In this conversation, Darnelle and Mitch discuss potential working titles for their podcast and the challenges of finding the right one. They also talk about the production of Little Shop of Horrors and the practice of replacing leads in long-running shows.

In this conversation, Mitch Weiss and Darnelle Radford discuss various topics related to the business of theater. They talk about the high cost of Broadway tickets and the challenges of opening new productions. They also explore the changing audience for theater and the decline in Broadway theaters.

In this conversation, Mitch Weiss and Darnelle Radford discuss the challenges and issues facing the theater industry. They explore topics such as resistance to change, work conditions, budgeting, audience expectations, the influence of celebrity, the need for development of new works, and the importance of fundraising and planning.

We are looking optimistically into the new year. We are hopeful that our community will thrive and we are looking forward to what is ahead…We may also be crazy.

WORKING TITLE:

The World As We Know It Has Changed

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REJECTED TITLES:

May Your Days Be Merry An Bright

• American Theatre - On reason theatre is in crisis, the slow death of criticism.

https://www.americantheatre.org/2023/12/18/one-reason-theatre-is-in-crisis-the-slow-death-of-criticism/

• Manchester's Contact to reduce output and scrap artistic director model https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/manchesters-contact-to-reduce-output-and-scrap-artistic-director-model?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Stage%20daily%20newsletter

• BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS https://broadwaycares.org/

Here’s to us. Who’s like us? Damn Few.

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WORKING TITLE:

WE DO ART

REJECTED TITLES:

Share Those Cots

Mission Drift

Bernie Taupin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Taupin

Down the Yellow Brick Pod

https://www.taratag.com/podcast

“But That’s Not What We Do.” – Indeed. And That’s Why You’re Closing, Nonprofit Arts Organizations.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thats-what-we-do-indeed-why-youre-closing-nonprofit-arts-harrison/

Story of the Week: Movies That Became Musicals Are Now Becoming Movie-Musicals

https://www.theatermania.com/news/story-of-the-week-movies-that-became-musicals-are-now-becoming-movie-musicals_1718508/

DINO! An Evening with Dean Martin at the Latin Casino

https://www.walnutstreettheatre.org/season/show/dino-an-evening-with-dean-martin-at-the-latin-casino

Ballroom (Musical)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom_(musical)

Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at The Public Theater

https://gailpapp.com/book/

FRINGE ARTS

https://fringearts.com/

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WORKING TITLE:

I’M YOUR BIGGEST FAN!

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REJECTED TITLES:

Will You Sign My Body!

LINKS:

The success of our teams compromises our stages!

Merrily We Roll Along - https://merrilyonbroadway.com/

Here We Are, Sondheim’s Final Work, Extends Off-Broadway

https://www.playbill.com/article/here-we-are-sondheims-final-work-extends-off-broadway

Here Lies Love - https://herelieslovebroadway.com/

And Juliet - https://andjulietbroadway.com/

Suzanne Summers - https://apnews.com/article/obituary-suzanne-somers-2b97c5362eab6709f594b30280dc79c3

Demanded to be paid what the male roles were paid.

Playbill Goes To New York Comic Con

https://www.playbill.com/comiccon

THE TOP-EARNING SUMMER CONCERT TOURS OF 2023

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/10/13/the-top-earning-summer-concert-tours-2023-taylor-swift-beyonce/?sh=6e097b13707c

BroadwayCon - https://www.broadwaycon.com/

July 26-28, 2024 - New York Hilton Midtown

Phantom Of The Opera

https://us.thephantomoftheopera.com/

NICOLE KIDMAN - AMC SPEECH

https://nofilmschool.com/kidman-amc-speech

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grauman%27s_Chinese_Theatre

The First, Musical - David Allan Grier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_(musical)

New York Theatre Reviews: By Fans, For Fans

https://www.show-score.com/

Broadway is for fans!

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Finding a home for new plays amongst the uncertainty of the theater community. Also, what if your organization did not have a building to manage? How far would your artistic pursuits go?

WORKING TITLE:

IT’S A CALLING?

REJECTED TITLES:

Bit by the Bug!

LINKS:

The Good Enough Job - The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work: Stolzoff, Simone: 9780593538968: Amazon.com: Books

2024 Tony Awards - June 16, 2024 at Lincoln Center

https://playbill.com/article/the-2024-tony-awards-will-be-hosted-at-lincoln-center

• New Home: The David H. Koch Theater

• Date: June 16, 2024

• Last Year (2023) at The United Palace Theater (OMITB)

• The Drama! Unions and such.

The Review of Death, Rattle Dazzle, the Broadway show that never opened.

https://playbill.com/article/playbill-exclusive-the-review-of-death-rattle-the-broadway-show-that-never-opened

“Broadway Licensing Group” becomes “Broadway Licensing Global”

https://www.broadwaynews.com/exclusive-broadway-licensing-group-becomes-broadway-licensing-global/

SPAMALOT Musical - Revival

https://spamalotthemusical.com/

Previews begin October 31st.

"Actors’ Equity files with National Labor Relations Board to unionize Broadway production assistants"

https://www.broadwaynews.com/actors-equity-files-with-national-labor-relations-board-to-unionize-broadway-production-assistants/

The 2023 Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction Raised a Record-Breaking $1.2 Million (10/1/2023)

https://playbill.com/article/the-2023-broadway-flea-market-and-grand-auction-raised-a-record-breaking-1-2-million

Purlie Victorious

https://purlievictorious.com/

Central Park - Apple TV

https://tv.apple.com/us/show/central-park/umc.cmc.4qe3i11erof30x0vz8nwnjkw3?mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019816_1-662863202385-c&mttnsubkw=79342107540__YzgWLop0_&mttnsubplmnt=_adext_

WORKING TITLE:

Life’s A Beach?

REJECTED TITLES:

Nomadic Theater

Is the Rainbow enuf?

Links:

The Public - https://publictheater.org/

Theatre Exile - https://theatreexile.org

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /  When The Rainbow IS Enuf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Colored_Girls_Who_Have_Considered_Suicide_/_When_the_Rainbow_Is_Enuf

Long Wharf Theatre - https://longwharf.org/

LuEsther Mertz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LuEsther_Mertz

Rock & Roll Man - https://rockandrollmanthemusical.com/

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