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Broadway’s Mrs. Doubtfire will unplug the vacuum cleaner and hang up the apron earlier than expected: The musical, which has been posting middling box office numbers during the industry’s crowded spring season, will end its run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on May 29, producers announced.
“Even though New York City is getting stronger every day and ticket sales are slowly improving,” said producer Kevin McCollum, “theatre-going tourists and, especially for our show, family audiences have not returned as soon as we anticipated. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to run the show without those sales, especially when capitalizing with Broadway economics on three separate occasions.”
Mrs. Doubtfire, which stars the Tony-nominated Rob McClure in the title role (the show’s sole nomination), originally began preview performances on March 9, 2020, just three days before Broadway’s pandemic shutdown. Performances of the musical resumed on October 21, 2021 and stopped again at the height of the Omicron surge on January 9, 2022. The third and final Broadway stretch began on April 14.
A British engagement of Mrs. Doubtfire will play from September 2 – October 1 in Manchester, England and the U.S. national tour will open in October 2023.
The most recent Broadway League box office report indicates that Mrs. Doubtfire sold about 70% of its seats for the week ending May 8. A significant portion of the other 36-show Broadway roster reported similar numbers, and a winnowing of the roster is likely in the coming weeks and months. for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf has announced a June 5 closing date, and The Little Prince recently closed early.
Meanwhile, How I Learned To Drive, the revival of the Paula Vogel
It was an intimate cocktail party. Tom Cruise wore a cheerful smile so I couldn’t resist the opportunity to test it. “For someone who’s just been fired, you look very happy,” I said. “Sumner Redstone figured you would be angry by the press release.”
is returning to the Great White Way this summer with another star-studded cast. Sara Bareilles will reprise her off-Broadway role as the Baker’s Wife and Gavin Creel will again star as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince. However, Neil Patrick Harris and Tony winner Heather Headley will not be back for this run of the show.
Popular BBC TV channels, BBC Four and CBBC are set to end, as audiences "watch streaming shows instead." Director-General of the BBC, Tim Davie, announced the news today after more and more audiences are turning to streaming services to watch their programmes. He also revealed that there is set to be a cut of around 1,000 jobs, as BBC embarks on a £500million budget cut for the taxpayer-funded corporation, which looks to move towards a "digital-first BBC." As he spoke to BBC staff, Tim said: "This is our moment to build a digital-first BBC. Something genuinely new, a Reithian organisation for the digital age, a positive force for the UK and the world.
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Naman Ramachandran The heads of the U.K. public service broadcasters (PSBs) are in agreement that the market is undergoing seismic changes and evolution is the way forward.“There’ll be huge changes going on in this market and we underestimate it at our peril,” said Tim Davie, director general of the BBC. “We’ve got to innovate, innovate, keep innovating.
Bret McKenzie has announced details of his debut solo album ‘Songs Without Jokes’ – you can listen to his new single ‘A Little Tune’ below.McKenzie, a member of Flight Of The Conchords and further renowned for his music work on The Muppets (2011) and Muppets Most Wanted (2014), will release the LP on August 26 via Sub Pop.‘Songs Without Jokes’ was produced by Mickey Petralia and McKenzie, and was mixed by Darrell Thorpe and recorded in LA at East West Studios and United Recordings.“Post-Conchords, I’d been working on songs for the Muppets films, and during a session I had the thought that it would be fun someday to work on some songs that weren’t for someone else, that don’t have to tell a story or be funny or continue the narrative plot, checking all the boxes for the character in the movie,” McKenzie said in a statement about his album. “I thought it’d be fun to do a record like that, something different.”The Ezra Simons-directed video for ‘A Little Tune’, the lead single from ‘Songs Without Jokes’, has also been released today (May 11). Filmed at the Royal Whanganui Opera House in Whanganui, New Zealand, you can watch the clip above.You can see the album artwork and tracklist for McKenzie’s ‘Songs Without Jokes’ below, and pre-order the LP here.1. ‘This World’2. ‘If You Wanna Go’3. ‘Dave’s Place’4. ‘Here for You’5. ‘That’s L.A.’6. ‘Up in Smoke’7. ‘Carry On’8. ‘A Little Tune’9. ‘America Goodbye’10. ‘Tomorrow Today’11. ‘Crazy Times’ McKenzie and his seven-piece live band will tour in support of ‘Songs Without Jokes’ later this year, with a run of UK dates scheduled for September and October.You can see McKenzie’s UK tour dates below, and find tickets here when they go on general sale on May 20 at 10am.September22 – Town
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