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PUBLIC THEATER REDUCED & REVISED EUSTIS’ PAY

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EXCLUSIVE: In July 2023, when the Public Theater cut 19 percent of its staff, Artistic Director Oskar Eustis vowed to significantly reduce his own pay as a gesture of solidarity amid the austerity.

The charismatic 66-year-old leader followed through. In 2023, Eustis’ total  compensation dropped 8 percent from the previous year, to a still-hefty $1.1 million, according to a Public Theater financial document posted on its website last week.Continue Reading

‘BAND’S VISIT’ IS BIG SELLER IN WEEK ONE

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Katrina Lenk & Tony Shalhoub/Ahron Foster

The $8 million-plus to bring The Band’s Visit to Broadway looks like money well spent, based on its first full week of previews.

The David Yazbek and Itamar Moses musical set in a sleepy Israeli town grossed $769,000 — 84 percent of its potential. Attendance was 100 percent of capacity. The average ticket, at $105, was just 12 percent below the average of Dear Evan Hansen in its first week a year earlier, according to Broadway League data.

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