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Broadway Box Office: ‘The Outsiders’ Grows Post-Tonys Streak
The Outsiders continued to break box office records for the sixth week in the row. The musical brought in $1.46 million for the week ended July 28, with capacity over 100 percent. The show, based on the novel by S.E. Hinton about teens growing up in 1960s Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been on an upward trend […]
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Live Nation Sees Concert Demand Uptick As DOJ Lawsuit Clouds Future
Live Nation reported second quarter earnings Tuesday, reporting continued demand globally for concerts amid the overhang of the Justice Department lawsuit. The company, which owns Ticketmaster, reported no signs of a slowdown in demand for concerts, with revenue up 7 percent year-over-year to reach $6 billion and operating income up 21 percent to reach $466 […]
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Stacey Abrams Launches New Podcast With Crooked Media (Exclusive)
Politician and author Stacey Abrams is launching a weekly podcast with Crooked Media. The podcast, entitled Assembly Required with Stacey Abrams, will see the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate break down big issues facing the country, interview experts about solutions and discuss ways for listeners to get involved. Asked why she decided to launch her own […]
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Disneyland Workers Ratify New Contract With Wage Gains, Improved Sick Leave
Disneyland workers voted to approve their new three-year contract about a week after voting to authorize a strike if an agreement could not be reached. The workers, representing 14,000 cast members at Disneyland, Disney California Adventure, Downtown Disney and the Disney hotels in jobs including custodians, ride operators, candy makers and merchandise clerks, voted to […]
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Now Influencers Can Create AI Versions of Themselves on Instagram
Meta is bringing its AI Studio to the U.S., allowing creators and Instagram users to build their own AI characters. With the tool, users with the creator account on Instagram can create a customized AI bot “as an extension of themselves” that answers commonly asked questions, including links to their clothing items show in posts […]
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Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin Join Robert Downey Jr. in Broadway Play ‘McNeal’
Andrea Martin, Melora Hardin and Ruthie Ann Miles have joined the Broadway cast of McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr. On Monday, the production also announced that “a highly realistic Metahuman Digital Likeness” of Downey will be used within the production, appearing alongside Downey himself. The technology was developed by AGBO, Anthony and Joe Russo’s independent […]
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‘Queen of Versailles’ Musical Plans 2025-2026 Season Broadway Run
The Queen of Versailles, a new musical based on TV personality Jacqueline “Jackie” Siegel, is scheduled to come to Broadway in the 2025-2026 season. The musical, which features a score by Stephen Schwartz, is currently playing an engagement in Boston’s Emerson Colonial Theatre, with Wicked star Kristin Chenoweth as Siegel and The White Lotus’s F. […]
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Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh, Jesse Tyler Ferguson to Star in ‘Twelfth Night’ in Central Park
Peter Dinklage, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh and Jesse Tyler Ferguson will be part of the cast of Twelfth Night, which is set to reopen the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The production, directed by The Public Theater’s resident director Saheem Ali, is slated to take place in August 2025. The outdoor theater, which is run […]
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Vince Vaughn Buys a Pickleball Team
Vince Vaughn is set to become a majority stakeholder of the pickleball team the Coachella Valley Scorpions. The team, which was co-owned by Kim Jagd, launched in May, and is one of 12 teams competing in the National Pickleball League’s Champions Pro League, which welcomes players 50 years old and above. Vaughn, known for his […]
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Podcasting Company Lemonada Launches Imprint With Simon & Schuster
Podcasting company Lemonada Media is launching a publishing imprint with Simon & Schuster. Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, is partnering with the podcasting network to create Lemonada Books. The imprint will launch with two books based on podcasts in the network: Fail Better, hosted by David Duchovny, and Last Day, hosted by […]
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Hasbro Swings to Profit After eOne Divestiture
Hasbro swung to a profit in the second quarter as revenue fell 18 percent due to the divestiture of eOne. The gaming company reported a profit of $138.5 million, after posting a loss of $235 million a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations. The company reported $40 million of net cost savings and approximately $90 […]
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Adam Lambert, Auli’i Cravalho to Take Over Lead Roles in ‘Cabaret’ on Broadway
Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho will take over the lead roles in Cabaret this fall from Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin. The two will begin performances, as the Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively, at the August Wilson Theatre starting Sept. 16 for a run through March 30, 2025. This will mark the Broadway debuts for […]
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