What Could Be The Hottest Show On Broadway Still Lacks Star Power

Michael Riedel, New York Post: Entertainment
Thu, 08/16/2018 - 3:35pm

Without a star above the title, it’s hard for a new American play to get to Broadway. That’s the number-one gripe that producers, agents, investors and actors have about the business. Yes, the nonprofits will do a show with a non-starry cast. But even they’d prefer to have someone like Armie Hammer (“Straight White Men,”...

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