Category: theatre

A witness tells the court that Livent officials ordered the men to charge “what has been claimed as up to $1.7 million on their personal credit cards to purchase tickets for the Los Angeles run of Ragtime. This was done, the Crown Attorney claimed, not only to paint an exaggerated portrait of the show’s success, but also to increase the amount of fixed assets on the Livent balance sheet.”

“Robin Gibb said the project was already in the pipeline and could be on stage in the next 12-16 months.”

Lincoln Center’s revival of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific and Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County topped the list of honorees at the Outer Critics Circle Awards Sunday night.

Adrian Bailey, 51, was taken from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, the Fire Department said. The Broadway veteran was being treated at Bellevue Hospital Center.

“The difficulty for commercial theatre owners is that such expenditure yields no economic benefit in terms of the operational viability of their buildings. Not one more seat becomes available for sale as a result. Indeed, improving the audience experience whilst retaining the architectural qualities of the building normally means losing seats, which commercial theatres can ill afford to do.”

She’s hosted the Oscars four times. “The 62nd annual Tonys, which honor the best of the 2007-08 Broadway season, will be broadcast live 8-11 p.m. EDT on CBS.”

CBS’ flagship affiliate in New York has “nixed a musical number from Broadway tuner “Passing Strange” from its pre-Tony special after the net’s standards and practices department declared the song We Just Had Sex inappropriate for broadcast.”

“About Face Theatre is expected to announce Thursday that Bonnie Metzgar will be the new artistic director of the company. And the Chicago theater scene will have snagged another new recruit of national stature, especially in the field of new plays.”

You’ve probably seen the Dove soap company’s “Campaign for Real Beauty,” featuring everyday women posed like models. But would you recognize it as a play? A Toronto playwright has accepted a commission from the company, and insists that the resulting stage work has nothing to do with selling soap.

“Claiming conspiracy, fraud, a breach of the Competition Act and irreparable harm, Toronto theatre impresario Aubrey Dan is seeking an injunction to block the sale of the Canon and Panasonic Theatres to his downtown rival, David Mirvish.”