[At one point, when an initial investor was fighting the sale and Sherman was ready to back away, his investment banker called him with this blunt message:] 'You make frigging CD cases, Howard,' he told me, ... 'You guys didn't change the world.' |
A major film or TV star appearing on Broadway, or in any theater for that matter, brings with them a number of assets. |
A major film or TV star brings with them often-staggering press attention. And, of course, they bring a huge fan base ... eager to see their favorite star in the flesh. |
And a sustained strike or even simply the threat of one _ reaching into the typically slow January period could be devastating to many productions. |
From morning to night, we can't call the game console our baby sitter and not think that there aren't going to be outcomes, |
It's absolutely stunning and upsetting to hear. He's certainly one of the major playwrights that America has produced. The only small blessing is that he was able to complete this incredible cycle of plays. He set himself a task some 20 years ago and completed it in a way that no other American playwright ever has, including Eugene O'Neill. |
Of the total audience increase of 650,000 over 2004, according to the League's data, it's important to realize that ticket sales for plays alone were up by 530,000. That means that four out of every five additional tickets sold this year was for a play. Clearly there is still a place for plays on Broadway, and hopefully this success will result in even more in coming seasons. |
Of the total audience increase of 650,000 over 2004, according to the league's data, it's important to realize that ticket sales for plays alone were up by 530,000. That means that four out of every five additional tickets sold this year were for a play. Clearly there is still a place for plays on Broadway and, hopefully, this success will result in even more in coming seasons. |
Of the total audience increase of 650,000 over 2004, according to the League's data, it's important to realize that ticket sales for plays alone were up by 530,000. That means that four out of every five additional tickets sold this year were for a play. Clearly there is still a place for plays on Broadway, and hopefully this success will result in even more in coming seasons. |
Put the two of them together in the wake of |
Put the two of them together in the wake of The Producers, and these guys are unquestionably one of the great acting teams of our generation. |
Still, it's going to be an extremely diverse fall, |
Still, it's going to be an extremely diverse fall, ... It's hard to characterize because of the breadth of what's out there: big new musicals, one major (musical) revival, a classic comedy coming back to Broadway and a couple of major pieces of American drama, `Seascape' and `A Touch of the Poet.' |
Still, it's going to be an extremely diverse fall, ... It's hard to characterize because of the breadth of what's out there: big new musicals, one major (musical) revival, a classic comedy coming back to Broadway and a couple of major pieces of American drama, Seascape and A Touch of the Poet. |
Still, it's going to be an extremely diverse fall. It's hard to characterize because of the breadth of what's out there. |