This Week on Broadway for September 21, 2009 -- Money Makes the World Go Round


The Barry Humphries Brinks truck is backing up to Broadway again, ready for another load of cash.


We got into a conversation about the NHL (National Hockey League) and The Stanley Cup (?)


http://www.playbill.com/news/article/133024
Kenneth Lonergan's The Starry Messenger gets a top notch cast


Florida State University Theater Program


Emmy nominations for Tisch School of the Arts Alumn
http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html


Matthew Broderick


Margo Lion has been appointed to serve on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/132960


http://www.philly.com/inquirer/front_page/20090920_Arts_community_shocked_by_new_tax_burden.html
Arts community shocked by new tax burden by Stephan Salisbury


Will this financial stress cause the failure of arts organizations?


Paper Mill Playhouse has one less production this year.


Theater company benefits and fundraisers


Broadway Cares song performed by Leslie Uggams at Easter Bonnet


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aApYUo.cUl4I
Broadway League’s Charlotte St. Martin Earned $340,000 in 2008 by Philip Boroff


Benefit for Food for Thought, lunchtime theater, 10 years old.


http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/econ_nonprofit_loss_rCnQF4K8WijgAzJsR5xsbM
Econ 101: nonprofit & loss by Michael Riedel
Voices of the meltdown B'way sleeps as Brit writer tackles crisis


How British fund the arts throught the national lottery
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/goodcausesandwinners/wherethemoneygoes.ftl


Can we fund the arts in a similar way here? Broadway Dream scratch off ticket? Golden ticket gets you a walk on!


BC/EFA Flea Market this weekend


MCC (Manhattan Class Company)
http://www.mcctheater.org/


The Drama Department


Douglas Carter Beane
http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/douglas_carter_beane


http://www.txstate.edu/news/news_releases/news_archive/2009/04/MusicalTheatre041509.html
Kaitlin Hopkins named Head of Musical Theatre at Texas State University


We all loved Bat Boy


http://www.playbill.com/news/article/133027
Playbill Magazine celebrates its 125th anniversary


How many Playbills do you have?
Peter: 5,000 (approximate)
Matthew: 2,000 (approximate)


Peter saves ticket stubs in cookie tins... or on a ROYGBIV collage.


Sell your Playbills on eBay! A 401k for us theater goers.


Music:
Money from Cabaret: The New Broadway Cast Recording (1998 Broadway Revival)
And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) from Evita OBC

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