October 19 Flashcards
Where will the Oliviers be held?
Royal Albert Hall
New name of Gypsy of the Year
Red Bucket Follies
Who is the ED of BC/EFA
Tom Viola
What is the musical Titus Burgess is writing?
The Preacher’s Wife
Who started Press Play PR
Emily McGill
Who are Press Play PR’s clients?
Kenny Leon, Mark Fisher Fitness,
New AD of Soulpepper
Weyni Mengesha
New-ish ED of Soulpepper
Emma Stennin
Old AD of Soulpepper
Albert Schultz
New show at Mitzi Newhouse: title, writer, director
Nantucket Play Ride / John Guare /Jerry Zaks
Lynn Nottage’s show at Signature
Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,
Hamlet at Chicago Shakes: star and director
Raul Esparza / Barbara Gaines
What’s the deal with Puffs?
First time streamed and available for on-Demand (unlike Holiday Inn/She Loves Me/Daddy Long Legs)
CHOIRBOY Playwright
Tarell Alvin McCarney
Total Broadway capacity % last week
88%
What show started previews?
Torch Song
Torch Song gross
$240,000
American Son gross
$515,000
King Kong gross
$832,000
Sell-outs (9)
Hamilton, Potter, Springsteen, Mormon, Lion King, CFA, DEH, Kong, Mean Girls
All eight currently-running plays are grossing an average ___% of potential (excluding Harry Potter)
55%
Musicals ___% of potential
78%
Which two plays grossed over 75% of potential?
Lifespan, Ferryman
Total Broadway gross
$33.38 mil
New MD at Studio Theatre
Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg
Oregon Shakespeare Festival ED leaving
Cynthia Rider
Major changes to Lyric Opera CBA with unions, to end strike
1) Reduce 4 musicians, instead of 5.
2) 22 weeks instead of 24
3) 5.6% increase in weekly salary over 3 years, but fewer weeks of pay
What is Gregory Mosher doing now?
Hunter Theater Project
How many curtains did King Kong have last week?
6
King Kong producer: Carmen Pavlovic and…
Roy Furman
King Kong capitalization
$36.5 million
Be More Chill cap
$9 million
