356 stories by "Philip Boroff"
Broadway's poised to report its third consecutive season of record sales — by a nose. With the official 2015-16 season ending on Sunday, grosses are up 0.6 percent from a year ea…
Tony Award contenders often say it's an honor to be nominated. For Bright Star, like any struggling nominee, it’s an expensive honor. Instead of potentially folding after t…
UPDATE to include Hamilton accord: As the cast of Hamilton looks forward to a portion of profits from the blockbuster, The Book of Mormon has paid its workshop actors abou…
A musical without musicians is an untested concept on Broadway. Janet B. Rosen, the freshman lead producer of In Transit, a long-gestating a cappella romantic comedy circling Broadway, sa…
EXCLUSIVE: Hamilton, the Broadway blockbuster endorsed by the president and first lady, has repaid its investors. Two people with direct knowledge of the musical’s finances…
EXCLUSIVE: On September 15, 2008, hours after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, the Roundabout Theatre Co. signed a lease to take over a third Broadway house. Given the expenseÅ
EXCLUSIVE: The Last Ship, a failure on Broadway, was a hit for the Public Theater . In the fall of 2013, a year before the musical’s brief run at the Neil Simon Theatre, S…
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`Compulsion' Review
Actors aren't the only ones having their ups and downs at “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”
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There's something lovable about a woman who loves to play the horses -- unless she cares more for the horses than for you.
In late August, a 32-year-old theater producer named Eva Price found herself in a lower-Manhattan Crate & Barrel talking on her mobile phone to Jerry Seinfeld.
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The owners of 54 Below, a grotto nightclub that in a little more than a year has become a favorite of Broadway divas and night crawlers, have told potential investors they need $600,000 "if …
Broadway enters the final weekend of the 2012-2013 season with its worst attendance record in eight years, despite sold-out audiences for Tom Hanks, Bette Midler and a handful of hit musical…
Even after he leaves "Lucky Guy" on Broadway, Tom Hanks stands to earn as much as $20,000 a week.
For his Broadway debut, Hanks, 56, will get 2 percent of ticket sales should producers ex…
As Sandy the hurricane swept up the East Coast, Sandy the canine star of "Annie" lay on a couch in upper Manhattan with a rope toy.
"She's been lounging all day," said Dustin Harder, the 31…
Even with 8 million Twitter followers, pop star Ricky Martin couldn't make "Evita" profitable.
Undone by high weekly running costs, Broadway's top-selling show to open in 2012 closed Saturd…
Two of Broadway's biggest players in the growing market to sell tickets online have combined forces, two people with knowledge of the deal said today.
If Sprecher doesn't raise the minimum $12 million capitalization by year-end, he must return money "forthwith" to any investors who haven't waived their right to a refund, according to offer…
Producers of the raucous Broadway musical "Rock of Ages" have gotten into a courtroom brawl with one of the industry's most respected managers, disputing advice she gave them as a consultant…
BOOK OF MORMON books profits
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