EXCLUSIVE: The lead producers of the recently-shuttered revival of Cabaret responded this week to a lawsuit by an Atlanta investor who alleged that he and other backers had been defrauded. Led by …| Broadway Journal
EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway League delivered welcome news to its members today: New York State found the funds to extend a valuable tax credit by five weeks, with another extension possible. Empire State Development will accept applications for the New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit for shows having their first paid performance by […]| Broadway Journal
EXCLUSIVE: An investor in the failed $24 million Broadway revival of Cabaret has sued its lead producers, accusing them of fraud. Separately, the producers announced today that the musical will clo…| Broadway Journal
EXCLUSIVE: The billion-dollar question on Broadway and the West End: Who will buy ATG Entertainment, an increasingly dominant force in live theater. Blackstone Inc., the private equity and real est…| Broadway Journal
EXCLUSIVE: A key subsidy for commercial plays and musicals is out of money. The Broadway League held a video meeting with members on Tuesday afternoon to disclose the depletion of the four-year-old New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit program. Shows that begin public performances by Sept. 15 may still receive the subsidy — of […]| Broadway Journal
EXCLUSIVE: In July 2023, when the Public Theater cut 19 percent of its staff, Artistic Director Oskar Eustis vowed to significantly reduce his own pay as a gesture of solidarity amid the austerity.…| Broadway Journal
Maybe Happy Ending achieved an unlikely Broadway rebound. During previews last fall, the beguiling one-act musical about love and loss in the digital age failed to crack $300,000 a week at the box office. It likely lost money every week for its first 10 weeks at the Belasco Theatre, based on an early production document […]| Broadway Journal
Jonathan Groff is scheduled to perform twice at the Tony Awards on Sunday. The enviable television exposure should confirm his show, Just in Time, as the most commercially successful new musical to-date of the 2024-25 Broadway season. Groff, 40, who was Tony-nominated for playing King George III in Hamilton, will join other original company members […]| Broadway Journal
EXCLUSIVE: A Federal judge has ordered producer Joey Parnes and two of his companies to pay more than $200,000 owed to designers of his short-lived, 2023 revival of Bob Fosse’s Dancin.’…| Broadway Journal
EXCLUSIVE: Good Night, and Good Luck has repeatedly set weekly records as the highest-grossing play in Broadway history. Nonetheless, the George Clooney blockbuster projected it will qualify for a …| Broadway Journal
As Sleep No More prepares to close after a historic 12-year run, the producers of the immersive show are in an epic battle against their landlord. Producers Arthur Karpati and Jonathan Hochwald ow…| Broadway Journal
