STICK FLY

Present Dule Hill, Mekhi Phifer, Tracie Thoms and Ruben Santiago-Hudson

***** (5 Brightstar Rating)

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Reviewed by Theatre Critics Elton R. Brewington and E. Clare Misquitta

We were amazed at this performance that surprised us at all levels. Lydia R. Diamond really delivered from Black Diaspora - an unconventional black family. Portrayal of college education, social dynamics, family relations were delivered in a witty and wonderful way.

Great performances by supporting stars Rosie Benton Condola Rashad. Original Music Alicia Keys.

David Gallo produced a scenic Martha Vineyard glamorous home on stage that complemented the costume design of smart casual black sophisticated look by Reggie Ray. Lighting Design by Beverly Emmons worked on the setting the tone and mood of the play. Excellent direction by Kenny Leon.

The play is performed at Cort Theatre 138 West 48th Street (A Shubert Organization Theatre)



The Mountaintop

One of the West End’s most celebrated productions, The Mountaintop has been ushered to Broadway by Jean Doumanian

Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions starring Academy Award-nominee Samuel L. Jackson as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Academy Award-nominee & Golden Globe-winner Angela Bassett as a motel maid, with  original music by Grammy Award-winner

Branford Marsalis and directed by Tony Award-nominee Kenn y Leon (Fences,A Raisin in the Sun). Penned by American playwright Katori Hall, The Mountaintop is a gripping reimagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., as he retires to Room 306 in the now famous Lorraine Motel in Memphis, after delivering his legendary ‘I've Been to the Mountaintop’ speech to a massive church congregation. When room-service is delivered by a young woman, whose identity we puzzle over, King is forced to confront his past, as well as his legacy to  his people. This theatrical event opened on Thursday, October 13, and is now in performance at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th  Street.) The Mountaintop received the 2010 Olivier Award for Best Play, marking the first time a female African-American playwright has received the award in its 34-year history.

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LAST SEASON AND ATTENDANCE UP 5.4% . 2010 – 2011 BROADWAY THEATRE SEASON END-OF-SEASON STATISTICS
May 31, 2011 

The Broadway League has released end-of-season statistics for the 2010 – 2011 season, which began May 24, 2010 and ended May 29, 2011. For the 2010 – 2011 season, which was a 53-week year, Broadway shows yielded $ 1,080,562,880 in grosses, and total attendances reached 12,534,595.

To account for variances in the calendar year and in an effort to maintain an end-of-May end to the season, a 53rd week is added every seven years. (The last 53-week year was 2004; next one will be 2018).

Grosses are up 5.9% from last season. Attendance is up 5.4% from the 2009– 2010 season.

As a point of reference, attendance through week 52 was 12.26 million, which was up 3.1% over last year's 52-week season. Grosses as of last week totaled $1.057 billion and were still the highest grossing of any season on record (up 3.6% over last year).

“The diversity of shows currently on Broadway succeeds in providing something for everyone, so it's no accident that we're having the biggest season in our history and even in the toughest economic times have over a 5% increase in attendance year-over-year," commented Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League. "Great seats to a season that has entertained, inspired and moved our audiences are easy to buy online, by phone, or in person at theatre box offices. Theatregoers can see a Broadway show any night of the week at various curtain times.”

2010-2011 season: 42 shows opened (14 musicals, 25 plays and 3 specials)

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Lincoln Center is comprised of 12 resident organizations: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center Theater, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, New York Philharmonic, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and the School of American Ballet.
Highlights include:
•    The economic impact of the operations of Lincoln Center’s twelve resident organizations and part-time Lincoln Center residents, American Ballet Theater and Big Apple Circus, is $1.7 billion.
•    Lincoln Center’s resident organizations employ 9,000 people including full-time, part- time and contract positions, and enroll over 2,000 students annually.
•    Lincoln Center’s $1.2B redevelopment project contributed $240 million to the New York economy each year between 2006 and 2010. Over the course of the project, Lincoln Center supported the equivalent of 1,000 additional full-time employees and paid out approximately $70 million in wages.
•    Lincoln Center welcomes 5 million visitors annually, who have an economic impact of $660 million, including $220 million spent on local restaurants, hotels, transportation and shopping.
•    Introduced for the first time in 2010, new operations including Fashion Week, the David Rubenstein Atrium and Lincoln Restaurant are on track to have an annual impact of $400 million.
•    Lincoln Center has played a significant role in the increase in property values on the Upper West Side. From 1962-2009, Lincoln Square property values increased by an average of 8% per year while the rest of Manhattan’s property values increased an average of 5% per year, representing an annual $360 million in incremental property taxes.
*Note: Overall annual economic impact was drawn from an internal business study that used internal data and industry-standard methodology, including metrics and multipliers from the Alliance for the Arts, the Bureau for Economic Analysis, and NYC government databases.



The Modern Beethoven: A Philarmonic Festival (March 1-20) The New York Philamonic will pay homage to the composer with nine shows during the Moth of March. For information

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