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Broadway Box Office: Robert Downey Jr.’s ‘McNeal’ Sells Out First Four Previews
The new Broadway play McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr., started off with a bang, with $746,230 brought in across just four performances last week. If the production, which is playing at the Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, had played the typical eight performances at that cadence, it would have brought in close to $1.5 million […]
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DirecTV Rebuffs Disney Offer Ahead of Presidential Debate
Amid a fraught carriage dispute between the two companies, Disney has made an offer to run a debate special feed for DirecTV customers, but DirecTV rejected the deal after asking for a broader restoration of channels. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are scheduled for the first presidential debate Tuesday, airing on […]
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‘Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Actor Gabriel Olds Charged With Five Additional Counts of Sexual Assault
Five additional sexual assault charges were filed against actor Gabriel Olds in Los Angeles this week related to claims brought by three new victims. Olds, whose credits include Six Feet Under, NCIS and The Eyes of Tammy Faye, was charged one count of forcible rape, two counts of forcible oral copulation, one count of sexual […]
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Lear deBessonet Named Next Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater
Lear deBessonet will be the new artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater, succeeding André Bishop after his 33-year tenure. DeBessonet is currently the artistic director of Encores! at New York City Center, which produces revivals of musicals and has seen a number of its productions, including the recent revivals of Into the Woods and Once […]
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Harvey Weinstein Resting and “Weak” After Being Rushed to Hospital for Heart Surgery
Harvey Weinstein was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York on Sunday night and underwent heart surgery Monday. According to Weinstein’s representatives, Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer, Weinstein was “rushed” to the hospital “due to several medical conditions.” On Tuesday, Engelmayer said Weinstein was resting after surgery and “weak.” “We can confirm that Mr. Weinstein […]
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AFL-CIO, Entertainment Unions Unveil Federal Priorities For Nonprofit Artists and Journalists (Exclusive)
The Department for Professional Employees, a trade department of AFL-CIO, the largest labor federation in the U.S., has put forward a slate of new federal policies it hopes can create more sustainable careers in the nonprofit arts and media sectors. The policies, which speak to concerns from nonprofit workers across 12 unions,including Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, […]
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Jorge Ramos to Exit Univision at End of Year
In a seismic shift for Spanish-language TV news in America, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos is leaving the network after a 40-year tenure. TelevisaUnivision said that Ramos and Univision News both agreed not to renew his contract, which is soon to expire. He will step down as co-anchor of Noticiero Univision at the end of 2024, […]
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John Mulaney Returns to Broadway With Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Chloe Fineman
John Mulaney is returning to Broadway this winter as part of a comedic show with a rotating cast. The show, All In: Comedy About Love, will be led by Mulaney for the first five weeks, with a cast including SNL stars Fred Armisen and Chloe Fineman, Girls5Eva‘s Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Richard Kind, who has […]
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Disney Says It Offered DirecTV Genre-Based Bundles In Carriage Dispute
Disney is striking back at DirecTV following the satellite TV provider’s call with media and analysts Tuesday, in which the company outlined its position in the carriage dispute. As a result of the dispute, many of Disney channels including ABC and ESPN went dark for millions of DirecTV customers on Sept. 1, amid the U.S. […]
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Live Nation CFO: “I Expect We’re Going to Prevail” In DOJ Suit Seeking Break Up
As Live Nation contends with the Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to break up the company, CFO Joe Berchtold expressed optimism about the suit and the future of the business. “I expect we’re going to prevail,” Berchtold said at a Bank of America conference Wednesday. “I don’t expect we’re going to have major changes to […]
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Emmy Rossum, Zoë Winters to Star in Off-Broadway Play ‘Walden’
Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters will star in the Off-Broadway play Walden this fall. The play, written by Amy Berryman and directed by Whitney White, will play the Tony Kiser Theater starting Oct. 16, before an opening night of Nov. 7. Walden is set in the “near future,” and follows Stella (played by Rossum), with […]
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Broadway Box Office: Labor Day Momentum Boosts Sales For All Shows
Broadway gained momentum heading into Labor Day weekend, with cumulative grosses for the industry up 11 percent and all shows posting gains compared to the prior week. The Outsiders returned to its streak of breaking the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre house record, now for an 8th time with $1.52 million for the week ended Sept. […]
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