Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret (1994), Oliver! (1994), Company (1995), and Gypsy (2003). He directed an original West End stage musical for the first time with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013).
For directing the play The Ferryman, Mendes was awarded the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2019.
Robert Downey Jr. Broadway Debut ‘McNeal’ Sells Out Another Week; ‘The Roommate’ Slips $122G With Two Covid-Canceled Performances
deadline.comBroadway added a couple shows and a 7% bump in receipts last week, with a roster of recent arrivals like McNeal, Yellow Face and The Roommate drawing considerable interest.
Most shows saw an uptick in box office and solid business for the week ending September 15. McNeal, starring Robert Downey Jr.
in his Broadway debut, sold out its five previews at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, grossing $954,624, while Yellow Face, the David Henry Hwang play starring Daniel Dae Kim at the Roundabout’s Todd Haimes Theatre, filled 97% of seats at the venue, taking in $148,415 for three previews. (McNeal officially opens September 30, Yellow Face on October 1.) The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, was a near sell-out at the Booth, with attendance at 97% of capacity for its opening week.
The production took a $122,322 hit at the box office though, with both Saturday performances canceled due to Farrow’s Covid absence.
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