Today on the podcast, we talk artist housing and festivals. Edinburgh sales were down, What is “Festival of Brexit”, the value of Street Performers (Buskers). Let’s get to business!

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Artists Should Be Carefully Housed

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Festival of Brexit

Let the sun shine in.

Pandemic woes still linger, companies look to IP for fresh ideas, The Actors Fund has a new name, Plimpton “Let the Sun Shine In”, A church in Texas must have been out of their GD mind to take a spin on “Hamilton” #dontchangethewords, all part of the updates to The Business of Broadway. https://em3ry.com/updates-augustseptember-2022

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Today on the podcast, I threw away my shot…we talk about The Broadway league lifting Mask regulations, theater owners control what we see on stages, subscriptions and general business chatter. Let’s get into it.

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Mask or No Mask, It’s Optional

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Broadway Really Cares

Saving Britney comes to SoHo

A Man Of No Importance

Macy’s 4th Spectacular

Nothing Can Follow “Defying Gravity”

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TOPICS:

• Commentary - TBOB Updates

• Theatre Owners - Bought a theatre 200-seats. They have a plan but, not for new ideas. Booked through 2024. Spaces between shows to function. They control what we see.

• Marketing and Promotion - How the community uses M and P to stay afloat.

• Mask Regulations on Broadway - July 1st (Optional)

• Subscriptions. What makes them a draw?

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Today on the podcast, we review the May updates to The Business of Broadway.

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The Deal with James Corden

A MET GALA

An Awakening of Spring

Access Update:

Facebook's podcast offerings are vanishing just a year after they launched. Parent company Meta has confirmed to Bloomberg that it will wind down podcasting, Soundbites and its general audio hub. It will no longer let podcasters add shows to Facebook as of this week, and will remove them entirely on June 3rd. The hub and Soundbites will close sometime in the "coming weeks," while Live Audio Rooms will fold into Facebook Live.

READ THE MAY 2022 UPDATES FOR THE BUSINESS OF BROADWAY

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In April’s update, The Broadway League grants recognition of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society as their union, London’s “West End” report COVID revenue losses, vaccine mandates for Broadway continue through April, The Broadway League and Broadway Podcast Network launch “The Black Business of Broadway”, Financials for “MJ” are pretty unique, LCT and Roundabout emerge wealthier, marginal increases in diverse hiring, London’s “The Stage” say 50% of playwrights plan to quit in the next two years due to pandemic woes and, The Shubert Org acquires GalaPro App. So, it’s a busy time on the boards. Click below to read the full breakdown.

Updates: April 2022

How long can we say it…Broadway is Back! While producers continue too cautiously navigate these waters, we have quite a few updates to the guidance is Version 1 of The Business of Broadway. If only we could get a green-light for a Version 2…Hint, Hint…Anyway, click through for this month’s updates.

Updates: March 2022

Love is in the air! In this update, Tony Awards voters take bias training, Producers continue to struggle as COVID is the longest-running problem on Broadway, Lynn Nottage shines with 3 productions in NYC, Ushers called “Mask Nazis”, the iconic Palace Theatre on the “rise” and theatre owners address Congress! Never a dull moment yet, the shows must go on. Read on for February’s update!

Updates: February 2022

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2022 is barely a few days old. Theatre Owners and Producers are having a hard time doing business right now. Remember the days when there was no risk producing a “Guys and Dolls”? Well, with COVID and her many variants, the expenses pile up and the risk is heightened. Broadway is resilient. The protocols in-place have kept everyone safe but, that does not mean there are no challenges. So, we focus on Chapters 5, 10 and 22 in this update. And, as we post, more developments continue.

STAY SAFE. WEAR A MASK. GET VACCINATED. STAY STRONG.

UPDATES: JANUARY 2022

Chapter 5 (Promotion) and Chapter 9 (How to Sell a Flop)

Some hits are huge! Some producers still wait until next Fall to bring their work to the stage. We are not out of this yet.

Chapter 17: Authors

At age 91, the Theatre Community has lost Stephen Sondheim who, is considered the greatest Broadway composer/lyricist of his generation.

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Promotions, Producers, Investors and Stagehands are the focus of this update. Be sure to get out and VOTE! Make it count! We are getting there but, we are not quite there. Here is the update for November 2021.

The Business of Broadway - November 2021