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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Breaking News
‘Flashdance’ Musical Set for Broadway in August 2013
ArtsBeat Blog/NYTimes.com – by ERIK PIEPENBURG
The stage adaptation of “Flashdance,” based on the 1983 movie about a female welder-dancer, will begin performances on Broadway in Aug. 2013, the show’s producers announced on Tuesday. A theater, dates and casting are still to be announced.
A Broadway run of “Flashdance” has been in the works for several years. Following a 2010 London production, a group of veteran theater producers announced last year that the show would come to Broadway in the fall of 2012. In May of this year, however, the producer Marc Routh said the show would be pushed to spring 2013, citing a lack of available Broadway theaters this fall, and to give time for more work to be done on the show.
In an interview Mr. Routh said an August opening would give the show more attention than if it opened in the fall or spring, as most Broadway shows do.
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http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/flashdance-musical-set-for-broadway-in-august-2013/
Today’s Tweets from BBB
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FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL arrives on Broadway Summer 2013. What a feeling! • • • Broadway’s CHAPLIN star Rob McClure featured in the Bergen Record via @sharethis @ChaplinBway • • • MAMMA MIA! leading lady Judy McLane shares her Broadway GTL tips with Broadway.com. • • • Mark your calendar! The @NICEWORKBway cast album is available digitally on September 25 and on CD October 30 • • • THE COCKFIGHT PLAY offers post show talkback September 18 via @sharethis @cockfightplay • • • Congrats to @lindsayabaire on his Horton Foote Prize for GOOD PEOPLE • • • NY Post: Back to School Fall Fashions with @ANNIEOnBroadway’s @LillaCrawford and the Orphans! • • • Fabulous at 40: @BOOKOFMORMONBWY breaks the house record at the O’Neill for the 40th time. • • • AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE begins previews tonight @mtc_nyc • • • THE COCKFIGHT PLAY concludes triumphant limited run Saturday, 10/6. Only 5 more weeks. via @sharethis @cockfightplay • • • Stage preview: ‘JERSEY BOYS‘ gets under the skin – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via @pittsburghpg • • •
Facebook Moves to Wipe Out Fake ‘Likes,’ But Can’t Do Anything About Fat Fingers
adAge.com/Digital – by COTTON DELO
Facebook is planning a major effort to clean house of fraudulent “likes” on fan pages created by malware, deceived users or fake accounts created for the sole purpose of liking pages.
According to a blog post by Facebook’s security team, less than 1% of likes on pages will be affected on average, and Facebook’s ramped-up automated efforts will focus on rooting out “likes gained by malware, compromised accounts, deceived users, or purchased bulk likes.”
Facebook has built its ad business around the notion of “fans” as brand ambassadors and “likes” as currency. Its current pitch to marketers focuses on the potential of reaching friends of their fans with “sponsored stories.” So Giving brands confidence in the accuracy of their fan count is critical.
Expect the number of fans to start dropping next week when Facebook ramps up new technology to find and remove fraudulent ones. “While we have always had dedicated protections against each of these threats on Facebook, these improved systems have been specifically configured to identify and take action against suspicious likes,” the company said.
To read this article in its entirety, please click the link below
http://adage.com/article/digital/facebook-moves-wipe-fake-likes-fat-fingers/236983/
Link to Broadway Grosses for the week ending September 2, 2012:
http://playbill.com/news/article/169671-Broadway-Grosses-Aug-27—Sept-2
http://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm
Current week:
1. The Lion King – $1,721,417
2. Wicked
3. The Book of Mormon
4. Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
5. Evita
Last week:
1. The Lion King – $1,753,380
2. Wicked
3. The Book of Mormon
4. Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark
5. Once
5 Years Ago:
1. Wicked - $1,480,508
2. The Lion King
3. Jersey Boys
4. Mary Poppins
5. The Color Purple
10 Years Ago:
1. The Producers - $1,212,419
2. The Lion King
3. Mamma Mia!
4. Hairspray
5. Thoroughly Modern Millie
Opening this week:
Off Broadway
Siren’s Heart – The Actors’ Temple Theatre – Tuesday, September 4
Normalcy – Peter Jay Sharp Theatre – Wednesday, September 5
Bird in the Hand – Theatre for a New City – Wednesday, September 5
Forbidden Broadway – 47th Street Theater – Thursday, September 6
Silent – Irish Arts Center – Thursday, September 6
The Eyes of Others – New Ohio Theatre – Thursday, September 6
Train Driver – Signature Center – Sunday, September 9
Us – Lion Theatre – Sunday, September 9