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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Michael Riedel’s Cut Back. New York Tabloid War Ends. Everyone Lost. by Jeremy Gerard

What’s in the Daily News? Not much. The New York Post? Plenty — as long as your obsessions are trends, bold-face names and right-wing harangues. As for coverage of the things tha…

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Lin-Manuel Miranda Scores 62,500 Hamiltons As MacArthur ‘Genius’ by Jeremy Gerard

Three theater artists who share an innate and expanding ability to astonish were among the 24 people named Monday evening as this year’s MacArthur Fellows — commonly known as …

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Trevor Noah Takes Over ‘Daily Show’ And The Crowd Goes Mild – Review by Jeremy Gerard

Teeth gleaming like an ad for Crest, his smile broad and generous, Trevor Noah made his debut Monday night as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on a sleek set that tried very har…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:19AM
Monday, September 28, 2015

Jeff Daniels, Michelle Williams Team For Broadway ‘Blackbird’ by Jeremy Gerard

David Harrower’s scorching play about an encounter between Ray, a male business executive, and Una, the woman he seduced 15 years earlier, when she was 12 years old, will open on Broad…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:42PM

Hal Prince On Opening In Tokyo, ‘Immoral’ N.Y. Times & Broadway’s Now And Forever ‘Phantom’ – Deadline Q&A by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: Hal Prince has two shows opening this season, both off-Broadway. One, a musical adaptation of the charming indie film The Band’s Visit, will play 20 blocks from Times Squar…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:49PM

Broadway Box Office: No Hope From Pope With 6% Sales Plop by Jeremy Gerard

Whether it was out-of-town crowds avoiding Manhattan traffic with the double whammy of Pope Francis’ visit and the U.N. General Assembly, the Jewish High Holy Days, or all three, Broad…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:32PM
Friday, September 25, 2015

Abrams Ups Ben Izzo To Agent by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: With a roster that includes work on behalf of Argentine-Chilean writer and activist Ariel Dorfman, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller and the songwriting team of Sam…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:38PM

Beth Behrs – One ‘Broke Girl’ – Scores Weinstein Book Deal by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: Taking her role-modeldom to the next level, Beth Behrs, one of CBS’ 2 Broke Girls, will write a lifestyle guide-cum-memoir for the young and the rested published by Weinst…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:16PM
Thursday, September 24, 2015

L.A.’s Wallis Annenberg Center Crosses Pond For First Artistic Director by Jeremy Gerard

The Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts, whose profile in the cultural life of Los Angeles has risen substantially since opening two years ago, today named Paul Crewes as its fir…

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

L.A.’s ‘Spring Awakening’ Electrifies Broadway With Century-Old Tale – Review by Jeremy Gerard

After celebrated runs in Los Angeles, Deaf West’s transfixing revival of Spring Awakening arrives on Broadway with its fresh energy, hormonal heebie-jeebies and furious poignancy intac…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:09PM

Inside Amy Schumer’s $8M-To-$10M Book Deal by Jeremy Gerard

The auction for Amy Schumer’s The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo could not have been better timed: After weeks of speculation and squibs in the publishing trades that the sale would…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:11PM
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Glenn Close Will Finally Get Her London Close-Up In ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Revival by Jeremy Gerard

More than 20 years after confirming her status as a Broadway diva equal to the fictional star she was playing, Glenn Close will play Norma Desmond in a short-run revival of Sunset Boulevard …

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:58PM
Monday, September 21, 2015

Newcomers Keep Broadway Box Office Steady; ‘Phantom’ Swings Up $115K by Jeremy Gerard

With three new shows in previews, the Broadway box office showed a bit more spark in Week 17 of the 2015-2016 season. Meaty increases included An American In Paris (up $140K to $1.4 million …

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:15PM

Bebe Neuwirth, Marshall Brickman, Chita Rivera Celebrate Roger Rees by Jeremy Gerard

Broadway and Hollywood greats took the stage at the packed New Amsterdam Theatre today to salute the life and adventures of Roger Rees, who died in July at 71. Among those remembering the W…

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:12PM

Emmy Awards Review: Fox Show Beat Football For Drama, Points Scored & Even Laughs by Jeremy Gerard

Tom Brady’s New England Patriots blew out the Buffalo Bills on Sunday afternoon and Michael Strahan and Terry Bradshaw were on hand to provide a smooth segue for Fox into the 67th Emm…

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Friday, September 18, 2015

‘Hamilton’ By The Numbers: Anatomy of A Broadway Blockbuster by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: When Hamilton began Broadway previews on July 13 at the Nederlander-owned Richard Rodgers Theatre, it already was a smash hit, arriving with advance ticket sales of $32 million, …

SOURCE: Deadline at 04:03PM

NY Daily News Layoffs: Zuckerman’s Scythe Swings Wide And Deep Through TV, Music & Sports Writers by Jeremy Gerard

The mass firings under owner Mort Zuckerman at New York’s foundering Daily News continued today with the pink-slipping of longtime and well-regarded music critic Jim Farber. Here’…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:03AM
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Broadway Follies: Roth & Gerard On Jeremy Corbyn’s Arts Manifesto, Noble Flops And Harvey Fierstein by Jeremy Gerard

Deadline's Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres majority owner and president Jordan Roth talk via email each week about the state of the industry, the only stipulation being no holds barred. …

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:55PM

‘Tuck Everlasting’ Musical Moves Broadway Date, Sets Key Cast by Jeremy Gerard

The new season is shaping up as a motherlode of musical making. The stage adaptation of Natalie Babbitt's bestselling novel Tuck Everlasting will follow the limited-run Bruce Willis starrer�…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:30PM
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Melvin Bernhardt Dies, Broadway Director Staged Pulitzer Winner ‘Crimes Of The Heart’ by Jeremy Gerard

Bernhardt’s Broadway credits include two Pulitzer winners: Paul Zindel’s 1970 The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, as well as the Henley play, which won the pri…

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Nicole Kidman Opens To Raves In Michael Grandage’s West End ‘Photograph 51’ by Jeremy Gerard

It’s been 17 years since Kidman last appear on stage, compelling and briefly starkers in David Hare’s The Blue Room, a West End performance that transferred to Broadway. Last nig…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:24AM
Monday, September 14, 2015

Broadway Box Office Slumps As ‘Hedwig,’ ‘Mamma Mia’ Peace Out, ‘Spring’ Awakens by Jeremy Gerard

Broadway ticket sales continued their usual end-of-summer downward trend and a couple of legendary rockers departed during Week 16 of the 2015-2016 Broadway season, which ended Sunday. Mamma…

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Friday, September 11, 2015

Ondi Timoner Docu That Russell Brand Found Too Raw Gets Trailer, Release Date by Jeremy Gerard

Ignite Channel (Twinsters, Poached), which acquired Brand: A Second Coming after its subject tried to get the Russell Brand documenary pulled from last spring’s SXSW fest, has released…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:40PM

Colbert And Biden Talk Tragedy (And Politics, Too) In Powerful ‘Late Show’ Outing – Review by Jeremy Gerard

In his first three nights as host of CBS’ Late Show, Stephen Colbert has made it clear he has no intention of pretending to be neutral. About anything. His emotional encounter Thursd…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:44AM
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Broadway Follies: Gerard & Roth On $$$ For Art, Profitable Air And ‘The Odyssey’ by Jeremy Gerard

Each week Deadline's Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres majority owner and president Jordan Roth talk via email about the state of the industry, the only stipulation being no holds barred. …

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:53PM

John Hurt, Toby Stephens & Freddy Highmore Get On Board ‘The Journey’ by Jeremy Gerard

Joining Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney, the trio of thesps have signed on for the dramatic comedy about a turning point in Irish and British history. Helmed by Nick Hamm (The Hole, Killing Bo…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:50AM

Sean Hayes Plans Oscar Levant Bio-Play Project As Star, Producer by Jeremy Gerard

Levant, the classically-trained musician, actor and wit who played versions of his friends George Gershwin in An American In Paris and Adolph Green in The Band Wagon, has caught the attenti…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:00AM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Scott Rudin Adds Second Arthur Miller Revival To The New Broadway Season by Jeremy Gerard

It didn’t take long for the “No Vacancy” sign to go back up at the Jujamcyn-owned Walter Kerr Theatre. Producer Scott Rudin announced Wednesday afternoon that a revival of …

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:10PM

Tyrone Tells Broadway To “Slag Off!” As ‘Hand To God’ Ankles For London by Jeremy Gerard

Here’s another Broadway theater that will be open for new business at the turn of the year: The Shubert-owned Booth, one of Broadway’s most desired intimate houses, will go dark …

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:56PM

Surprise Tony Winner ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ Plans Post-New Year’s Closing by Jeremy Gerard

Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre will have a new tenant for the 2015-2016 season. With producers lined up to fill any vacant house, the Kerr will bid farewell to A Gentleman’s Guid…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:26AM

‘Late Show’ Review: Colbert Trumps Bush, Courts Clooney & OD’s On Oreos by Jeremy Gerard

Jeb Bush only got seven minutes on Stephen Colbert’s inaugural Late Show, and they came nearly at the and of a slightly stretched program. But that proved to be all the time needed for…

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