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BROADWAY GOES BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH ‘WEST SIDE STORY’: REVIEW

February 20, 2020 by Philip Boroff

Video has a starring role in the dazzling new revival of West Side Story.

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HUGH JACKMAN & SUTTON FOSTER ‘MUSIC MAN’ TIX TOP OUT AT $499 (FOR NOW)

August 22, 2019 by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Rudin knows the territory — the Broadway territory, that is. Visiting River City with Hugh Jackman in Rudin’s upcoming revival of The Music Man  won’t come cheap.Continue Reading

‘A STRANGE LOOP’ EXPANDS BOUNDARIES: REVIEW

June 18, 2019 by Philip Boroff

Did he really just say that? And sing that?Continue Reading

A NERD’S GUIDE TO THE 2019 TONY NOMINATIONS

April 30, 2019 by Philip Boroff

Santino Fontana & Lilli Cooper/Matthew Murphy

It’s been a few years since an old-fashioned mainstream comedy won best musical at the Tony Awards. Tootsie  could change that.

Its primary challenger appears to be the acclaimed New Orleans-infused folk opera Hadestown. But don’t count out the thriving Temptations musical, Ain’t Too Proud,  or the inclusive comedy The Prom.Continue Reading

HUGH JACKMAN TO STAR IN RUDIN-PRODUCED ‘MUSIC MAN’

March 13, 2019 by Philip Boroff

Cementing his position as Broadway’s most prolific and arguably most powerful producer,  Scott Rudin said today that he’s reviving The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman, in October 2020.Continue Reading

LAVISH ‘DOLLY!’ EARNS MODEST RETURNS

August 23, 2018 by Philip Boroff

Photo: Julieta Cervantes

EXCLUSIVE: Investors in Scott Rudin’s celebrated revival of Hello, Dolly! have earned a profit of 5 percent, according to two people familiar with the production.

In a flop-filled business, recouping is considered the benchmark for success, and investors months ago earned back their money. The musical was the talk of the 2016-17 season, won four Tony Awards, and last week was the third-bestselling musical, behind Hamilton and The Lion King. For angels seeking prestige, glamour and the satisfaction of helping to create a revival worthy of the iconic, 1964 original, Dolly delivered and made them money.

Others, however, expected more from a production that’s grossed $126 million.Continue Reading

NOR’EASTER PUTS DAMPER ON BROADWAY GROSSES; ‘CAROUSEL,’ ‘FROZEN’ SHINE

March 5, 2018 by Philip Boroff

Disney’s Frozen and Scott Rudin’s revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel performed promisingly in an otherwise wet and dismal week.

Frozen was a near sellout, grossing $984,000 in five previews. Its composers, Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, picked up their second Academy Award last night, for best original song with Remember Me, from the Disney film Coco, which shouldn’t hurt Frozen‘s prospects when it opens at the St. James on March 22.

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RUDIN, TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ESTATE TENTATIVELY SETTLE ‘GLASS MENAGERIE’ LAWSUIT

February 8, 2018 by Philip Boroff

Joe Mantello and Sally Field/Julieta Cervantes

EXCLUSIVE: A promising Broadway courtroom drama appears to be closing out of town.

Scott Rudin and the University of the South have agreed in principle to settle the University’s lawsuit alleging that Rudin’s production company failed to pay royalties on his Glass Menagerie revival starring Joe Mantello and Sally Field. Lawyers for both sides filed papers in Federal Court in Tennessee disclosing the tentative deal yesterday, exactly a year after the play began previews at the Belasco Theatre.

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FROM ‘OSLO’ TO ‘COME FROM AWAY,’ TONYS PROVIDE BOUNCE

June 19, 2017 by Philip Boroff

The Tony Awards delivered at the box office.

Many winners at Radio City Music Hall on June 11 had their bestselling weeks to-date after being recognized for achievement and, in the case of musicals, making the most of the international platform to present songs from their shows.

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MINDICH’S HISTORY-MAKING WIN & OTHER TONY TAKEAWAYS

June 12, 2017 by Philip Boroff

ANALYSIS: The 71st annual Tony Awards opened with Kevin Spacey as Evan Hansen in a goofy polo shirt and cast around his left arm. The ceremony ended moments after an acceptance speech by Dear Evan Hansen‘s producer.

In between there was suspense aplenty at Radio City Music Hall. While Dear Evan Hansen, about a socially anxious teenager caught up in web of lies, was methodically collecting awards, including for score and book, Come From Away  won for director, Christopher Ashley. That win raised the tantalizing possibility of an upset by the feel-good musical set in a remote Canadian province after 9/11. Ultimately, Evan Hansen prevailed in a historic night.

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