Wake Up With BroadwayWorld January 23, 2024
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- Jan 23, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 23, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours:
League President's Abrupt Departure Leaves Industry Talking
by Cara Joy David
- Jan 22, 2024
Last week, the Broadway League announced that Charlotte St. Martin would be “retiring” after 18 years. An email went out to League members shortly before the release. And I’m not sure I’ve ever received quite so many theater-related communications before noon.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld January 17, 2024
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- Jan 17, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 17, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Industry Pro Newsletter: Suburban Theatre Audiences Are Still Missing in NYC and Beyond
by Alex Freeman
- Jan 16, 2024
Cara Joy David explores the concerning trend that suburban audiences are less willing to travel into the city center to see shows due to a perceived increase in crime in the city, leaving audiences feeling less safe getting in and out of shows. In the UK, funding cuts force theatres to innovate in ways to stave off closure and grow their audience.
Actor Sues 1776 Tour Producers for Racial Discrimination and Retaliation
by Cara Joy David
- Jan 16, 2024
Over the years, I’ve heard several black actors complain about how their preferred hair plan was dismissed by producers. Now one is suing producer NETworks Presentations, 1776 Touring, and several of their employees, claiming that increasing tensions led to her being terminated after she expressed a desire to submit a written racism complaint.
Absence of Suburbanites Impacts More Than You Think
by Cara Joy David
- Jan 16, 2024
Many folks have read in the last couple of weeks that Broadway is suffering from a suburban theatergoer drought. That is true. Two things are important to note related to that. First, this impacts more than simply pure overall attendance numbers. Second, this isn’t totally unique to New York.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld January 9, 2024
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- Jan 9, 2024
Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 9, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Industry Pro Newsletter: Hopes for 2024, National Theatre Wales 100% Funding Cut
by Alex Freeman
- Jan 8, 2024
Cara Joy David looks at the stage door experience at the musicals currently running on Broadway, we check in with various insiders hopes for Broadway in 2024, and we look at Dallas and Denver - where the recovery has taken different paths. Across the pond, the National Theatre Wales deals with a complete funding cut from their arts council.
How Did Actors Behave at the Stage Doors of Last Year's Musicals?
by Cara Joy David
- Jan 8, 2024
Last year, I spent a lot of time at stage doors. I wanted to write about what it was like. I wrote about my experience at the stage doors of straight plays and the installment about musicals was supposed to follow quickly thereafter but kept getting bumped. I could not let it sit too far into 2024 however, so here it is.
Cirque du Soleil's JOYÀ Celebrates its Ninth Anniversary
by Cara Joy David
- Dec 28, 2023
Almost everyone in North America has heard of Cirque du Soleil. The Canadian entertainment company that produces an odd hybrid of circus, acrobatics, and dance performance has several touring shows and resident productions in Las Vegas. But there is only one Cirque du Soliel dinner theater experience and it is in Mexico.
SHUCKED Producer Mike Bosner on Saying Goodbye to Broadway
by Cara Joy David
- Dec 18, 2023
Late last season a musical came to Broadway from an unusual tryout city with a marketing campaign tied to a fruit. Shucked will leave Broadway in a month, though seemingly not because of either of the oddities I just mentioned.
Lookingglass Comes to PBS in a Rare Broadcast of Regional Theater
by Cara Joy David
- Dec 11, 2023
We all know regional theater is in trouble. One of my favorite companies, the Lookingglass Theatre Company, is in the middle of a semi-pause while it assesses how to produce live theater in this new world. But this coming Friday, its Lookingglass Alice will air on PBS.
GUTENBERG! Packs Them In, But Tonys Still Veto Producers' Eligibility Request
by Cara Joy David
- Dec 4, 2023
Gutenberg! The Musical! has been one of the few 2023-2024 season bright spots at the box office. And I admit, it has outpaced my expectations. But, it’s almost 20 years old, and so the Tony Awards Administration Committee has deemed it should compete in the Best Revival category.
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