The entrepreneur Glen Tullman is betting people want to dress up and watch magicians in a luxury setting. Either it will work or $50 million will go poof.
Category: Theater
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Presto! In Chicago, a High-End Magic Palace Appears
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Theater Tickets Are Cheaper in London Than New York. What Gives?
The New York Times – Business:For half the price of a great seat at a Broadway show, you can see “Paddington” in the West End (if you can find a ticket) and snack on a marmalade sandwich.
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Fed Up With High Costs, American Theater Takes a Trip to London
The New York Times – Business:Skyrocketing budgets and falling profitability have driven a new form of offshoring, with U.S. producers staging shows across the Atlantic.
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How Lesley Manville Is Leaving ‘Oedipus’ Audiences Spellbound
Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.”
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Roger Allers Dies at 76; Helped Put ‘Lion King’ on Screens and Onstage
A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.
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‘The Outsiders’ Musical Recoups on Broadway
“The Outsiders” is the first new musical to open since 2022 to become profitable.
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Mary Badham, Who Starred in ‘Mockingbird’ Film, Joins Broadway Tour
Six decades after she played Scout in the film version of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Mary Badham takes on the role of a neighbor in the play’s national tour.
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Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway ‘Merrily’ Revival
A new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” is to be staged late this year by the nonprofit New York Theater Workshop in the East Village.
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Cities and States Are Easing Covid Rules. Should the Arts Follow?
Cultural institutions face tough decisions: Is it safe to drop mask and vaccine requirements, and would doing so be more likely to lure audiences back or keep them away?
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Review: Leonard Bernstein’s ‘A Quiet Place’ at the Paris Opera
In Paris, a new production of “A Quiet Place” makes a strong case for a work that has long struggled to join the repertory.