county Buena Vista: Last News

Broadway seemed to be shedding a bit of winter weight last week as the industry gears up for a busy March and busier April. With two fewer shows on the roster during the week ending February 23 – gone were heavy hitters Romeo + Juliet and All In: Comedy About Love – total grosses of $27,930,129 were off 13.23% from the previous week.

A lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court seeks to strip the hit Broadway musical “The Buena Vista Social Club” of its trademarked rights to the name, The Post has learned.The suit, filed Thursday by touring company Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos & His Buena Vista Orchestra, was a counter-attack to cease-and-desist warnings by powerful music agency BMG’s label World Circuit, which licenses its “Buena Vista Social Club” trademark to the Broadway production — and wants the orchestra to drop the similar-sounding title.BMG has controlled the trademark since 1999, but the orchestra’s producers claim in the suit the that the agency used “fraud” to have it renewed in 2023.The orchestra’s suit alleges BMG used “misrepresentations” in its trademark renewal application by saying it was for “live [concert] performances” — though the Broadway show is a stage musical based on a book, or script.The show has played to full houses at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Post critic Johnny Oleksinski praised it as “practically a jumbo jet to Havana” full of “transportive and intoxicating” music.The feud, which began last year, turned into a legal mess when BMG lawyer Jonathan S.

Purpose — Cozy up to the dinner table, pass the grub, and watch the sparks fly with the Jaspers, a well-heeled Black family with political clout and lots of secrets. Phylicia Rashad directs the New York transfer of Chicago’s Steppenwolf theater production, written by one of the hottest playwrights of the moment, Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, who brought us last year’s Tony-winning Appropriate. Runs through July 6.Buena Vista Social Club — When this show made its world premiere Off-Broadway at the end of 2023, one critic declared it “an irresistible tropical vacation…a gateway and a getaway.” Based on the Grammy award-winning album, it’s set in 1950s Cuba and follows a group of young musicians who have their days in the sun until a revolution upends their lives and country.

UPDATE, with additional figures: Good Night, And Good Luck, the new play at the 1,545-seat Winter Garden Theatre co-written by and starring George Clooney in his Broadway debut, shattered the weekly box office record for a play last week by grossing $3,305,240 for just seven preview performances.

The new musical Buena Vista Social Club is now open on Broadway and a star-studded group of celebs attended the special performance!

Two hours and 10 minutes, with one intermission. At the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W 45th St.“Buena Vista Social Club,” the new musical that opened Wednesday night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, is practically a jumbo jet to Havana.So transportive are the intoxicating Cuban music and spirited dance that it’s easy to forgive the show’s rather wispy and cliched book.

Frank Rizzo Entering “Buena Vista Social Club” is like stepping into a heady world of the senses, of heightened emotions, and of passionate music and dance. The Social Club was a real place for locals in Havana in the ’50s.

No doubt about: The big guns of Broadway‘s spring season are arriving fast and furious, and boosting box office figures from receipts to ticket prices. Another newcomer – Good Night, And Good Luck, starring George Clooney, last week became the latest member of the $2 Million Club with just five previews and just weeks after Othello, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, began regularly hitting the rarefied $2 million in weekly receipts.

Othello, now in previews at Broadway‘s Barrymore Theatre and starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal had a weekly gross last week of $2,818,297, making the revival the top-grossing (eight performance) play in Broadway history.

Tatiana Siegel In late January 2024, Barbara Broccoli attended a performance of her stage musical “Buena Vista Social Club” at the Atlantic Theater in New York. The longtime James Bond producer and gatekeeper was joined by three top Amazon MGM Studios executives — Jennifer Salke, Courtenay Valenti and Julie Rapaport — for a night that also included dinner and shop talk. For months, Salke’s boss, Mike Hopkins, had spearheaded discussions with Broccoli about Bond’s future at Amazon.

The first performance of the new Broadway musical Buena Vista Social Club is happening TONIGHT and the first photos from the show have arrived.

ceded control of the James Bond franchise to Amazon.“My respect, admiration and love for Barbara and Michael remain constant and undiminished,” 56-year-old Craig, who played 007 in five films, told Variety. “I wish Michael a long, relaxing (and well deserved) retirement and whatever ventures Barbara goes on to do, I know they will be spectacular and I hope I can be part of them.”The Broccoli family, which has controlled the James Bond franchise since 1962’s “Dr. No,” stunned Hollywood this week when they announced they’d be stepping away from making the superspy films.

Broadway‘s 2024-2025 season has gotten off to a rather extraordinarily fine start, from the wildly popular and hysterically funny Oh, Mary! to the fabulous splash of Death Becomes Her and the wonderful left-field sleeper Maybe Happy Ending. There have been a few clunkers — looking at you, Tammy Faye — but if the spring season holds the ratio, theatergoers have much to look forward to.

Jalen Hurts went to Disney World for a celebratory visit after winning the 2025 Super Bowl!

EXCLUSIVE: Montreal and Madrid-based international sales and distribution company Pink Parrot Media (PPM) has acquired worldwide rights for two new projects, Laniakea Pictures’ live-action teen action comedy Graduation Heist and the animated flick Ultraduck from Arcana Studio. 

Tara Rubin Casting, one of the busiest casting agencies on Broadway, is changing its name to The TRC Company as Rubin hands over leadership to casting associates Claire Burke, Kevin Metzger-Timson, Xavier Rubiano and Peter Van Dam.

Latitude 2025 line-up, including Air, Kaiser Chiefs, Reggie Watts and more.This year’s instalment will see the festival return to Henham Park in Suffolk between July 24 and July 27. Back in October, organisers confirmed the first three headliners for the main stage – Sting, Snow Patrol and Fatboy Slim.

Khruangbin have announced a North American headline tour for 2025 – you can find all the details below.The Houston psychedelic rock trio will hit the road this spring in support of their fourth studio album ‘A La Sala’, which was released last year.Kicking off in Grand Prairie, Texas on April 9, the forthcoming trek also includes shows in the band’s home city on April 12, as well as stops in Miami, Austin, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Denver, Boston and Portland.The new headline concerts are accompanied by some previously confirmed festival appearances, such as BottleRock in Napa Valley and Buena Vista Lake’s Lightning In A Bottle.Support at Khruangbin’s own gigs will come from Helado Negro and John Carroll Kirby at select dates.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time this Friday (January 17) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Find pre-sale information on Ticketmaster.A post shared by Khruangbin (@khruangbin)APRIL09 – Texas Trust CU Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TX12 – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, The Woodlands, TX15 – Firefly Distillery, Charleston, SC16 – The St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL18 – The BayCare Sound, Clearwater, FL19 – FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park, Miami, FL22 – Moody Amphitheater, Austin, TX23 – Moody Amphitheater, Austin, TX MAY 18 – Wonderfront Festival, San Diego, CA21 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA22 – Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA23-25 – BottleRock Festival, Napa Valley, CA24 – Lightning In A Bottle Festival, Buena Vista Lake, CA27 – WAMU Theater, Seattle, WA28 – Hayden Holmes Amphitheater, Bend, OR29 – Outlaw Field at Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise, ID31 – The Outside Festival, Denver, CO JUNE 20 – Mountain Jam Festival, Highmount, NY21 –

Naman Ramachandran Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) is mounting “Wim Wenders – King of the Road – The India Tour,” marking the German filmmaker’s first visit to India at age 79. The retrospective, organized with the Wim Wenders Foundation and Goethe-Institut Mumbai, will showcase 18 of his works across five cities from Feb. 5-23.

Chris Evans celebrated the holidays at the most magical place on Earth, and he showed off his Captain America strength while there.

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard have announced a new orchestral tour, and have released a new single ‘Phantom Island’.Last night (October 29), the Australian band took to social media to announce their upcoming ‘Phantom Island’ tour, which is set to take place in 2025. The majority of the tour will include a full orchestra with conductor and music director Sarah Hicks and city-specific orchestras, while some concerts are being billed as “good ol rock n roll shows”.The tour will be in support of the band’s upcoming album, which has yet to receive a title.