‘Sleep No More’ and ‘Masquarade’ producer says he would take over shuttering ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’
There’s more than one way to skin “Cats.” The man behind the Box and “Sleep No More” says he’d like to take over the shuttering “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” — because he says that, despite Andrew Lloyd Webber’s dire warnings that Broadway is doomed, there’s plenty of viable ways to put on a big-time production in New York. I would so take that on… Broadway economics make it hard to find a new audience, and Broadway’s business structure is predicated on failing,” Randy Weiner, who’s currently producing Weber’s “Phantom of the Opera” as the immersive “Masquerade” off-Broadway tells Page Six.
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There’s more than one way to skin “Cats.” The man behind the Box and “Sleep No More” says he’d like to take over the shuttering “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” — because he says that, despite Andrew Lloyd Webber’s dire warnings that Broadway is doomed, there’s plenty of viable ways to put on a big-time production in New York. I would so take that on… Broadway economics make it hard to find a new audience, and Broadway’s business structure is predicated on failing,” Randy Weiner, who’s currently producing Weber’s “Phantom of the Opera” as the immersive “Masquerade” off-Broadway tells Page Six. Several shows are “waiting in the wings to take over the venue” after a show’s evicted, he said. The announcement of the abrupt closing of “Jellicle Ball” sent waves through the theatre community this month – especially since it garnered so much buzz and took home three Tony Awards in June.
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- There’s more than one way to skin “Cats.” The man behind the Box and “Sleep No More” says he’d like to take over the shuttering “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” — because he says that, despite Andrew Lloyd Webber’s dire warnings that Broadway is doomed, there’s plenty of viable ways to put on a big-time production in New York. I would so take that on… Broadway economics make it hard to find a new audience, and Broadway’s business structure is predicated on failing,” Randy Weiner, who’s currently producing Weber’s “Phantom of the Opera” as the immersive “Masquerade” off-Broadway tells Page Six.
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‘Sleep No More’ and ‘Masquarade’ producer says he would take over shuttering ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’
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