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In September 2022, after 78 years, Performing Arts Insider took its final bow.
Much gratitude to the subscribers, readers, press/publicity people, theater companies, producers, and well-wishers who helped make it such a wonderful publication.

For 78 years Performing Arts Insider
was the leading source of information
about the performing arts in New York City and around the country.
 
Each hardcopy issue of PAI included day-by-day calendar listings and comprehensive theater guides of shows ON BROADWAY, OFF & OFF-OFF-BROADWAY, plus DANCE, OPERA, CABARET, AWARDS & SPECIAL EVENTS!
 
Turn to PAI for all the creative, technical and box-office details for every show on the stages of New York.
Plus: contact information for producers, press agents, general managers and casting directors. Not only that, PAI offers rumors on upcoming big shows, annual season previews, and other special, useful and enjoyable features.

Sample Issue Cover:
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 **** See the bottom of this page for sample listings and content -- just as they appear in every issue of Performing Arts Insider!

PAI's editor-in-chief, Dave Lefkowitz (left), is the founder of TotalTheater.com and former managing editor of Playbill.com. Co-publisher Richmond Shepard (right) has been a respected producer, director, performer and theater owner for more than half a century. Together, they bring more than 80 years of experience covering theater from the inside - to the Insider.

  

PAI is a must for anyone working in the theater, covering the theater for print or media, or for anyone who simply loves the theater and wants the inside scoop!  But don't just take our word for it:

"Performing Arts Insider is a goldmine of information for the theater professional. I refer to it regularly." Tom Creamer, Dramaturg, Goodman Theater
"As doctors use the Physician's Desk Reference, as attorneys use Westlaw, I use my Performing Arts Insider. It's all the facts at your fingertips." Sherry Eaker, former editor-in-chief, Backstage

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Performing Arts Insider is published 21 times per year, with 12 monthly issues and 9 mid-month update issues during the busy season.
Standard annual subscription rates:  Full Season (21 issues) $310 or Monthly (12 issues) $190
Current, valid members of theatrical unions such as Equity, SAG, AFTRA, the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, American Theater Critics Association, WGA and Dramatists Guild receive a 15% discount off the above rates!
Expensive?  Yes.  But comparable to other guides - even websites - that aren't nearly as comprehensive, and for the price of a couple of theater tickets, you get a year's worth of information and enjoyment -- all for much less than $1 a day!

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Deadlines are the 1st & 16th of each month.

Performing Arts Insider is a TotalTheater publication, (c)2014

Publishers: Richmond Shepard & David Lefkowitz
Editor-in-chief: David Lefkowitz

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 SAMPLES

Curious about the content of Performing Arts Insider?

Here are sample, abridged columns (from our archives) of the type that appear in every issue of PAI.  For the current issue, send $15, check or money order, to: TotalTheater, P.O. Box 31, Greeley, CO 80632-0031.

 

GUIDE: Broadway - Current

 

SHOW & CREDITSPRODUCER / PRESSVENUEDATES
BOOK OF MORMON, THE
MUSICAL. Book & Score: Robert Lopez (lopezmarx.com), Trey Parker (Agt: WME: 212-903-1100) & Matt Stone; Dir: Trey Parker & Casey Nicholaw; Choreog: Casey Nicholaw (caseynicholaw.com; Agt: WME 212-903-1148)
Set: Scott Pask (1 Union Sq W, #711, NYC 10003. scottpask.com; Agt: Rolfe Co: 212-757-6756); Cost: Ann Roth; Light: Brian MacDevitt (c/o UMD 301-405-6643; bmacdld@ aol.com); Sound: Brian Ronan; Orch: Larry Hochman (Lh@ larryhochman.net) & Stephen Oremus.
Casting: Carrie Gardner: 231 West 39 St, #1200, NYC 10018.
Cast: Andrew Rannells, Josh Gad, Scott Barnhardt, Darlesia Campbell, Lewis Cleale, Asmeret Ghebremichael, Nikki M. James, Rory O'Malley (Agt: Gage Grp 212-541-5250), Lawrence Stallings.
Plot: Mormon missionaries find themselves in dangerous Uganda.
Notes: Parker & Stone created TV's "South Park." Lopez co-wrote Avenue Q.
AWD: 2011 NYDCC: Musical. 2011 OCC: Musical, MusActor (Gad), MusDir, Score. 2011 Tony: Musical, Book, Score, DirMus, Orch, FeatActressMus (James), SetMus, LightMus, SoundMus.
CD: Ghostlight.		PROD: Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin (850 3rd Ave, 15th Fl, NYC 10022; 212-759-6556), Roger Berlind (10 E 53 St, #3001, NYC 10022; 212-888-5220), Scott M. Delman (c/o DGZ 142 W 57 St, 3rd Fl, NYC 10019. 212-965-2379; scott.delman@ dgzcapital.com), Jean Doumanian (595 Madison Ave, 22nd Fl, NYC 10022), Roy Furman (c/o JCP, 520 Madison Ave, NYC 10022. 212-284-1700), Stephanie P. McClelland, Kevin Morris, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Productions (c/o 321 W 44 St, #703, NYC 10036. 646-695-4726; soniafriedman.com).
Exec Prod/GM: Stuart Thompson 212-768-4610
PM: Aurora Productions
PSM: Karen Moore.
PR: Boneau/Bryan-Brown (Christine Olver): 212-575-3030; colver@ bbbway.com.
GROSS: $21m (7/17/11). Recouped 11/11.
PERFS: 28p/132r (7/17/11)		Eugene O'Neill Theater [Juj]: 230 West 49 St.Prev: Feb. 24, 2011; Op: March 24, 2011; open run

 

 

Day-By-Day  - OFF & OFF-OFF-BROADWAY

 

 

DATE

SHOW

THEATER

PR

DETAILS

 

 Now

AMERICAN SONG

Flea Theater: 41 White St.

Spin Cycle 212-505-1700

Limited run

 

 Now

AVENUE Q

New World Stages: 340 W 50

Sam Rudy 212-221-8466

open run

 

 Now

AWESOME 80s PROM

Webster Hall: 125 E 11 St.

David Gersten 212-575-0263

open run

 

 Now

BACHELORS' TEA PARTY

Lady Mendl's 56 Irving Place

Emily Owens 917-408-3677

To Oct. 28

 

 Now

BAD JEWS

Roundabout - Steinberg: W 46

Boneau/BB 212-575-3030

Op Oct. 30

 

 Now

BALCONY, THE

Arclight Theater: 152 W 71 St.

Jonathan Slaff 212-924-0496

To Nov. 4


GUIDE – PRESS AGENTS

 (The following list of theatrical press agents and agencies is alphabetized by last name. Information is subject to change, and staff lists are not complete)

Boneau/Bryan‑Brown: 1501 Bway, #1314, NYC 10036. 212‑575 3030.  Staff: Chris Boneau, Adrian Bryan‑Brown, Jim Byk, Jackie Green, Juliana Hannett, Jessica Johnson, Kevin Jones, Shanna Marcus, Aaron Meier, Joe Perrotta (jperrotta@ bbbway.com), Matt Polk, Matt Ross, Heath Schwartz (hschwartz@ bbbway.com), Michael Strassheim (mstrassheim@ bbbway.com), Susanne Tighe, Erin Hinton.  (Annie, Assembled, Big Knife, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Chaplin, Cyrano, Dead Accounts, Drood, Enemy of the People, Heiress, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, Matilda, Motown, Nice Work if You, Once, Other Place, Picnic)


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RUMORS

 * DINER. Musical. Book: Barry Levinson (Agt: ICM: 310-550-4059) adapting his 1982 film; Music/Lyrics: Sheryl Crow. Dir/Choreog: Kathleen Marshall. Casting: Telsey + Co. 212-868-1260. Plot: Old high-school friends reunite for a friend’s wedding. PROD: Base Entertainment (Scott Zeiger & Brian Becker). GM: Charlotte Wilcox Co.: 1560 Bway, NYC. 212-944-6586. ADV: SPOTCo. 212-262-3355. PR: The Hartman Group: thehartmangrouppr.com. Notes: Premieres 10/23-11/18/12 at San Francisco’s Curran w/ separate Bway staging targeting April 2013. Workshop held Dec. 2011 w/ Andrew Rannells, Annaleigh Ashford & Colin Donnell. In the writing stage but eyeing out-of-town tryout in July 2012 w/ Bway in Fall 2012 (NYPOST 1/12). Chances: possible.

* FINDING NEVERLAND. Musical. Music: Scott Frankel; Lyrics: Michael Korie; Book: Allan Knee adapting his play, The Man Who Was Peter Pan. Dir/Choreog: Rob Ashford. Plot: In a writing slump, J.M. Barrie is inspired by a woman and her three children. PROD: Harvey Weinstein. Notes: Premieres 9/21/12 at UK’s Curve Theatre w/ Julian Ovenden & Rosalie Craig. Industry reading held 3/31/11 w/ Kelli O’Hara, Tony Roberts, Mary Beth Peil, Julian Ovendon, Michael Cumpsty. Knee wrote the book for Little Women. Frankel & Korie scored Grey Gardens.

 

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