[ti:Broadway Returns with New Investors, Big Plans]
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[00:00.04]Broadway, the collection of major theaters in the United States,
[00:05.96]has seen the longest shutdown in its history.
[00:11.04]It is set on proving that there is no business like show business.
[00:17.24]Hopes are high for reopening of musicals and plays starting in September.
[00:24.56]They are led by the three big musicals in the industry:
[00:29.80]“Hamilton,” “The Lion King,” and “Wicked.”
[00:35.04]These three musicals were taking in about $1 million a week
[00:41.64]before the 18-month shutdown began in March 2020.
[00:48.52]Theaters will be permitted to fill their seats to 100 percent.
[00:55.16]Actors and other crew members
[00:57.84]will be required to show proof of vaccination.
[01:02.92]Always ready for risks, Broadway producers are backing new projects
[01:09.60]even with millions of dollars in lost sales.
[01:15.68]Ken Davenport is a producer who has won Tony Awards,
[01:21.20]the highest award on Broadway,
[01:24.08]for his musicals “Kinky Boots” and “Once on This Island.”
[01:30.12]He said, “Producers produce what they’re passionate about.
[01:36.08]There’s nothing safe about what we do.
[01:39.92]If we wanted safe, we would be in investment banking,
[01:45.40]or an accountant, or a lawyer.”
[01:49.08]Davenport has six new shows in development.
[01:54.80]He said, “This is a business that favors the bold…”
[02:00.96]He believes there will be a rebirth of theater over the next five years.
[02:08.60]Starting a new Broadway musical
[02:11.80]requires an immediate investment of about $10 to $15 million.
[02:20.68]This includes wages for the cast and crew,
[02:25.04]advertising, backgrounds, and makeup.
[02:30.60]Plays – without music - generally cost less than half that number.
[02:38.36]Broadway’s hopes are still high
[02:41.00]even though important producer Scott Rudin said in April
[02:46.52]he would take a leave from the business for a while
[02:50.48]after several accusations of bullying actors and others.
[02:57.60]Rudin has apologized for his behavior.
[03:02.44]Instead, Rudin’s step back has opened the way
[03:07.36]for new investors who want big projects
[03:11.44]like bringing back musicals from the past,
[03:15.20]such as “Funny Girl” and “Dreamgirls.”
[03:19.92]Gordon Cox is a head writer on theater for Variety,
[03:24.56]which covers Broadway.
[03:27.44]He said Rudin’s step back has not left a hole.
[03:32.96]He added there are whole groups of people
[03:36.64]that now feel like they can get involved
[03:39.28]and “it seems like a cool thing to do.”
[03:43.88]Sadly, Disney musical “Frozen” is not returning.
[03:49.84]Rudin-backed 2020 renewal of “West Side Story” is not returning.
[03:57.56]And the two-part Harry Potter play is being combined into one.
[04:04.28]The Broadway League said it will not release
[04:07.68]official numbers of returns for the next few months.
[04:12.88]However, sales websites
[04:15.80]show formerly popular shows have had slow sales.
[04:21.56]Seven new plays have been announced for this fall, all by Black writers.
[04:29.32]Some are being financed by first-time Broadway investors.
[04:35.64]They include co-founder of the television network BET, Sheila Johnson,
[04:43.12]who is putting money behind the play “Thoughts of a Colored Man.”
[04:48.92]Johnson and famous cook Carla Hall are also investing in a new musical
[04:55.64]called “Grace” about Black food and cooking history.
[05:01.24]Actor Blair Underwood and former sportsperson Renee Montgomery
[05:07.16]are investing in the play “Pass Over,”
[05:10.44]a modern remake of “Waiting for Godot.”
[05:15.12]Brian Moreland is the producer of “Thoughts of a Colored Man,”
[05:20.76]opening in October.
[05:23.76]He said, “There is various new money that is coming into Broadway,
[05:29.88]and that money is extraordinarily helpful and it is also diverse money,
[05:37.40]which is also very interesting and new.”
[05:42.64]I’m Gregory Stachel. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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