Two weeks after the closing of her play “Clyde’s,” Lynn Nottage has opened a new jukebox musical about a star who needs no introduction. Penned by the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, “Mj The Musical” features three dozen of Michael Jackson’s songs in a dramatization of the rehearsals for his blockbuster “Dangerous” world tour in 1992. The show also features flashbacks to Jackson’s beginnings in The Jackson 5 and his formative years.
“Mj” stars Broadway newcomer Myles Frost as the late sensation, while Walter Russell III and Christian Wilson alternate the role of Little Michael and Tavon Olds-Sample tackles the years in between. Christopher Wheeldon directs and choreographs the production, which also credits Rich + Tone Talauega with those singular Michael Jackson moves.
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“Mj” stars Broadway newcomer Myles Frost as the late sensation, while Walter Russell III and Christian Wilson alternate the role of Little Michael and Tavon Olds-Sample tackles the years in between. Christopher Wheeldon directs and choreographs the production, which also credits Rich + Tone Talauega with those singular Michael Jackson moves.
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Critics were overwhelmingly mixed on the musical on both its creative merits and its handling of...
- 2/3/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Broadway’s ongoing, twice-annual 2-for-1 ticket special seems to have help stave off what might otherwise have been a more precipitous drop in attendance last week as box office receipts dropped about 9 percent to $15,038,225.
Paid attendance of 139,584 for the week ending Jan. 30 was off by about 8% from the previous week, roughly in keeping with the fewer number of productions.
In all, the total attendance of 139,584 indicates that about 74% of available seats were filled. Average ticket price was stayed at a modest $108, same as the previous week.
The Broadway Week 2-for-1 sales promotion, despite sticking with its traditional title, lasts throughout February.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $419,086,290, with total attendance of 3,367,472 at about 80% of capacity.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact impact of the Omicron pandemic and audience...
Paid attendance of 139,584 for the week ending Jan. 30 was off by about 8% from the previous week, roughly in keeping with the fewer number of productions.
In all, the total attendance of 139,584 indicates that about 74% of available seats were filled. Average ticket price was stayed at a modest $108, same as the previous week.
The Broadway Week 2-for-1 sales promotion, despite sticking with its traditional title, lasts throughout February.
Season to date, Broadway has grossed $419,086,290, with total attendance of 3,367,472 at about 80% of capacity.
The Broadway League is not releasing box office numbers for individual shows this season, in a break with tradition, so the exact impact of the Omicron pandemic and audience...
- 2/1/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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