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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
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James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale to Star on Broadway This Fall
James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale will return to Broadway this summer in the revival of the play Art. The production marks the first revival of the play, written by Yasmina Reza and translated by Christopher Hampton, which follows three longtime friends who launch into a debate about art after one of them purchases a large, expensive and completely white painting. The play, directed by Scott Ellis, is slated to run at Broadway's Music Box starting Aug. 28, with an opening night Sept. 16. More from The Hollywood Reporter Tom Hanks Will Star in Off-Broadway Play This Fall Broadway Box Office: 'Redwood' Ends Run With Momentum, Clooney Stays on Top Four-Time Tony Nominee Jonathan Groff on Eight-Year Journey to Become Bobby Darin and Spitting While Singing Quirk: "Nothing I Can Do About It" The production is slated to play a 17-week limited engagement through Dec. 21, 2025. The play first ran on Broadway in 1998 starring Alan Alda, Victor Garber and Alfred Molina, who won a Tony Award for best actor. This marks the first return to Broadway for Corden since he starred in One Man, Two Guvnors in 2012 and won a Tony Award for best leading actor in a play. The former late night host has also appeared onstage in The History Boys and most recently was in the West End play The Constituent in 2024. He also appeared in several musical films, Into the Woods, Cats, The Prom and Cinderella. Harris, known for his role in How I Met Your Mother, won a Tony Award for his starring role in the 2014 revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, in addition to numerous other stage roles, including most recently in the play Shit Meet Fan and in Assassins on Broadway in 2004. Cannavale has starred on Broadway in The Lifespan of a Fact, The Motherf**ker with the Hat and Mauritius among other roles, in addition to appearing in films such as The Irishman, Ezra and I, Tonya. The production is produced by Michael Shulman of Sand & Snow Entertainment, ATG Productions and Gavin Kalin Productions. 'On behalf of my partners Adam Speers, Gavin Kalin, and myself, we are thrilled to be producing the first-ever Broadway revival of this iconic Tony-Award winning play with three iconic, award-winning actors, Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris, under the helm of the legendary Scott Ellis,' Shulman said. 'Ever since I first saw the original production, it has been etched into my mind as a hysterical and moving portrayal of friendship, compromise, and the power of art to change perspectives.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter From 'Lady in the Lake' to 'It Ends With Us': 29 New and Upcoming Book Adaptations in 2024 Meet the Superstars Who Glam Up Hollywood's A-List Rosie O'Donnell on Ellen, Madonna, Trump and 40 Years in the Queer Spotlight
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Broadway Sees Highest Grossing Season on Record
Broadway's 2024-2025 season grossed $1.89 billion across all productions, marking the highest season on record and a recovery from the pandemic. The gross totals are up 23 percent from last season, and, significantly, the numbers also come in above Broadway's 2018-2019 season, which had held the record for $1.83 billion in gross revenue and had been the benchmark against which Broadway was measuring its post-pandemic recovery. Broadway first overtook the 2018-2019 season grosses in early May. More from The Hollywood Reporter Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit, Nicholas Christopher to Lead Broadway Revival of 'Chess' James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale to Star on Broadway This Fall Broadway Box Office: 'Redwood' Ends Run With Momentum, Clooney Stays on Top In the prior two seasons, Broadway grossed $1.54 billion and $1.58 billion respectively. The 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 seasons were both shortened due to the pandemic. The 2024-2025 season began May 20, 2024 and ended May 25, 2025. Attendance for the 2024-2025 season came in at 14.66 million, below the 14.77 million from the 2018-2019 season, suggesting that increased ticket prices played a part in the higher grosses this past season. Average ticket prices were up 3 percent from last season and up 4 percent from the 2018-2019 season. While Broadway League president Jason Laks celebrated the grosses achievement, he also underlined the trend. 'As we look to next season, we have to be sober about the challenges Broadway faces. We can't be satisfied with 2019's definition of success anymore. With rising costs hitting every facet of production, it is becoming harder and harder to bring live theatre to the stage. Shows today have an ever-shorter window to get on their feet. The investment that fuels Broadway is something we can't ever take for granted,' Laks said in a statement. Among the high earners this season, Good Night, and Good Luck yet again broke its own record for highest weekly gross for a play on Broadway, bringing in $4.2 million last week and playing to more than 100 percent capacity at the Winter Garden Theater. The average ticket price for the play was $337.59. The play is currently scheduled to end its run June 8. The next highest earners last week were Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, with $3.3 million and the highest average ticket price of $398, and Glengarry Glen Ross, starring Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr, which earned $2.7 million across a nine-performance week. Wicked and The Lion King rounded out the top five, with $2.3 million and $2 million respectively. Overall, Broadway grosses were up 7 percent over the prior week, as the industry races toward the June 9 Tony Awards ceremony and as many shows, including several best musical nominees Death Becomes Her (up $229,324) Maybe Happy Ending (up $87,044), Dead Outlaw (up $62,530) and more saw boosts in their grosses over the prior week. Call Me Izzy, a one-woman show starring Jean Smart, also joined the boards last week, playing two previews at Studio 54 and playing to 94 percent capacity. Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
Vogue
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue
An Alexander McQueen Show Will Open New York Fashion Week—Well, Kind Of…
House of McQueen has apparently been a decade in the making. Lazes, who's best known for a film documentary about the boxer Lennox Lewis, admits the script has been through 26 drafts. If nailing the story has proved time consuming, even more will ride on the casting. As of today, a PR rep reports that it's still in 'the negotiation stage.' (According to IMDb, The Queen of Fashion doesn't yet have its McQueen either.) Though the cast of House of McQueen has not yet been confirmed, there are stars behind the scenes. Production designer Jason Ardizzone-West, whose recent and upcoming credits include Idina Menzel's Redwood and Lady Gaga's 2025 Lollapalooza staging, is responsible for the set design. 'His work spans the kind of performance theater Lee was so great in,' adds Lazes. Capturing the theatricality of McQueen's shows and his mercurial personality are both essential for Lazes and co; conjuring the exacting brilliance of his clothes will be the responsibility of Kaye Voyce, who won an Obie Award presented for sustained excellence in costume design in 2016. Kering, the parent company of McQueen, which removed the founder's first name from its advertising last year, not long after creative director Sean McGirr arrived, has not been involved in the project, though adjacent to the theater some archival pieces by the designer, on loan from anonymous donors, will be on display. Less than a month after the New York premiere of House of McQueen, a sister project of sorts will open in Los Angeles. 'Provocateur' is an immersive experience that, using technologies such as holography and projection mapping, will showcase key moments in McQueen's life, 'from his childhood bedroom to school at Central Saint Martins to his first job in a tailor shop,' says Lazes. Perhaps most tempting to this audience will be a virtual experience created in collaboration with DRESSX that will allow viewers to 'try on' pieces from McQueen's Horn of Plenty and No.9 collections. 'As a creative, it's really about wowing people and using technology that I feel Lee would have been excited by,' says Gary. Those who knew him, or know his work well, are more likely to be curious about those 26 House of McQueen drafts. 'Every time we do a reading, the actors get so emotional about it,' says Lazes, 'and as we go into dress rehearsals it's going to continue to evolve until we get to the final product. So, I think it's a little over the top, yes, but Lee was over teh top, right? And it's got to be great. If it's not great, then we failed our mission.'
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AG files complaint against personal training firm at NH gyms alleging 'unfair' contracts
The Attorney General's Office has filed a civil complaint against a company offering personal training services in health clubs across New Hampshire, claiming it locks customers into annual contracts with 'large monthly payments' that are hard to cancel — a violation of New Hampshire law. The civil complaint was filed Wednesday in Merrimack Superior Court against Granite Personal Training Inc. — operating in New Hampshire as Redwood Personal Training — alleging unfair or deceptive acts or practices in violation of the New Hampshire Consumer Protection Act, RSA 358-A, and the Health Club statute, RSA 358-I. The Health Club statute includes several consumer protections like mandatory disclosures, cancellation rights and refunds for customers with prepaid health club contracts. Redwood offers personal training services out of 'The Zoo Health Club' locations in New Hampshire, including Concord, Derry, Epping, Manchester, Nashua and Hooksett. The complaint alleges Redwood's business model is 'to lock consumers into annual contracts with large monthly payments.' 'Redwood makes it extremely difficult for a customer to cancel a health club contract and discourages consumers from canceling contracts with an expensive early termination fee,' the complaint says. 'Redwood delays canceling contracts, through their own lack of responsiveness and adequate staff. Redwood keeps customers in their contracts until they agree to pay the expensive termination fee. By delaying the cancellation of contracts, Redwood continues to charge monthly fees that it is not entitled to.' Attempts to reach corporate representatives of Redwood for comment Wednesday were unsuccessful. Court documents show Walter Watson handles all customer cancellations in New Hampshire and other states for Redwood. He is physically located in Georgia. According to court documents, Redwood offers two types of prepaid contracts for personal training services – monthly installments, or full annual amount. 'Customers are often unaware they are signing an annual contract, and only believe it is a monthly commitment,' the complaint alleges. The average value of each Redwood contract canceled in New Hampshire between Jan. 1, 2022, through March 2024 was over $2,500, with only 10 of the 135 canceled contracts under $1,000 (the highest was for $8,400). Customers are required to pay an early termination fee — 18% of the total contract price or $299, whichever is greater. 'Redwood continues to charge monthly dues after a customer has provided their written notice of cancellation to Redwood,' the complaint says. 'Redwood does not track when a cancellation notice is received. After payment of the early termination fee, Redwood waits an additional thirty days before cancelling the contract. Redwood does not disclose in its contract that the thirty-day notice does not start until payment of the early termination fee.' The complaint details the experience of Alfred DiPrima, who signed a contract with Redwood in May 2022 for five personal training sessions a week, with monthly payments set at $700. According to court paperwork, Diprima paid $1,449 upon signing the contract. After notifying Redwood through its website on Oct. 16, 2022, that he wanted to cancel, he agreed to pay an early termination fee of $1,512 to cancel the contract, court paperwork shows. 'Redwood continued to delay processing the early termination fee,' the complaint alleges. 'In doing so, Redwood made the account past due for November 2022 and required another $700 to be paid before processing the early termination fee and cancelling the contract. Mr. DiPrima never received a refund for any unused prepaid services.' According to the complaint, Redwood identified 135 customers in New Hampshire that 'effectively cancelled their contract, but only because they paid the early termination fee.' 'It is unclear how many customers were illegally told they were unable to cancel their contract without payment of the early termination fee,' the complaint says. 'Of those 135 customers who cancelled their contract, only four were issued a refund for an undisclosed amount and reason.' Under state law, New Hampshire consumers have the right to cancel prepaid health contracts, be relieved of all further obligations under the contracts, and can receive refunds for unused prepaid services if the aggregate value of the contract exceeds $1,000. In the complaint, the state is seeking permanent relief enjoining Redwood Personal Training from violating the Consumer Protection Act, the Health Club statute, and from operating as a health club in New Hampshire. The state is also seeking restitution for affected customers, civil penalties, and attorney's fees, and a preliminary injunction seeking similar relief. Anyone who has tried to cancel a contract with Redwood Personal Training is being asked to file a consumer complaint with the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau at:
ITV News
14-05-2025
- Business
- ITV News
Reading FC takeover completed after Rob Couhig buys club
The takeover of Reading Football Club by former Wycombe Wanderers owner Rob Couhig has been completed. The sale, which has received EFL clearance, completed very early on Wednesday morning (14 May) and includes the Select Car Leasing Stadium and Bearwood Park Training Ground. In a statement on the club's website, a spokesperson said: "The Club are pleased to announce that Redwood Holdings Limited – a subsidiary company of Dogwood LLC, owned by Rob Couhig and Todd Trosclair of New Orleans, Louisiana – has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shareholding in Reading Football Club. "Both Couhig and Trosclair will join the club's board with immediate effect, with Rob Couhig being named as Chairman. "Rob is an investor, lawyer and entrepreneur who is the former owner of Wycombe Wanderers Football Club and the New Orleans Zephyrs – his hometown baseball team. Todd is the owner of All Star Electric, one of the largest and most respected electrical contractors on the USA's Gulf Coast, and a successful investor within the real estate and hospitality sector. He is also the founder of the All Star Foundation which contributes to various charitable initiatives. "Redwood is ambitious and dedicated towards the club returning to its rightful place within the English football pyramid, while adhering to clear principles of honesty , transparency, and financial sustainability. Further communication from Redwood will follow in due course." The ownership under former Reading owner Dai Yongge, who took over the club in 2017, has been fraught with financial difficulties leading to transfer embargoes, points deductions and fan protests. Reacting to the announcement, the group 'Sell Before We Dai' which was formed to try to get rid of Yongge, said: "We are incredibly relieved and happy that Reading Football Club are finally under new ownership. It's a day which we thought, at times, may never happen. "In the eight years of the Dai Yongge era, every single element of our club went backwards. The first team were relegated, the women's team were essentially folded and staff were made redundant as every operational element of the club was cut back to the bare bones. Those who remained were forced to work with tight budgets and under immense pressure. Sometimes they weren't even sure if they'd be paid at the end of the month. "Today is a day for celebration and that starts by welcoming Rob Couhig. Thank you for not giving up on us, thank you for saving our 153-year-old club from oblivion. "While Wycombe Wanderers owner, the Bearwood fiasco saw him come into direct conflict with our powerful, passionate fanbase, culminating in the training ground remaining under Reading's control (we imagine he's quite grateful for that now!). Rumours of his views on both the academy – the jewel in our crown – and women's team have also left some fans unsettled. "However, the training ground issue is now in the past and Couhig should now be judged by his actions as our owner, not by rumours which arose while he was trying to buy the club. "Some of these actions are already plain to see. The takeover process has been tortuous and – at times – ill-tempered. We know several bidders came and went, but Couhig remained, and for that alone we are incredibly grateful. He was determined, dogged and incredibly savvy. Having someone with those qualities in your club's corner can only be a good thing and it is also worth stating that Wycombe Wanderers fans say he left them in a better place. "There is also evidence of the 'soft skills' that football fans want to see from their clubs' owners. A willingness to engage with supporters, a desire to be present, visible and accountable to local media and, of course, to have a few drinks in the Purple Turtle. "Reading fans are now excited to hear in an open forum from Couhig about his plans. Our gratitude is immeasurable but cannot be unconditional. We are under no illusions that steps will need to be taken to undo the damage Dai has done to this football club, but we hope Couhig runs Reading transparently, prudently, in collaboration with Reading fans and with regard for the club's identity."
