Broadway Global is proud to announce that Tom Smedes has been selected as the 2018 Broadway Global Producer of the Year. Past winners include Catherine Schreiber 2017 - Angels in America, Pretty Woman, Play that Goes Wrong , Cathy Rigby McCoy amp Tom McCoy 2016 - McCoy-Rigby Entertainment, Michael A. Alden 2015 - Pippin, Porgy amp Bess, An American in Paris, Tom Kirdahy 2014 - Mothers amp Sons, It's only a Play, Dale Badway 2013 - Pippin amp Jordan Scott Gilbert 2012 - Ghost.
- 8/20/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Suburban theaters dominated Los Angeles’ top theater honors Nov. 3, claiming Ovation Awards for best season and both categories of best musical. On a night when the regional companies claimed some of the L.A. Stage Alliance’s top awards, it was fitting that the moveable feast was held at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, a nearly century-old venue originally constructed for the performance of the epic “Mission Play.” Orange County-based 3-D Theatricals, which won five awards out of its 15 nominations, took home the statue for best musical for its production of “Parade,” while La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, which had 24 nods, won for best season. “It reminds me of going to the Olympics,” said Cathy Rigby, a two-time Olympian whose McCoy Rigby Entertainment presents the shows at La Mirada. “It’s so subjective. We got lucky this year. We did have a great season.” La Mirada—whose producing...
- 11/4/2013
- backstage.com
As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Cathy Rigby is being sued by composer Craig Barna over the latest tour of Peter Pan. Barna's 2 million lawsuit claims that he has not been compensated for over 30 musical numbers that he contributed to the musical. Tom McCoy, of McCoy Rigby Entertainment, has responded to the lawsuit and gave BroadwayWorld the following statement regarding the situation...
- 7/23/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Cathy Rigby is being sued by composer Craig Barna over the latest tour of Peter Pan. Barna's 2 million lawsuit claims that he has not been compensated for over 30 musical numbers that he contributed to the musical. Tom McCoy, of McCoy Rigby Entertainment, has responded to the lawsuit and gave BroadwayWorld the following statement regarding the situation...
- 7/23/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Laguna Beach, CA -- What happens when three Hollywood hotshots undertake the daunting task of rewriting the script to Gone With the Wind—in only five days? Find out when The Laguna Playhouse presents the Orange County premiere of Moonlight And Magnolias, October 6 – November 1, 2009. The play is written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Andrew Barnicle.
Famed film producer David O. Selznick decides to stop the filming of Gone with the Wind three weeks into production because he wants a rewrite of the unwieldy script. He hires Ben Hecht to do the job in only five days. Only one problem: Hecht has never read the novel! So, Selznick summons Hecht and Gone With the Wind director Victor Fleming to his office and locks the door. Subsisting on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men spend five days crafting a screenplay for what will become one of the most successful films of all time.
Famed film producer David O. Selznick decides to stop the filming of Gone with the Wind three weeks into production because he wants a rewrite of the unwieldy script. He hires Ben Hecht to do the job in only five days. Only one problem: Hecht has never read the novel! So, Selznick summons Hecht and Gone With the Wind director Victor Fleming to his office and locks the door. Subsisting on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men spend five days crafting a screenplay for what will become one of the most successful films of all time.
- 11/1/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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