportunities to help bring to stage and partner on theater productions from Bad Robot Live, a division of Abram’s Bad Robot Productions, as well as give Bad Robot Live the opportunity to work on those projects with Atg’s producing arm. Elizabeth Rothman, formerly of the non-profit theater Manhattan Theatre Club, will head Bad Robot Live.
The first joint project will be Liz Kingsman’s solo show, One Woman Show, which recently played The Ambassadors Theatre in London and received a 2023 Olivier Award Nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play. Atg Productions, Bad Robot Live and co-producer Wessex Grove will bring the show to the U.
- 3/7/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ambassador Theatre Group has announced an exclusive three-year partnership with the newly formed Bad Robot Live, the theatre division of J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions. As creative collaborators and co-producers, Atg will help bring to the stage Abrams’s “unique producorial vision.”
The joint development arrangement will provide Atg, a prominent player on both Broadway and London’s West End, with partnership opportunities on Bad Robot Live’s current and future theatre projects, and give Bad Robot Live the opportunity to collaborate on those projects with Atg Productions, one of the world’s leading producers of theatrical events including recent productions of Cabaret, Cyrano, Plaza Suite, David Byrne’s American Utopia, (and the previewing Broadway versions of A Doll’s House and Parade).
The first joint project under the new Atg and Bad Robot Live agreement is Liz Kingsman’s critically acclaimed solo show, One Woman Show, which recently enjoyed...
The joint development arrangement will provide Atg, a prominent player on both Broadway and London’s West End, with partnership opportunities on Bad Robot Live’s current and future theatre projects, and give Bad Robot Live the opportunity to collaborate on those projects with Atg Productions, one of the world’s leading producers of theatrical events including recent productions of Cabaret, Cyrano, Plaza Suite, David Byrne’s American Utopia, (and the previewing Broadway versions of A Doll’s House and Parade).
The first joint project under the new Atg and Bad Robot Live agreement is Liz Kingsman’s critically acclaimed solo show, One Woman Show, which recently enjoyed...
- 3/7/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
David Byrne knows where he’s going and he knows where he’s been, and the former Talking Heads band leader and near Egot winner is on his way to the Oscars again, 35 years after taking home the original score Academy Award for Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor (which he shared with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su) with a song nomination for “This Is a Life” from A24’s 11x Oscar nominated Everything Everywhere All at Once which he co-wrote with the pic’s composers Son Lux and Mitski. If Byrne wins a second Oscar next Sunday, it doesn’t bring him closer to an Egot; he needs an Emmy win to do that after two Grammys and a special Tony award for his Broadway showstopper American Utopia.
The last time Byrne was at the Oscars in 1988 it was the year when Talking Heads released their final album, Naked,...
The last time Byrne was at the Oscars in 1988 it was the year when Talking Heads released their final album, Naked,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Thirty-five years after winning the Oscar for original score for Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor, David Byrne is back at the 95th edition of the awards ceremony performing the Oscar-nominated song “This is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once with the pic’s composers and song writer Son Lux and the pic’s Oscar nominated supporting actress Stephanie Hsu. Japanese sing Mitski sings the end credits song in the movie with Byrne.
Ryan Lott, Byrne and Mitski wrote the music for “This Is A Life”, with lyrics by Lott and Byrne.
Byrne was the founding member, lead singer and guitarist for the critically acclaimed band Talking Heads. Byrne shared his 1988 Oscar win for Last Emperor with composers Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su.
Hsu has already won multiple awards this season, most recently taking four honors at last nights SAG Awards, including the marquee Ensemble in a Motion Picture.
Ryan Lott, Byrne and Mitski wrote the music for “This Is A Life”, with lyrics by Lott and Byrne.
Byrne was the founding member, lead singer and guitarist for the critically acclaimed band Talking Heads. Byrne shared his 1988 Oscar win for Last Emperor with composers Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su.
Hsu has already won multiple awards this season, most recently taking four honors at last nights SAG Awards, including the marquee Ensemble in a Motion Picture.
- 2/27/2023
- by Denise Petski and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Participant Media has promoted three executives to senior vice president.
Elizabeth Haggard has been elevated to senior VP of narrative film; Nicole Starr has been appointed to the newly created position of senior VP of content representation and impact; and Rob Williams has been named senior VP of global sales.
Haggard will continue to report to executive VPs of narrative film Anikah McLaren and Robert Kessel. As senior VP of narrative film, she will have greater oversight of the day-to-day development and production of the company’s film slate.
Starr will report to CEO David Linde. In her newly formed role, Starr will engage throughout the content development process for Participant’s narrative, documentary and episodic content.
Williams will report to Liesl Copland, the executive VP of content strategy and sales. He will continue to spearhead daily operations of Participant’s global sales, working with partners and buyers across all stages of a project,...
Elizabeth Haggard has been elevated to senior VP of narrative film; Nicole Starr has been appointed to the newly created position of senior VP of content representation and impact; and Rob Williams has been named senior VP of global sales.
Haggard will continue to report to executive VPs of narrative film Anikah McLaren and Robert Kessel. As senior VP of narrative film, she will have greater oversight of the day-to-day development and production of the company’s film slate.
Starr will report to CEO David Linde. In her newly formed role, Starr will engage throughout the content development process for Participant’s narrative, documentary and episodic content.
Williams will report to Liesl Copland, the executive VP of content strategy and sales. He will continue to spearhead daily operations of Participant’s global sales, working with partners and buyers across all stages of a project,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Casey Affleck heaped praise on Andrew Dominik’s forthcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde during a press conference for his latest film Dreamin’ Wild at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday.
“I’ve seen Blonde and it’s incredible,” Affleck told press corps. “I’ve seen a couple of versions of Blonde and it’s taken him [Dominik] a long time to get it out into the world. But that’s just how he is. He’s so slow with it. And it’s an amazing, beautiful film.”
Affleck began discussing the Nc-17-rated flick after he was asked about his relationship with the film’s director Andrew Dominik whom he worked with on The Assassination of Jesse James, which also debuted in Venice.
Later during the presser, Affleck continued to discuss his work with Dominik on The Assassination of Jesse James when he was asked about his personal regrets and how they...
“I’ve seen Blonde and it’s incredible,” Affleck told press corps. “I’ve seen a couple of versions of Blonde and it’s taken him [Dominik] a long time to get it out into the world. But that’s just how he is. He’s so slow with it. And it’s an amazing, beautiful film.”
Affleck began discussing the Nc-17-rated flick after he was asked about his relationship with the film’s director Andrew Dominik whom he worked with on The Assassination of Jesse James, which also debuted in Venice.
Later during the presser, Affleck continued to discuss his work with Dominik on The Assassination of Jesse James when he was asked about his personal regrets and how they...
- 9/7/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
A cross-section of works from revered masters and fresh faces will take center stage at Poland’s American Film Festival (Aff), whose 13th edition takes place Nov. 8 – 13 in Wrocław, Poland.
Established in 2010 as the sister event of the New Horizons Film Festival, a showcase of independent and arthouse cinema launched in 2001, the Aff bills itself as the first film event in Central Europe solely devoted to the works of contemporary and classic American cinema.
“We are searching for those voices, those auteurs, those talents and tendencies, and those waves of American film that are the most original and show some vibes of the current moment,” said festival director Ula Śniegowska.
Similar in spirit to France’s long-running Deauville American Film Festival, which this year will host its 48th edition, the Aff aims to spotlight the breadth and diversity of contemporary American filmmaking.
Śniegowska describes last year’s opening film, Wes Anderson...
Established in 2010 as the sister event of the New Horizons Film Festival, a showcase of independent and arthouse cinema launched in 2001, the Aff bills itself as the first film event in Central Europe solely devoted to the works of contemporary and classic American cinema.
“We are searching for those voices, those auteurs, those talents and tendencies, and those waves of American film that are the most original and show some vibes of the current moment,” said festival director Ula Śniegowska.
Similar in spirit to France’s long-running Deauville American Film Festival, which this year will host its 48th edition, the Aff aims to spotlight the breadth and diversity of contemporary American filmmaking.
Śniegowska describes last year’s opening film, Wes Anderson...
- 9/6/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kristen Konvitz has joined UTA as an Agent in the Independent Film Group division. She will work from the agency’s Los Angeles headquarters, reporting to Partners Jim Meenaghan and Rena Ronson, who serve as Co-Heads of the Independent Film Group.
Konvitz comes to UTA from ICM, where she worked as an Agent in the Independent Film Group. She spent over five years at the agency prior to its acquisition by CAA, there working to structure and arrange financing, assemble and secure distribution for independent films.
Konvitz has brokered distribution deals on dozens of films coming out of such major festivals as Cannes, Sundance, TIFF and SXSW, among others. Her recent projects include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Cannes Un Certain Regard entry The Silent Twins, SXSW Audience Award winner Pretty Problems, Sundance Best Director winner Palm Trees and Power Lines, and Spike Lee’s American Utopia. Additionally, she has negotiated...
Konvitz comes to UTA from ICM, where she worked as an Agent in the Independent Film Group. She spent over five years at the agency prior to its acquisition by CAA, there working to structure and arrange financing, assemble and secure distribution for independent films.
Konvitz has brokered distribution deals on dozens of films coming out of such major festivals as Cannes, Sundance, TIFF and SXSW, among others. Her recent projects include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Cannes Un Certain Regard entry The Silent Twins, SXSW Audience Award winner Pretty Problems, Sundance Best Director winner Palm Trees and Power Lines, and Spike Lee’s American Utopia. Additionally, she has negotiated...
- 8/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Summer of Soul producer RadicalMedia has hired New York attorney and business strategist Candice Cook Simmons as Chief Strategy Officer.
Cook Simmons joins the company from the Cook Law Group, which she founded in 2010. Her professional background includes entertainment, consumer products, technology and fintech.
She has served as an adviser to Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail and Chef Dominique Ansel; was the attorney and strategist behind the trademark execution of the Cronut pastry; and is an adviser to TheHistoryMakers in Chicago, the single largest archival collection of Black oral history, which recently was acquired by the Library of Congress.
“We have ambitious plans for RadicalMedia,” said CEO Jon Kamen, who co-founded the company with Frank Scherma. “The addition of Candice to our executive management team will be a tremendous asset to helping us accomplish those goals.”
“This is a team of visionaries, executors and thought leaders, and I’m excited...
Cook Simmons joins the company from the Cook Law Group, which she founded in 2010. Her professional background includes entertainment, consumer products, technology and fintech.
She has served as an adviser to Venmo co-founder Iqram Magdon-Ismail and Chef Dominique Ansel; was the attorney and strategist behind the trademark execution of the Cronut pastry; and is an adviser to TheHistoryMakers in Chicago, the single largest archival collection of Black oral history, which recently was acquired by the Library of Congress.
“We have ambitious plans for RadicalMedia,” said CEO Jon Kamen, who co-founded the company with Frank Scherma. “The addition of Candice to our executive management team will be a tremendous asset to helping us accomplish those goals.”
“This is a team of visionaries, executors and thought leaders, and I’m excited...
- 7/28/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Katie Holmes and Bobby Wooten III just took their relationship to the next level. The Dawson's Creek alum and the musician stepped out at The Moth's Silver Ball on May 26, marking their first red carpet appearance together as a couple. For the occasion, Katie wore a pale yellow gown with black patent leather heels. Meanwhile, Bobby rocked a dark teal suit, black shirt and matching shoes. The event, held at Spring Studios in New York City, celebrated The Moth's 25th anniversary and honored singer-songwriter David Byrne, who Bobby previously worked with on the Broadway recording of American Utopia. At one point in the evening, Bobby and Katie were photographed sharing...
- 5/27/2022
- E! Online
Winners of the 88th Annual Drama League Awards were announced on Friday, May 20 2022 at a ceremony hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist Frank Dilella at the Ziegfeld Ballroom. The Drama League Awards honor both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions from the 2021-2022 theater season.
Tony Awards frontrunners mostly dominated the production categories. Best Musical went to “A Strange Loop,” Best Play went to “The Lehman Trilogy,” and Best Revival of a Musical was handed to “Company.” The Second Stage Theater production of “Take Me Out” prevailed in the hotly competitive Best Revival of a Play category.
The winners of the Drama League’s inaugural categories for direction of a musical and play went to Marianne Elliott (“Company”) and Kate Whoriskey (“Clyde’s”), respectively. Elliott sits far out front in the corresponding Tony race, though Whoriskey’s triumph comes as a surprise. This frequent collaborator of Lynn Nottage failed to earn a Tony nomination,...
Tony Awards frontrunners mostly dominated the production categories. Best Musical went to “A Strange Loop,” Best Play went to “The Lehman Trilogy,” and Best Revival of a Musical was handed to “Company.” The Second Stage Theater production of “Take Me Out” prevailed in the hotly competitive Best Revival of a Play category.
The winners of the Drama League’s inaugural categories for direction of a musical and play went to Marianne Elliott (“Company”) and Kate Whoriskey (“Clyde’s”), respectively. Elliott sits far out front in the corresponding Tony race, though Whoriskey’s triumph comes as a surprise. This frequent collaborator of Lynn Nottage failed to earn a Tony nomination,...
- 5/22/2022
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Katie Holmes has a new boyfriend. On April 29, the "Coda" actor was spotted holding hands with Broadway musician Bobby Wooten III during a romantic walk through New York City. Between grabbing coffee and doting over strangers' dogs, Holmes and Wooten exchanged a steamy kiss and several affectionate touches, according to People. During the outing, Wooten was also photographed hugging Holmes's mother, Kathy, as people strolled past them on the sidewalk.
The newfound romance is Holmes's first since her breakup with Emilio Vitolo, a well-known restauranteur, in May 2021. Rumors of Holmes and Vitolo's relationship first began swirling in September 2020, when the pair were spotted enjoying dinner at a restaurant in NYC. "Their relationship fizzled," a source told Us Weekly. "They figured out they're better off as friends. . . . Katie and Emilio really enjoyed their time together - it just simply didn't work out. She's focusing on being a mom and her upcoming projects.
The newfound romance is Holmes's first since her breakup with Emilio Vitolo, a well-known restauranteur, in May 2021. Rumors of Holmes and Vitolo's relationship first began swirling in September 2020, when the pair were spotted enjoying dinner at a restaurant in NYC. "Their relationship fizzled," a source told Us Weekly. "They figured out they're better off as friends. . . . Katie and Emilio really enjoyed their time together - it just simply didn't work out. She's focusing on being a mom and her upcoming projects.
- 4/29/2022
- by Chanel Vargas
- Popsugar.com
Director and choreographer Camille A. Brown and her cast of seven female singer-dancer-actors breathe life and vitality into Ntozake Shange’s still-potent mid-1970s touchstone for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf. Opening tonight at the Booth Theatre on Broadway, Shange’s fantasia of poetry, dance and stories of confession, defiance, sisterhood and, above all, perseverance, holds a power that’s not been weakened either by decades or the loss of a once startling newness.
Shange called her mix of spoken word set to dance and movement a “choreopoem,” a word as lovely and evocative today as it was when for colored girls (as it’s often abbreviated) began Off Broadway performances back in 1974. If the word itself seems tied to its era, the form would take root and work its influence on any number of theatrical works in any number of decades, from The...
Shange called her mix of spoken word set to dance and movement a “choreopoem,” a word as lovely and evocative today as it was when for colored girls (as it’s often abbreviated) began Off Broadway performances back in 1974. If the word itself seems tied to its era, the form would take root and work its influence on any number of theatrical works in any number of decades, from The...
- 4/21/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway’s spring season kicked into higher gear last week, with the arrival of seven previewing productions (with more to come over the next few weeks). Business overall remained robust, with the 31 shows grossing a total of 28,818,836. The figure marks a 7 increase over the previous week, a jump due in no small part to the stellar performances of such recent arrivals as Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night, Plaza Suite and, of course, The Music Man.
Total attendance for the week ending April 3 was 224,053, a 12 increase over the previous week’s 200,731 when there were seven fewer productions on the boards. Average across-the-board Broadway ticket price 128.63.
Two shows officially opened last week: Plaza Suite, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, to mixed-to-positive reviews, continuing its strong business with a 1,288,716 gross and full houses. Average ticket price was a healthy 178.75.
Reviews were less enthusiastic for Paradise Square, with the musical taking a...
Total attendance for the week ending April 3 was 224,053, a 12 increase over the previous week’s 200,731 when there were seven fewer productions on the boards. Average across-the-board Broadway ticket price 128.63.
Two shows officially opened last week: Plaza Suite, starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, to mixed-to-positive reviews, continuing its strong business with a 1,288,716 gross and full houses. Average ticket price was a healthy 178.75.
Reviews were less enthusiastic for Paradise Square, with the musical taking a...
- 4/5/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO announced today that its feature documentary Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known, from director Michael John Warren, will debut on the premium cabler on May 3rd at 9 p.m. Et/Pt, and will also be available for streaming on HBO Max.
The film picking up 15 years after the smash Broadway run of Spring Awakening watches as the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one-night only reunion concert to benefit The Actors Fund. Chronicling their whirlwind journey back to the stage, it follows the players as they reconnect and rediscover the beauty and timelessness of the hit musical, examining the show’s underdog origins, its path to Tony glory, its universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele.
Spring Awakening forever changed the lives of its mostly unknown teenage cast and inspired a generation of...
The film picking up 15 years after the smash Broadway run of Spring Awakening watches as the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one-night only reunion concert to benefit The Actors Fund. Chronicling their whirlwind journey back to the stage, it follows the players as they reconnect and rediscover the beauty and timelessness of the hit musical, examining the show’s underdog origins, its path to Tony glory, its universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele.
Spring Awakening forever changed the lives of its mostly unknown teenage cast and inspired a generation of...
- 4/5/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Just one week after winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, “Summer of Soul” producers Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein have now claimed the Grammy Award for Best Music Film. The Searchlight Pictures/Hulu doc chronicles the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival via footage and performances that had been locked away in a basement for five decades. See the full list of Grammys winners.
Accepting the Grammy on Sunday night, producer Robert Fyvolent declared in his acceptance speech, “In case it’s not obvious, I’m one of the white guys. I’ll say, in the words of Ray Barretto, it’s time to come together before it’s too god damn late.” (Watch the video above.) He was referencing a controversial joke made by Oscar presenter Chris Rock the previous week, who said the award went to Questlove and “four white guys”; producer Joseph Patel is South Asian.
Accepting the Grammy on Sunday night, producer Robert Fyvolent declared in his acceptance speech, “In case it’s not obvious, I’m one of the white guys. I’ll say, in the words of Ray Barretto, it’s time to come together before it’s too god damn late.” (Watch the video above.) He was referencing a controversial joke made by Oscar presenter Chris Rock the previous week, who said the award went to Questlove and “four white guys”; producer Joseph Patel is South Asian.
- 4/3/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Just one week after winning the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, “Summer of Soul” is now in the hunt to add a Grammy to its ever-growing awards collection. It competes in the category of Best Music Film against fellow Grammy nominees “Bo Burnham: Inside,” Billie Eilish‘s “Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter To Los Angeles,” David Byrne‘s “American Utopia” and Jimi Hendrix‘s “Music, Money, Madness … Jimi Hendrix In Maui.” According to Gold Derby’s racetrack odds, “Summer of Soul” is the front-runner to prevail at the 2022 Grammys, but Burnham is hot on its heels.
“Summer of Soul’s” Grammy-nominated producers are the same as those who just took home the Academy Award: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein. “This is such a stunning moment for me right now,” Questlove said at the Oscar podium last Sunday (watch below). “But this is not about me.
“Summer of Soul’s” Grammy-nominated producers are the same as those who just took home the Academy Award: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein. “This is such a stunning moment for me right now,” Questlove said at the Oscar podium last Sunday (watch below). “But this is not about me.
- 4/1/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Funny Girl arrived on Broadway to a full house last week, selling out its first preview at the August Wilson Theatre.
The musical revival, starring Beanie Feldstein in the title role, hit town as Broadway continues posting big rebound box office numbers. For the week ending March 27, the 24 Broadway productions took in $26,814,466, with attendance of 200,731 at nearly 90% of capacity. Average ticket price was a healthy $134.
Topping the Broadway box office roster yet again was The Music Man, the Hugh Jackman-Sutton Foster musical revival grossing a massive $3,292,951 for the week. Hamilton followed with $2,235,879. For its single sold-out preview, Funny Girl took in $200,793.
Also joining the roster last week for a full eight previews was American Buffalo, the David Mamet revival starring Sam Rockwell, Laurence Fishburne and Darren Criss. The production at Circle in the Square grossed $683,547, with attendance at about 94% of capacity.
In addition to Funny Girl, The Music Man and Hamilton,...
The musical revival, starring Beanie Feldstein in the title role, hit town as Broadway continues posting big rebound box office numbers. For the week ending March 27, the 24 Broadway productions took in $26,814,466, with attendance of 200,731 at nearly 90% of capacity. Average ticket price was a healthy $134.
Topping the Broadway box office roster yet again was The Music Man, the Hugh Jackman-Sutton Foster musical revival grossing a massive $3,292,951 for the week. Hamilton followed with $2,235,879. For its single sold-out preview, Funny Girl took in $200,793.
Also joining the roster last week for a full eight previews was American Buffalo, the David Mamet revival starring Sam Rockwell, Laurence Fishburne and Darren Criss. The production at Circle in the Square grossed $683,547, with attendance at about 94% of capacity.
In addition to Funny Girl, The Music Man and Hamilton,...
- 3/29/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Event cinema distributor Iconic Events Releasing will be bringing monthly marquee UFC Pay-Per-View fights this year to the big screen.
Iconic has already booked UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane, UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2, and UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal.
The action continues with Uf 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie on Saturday, April 9, from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., where the featherweight champion Volkanovski will defend his title against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. There’s also a heated rivalry in the second chapter of the co-main event, as Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan meet for the undisputed bantamweight title.
“UFC is the ultimate theatrical sporting event – there’s simply nothing like experiencing these highly entertaining, competitive, and captivating fights on the big screen,” said Steve Bunnell, Iconic Events’ CEO. “UFC athletes are the best in the world and seeing them on giant movie theatre screens...
Iconic has already booked UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane, UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2, and UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal.
The action continues with Uf 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie on Saturday, April 9, from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., where the featherweight champion Volkanovski will defend his title against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. There’s also a heated rivalry in the second chapter of the co-main event, as Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan meet for the undisputed bantamweight title.
“UFC is the ultimate theatrical sporting event – there’s simply nothing like experiencing these highly entertaining, competitive, and captivating fights on the big screen,” said Steve Bunnell, Iconic Events’ CEO. “UFC athletes are the best in the world and seeing them on giant movie theatre screens...
- 3/29/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
All but six of the current 22 Broadway productions filled more than 90% of their available seats last week, and most of the ones that didn’t hit that mark came close, according to the first detailed box office figures released this season by the Broadway League.
In all, the 22 shows grossed a total of $26,656,904 during the week ending March 20, a 19% jump over the previous week’s $22M tally. Total paid attendance of 196,036 was a 16% increase over the previous week’s 168,999, and indicates that about 92% of total available seats were filled.
For the first time since Broadway returned from the Covid pandemic shutdown last September, the League – the trade organization representing theater owners and producers – released box office data for each of the 22 productions. The League had been releasing only combined numbers for all productions due to the impact of Covid on playing schedules and other statistics.
This week’s box office...
In all, the 22 shows grossed a total of $26,656,904 during the week ending March 20, a 19% jump over the previous week’s $22M tally. Total paid attendance of 196,036 was a 16% increase over the previous week’s 168,999, and indicates that about 92% of total available seats were filled.
For the first time since Broadway returned from the Covid pandemic shutdown last September, the League – the trade organization representing theater owners and producers – released box office data for each of the 22 productions. The League had been releasing only combined numbers for all productions due to the impact of Covid on playing schedules and other statistics.
This week’s box office...
- 3/22/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office last week rebounded from the previous week’s slip, gaining 13% in receipts and 10% in attendance. In all, the 20 productions grossed $22,375,926.
Paid attendance for the week ending March 13 was 168,999, representing about 85% of available seats filled. The average ticket price was $132, up a few bucks from the previous week.
New to the roster was Take Me Out, the revival of the Richard Greenberg play at the Helen Hayes Theater. Directed by Scott Ellis and starring Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams, the production began previews March 10, with an opening night set for April 4.
Take Me Out is one of the first arrivals of what will be a very busy season for Broadway, with 15 other shows set to open through April.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $541,893,534, with total attendance of 4,359,153 at about 81% of capacity.
Productions reporting performances on Broadway during the week ending March 13 were Aladdin...
Paid attendance for the week ending March 13 was 168,999, representing about 85% of available seats filled. The average ticket price was $132, up a few bucks from the previous week.
New to the roster was Take Me Out, the revival of the Richard Greenberg play at the Helen Hayes Theater. Directed by Scott Ellis and starring Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams, the production began previews March 10, with an opening night set for April 4.
Take Me Out is one of the first arrivals of what will be a very busy season for Broadway, with 15 other shows set to open through April.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $541,893,534, with total attendance of 4,359,153 at about 81% of capacity.
Productions reporting performances on Broadway during the week ending March 13 were Aladdin...
- 3/15/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office took a 14% stumble last week, with total receipts for the 19 productions dropping to $19,746,606 from the previous week’s sturdier $23,004,259. Total attendance was down by the same percentage, to 153,269.
In all, about 78% of seats were filled during the week ending March 6, a drop from the previous week’s 92%. The average ticket price – $129 – held even.
The reason for the drop was not immediately clear, and figures for individual shows are not being provided by The Broadway League this season, but the two weeks (including Presidents Day holiday) prior to last week were exceptionally strong, with box office climbing to $26M and $23M, respectively, the best numbers since the arrival of the Omicron surge in January. Last week also marked the first week following the annual February two-for-one ticket promotion for many shows, but the average industry-wide ticket price wasn’t noticeably impacted.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $519,521,959, with...
In all, about 78% of seats were filled during the week ending March 6, a drop from the previous week’s 92%. The average ticket price – $129 – held even.
The reason for the drop was not immediately clear, and figures for individual shows are not being provided by The Broadway League this season, but the two weeks (including Presidents Day holiday) prior to last week were exceptionally strong, with box office climbing to $26M and $23M, respectively, the best numbers since the arrival of the Omicron surge in January. Last week also marked the first week following the annual February two-for-one ticket promotion for many shows, but the average industry-wide ticket price wasn’t noticeably impacted.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $519,521,959, with...
- 3/8/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
With just one month left in American Utopia’s latest Broadway residency, David Byrne and his cast appeared on CBS Mornings to perform three of his songs from the acclaimed show.
Performing onstage at the St. James Theatre — where American Utopia is booked through April 3 — Byrne and his crew delivered renditions of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” as well as “Everybody’s Coming to My House” — from the show’s 2018 namesake LP American Utopia — and 1989’s “Marching Through the Wilderness,” a recent “Unchained” addition to the show’s setlist.
Performing onstage at the St. James Theatre — where American Utopia is booked through April 3 — Byrne and his crew delivered renditions of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” as well as “Everybody’s Coming to My House” — from the show’s 2018 namesake LP American Utopia — and 1989’s “Marching Through the Wilderness,” a recent “Unchained” addition to the show’s setlist.
- 3/5/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The 37th Annual International Documentary Association Awards, streamed online Friday night, capped a big week for nonfiction awards that also included the 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors, presented live in New York on Wednesday.
Both awards groups honored Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated immigration saga “Flee” (Neon) with their top honors, while the Danish International Feature Oscar contender’s fellow Oscar nominee “Summer of Soul” (Searchlight/Hulu) notched three IDA awards: Rookie filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson won for Best Director, Best Music Documentary, and Best Editing. Oscar nominee Jessica Kingdon’s “Ascension,” an observational look at the class structure in China, won three Cinema Eye Honors awards, the most of the evening, for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Original Score and Debut Feature.
Oscar nominee “Writing with Fire” nabbed the IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award for the India-based directing team Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.
The IDA online ceremony, which was pre-recorded,...
Both awards groups honored Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated immigration saga “Flee” (Neon) with their top honors, while the Danish International Feature Oscar contender’s fellow Oscar nominee “Summer of Soul” (Searchlight/Hulu) notched three IDA awards: Rookie filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson won for Best Director, Best Music Documentary, and Best Editing. Oscar nominee Jessica Kingdon’s “Ascension,” an observational look at the class structure in China, won three Cinema Eye Honors awards, the most of the evening, for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Original Score and Debut Feature.
Oscar nominee “Writing with Fire” nabbed the IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award for the India-based directing team Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.
The IDA online ceremony, which was pre-recorded,...
- 3/5/2022
- by Anne Thompson and Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated documentary “Flee” has been named the best nonfiction film of 2021 at the 15th annual Cinema Eye Honors, which were presented on Tuesday night in New York City. “The Rescue,” about the efforts to retrieve a Thai youth soccer team from a flooded cave, won the Audience Choice Prize.
The Neon release “Flee,” which uses animation to give anonymity to a young gay man who escaped Afghanistan as a teenager and made his way to Denmark, also won the award for graphic design and animation. It is nominated for Oscars in the documentary, animated-feature and international-feature categories.
Robert Greene won the directing award for “Procession,” while Matthew Heineman, Jenna Millman and Leslie Norville took the producing prize for “The First Wave.”
Jessica Kingdon’s “Ascension” won the most Cinema Eye awards, three, taking the prizes for debut feature, cinematography and score.
Other winners included “Summer of Soul...
The Neon release “Flee,” which uses animation to give anonymity to a young gay man who escaped Afghanistan as a teenager and made his way to Denmark, also won the award for graphic design and animation. It is nominated for Oscars in the documentary, animated-feature and international-feature categories.
Robert Greene won the directing award for “Procession,” while Matthew Heineman, Jenna Millman and Leslie Norville took the producing prize for “The First Wave.”
Jessica Kingdon’s “Ascension” won the most Cinema Eye awards, three, taking the prizes for debut feature, cinematography and score.
Other winners included “Summer of Soul...
- 3/2/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Broadway continued its 2022 rebound last week, with 92% of available seats filled and box office receipts climbing 5% over the previous week to $23,004,259.
Total attendance for the 19 Broadway productions during the week ending Feb. 27 was 177,701, a 3% increase over the previous week. The average ticket price was a robust $129.
The $23M total tally for the 19 shows bested the previous week’s $21M, becoming the highest figure since the $26M take of the final week in December, when premium holiday seats provided a boost. The 92%-seats-filled figure shows a big improvement over the measly 60%-ish numbers of the Omicron surge weeks in early January.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $499,775,353, with total attendance of 4,036,885 at about 81% of capacity.
Productions reporting performances on Broadway during the week ending Feb. 27 were Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Chicago; Come From Away; Company; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Dear Evan Hansen; Hadestown; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed...
Total attendance for the 19 Broadway productions during the week ending Feb. 27 was 177,701, a 3% increase over the previous week. The average ticket price was a robust $129.
The $23M total tally for the 19 shows bested the previous week’s $21M, becoming the highest figure since the $26M take of the final week in December, when premium holiday seats provided a boost. The 92%-seats-filled figure shows a big improvement over the measly 60%-ish numbers of the Omicron surge weeks in early January.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $499,775,353, with total attendance of 4,036,885 at about 81% of capacity.
Productions reporting performances on Broadway during the week ending Feb. 27 were Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Chicago; Come From Away; Company; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Dear Evan Hansen; Hadestown; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed...
- 3/1/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office was up 15% last week, hitting $21,835,116 as average ticket prices climbed 11% over the previous week to $126.
With attendance up only 4% over the previous week, the higher ticket prices for the week ending Feb. 20 no doubt contributed mightily to the $21.8M box office tally for the 19 productions. (The previous week’s average ticket price was $114).
Still, last week’s attendance figure indicates that about 90% of available seats were filled, a big jump over the worst weeks of the Omicron surge, when fewer than 65% of seats were occupied. The $21.8M receipt tally is the highest figure since the $26M take of the final week in December, when premium holiday seats provided a boost.
Last week’s healthier capacity percentage numbers also reflect a still-slim 19-show roster. A likely shake-out when as many as 16 productions nearly double the roster this spring will be one of the most closely watched developments of the 2021-22 Broadway season.
With attendance up only 4% over the previous week, the higher ticket prices for the week ending Feb. 20 no doubt contributed mightily to the $21.8M box office tally for the 19 productions. (The previous week’s average ticket price was $114).
Still, last week’s attendance figure indicates that about 90% of available seats were filled, a big jump over the worst weeks of the Omicron surge, when fewer than 65% of seats were occupied. The $21.8M receipt tally is the highest figure since the $26M take of the final week in December, when premium holiday seats provided a boost.
Last week’s healthier capacity percentage numbers also reflect a still-slim 19-show roster. A likely shake-out when as many as 16 productions nearly double the roster this spring will be one of the most closely watched developments of the 2021-22 Broadway season.
- 2/23/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office continued its climb back from the early-winter Omicron surge, with 19 productions grossing a total $18,939,840 for the week ending Feb. 13, a 12% jump over the previous week’s take.
Total attendance for the shows was up 9% to 165,971, a decent 87% of total seating capacity. Average ticket price was $114, up several dollars from the previous week.
Although the Broadway League is not releasing figures for individual shows this season – a break from longstanding tradition – last week’s upward swing no doubt reflects strong box office results from two recently opened productions: Mj, the Michael Jackson musical, and last week’s big opener The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. Though the latter received mixed reviews from critics, box office and advance sales are thought to be strong (and producers set aside only one night for reviewer comps rather than the standard several).
Last week’s $18.9M box office figure...
Total attendance for the shows was up 9% to 165,971, a decent 87% of total seating capacity. Average ticket price was $114, up several dollars from the previous week.
Although the Broadway League is not releasing figures for individual shows this season – a break from longstanding tradition – last week’s upward swing no doubt reflects strong box office results from two recently opened productions: Mj, the Michael Jackson musical, and last week’s big opener The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster. Though the latter received mixed reviews from critics, box office and advance sales are thought to be strong (and producers set aside only one night for reviewer comps rather than the standard several).
Last week’s $18.9M box office figure...
- 2/15/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
David Byrne’s American Utopia has extended its Broadway run for the final time and now will conclude performances on Sunday, April 3 at the St. James Theatre.
The production had previously been set to close on March 6.
The much-lauded production returned to Broadway at the St. James on Friday, September 17, 2021, following its original 2019 engagement at the Hudson Theatre and the 18-month pandemic shutdown. The show received a Special Tony Award in September 2021 and worked through the December 2021 Covid surge with a series of “unchained”, or unplugged-style, performances.
The production features David Byrne with original band members Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan and Bobby Wooten III. The company standbys are Renée Albulario, Alena Ciera, Chris Eddleton, Evan Frierson, Abe Nouri, and Natalie Tenenbaum.
The production had previously been set to close on March 6.
The much-lauded production returned to Broadway at the St. James on Friday, September 17, 2021, following its original 2019 engagement at the Hudson Theatre and the 18-month pandemic shutdown. The show received a Special Tony Award in September 2021 and worked through the December 2021 Covid surge with a series of “unchained”, or unplugged-style, performances.
The production features David Byrne with original band members Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan and Bobby Wooten III. The company standbys are Renée Albulario, Alena Ciera, Chris Eddleton, Evan Frierson, Abe Nouri, and Natalie Tenenbaum.
- 2/14/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office showed some improvement last week, with business for the 19 productions rising 12% from the previous week to a total $16,909,848. Paid attendance was up a commensurate 9% to 152,557, indicating that about 81% of available seats were filled during the week ending Feb. 6.
That’s a noticeable improvement over recent weekends, when percentage of seats filled was topping out about about 75% or less.
Likely contributing to the uptick was the ongoing across-the-board Broadway Week 2-for-1 sales promotion, running throughout February. Another likely factor: Mj, the Michael Jackson musical, opened to generally strong (if occasionally askance) reviews and strong social media support from King of Pop fans.
Also up and running on all cylinders was The Music Man, with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, in its final weeks of previews prior to this Thursday’s opening night.
Another consideration: The...
That’s a noticeable improvement over recent weekends, when percentage of seats filled was topping out about about 75% or less.
Likely contributing to the uptick was the ongoing across-the-board Broadway Week 2-for-1 sales promotion, running throughout February. Another likely factor: Mj, the Michael Jackson musical, opened to generally strong (if occasionally askance) reviews and strong social media support from King of Pop fans.
Also up and running on all cylinders was The Music Man, with Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, in its final weeks of previews prior to this Thursday’s opening night.
Another consideration: The...
- 2/8/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway’s ongoing, twice-annual 2-for-1 ticket special seems to have help stave off what might otherwise have been a more precipitous drop in attendance last week as box office receipts dropped about 9 percent to $15,038,225.
Paid attendance of 139,584 for the week ending Jan. 30 was off by about 8% from the previous week, roughly in keeping with the fewer number of productions.
In all, the total attendance of 139,584 indicates that about 74% of available seats were filled. Average ticket price was stayed at a modest $108, same as the previous week.
The Broadway Week 2-for-1 sales promotion, despite sticking with its traditional title, lasts throughout February.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $419,086,290, with total attendance of 3,367,472 at about 80% of capacity.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact impact of the Omicron pandemic and audience...
Paid attendance of 139,584 for the week ending Jan. 30 was off by about 8% from the previous week, roughly in keeping with the fewer number of productions.
In all, the total attendance of 139,584 indicates that about 74% of available seats were filled. Average ticket price was stayed at a modest $108, same as the previous week.
The Broadway Week 2-for-1 sales promotion, despite sticking with its traditional title, lasts throughout February.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $419,086,290, with total attendance of 3,367,472 at about 80% of capacity.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact impact of the Omicron pandemic and audience...
- 2/1/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Part Talking Heads concert, part citizenship pep rally, David Byrne’s American Utopia is all fun. Byrne, the former lead singer of The Talking Heads, is ringmaster of this affair accompanied by an onstage band fitted in identical grey suits. The idea, he tells us, is to strip it all down to bare components of the […]
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- 1/31/2022
- by uInterview
- Uinterview
Broadway continued its winter freeze last week, with box office dropping 11% to a slim $16,494,289 for its meager 21-show roster. Attendance for the week ending Jan. 23 was 152,135, a slip of 6% from the previous week.
The reduced roster – the previous week had 25 productions on the boards – did seem to help at least some per-show attendances: In all, total attendance was at 75% of Broadway capacity, a noticeable jump from the previous week’s 66%.
The figures also reflect the reduced prices of the twice-annual Broadway Week promotion, with two-for-one tickets available at many shows.
Despite a modest $108 average ticket price, many potential theater-goers apparently remained reluctant to venture out during New York’s still-concerning – if significantly receding – Omicron wave. No Broadway production last week saw any canceled performances last week due to illness.
Still, four productions were gone from the roster, including To Kill a Mockingbird...
The reduced roster – the previous week had 25 productions on the boards – did seem to help at least some per-show attendances: In all, total attendance was at 75% of Broadway capacity, a noticeable jump from the previous week’s 66%.
The figures also reflect the reduced prices of the twice-annual Broadway Week promotion, with two-for-one tickets available at many shows.
Despite a modest $108 average ticket price, many potential theater-goers apparently remained reluctant to venture out during New York’s still-concerning – if significantly receding – Omicron wave. No Broadway production last week saw any canceled performances last week due to illness.
Still, four productions were gone from the roster, including To Kill a Mockingbird...
- 1/26/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office stayed slim last week, with a total gross of $18,496,689 holding even with the previous week, and total attendance of 162,566 rising a small 4%.
Granted, the totals reflect a smaller roster of 25 productions (compared to 27 the previous week), so the tallies indicate some improvement on a per-show basis. And last week – the week ending Jan. 16 – saw no Covid cancellations, a positive sign after weeks of disruption.
Still, the total attendance figure represents just 66% of all available seats, a fairly negligible improvement over the previous week’s dismal figure. The average ticket price on Broadway was $114, down from the previous week’s $116 and off considerably from the pre-holiday averages in the upper $120s.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $387,553,775, with total attendance of 3,075,753 at about 80% of capacity.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact impact...
Granted, the totals reflect a smaller roster of 25 productions (compared to 27 the previous week), so the tallies indicate some improvement on a per-show basis. And last week – the week ending Jan. 16 – saw no Covid cancellations, a positive sign after weeks of disruption.
Still, the total attendance figure represents just 66% of all available seats, a fairly negligible improvement over the previous week’s dismal figure. The average ticket price on Broadway was $114, down from the previous week’s $116 and off considerably from the pre-holiday averages in the upper $120s.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $387,553,775, with total attendance of 3,075,753 at about 80% of capacity.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact impact...
- 1/18/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway’s traditional post-holiday January doldrums teamed up with a slate of show closings and a national skyrocketing surge in Omicron cases to send box office tumbling by nearly a third last week. Combined grosses of $18 million for 27 Broadway productions were down 31% from the previous week’s $26 million.
The figure – $18,251,734, to be exact – of box office tallies for the week ending Jan. 9 reflects drops in both attendance and ticket prices. Total attendance for the 27 productions was only 156,986, indicating that nearly 40% of available seats went unfilled.
Last week’s box office total compares more favorably – if not hugely – to the anemic $14 million taken by the 22 productions that remained open during the Covid-hit Christmas week.
The average ticket price of $116 was off 21% compared to the previous week’s (holiday-inflated) $147. Prior to the holiday prices, average tickets hovered around the upper-$120s.
The $116 average ticket price compares even more starkly to the first...
The figure – $18,251,734, to be exact – of box office tallies for the week ending Jan. 9 reflects drops in both attendance and ticket prices. Total attendance for the 27 productions was only 156,986, indicating that nearly 40% of available seats went unfilled.
Last week’s box office total compares more favorably – if not hugely – to the anemic $14 million taken by the 22 productions that remained open during the Covid-hit Christmas week.
The average ticket price of $116 was off 21% compared to the previous week’s (holiday-inflated) $147. Prior to the holiday prices, average tickets hovered around the upper-$120s.
The $116 average ticket price compares even more starkly to the first...
- 1/11/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
According to the combined predictions of Gold Derby’s users as of this writing, “Les Misérables: The Staged Concert” is the front-runner to win Best Musical Theater Album at this year’s Grammy Awards with 11/2 odds. Recordings of the classic musical have previously received two Grammy nominations in this category, winning on both bids: first in 1988 for the original Broadway cast recording, and then in 1991 for the complete symphonic recording. However, I think we might be underestimating “Girl From the North Country.”
In 2015 most of our users were predicting the original Broadway cast recording of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” to prevail, yet “Beautiful” managed to beat it. The latter musical centered on the early career of legendary singer/songwriter Carole King, who has earned nine competitive Grammy nominations with four wins in her career. So its cast album was filled with songs voters had been familiar with for decades.
In 2015 most of our users were predicting the original Broadway cast recording of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” to prevail, yet “Beautiful” managed to beat it. The latter musical centered on the early career of legendary singer/songwriter Carole King, who has earned nine competitive Grammy nominations with four wins in her career. So its cast album was filled with songs voters had been familiar with for decades.
- 1/8/2022
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
Update, with confirmed Christmas Week figures Broadway box office receipts rebounded by a significant margin last week, climbing to $26 million from Christmas Week’s grim, Covid-decimated $14 million. That’s an overall, week-to-week increase of 87%, and reflects a tally largely in keeping with recent pre-Christmas Week figures.
Still, compared to the $43 million b.o. from the same week in a pre-Covid 2020, last week’s gross of $26,306,652 for 30 shows in production indicates an industry still struggling through a once-again-surging pandemic. (Only 22 productions were open for business during the Omicron-snarled Christmas Week.)
Even more indicative of Omicron’s impact were last week’s attendance figures: For the week ending Jan. 2, 2022, the 30 shows had a total paid attendance of 179,036, about 74% of overall capacity and noticeably lower than the 200,000+ figures reported earlier in the pre-holiday season. Last week’s $147 average ticket price was significantly higher than recent weekly averages that fell in the the upper $120s,...
Still, compared to the $43 million b.o. from the same week in a pre-Covid 2020, last week’s gross of $26,306,652 for 30 shows in production indicates an industry still struggling through a once-again-surging pandemic. (Only 22 productions were open for business during the Omicron-snarled Christmas Week.)
Even more indicative of Omicron’s impact were last week’s attendance figures: For the week ending Jan. 2, 2022, the 30 shows had a total paid attendance of 179,036, about 74% of overall capacity and noticeably lower than the 200,000+ figures reported earlier in the pre-holiday season. Last week’s $147 average ticket price was significantly higher than recent weekly averages that fell in the the upper $120s,...
- 1/4/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
David Byrne, that firm believer in shows going on, completely transformed American Utopia on just a couple of days’ notice after several members of his backing band and crew tested positive for Covid-19.
On Monday, Dec. 28, Byrne debuted what he called, American Utopia: Unchained, a revamped version of the show that featured some new arrangements and new setlist additions, including a handful of songs he made with Brian Eno, and plenty of Talking Heads favorites.
Byrne announced and detailed the altered shows — which will continue through Jan. 2 — in a video message shared Tuesday.
On Monday, Dec. 28, Byrne debuted what he called, American Utopia: Unchained, a revamped version of the show that featured some new arrangements and new setlist additions, including a handful of songs he made with Brian Eno, and plenty of Talking Heads favorites.
Byrne announced and detailed the altered shows — which will continue through Jan. 2 — in a video message shared Tuesday.
- 12/29/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
We got trouble, my friends, right there in New York City. It’s trouble with a capital T and that rhymes with C, and that stands for … Covid. Broadway’s revival of The Music Man has canceled performances through at least January 1 after star Hugh Jackman tested positive for the coronavirus.
The musical’s co-lead, Sutton Foster, revealed late last week that she had tested positive for the virus. But for now, performances are set to resume on Sunday, January 2.
It’s just the latest Broadway show forced to go dark as the nation and world endure the latest Covid spike, spurred by the more-contagious but potentially less dangerous Omicron variant.
“Just wanted you to hear it from me. I tested positive for covid,” Jackman tweeted today. Mild symptoms and as soon as I’m cleared … looking forward to getting back to The Winter Garden! @MusicManBway
David Byrne Revises ‘American Utopia...
The musical’s co-lead, Sutton Foster, revealed late last week that she had tested positive for the virus. But for now, performances are set to resume on Sunday, January 2.
It’s just the latest Broadway show forced to go dark as the nation and world endure the latest Covid spike, spurred by the more-contagious but potentially less dangerous Omicron variant.
“Just wanted you to hear it from me. I tested positive for covid,” Jackman tweeted today. Mild symptoms and as soon as I’m cleared … looking forward to getting back to The Winter Garden! @MusicManBway
David Byrne Revises ‘American Utopia...
- 12/28/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
David Byrne will present a revised version of his American Utopia Broadway show beginning Tuesday, due to several breakthrough Covid cases among his onstage band.
In an Instagram video today (watch it below), Byrne explained that with several band and crew members out, he and the remaining Utopia band will temporarily perform a new show at the St. James Theatre. The new show will include songs from his Talking Heads era, his solo albums as well as some of the American Utopia numbers.
In the video, Byrne says that “rather than canceling our shows,” he will “honor our commitment” to ticket-holders. “We’re going to do a show that, well, we’re just going to come up with the show! Hey, let’s make a show!” He described the revised show as “unlike anything we’ve done before.”
In a second Instagram video, Byrne offers a sneak peek of at...
In an Instagram video today (watch it below), Byrne explained that with several band and crew members out, he and the remaining Utopia band will temporarily perform a new show at the St. James Theatre. The new show will include songs from his Talking Heads era, his solo albums as well as some of the American Utopia numbers.
In the video, Byrne says that “rather than canceling our shows,” he will “honor our commitment” to ticket-holders. “We’re going to do a show that, well, we’re just going to come up with the show! Hey, let’s make a show!” He described the revised show as “unlike anything we’ve done before.”
In a second Instagram video, Byrne offers a sneak peek of at...
- 12/28/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Refresh for updates…Broadway’s Waitress and David Byrne’s American Utopia have canceled performances until Thursday, Dec. 23, as the Omicron surge continues to take a toll on New York City.
Waitress producers tweeted late yesterday afternoon that the Dec. 21 and 22 performances were canceled “out of an abundance of caution.” The news did not come a surprise to some: Calling into Stars in the House Monday night, Waitress star Ciara Renée said she had chosen not to participate in that evening’s performance of her show due to breakthrough Covid cases within the production.
Out of an abundance of caution, the December 21st and 22nd performances of Waitress on Broadway has been cancelled. The show is expected to resume on Thursday, December 23rd at 7pm. Ticket holders for tonight’s performance will be contacted by their point of purchase.
— Waitress Musical (@WaitressMusical) December 21, 2021
Also today, the Michael Jackson musical Mj updated its cancellations through Dec.
Waitress producers tweeted late yesterday afternoon that the Dec. 21 and 22 performances were canceled “out of an abundance of caution.” The news did not come a surprise to some: Calling into Stars in the House Monday night, Waitress star Ciara Renée said she had chosen not to participate in that evening’s performance of her show due to breakthrough Covid cases within the production.
Out of an abundance of caution, the December 21st and 22nd performances of Waitress on Broadway has been cancelled. The show is expected to resume on Thursday, December 23rd at 7pm. Ticket holders for tonight’s performance will be contacted by their point of purchase.
— Waitress Musical (@WaitressMusical) December 21, 2021
Also today, the Michael Jackson musical Mj updated its cancellations through Dec.
- 12/22/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office tumbled last week, dropping 26% from the previous week to a combined tally of $22,511,627 for the 31 productions. Attendance for the week ending Dec. 19 – a week marked by the emergence in New York of the Omicron covid variant and the beginning of a rush of Broadway cancellations – was down 23% to 184,227.
The previous week, ending Dec. 12, saw box office receipts of $30,533,809, with attendance at 240,602.
Next week’s box office chart – which will reflect numbers for this week – will no doubt show an even greater decline, as various productions have canceled additional performances due to Covid.
Among the productions that canceled performances last week were Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, Mrs. Doubtfire, Mj, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and Freestyle Love Supreme.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact financial impact of the cancelations on each particular production is unverifiable.
The previous week, ending Dec. 12, saw box office receipts of $30,533,809, with attendance at 240,602.
Next week’s box office chart – which will reflect numbers for this week – will no doubt show an even greater decline, as various productions have canceled additional performances due to Covid.
Among the productions that canceled performances last week were Moulin Rouge!, Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, Mrs. Doubtfire, Mj, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and Freestyle Love Supreme.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact financial impact of the cancelations on each particular production is unverifiable.
- 12/21/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office rebounded last week from the previous week’s post-Thanksgiving dive, with the fattened roster of 32 shows taking in a total of $30,533,809 for the week ending Dec. 12. The figure represents a boost of about 16% from the previous week.
Total attendance was up a commensurate 14% to 240,602, with an average ticket price of $127 roughly in keeping with previous weeks.
The increase also reflects the return of David Byrne’s American Utopia following a previous week of cancellations (non-Covid-related illness), as well as the post-shutdown return of Dear Evan Hansen and the arrival on Dec. 6 of Mj, the Michael Jackson musical, now in previews.
Though Mrs. Doubtfire canceled the Dec. 11 performance due to Covid, the production’s additional cancelations for some of this week’s performances, as well as the cancelations of several performances of Freestyle Love Supreme, won’t register on the box office chart until next week’s tallies.
Total attendance was up a commensurate 14% to 240,602, with an average ticket price of $127 roughly in keeping with previous weeks.
The increase also reflects the return of David Byrne’s American Utopia following a previous week of cancellations (non-Covid-related illness), as well as the post-shutdown return of Dear Evan Hansen and the arrival on Dec. 6 of Mj, the Michael Jackson musical, now in previews.
Though Mrs. Doubtfire canceled the Dec. 11 performance due to Covid, the production’s additional cancelations for some of this week’s performances, as well as the cancelations of several performances of Freestyle Love Supreme, won’t register on the box office chart until next week’s tallies.
- 12/14/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office settled back to its pre-Thanksgiving levels last week, with grosses for the 29 shows totaling $26,214,735, a 19% drop from the previous week’s holiday take.
Attendance for the week ending Dec. 5 showed a commensurate decline, falling about 12% to 210,795. About 83% of available seats were filled, with an average ticket price of $124 showing a 9% drop from the Thanksgiving week average of $137.
In addition to the annual post-holiday drops, last week’s decline in receipts and attendance also reflects a slimmer roster: 29 shows compared to the previous week’s 33. Gone were Dana H., Is This A Room and Chicken & Biscuits, and David Byrne’s American Utopia played no performances due to a non-Covid-related illness in the company. Chicago canceled some performances due to positive Covid tests among people who work at the show’s venue.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $257,379,158, with attendance surpassing the 2 million mark...
Attendance for the week ending Dec. 5 showed a commensurate decline, falling about 12% to 210,795. About 83% of available seats were filled, with an average ticket price of $124 showing a 9% drop from the Thanksgiving week average of $137.
In addition to the annual post-holiday drops, last week’s decline in receipts and attendance also reflects a slimmer roster: 29 shows compared to the previous week’s 33. Gone were Dana H., Is This A Room and Chicken & Biscuits, and David Byrne’s American Utopia played no performances due to a non-Covid-related illness in the company. Chicago canceled some performances due to positive Covid tests among people who work at the show’s venue.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $257,379,158, with attendance surpassing the 2 million mark...
- 12/8/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a very musical episode! Director and Tfh Guru, Allan Arkush, returns to talk about his favorite rock and roll movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
No Nukes (1980)
Amazing Grace (2018) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Oscar nominee reactions
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Get Crazy (1983) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) – Eli Roth’s trailer commentary
Blackboard Jungle (1955) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary
Mister Rock And Roll (1957)
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Hail Hail Rock And Roll! (1987) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Almost Famous (2000) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Wayne’s World (1992)
The Graduate (1967) – Neil Labute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Scorpio Rising...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
No Nukes (1980)
Amazing Grace (2018) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Oscar nominee reactions
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Get Crazy (1983) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) – Eli Roth’s trailer commentary
Blackboard Jungle (1955) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary
Mister Rock And Roll (1957)
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Hail Hail Rock And Roll! (1987) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Almost Famous (2000) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Wayne’s World (1992)
The Graduate (1967) – Neil Labute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Scorpio Rising...
- 12/7/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Update David Byrne’s American Utopia on Broadway has again canceled a performance due to a non-Covid-related illness in the company, producers announced today. Tonight’s canceled performance is the second in as many days.
Performances at the St. James Theatre are expected to resume tomorrow, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.
The production has not disclosed the nature of the illness within the company except to clarify that it is not Covid related.
Previous, Dec. 1 David Byrne’s American Utopia at Broadway’s St. James Theatre has cancelled tonight’s performance due to a non-Covid-related illness in the company, producers announced today.
Performances are expected to resume tomorrow night. Ticketholders for tonight’s show will be refunded at the original point of purchase.
Last weekend, the musical Chicago announced that its Saturday night performance was canceled due positive Covid tests among employees at the Ambassador Theatre. The Monday and Tuesday performances also were canceled,...
Performances at the St. James Theatre are expected to resume tomorrow, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.
The production has not disclosed the nature of the illness within the company except to clarify that it is not Covid related.
Previous, Dec. 1 David Byrne’s American Utopia at Broadway’s St. James Theatre has cancelled tonight’s performance due to a non-Covid-related illness in the company, producers announced today.
Performances are expected to resume tomorrow night. Ticketholders for tonight’s show will be refunded at the original point of purchase.
Last weekend, the musical Chicago announced that its Saturday night performance was canceled due positive Covid tests among employees at the Ambassador Theatre. The Monday and Tuesday performances also were canceled,...
- 12/2/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office held steady last week, slipping a negligible 2% from the previous week to $25,074,048, with paid attendance of 212,819 off a small 1%.
Though there was one additional production on stage compared to the previous week – the revival of Company joined the roster – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was forced to cancel its Nov. 19 performance when a principal actor was unable to go on.
Average ticket price for the week ending Nov. 21 was $118, fairly even with the previous week’s $119.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $198,618,070, with attendance of 1,602,239 at 84% of capacity. Average ticket price for the season is $124.
Productions on Broadway during the week ending Nov. 21 were: Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Caroline,...
Though there was one additional production on stage compared to the previous week – the revival of Company joined the roster – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was forced to cancel its Nov. 19 performance when a principal actor was unable to go on.
Average ticket price for the week ending Nov. 21 was $118, fairly even with the previous week’s $119.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $198,618,070, with attendance of 1,602,239 at 84% of capacity. Average ticket price for the season is $124.
Productions on Broadway during the week ending Nov. 21 were: Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Caroline,...
- 11/23/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway’s total weekly box office of $25,565,641 was up last week by about 12% over the previous week, with new re-arrival of a slimmed-down, one-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child joining the roster.
For the week ending Nov. 14, the 31 Broadway productions drew a combined total attendance of 214,681, up about 11% from the previous week. The attendance figure represents about 86% of capacity.
Broadway’s average ticket price last week was holding steady at $119.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $173,544,022, with attendance of 1,389,420 at 84% of capacity. Average ticket price for the season is $124.
Productions on Broadway during the week ending Nov. 14 were: Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Caroline, or Change; Chicago; Chicken & Biscuits; Clyde’s, Come From Away; Dana H.; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Diana; Freestyle Love Supreme; Girl From the North Country; Hadestown; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Is This...
For the week ending Nov. 14, the 31 Broadway productions drew a combined total attendance of 214,681, up about 11% from the previous week. The attendance figure represents about 86% of capacity.
Broadway’s average ticket price last week was holding steady at $119.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $173,544,022, with attendance of 1,389,420 at 84% of capacity. Average ticket price for the season is $124.
Productions on Broadway during the week ending Nov. 14 were: Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Caroline, or Change; Chicago; Chicken & Biscuits; Clyde’s, Come From Away; Dana H.; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Diana; Freestyle Love Supreme; Girl From the North Country; Hadestown; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Is This...
- 11/16/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway box office was up about 16% last week, with three new productions joining the playing roster and all 30 of the shows taking in a combined $22,855,192.
The figure, which represents box office grosses for the week ending Nov. 7, indicates an expected rebound from the $20 million tally of the previous week, which included Halloween – a traditionally slow night for Broadway venues.
In all, the 30 productions had a combined paid attendance of 193,309, about 82% of total capacity. The previous week’s attendance was 78% of capacity.
Three productions are new to the roster: Clyde’s, Diana and the returning The Book of Mormon.
The average Broadway ticket price last week was $118.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $147,978,978, with total attendance at 1,174,745 (84% of capacity).
The productions currently performing on Broadway include Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Caroline, or Change; Chicago; Chicken & Biscuits; Clyde’s, Come From Away; Dana H.
The figure, which represents box office grosses for the week ending Nov. 7, indicates an expected rebound from the $20 million tally of the previous week, which included Halloween – a traditionally slow night for Broadway venues.
In all, the 30 productions had a combined paid attendance of 193,309, about 82% of total capacity. The previous week’s attendance was 78% of capacity.
Three productions are new to the roster: Clyde’s, Diana and the returning The Book of Mormon.
The average Broadway ticket price last week was $118.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $147,978,978, with total attendance at 1,174,745 (84% of capacity).
The productions currently performing on Broadway include Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; The Book of Mormon; Caroline, or Change; Chicago; Chicken & Biscuits; Clyde’s, Come From Away; Dana H.
- 11/9/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Broadway’s 27 productions took in a $19,663,438 total box office last week, a drop of about 11% from the previous week’s tally, according to figures from the Broadway League.
For the week ending Oct. 31, total paid attendance was 168,169, about 78% of the combined capacity for all productions.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $125,123,786, with total attendance at 981,436 (84% of capacity).
The League – the trade organization representing theater owners and producers – is releasing only combined weekly box office figures this season – in contrast to its traditional practice of providing show-by-show figures – due, it says, to the irregular performance schedules necessitated by the Covid pandemic.
The productions currently performing on Broadway include Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; Caroline, or Change; Chicago; Chicken & Biscuits; Come From Away; Dana H.; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Freestyle Love Supreme; Girl From the North Country; Hadestown; Hamilton; Is This a Room; Jagged Little Pill...
For the week ending Oct. 31, total paid attendance was 168,169, about 78% of the combined capacity for all productions.
The season-to-date box office (since Aug. 4) for all Broadway shows is $125,123,786, with total attendance at 981,436 (84% of capacity).
The League – the trade organization representing theater owners and producers – is releasing only combined weekly box office figures this season – in contrast to its traditional practice of providing show-by-show figures – due, it says, to the irregular performance schedules necessitated by the Covid pandemic.
The productions currently performing on Broadway include Ain’t Too Proud; Aladdin; Caroline, or Change; Chicago; Chicken & Biscuits; Come From Away; Dana H.; David Byrne’s American Utopia; Freestyle Love Supreme; Girl From the North Country; Hadestown; Hamilton; Is This a Room; Jagged Little Pill...
- 11/2/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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