by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio, NEW YORK, NY - Broadway ticket sales have hit historic lows in recent months, with many shows playing to half-full houses and earning less-than-breakeven average ticket prices. We went to our neighborhood printer Bill’s Sign Shop (#ShopLocal) to have a big chart made so that we could take a better look at the numbers, but then it hit us: we could just turn that chart upside down, and the numbers would actually be pretty good. You see, the chart -

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - ¡Igualdad! In a real win for diversity among theatre audiences, a man at today’s matinee of In The Heights at New York City Center let out a series of chesty, phlegmy open-mouth coughs in his native Spanish, inspired sources confirmed. “The theatre is for everyone—not just the ethnocentric spit wackers we’ve been accustomed to,” noted usher Elisabeth Thordy, shining her flashlight at a man texting during the show, but in French. “T

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. By Universal Stage Productions, Marc Platt, Jon B. Platt, and David Stone - http://www.wickedthemusical.com/ozdust_boutique/, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2324179 NEW YORK, NY – Whether it be the late summer slump, the fresh crop of new shows, or the negative critical reception of the second film, Wicked has seen a steady decline in ticket sales in the past few weeks. Earlier today, the Wicked producers released a join

by Ben Schrager. Instagram: @ben.schrager. Bluesky: @benschrager.bsky.social NEW YORK, NY - As a renowned critic, many people stop me on the streets and grab me by the lapel, crying out that the classic traditions of Broadway’s Golden Age are dead. While my tailor is grateful for the work, I am happy to inform these people that there’s still one show that lovingly embraces its rich history. I’m talking, of course, about Schmigadoon! which places itself firmly in the great the

by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. Ryan Murphy photo by iDominick - https://www.flickr.com/photos/82924988@N05/15828641031/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37145271 LOS ANGELES — Rising star and formerly openly gay actor, Carey Wilson, has reportedly gone running back into the closet after television producer Ryan Murphy appears to have taken notice of him. “I actually don’t share details about my personal life, and, uh, my sexual orientation ha

by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. NEW YORK, NY - It was revealed today that the theatre district will fly large white handkerchiefs covered in blood at half-mast, in order to honor Broadway’s Moulin Rouge! closing after seven years. “The show is dying, so we theatre people will portray that in the only way we know how: dramatically unveiling a stark white handkerchief stained with red,” noted producer Liliana Kelpo, signing construction permits for the Six honorary reflectin