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LEAGUE TOUTS SILVER LINING IN SMALLER AUDIENCE

December 17, 2023 by Philip Boroff

Last season, 25 to 49-year-olds who attended Broadway shows outnumbered those 50 and up for the first time since 2008-09.

It’s too early to proclaim a generational shift. The audience was younger in the year ending May 21, 2023, than in the prior full season, 2018-19, because youngish age groups shrank less than the entire Broadway pie, which is still missing a slice or two.Continue Reading

JUDGE REJECTS PLEA TO HALT ATG-JUJAMCYN COCKTAIL COUP

December 3, 2023 by Philip Boroff

A New York judge declined to intervene in a battle for Jujamcyn Theaters’ lucrative concessions business — a win for Ambassador Theatre Group after acquiring control of the Broadway landlord.

Sweet Hospitality Group has handled drink and snack sales for Jujamcyn’s five theaters since 2010. Last month, Sweet Hospitality filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court to prevent Jujamcyn under its new regime from terminating the concessions contract. The complaint provides a window into Broadway concessions and the deal that Jujamcyn and the multinational landlord and producer Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) announced in February “to combine operations.”Continue Reading

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