After an end of the year break, it’s back to business. Let’s play catch up and get back into the swing of things.

WORKING TITLE:

It’s Me…2023

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REJECTED TITLES:

What Did I Miss?

2022 Was A Dumpster Fire

Retire “The Show Must Go On”

Since we last spoke…Darnelle experienced Charlotte’s Web - Arden Theatre Company, Blue Man Group - Kimmel Cultural Campus, One-man Nutcracker - Chris Davis at Theatre Exile, Jagged Little Pill - Kimmel Cultural Campus, Concert 4 Caleb - Arden Theatre Company.

The Grapes of Wrath - 1990

https://playbill.com/production/the-grapes-of-wrath-cort-theatre-vault-0000003488

Over twenty of Philly’s favorite vocalists will perform with a special appearance by ComedySportz Philly.  Performers include Broadway's Rob McClure, Maggie Lakis, Jake Blouch, Kim Carson, Rachel Brennan, Adam Hoyak, Ben Michael, Rob Tucker, Jenna Pinchbeck, Amanda Jill Robinson, Marissa Hines, Nancie Sanderson, and Brittany Wit Martin.

Caleb O'Brien is an incredible six-year-old who has been diagnosed for a second time with Pre B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Caleb has had to endure demanding treatments and chemotherapy. His current treatment requires the O'Brien family, who normally reside in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to temporarily relocate to Wilmington, Delaware to be near Nemours DuPont Children’s Hospital. In addition to obtaining housing, Caleb’s parents, Colleen and Michael, have had to take a leave of absence from their jobs and acquire supplementary childcare for their one-year-old son Felix, in addition to other medical and living expenses.

https://www.concert4caleb.com/

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

https://broadwaycares.org/

Sink or swim: are we putting too much pressure on producers?

https://www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/opinion/sink-or-swim-are-we-putting-too-much-pressure-on-producers

CLOSING: On Sunday, Broadway waves farewell to A Strange Loop, Death of a Salesman, Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man and the Pool, Ohio State Murders, The Music Man, and Topdog/ Underdog.

https://strangeloopmusical.com/

https://salesmanonbroadway.com/

https://mikebirbigliabroadway.com/

https://ohiostatemurdersbroadway.com/

https://musicmanonbroadway.com/

https://topdogunderdog.com/

TRANSFERS

Merrily We Roll Along

https://www.nytw.org/show/merrily-we-roll-along/

Into The Woods - National Tour

https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2021-2022/into-the-woods/

FAT HAM

https://www.fathambroadway.com/

PARADE

https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2022-2023/parade/

The Business of Broadway - Mitch Weiss

https://em3ry.com/tbob

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Business-of-Broadway/Mitch-Weiss/9781621535560

Between Riverside and Crazy - 2nd Stage

https://2st.com/shows/between-riverside-and-crazy

New York, New York - Broadway

https://newyorknewyorkbroadway.com/

"Tony Award-winning writer Michael R. Jackson steps into his ‘Strange Loop’" by Broadway News' Caitlin Hornik - "At the Jan. 7 matinée performance of Broadway’s “A Strange Loop,” Tony Award-winning writer Michael R. Jackson stepped into the lead role of Usher in a special concert version of the musical. Jackson will take the stage again for another concert version of the show on Saturday night. The Thursday, Jan. 5, and Friday, Jan. 6 performances of “A Strange Loop” were canceled due to non-COVID-related illness within the company." https://bway.ly/ywhtvb

-- A Strange Loop on Broadway (@StrangeLoopBway): "OUR STORY’S WRITER IS GOING ON FOR TODAY’S MATINEE (Sunday, Jan 8)" https://bway.ly/in5rtd

"Broadway Box Office Drops Back To Earth After Holiday Week Highs; ‘Beetlejuice’ Goes Out With A Bang As Industry Crosses $1B Season Threshold" by Deadline's Greg Evans - "Broadway’s season-to-date gross crossed the $1 billion threshold. Thirty-three weeks into the 2022-23 season, Broadway box office tallied up to $1,003,018,654. ... During the (mostly) pre-pandemic 2019-20 season, Broadway hit $1,004,439,001 for the week ending December 22, 2019." https://bway.ly/ykkenp

Dead End: Paranormal Park

https://www.netflix.com/title/80994692

"Demand For Broadway’s ‘Parade’ With Ben Platt Temporarily Crashes Ticketing Site" by Deadline's Greg Evans - "Around noon ET, the site resumed sales after more than 30 minutes of being down – users attempting to purchase tickets during the down period were met with error messages. … By 1 p.m. ET, the wait time in the ticket queue was about one hour." https://bway.ly/jqy2tt

"Paul Mescal Takes Over Blake Jenner Role in Richard Linklater’s Decades-Spanning ‘Merrily We Roll Along’" by Variety's Adam B. Vary - "Richard Linklater’s … “Merrily We Roll Along” is merrily rolling again, with “Aftersun” and “Normal People” star Paul Mescal stepping into the lead role of Broadway composer Franklin Shepard, replacing original star Blake Jenner. … Variety has confirmed that Mescal has already shot a segment for the film." https://bway.ly/vjek7v

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