Paul Winkler

Trump administration reverses layoffs for some CDC staff An official said the employees who received incorrect notifications were never separated from the agency and were notified that they aren't subject to the reduction in force.

“This was due to a glitch in the system.”

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Take my money! 💸

That’s a great question! Just in Time has a chance with the smaller budget. I’d be delighted to see Maybe Happy Ending or Death Becomes Her recoup (but it could take a couple years).

Death Becomes Her capitalization of $31.5 is the 3rd latest for a musical on Broadway, followed by King Kong ($35 Million) & Spider-Man ($75 Million).

Thus far, 6 Plays have recouped, but no musicals. Although musicals typically take years to recoup. This season, Broadway saw another regression with the trend of Musicals closing after a short run.

Operation Mincemeat $11.5 Million
Dead Outlaw (closing after 73 performances) $10 Million
Just in Time $5.8 Million

Smash (closed after 84 performances) $20 Million
Maybe Happy Ending $18.3 Million
Buena Vista Social Club $17 Million
Real Women Have Curves (closed after 73 performances) $16.5 Million
Redwood (closed after 127 performances)$16 Million
Swept Away (closed after 48 performances) $14.5 Million

Broadway 2024-25 Musicals by the Numbers:

Death Becomes Her $31.5 Million
Boop! (closing after 112 performances) $26 Million
Tammy Faye (closed after 25 performances) $25 Million
A Wonderful World (closed after 120 performances) $23 Million

DeathBH is the 3rd largest budget for a Broadway musical!

Rachel Zegler: *does exactly what the director told her to do*

The New York Post:

“Oh Elaine, is that coffee?”

Variety’s article is truly terrible, making it sound like JKR had a few tweets in 2020 instead of being a constant harasser of trans people’s right to exist, as well as funding some of what led to the absurd UK decision that makes using a bathroom a fraught activity.

everything is normal, we're just tasing protestors at town halls now

Scott Rudin Plans Broadway Producing Return Next Fall Rudin, who stepped away from producing after a Hollywood Reporter exposé, has four shows planned starting next season, according to The New York Times.

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#ScottRudin plans to produce 3 shows on #Broadway, next season. Remember when there was so much backlash for his behavior and yet The Broadway League did nothing? And Rudin left on his own terms. Well… here we are. Every actor/writer/director should boycott his shows. And yet…

Yes, please. Do it, like, yesterday.

Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in a scene from An American in Paris

Additionally, these original movie musicals won Best Picture: The Broadway Melody (1928-29), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Going My Way (1944), An American in Paris (1952) & Gigi (1958).

Mary Martin and the original Broadway cast of The Sound of Music

Of those Best Picture musical adaptation winners, 2 won the Tony Award for Best Musical on Broadway: My Fair Lady (1957) & The Sound of Music (1960) — Chicago won Best Revival (1997)

Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo on the movie posted for Wicked

Wicked is the 15th Broadway musical adaptation to get an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. The 5 winners: West Side Story (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), The Sound of Music (1965), Oliver! (1968) & Chicago (2002). #Oscars #Wicked

The cast of Wicked on Broadway

Wicked has made history on Broadway! For the week ending in Dec 29, the long-running musical grossed $5 million over 9 performances. Surpassing Hamilton’s 2018 record of $4m over 8 shows. #Wicked #Broadway

Not true: It’s Tim Federle, who directed Better Nate Than Ever.