A Covid-19 message from NYC Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU)
Bob Ost, founder and president of TRU, sent a message to all of us who are weary of the pandemic’s disruption to our lives. One of the many impacts is the closing of theaters on Broadway and around the world. Our play Exit Strategy and its projected Broadway...
An inside look at a Broadway musical in the making
Before a show makes it to Broadway, highlights are presented to potential backers. https://walkingpaththeatrical.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/5-Hello-Hello.mp3 In the musical Dangerous, the plot is a whodunit as WWII looms. Jake, an American gangster, and his...
A critic’s look at the NYC piano bars
When we’re again able to congregate, here’s Time Out NY critic’s favorite hangouts. Adam Feldman’s current top spot is Club Cumming (co-owned by Alan Cumming) in the East Village. Monday is open mike night with a different theme every week....
What a Broadway theater executive looks for in new projects
It’s my contention that theater will be part of what heals our society as we overcome our grief and recover from this tragic worldwide pandemic. Part of what I’m doing with the New Broadway blog is to share insights from Broadway insiders and also provide a...
Theaters are closed: BroadwayHD.com
How timely this service is during this time of the pandemic. Founder Bonnie Comley was inspired to form this internet service because not everyone is able to see every Broadway show. BroadwayHD has 270 live productions, and adds new ones every month.* She’s won...Broadway Reflections – a new blog series
Broadway theaters are dark now – one of the casualties of the coronavirus that has disrupted so much of normal life. The past couple years I’ve connected with New York Broadway producing organizations and people in the “biz,” I thought it would...Notice: Undefined index: extension in /var/www/wp-content/themes/Divi/epanel/custom_functions.php on line 1088
BroadwayCon Industry Day January 2020
Takeaways from talk by Kevin McCollum, producer of Rent, Avenue Q, and In the Heights Broadway hits from Broadway Con Industry Day, January 2020. Kevin likes plays that have a new point of view, that surprise him. Producing a Broadway show is not about raising money,...Broadway Theater Executive talks about trends
An excerpt from an interview of Executive Vice President Nick Scandalios of the Nederlander Organization, which owns nine Broadway theaters* ” Is there anything in particular that you’re drawn to when scouting new projects?” “I think it’s always...Note from playwright Bill Semans
It began when Roy Close and I decided to write a play. No lofty ambitions for it; we simply had an idea — a universal one, as it turned out. Exit Strategy has been produced here [Minneapolis] and in Los Angeles to great acclaim, excellent reviews, and standing...Join us in bringing ‘Exit Strategy’ to Broadway
