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Thursday, October 30, 2025

ACTORS, STAGE MANAGERS RATIFY BROADWAY CONTRACT by Philip Boroff

Actors’ Equity Association members ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Broadway League. Out of 1,456 votes cast, 71% voted yes and 29% voted no, according to a person familia…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 07:20PM

ACTORS, STAGE MANAGERS RATIFY BROADWAY CONTRACT by Philip Boroff

Actors' Equity Association members ratified a new three-year labor contract with the Broadway League.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 03:20PM
Thursday, October 23, 2025

ACTORS’ EQUITY NETS 3% ANNUAL RAISE; MUSICIANS REACH DEAL by Philip Boroff

The strike talk is over. Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians reached a tentative deal early this morning for a three-year contract with the Broadway League. The union said in a…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 07:39AM
Friday, October 17, 2025

‘OEDIPUS’ & MUPPETS GET TAX CREDIT REPRIEVE by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: New York State extended a prized theater tax credit for another six weeks, benefiting the incoming Broadway shows Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets, Oedipus and the n…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 01:23PM

'OEDIPUS' & MUPPETS GET TAX CREDIT EXTENSION by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: New York State extended a prized theater tax credit for another six weeks, benefiting the incoming Broadway shows Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets, Oedipus and the n…

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 09:23AM
Thursday, September 25, 2025

‘CABARET’ PRODUCERS: BACKER TRIED TO EXTORT US by Philip Boroff

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.…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:18PM

'CABARET' PRODUCERS: BACKER TRIED TO EXTORT US by Philip Boroff

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.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 08:18AM
Friday, September 12, 2025

‘CHESS,’ ‘QUEEN OF VERSAILLES’ GET TAX CREDIT REPRIEVE by Philip Boroff

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. Emp…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 07:04PM

'CHESS,' 'QUEEN OF VERSAILLES' GET TAX CREDIT REPRIEVE by Philip Boroff

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.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 03:04PM
Sunday, September 7, 2025

‘CABARET’ INVESTOR SUES ATG AMID EARLY CLOSING by Philip Boroff

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 …

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:07PM

'CABARET' INVESTOR SUES ATG AMID EARLY CLOSING by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: An investor in the failed $24 million Broadway revival of Cabaret has sued its lead producers, accusing them of fraud.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:07AM
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

WILL BLACKSTONE BECOME BROADWAY’S NEXT BIG LANDLORD? by Philip Boroff

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 r…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 09:26AM

IS BLACKSTONE BROADWAY'S NEXT BIG LANDLORD? by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: The billion-dollar question on Broadway and the West End: Who will buy ATG Entertainment, an increasingly dominant force in live theater.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 05:26AM
Thursday, July 17, 2025

BROADWAY TAX CREDIT POOL IS DEPLETED by Philip Boroff

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…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:09PM

BROADWAY TAX CREDIT POOL IS DEPLETED by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: A key subsidy for commercial plays and musicals is out of money.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 01:09PM
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

PUBLIC THEATER REDUCED & REVISED EUSTIS’ PAY by Philip Boroff

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 au…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:41PM

PUBLIC THEATER REDUCED & REVISED EUSTIS' PAY by Philip Boroff

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 aus…

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:41AM
Monday, June 9, 2025

INTIMATE ‘MAYBE HAPPY ENDING’ ENGINEERS TURNAROUND by Philip Boroff

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…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:35AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

INTIMATE 'MAYBE HAPPY ENDING' ENGINEERS TURNAROUND by Philip Boroff

Maybe Happy Ending achieved an unlikely Broadway rebound.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:35PM
Thursday, June 5, 2025

‘JUST IN TIME’ PREVAILS IN TOUGH SEASON FOR NEW MUSICALS by Philip Boroff

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 mus…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 06:40PM

'JUST IN TIME' PREVAILS IN TOUGH SEASON FOR NEW MUSICALS by Philip Boroff

Jonathan Groff is scheduled to perform twice at the Tony Awards on Sunday.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 02:40PM
Thursday, May 29, 2025

DANCIN’ DESIGNERS DUE MORE THAN $200,000 by Philip Boroff

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.’ …

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:38PM

DANCIN' DESIGNERS DUE MORE THAN $200,000 by Philip Boroff

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.'

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:38AM
Friday, May 16, 2025

BOONDOGGLE OR SOUND POLICY? STATE EXTENDS BROADWAY TAX CREDIT by Philip Boroff

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…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:49PM

BOONDOGGLE OR SOUND POLICY? CLARIFYING THE BROADWAY TAX CREDIT by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Good Night, and Good Luck has repeatedly set weekly records as the highest-grossing play in Broadway history.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 11:49AM
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

INSIDE BROADWAY’S ROCKY REBOUND by Philip Boroff

Broadway’s blockbuster numbers indicate that the box office has recovered from the pandemic. But as production costs continue to soar, the investment climate for everything besides star-dr…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 05:20PM

INSIDE BROADWAY'S ROCKY REBOUND by Philip Boroff

Broadway's blockbuster numbers indicate that the box office has recovered from the pandemic.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 01:20PM
Monday, April 7, 2025

POLITICALLY POTENT ‘RAGTIME’ COMING TO THE BEAUMONT by Philip Boroff

Lear deBessonet is preparing to stage a Broadway revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater this fall, in her debut as artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater. Previews are schedu…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:50AM

POLITICALLY POTENT 'RAGTIME' COMING TO THE BEAUMONT by Philip Boroff

Lear deBessonet is preparing to stage a Broadway revival of Ragtime at the Vivian Beaumont Theater this fall, in her debut as artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater.

SOURCE: www.broadwayjournal.com at 06:50AM
Monday, March 10, 2025

LUFTIG WINS LATEST ROUND IN ‘KINKY BOOTS’ BATTLE by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a reorganization plan for Hal Luftig Co. that gives the busy producer breathing room in his six-year court battle against a deep-pocketed i…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:44PM

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