I love theatrical successes. And I really love it when it happens to completely deserving projects and artists.
Michael Urie (of Broadway and "Ugly Betty" fame) has had a big success with his new play "Buyer & Cellar" off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre where the production has recouped it's initial investment of $500,000 in only 9 weeks!
Urie stars in the the play as a struggling actor who goes to work for Barbra Streisand.
From the New York Times:
Few Off Broadway shows ever turn a profit, and even fewer do it this quickly. But “Buyer & Cellar” received strong reviews last spring in its first production at the 99-seat Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, then transferred to its current 199-seat house in late June. The show recouped in late August, according to the lead producer, Darren Bagert, and has grossed more than $1 million at Barrow Street, which has a strong track record of profitability.
Mr. Urie is set to perform “Buyer & Cellar” next year in Los Angeles and Chicago, the producers said, and talks are under way for productions in San Francisco, Toronto, and Dallas.
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