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Monday, February 3, 2020

Disney Paid $75 Million For Worldwide Movie Rights To Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’; Biggest Film Acquisition Deal Ever? by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: When Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted the news Monday that the movie adaptation of his groundbreaking Broadway show Hamilton was set for release by Disney in fall 2021, he omitted one o…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:04PM
Friday, January 31, 2020

Spike Lee To Direct Film Version Of ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Stage Show by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Spike Lee has signed on to direct a filmed version of the acclaimed Broadway show David Byrne’s American Utopia. Participant adds another title to its portfolio of�…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:10PM
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Film Adaptation Of ‘The Humans’ Play In Works By A24, IAC, Scott Rudin & Eli Bush by Mike Fleming

A24, IAC and Scott Rudin and Eli Bush are producing a film adaptation of the four-time Tony-winning play The Humans by Stephen Karam. Beanie Feldstein, Jayne Houdyshell (reprising her Tony-w…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:09AM
Thursday, May 17, 2018

‘In The Heights’: Warner Bros Closing $50M Deal For Movie Rights After Hot Auction by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is closing a $50 million deal to score film rights to In the Heights, the Tony-winning musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes. The property been the…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:27PM
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Move Over, Jersey Boys: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Next Up To Make Broadway Musical Bow; Gary Lennon Writing by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Gary Lennon has signed on to write the book for a new untitled stage musical informed by the professional and personal accomplishments of rock stars Pat Benatar and her guitarist/…

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:20AM
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Netflix Taps Ritesh Batra To Direct Robert Redford-Jane Fonda Reteam ‘Our Souls At Night’ by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set Ritesh Batra to direct Robert Redford and Jane Fonda  in Our Souls At Night, an adaptation of the Kent Haruf novel. Batra is best known for directing The Lunchbox…

SOURCE: Deadline at 01:56PM
Thursday, December 10, 2015

‘Sisters’ Helmer Jason Moore Makes Fox 2000 Pitch Deal For His Next Picture by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Moore, the Pitch Perfect helmer whose Universal comedy Sisters with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opens December 18, has just closed a deal for what he hopes will be his next fil…

SOURCE: Deadline at 06:37PM
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Frank Gilroy Dies: Award-Winning Playwright, Screenwriter Was 89 by Mike Fleming

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, director and author Frank D. Gilroy died last night from natural causes at age 89. Gilroy leaves behind his wife Ruth of 62 years, his three …

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:49PM
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

‘An Act Of God’ Producer And Ex-CAA Agent Corinne Hayoun To Run Manage-ment’s Gotham Outpost by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Halsted's company Manage-ment has hired former CAA theater agent Corinne Hayoun to run its New York based headquarters. Hayoun spent eight years at CAA repping stage talent, a…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:49PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

George Clooney Solidifies Funding For Political Drama 'The Ides Of March' by MIKE FLEMING

BREAKING: Exclusive Media Group chairman Guy East and Nigel Sinclair are teaming with Cross Creek Pictures president Brian Oliver to finance The Ides of March, the drama that is based on the…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:58PM

John Leguizamo Makes 'Fugly!' Statement by MIKE FLEMING

John Leguizamo, who launched his career writing and performing one-man stage shows, has transferred that voice to the big screen. Leguizamo just wrapped Fugly!, a comedy he wrote and stars i…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:58PM
Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Tony Danza Takes Puncher’s Chance With ‘Honeymoon In Vegas': The Long Road That Got Him To Broadway by Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: To get to Tony Danza's dressing room at the Nederlander Theatre, where he stars in the new Broadway musical Honeymoon in Vegas, you walk a corridor that circles the perimeter of t…

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:18PM
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Jane Fonda’s Broadway Starring Debut: Hot Clip by Mike Fleming

Updates with more information: Here's a clip from the docu Jane, in which a not yet famous Jane Fonda readies for her Broadway bow as a star in The Fun Couple. Although she'd appeared on Br…

SOURCE: Deadline at 10:22AM
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Mike Fleming Interviews Director Mike Nichols; Will 'Death Of A Salesman' Revival Bring Him Ninth Tony Award? by Mike Fleming

Here, Nichols discusses a play which wears out its cast nightly but clearly has reinvigorated its director.

SOURCE: Deadline at 03:35PM
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

BREAKING: Gregg Maday Out In Shakeup at Warner Bros Theatrical Ventures – Deadline.com by Mike Fleming

I’m hearing that Warner Brothers Theatrical Ventures is in for a major shakeup, one that will put former studio chief Alan Horn atop the studio’s theatricals division.

SOURCE: Deadline at 07:11PM
Friday, May 20, 2011

Broadway Spider-Man Re-Writer Tackles ‘Glee’ And ‘Carrie’ Remake by MIKE FLEMING

EXCLUSIVE: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the playwright and comic book writer who was brought on to rewrite and hopefully save Broadway's Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, has booked several projects…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:55AM

Scott Z. Burns Preps Stage Play On Columbine Massacre For Kennedy/Marshall by MIKE FLEMING

EXCLUSIVE: In its first original project for the stage, Kennedy/Marshall has optioned Columbine, the 2009 book by journalist Dave Cullen. First published in 2009, the book won the Edgar Awar…

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:54AM
Thursday, May 5, 2011

R.I.P. Arthur Laurents – Deadline.com by MIKE FLEMING

Arthur Laurents, one of the great Broadway writers and directors and best known for West Side Story, Gypsy and the film The Way We Were, has passed away. He was 93 and died in his sleep.

SOURCE: Deadline at 08:20PM

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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
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