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#121 Qwerty

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Posted 29 September 2009 - 02:42 AM


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#122 RJJB

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Posted 29 September 2009 - 05:23 AM

BFD.

#123 Bryce (003)

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Posted 29 September 2009 - 02:10 PM

Right on guys!

It may not be "headline news", but people's lack of respect when it comes to their cell phones (especially texting) drive me nuts. What, your life or twittering ('scuse me "Tweeting" ) is so bloody important that you can't have a meal with a friend or take in a play without getting on your damn phone? Personally, I think it's like a pacifier for those that are insecure or suffer from ADD. Either seek therapy or just stay at home and text all day. If you go out, ideally it's either business or pleasure or for travel.

Every mobile has either a mute or vibrate mode and unless you're a physician on call or law enforcement, you've can turn the damn thing off to have few hours at a play or the movies. If your profession is so damn important, then you don't have TIME to go out anyway. B)

Also, as the minimum price for any tickets to this show (if there are any left by now) start at nearly $200 for the "cheap" seats, regardless of my view of the stage, I'd turn the damn thing off.

Rock on Hugh and Dan. Way to go on whoever this wanker was. :tdown:

#124 zencat

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Posted 29 September 2009 - 04:42 PM

Seeing the footage, I think it was a bit primadonnish of Jackman. I like how Craig didn't do anything.

But I guess it doesn't hurt to throw the fear of God into people to turn off their cellphones.

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Posted 29 September 2009 - 04:53 PM

I'm surprised the two actors weren't More fear-of-god inducing.

This stuff really annoys me; I don't think it is bad over here as I hear it to be in the States. But since UK TV is now getting all these bloody ridiculous In Programme Pointers (Programme adverts within an actual programme itself) like the States has had for some time now, I daresay we will all be flicking about in auditoriums too. Why can't one just enjoy the present, the here and now without having to be constantly reminded and forced into worrying about the future and whatever it is we may be missing?

Utterly painful.

#126 The Dove

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Posted 29 September 2009 - 06:53 PM

I can only imagine what would have happened if Christian Bale was on stage and the cell phone interrupted his performance..another Terminator Salvation blow up perhaps?? LOL :tdown:

This happened to Laurence Fishburne a few years ago when he was in a play and broke character and told the audience to "Turn off your B)ing phone!!"

Seriously some people are so stupid to leave their cell phones on during a performance..sheesh!

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Posted 29 September 2009 - 09:27 PM

Seeing the footage, I think it was a bit primadonnish of Jackman.


I just think he wasn't! The headlines seems to suggest that, when in fact Jackman kept in character and basically incorporated the incident into the play. That's why the audience was responding so positively. Sorry, to me both actors showed tremendous professionalism. I respect them even more than before ... if that's even possible! B)

#128 Qwerty

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Posted 30 September 2009 - 02:30 AM


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#129 David_M

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Posted 05 October 2009 - 01:40 PM

Wall Street Journal theater critic Terry Teachout had some very nice things to say about the play, and singled out Craig's performance as the best part of the whole production:

Serious Entertainment, Chicago-Style

#130 Germanlady

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Posted 05 October 2009 - 05:20 PM

This is pretty much a summary of what the general opinion is. Good for DC to show over there what he is capable of doing. Oprah won´t forget his name again.

#131 danslittlefinger

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 03:19 PM

http://www.bloomberg...id=agphWepmG9i4
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Why would Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, two of the planet’s biggest film stars, spend the fall on Broadway in Keith Huff’s modest two-hander, “A Steady Rain”?

Eight times a week, they spend 85 minutes mostly sitting on chairs, legs akimbo, verbally sparring in the gruff lingo of a police procedural.

Movie stars come to Broadway for various reasons, money rarely among them. More typically, they want to jump-start a sagging career, gain the respect of peers or just fill the down time between seasons.

For a bona fide star like Julia Roberts or Nicole Kidman, both of whom have done Broadway plays in recent seasons, even a paycheck that can easily top $75,000 per week pales next to their multimillion dollar movie salaries.

So how are James Bond and Wolverine doing?


For their work in the 12-week run of “A Steady Rain,” Craig and Jackman stand to earn about $1.5 million each, plus living expenses (I’m guessing they’re not bunking down at the Econo Lodge).

Last week the show sold $1.239 million worth of tickets, besting the blockbuster musical “Jersey Boys” by almost $80,000. Only three shows, all musicals running in much larger theaters, took in more. “A Steady Rain” further proved its box-office mettle with the highest average per-ticket cost, $146.93, of any show, musicals included.

Broadway Record

It holds the record for highest single-week ticket sales of any non-musical in Broadway history, despite the fact that many critics struggled to find anything good to say about the play itself. Such nitpicking is of little concern to the producers.

“It goes without saying that the show will make a substantial profit,” said Fred Zollo, the lead producer, who confirmed my figures. “Our investors are people who take pleasure in the theater and, yes, they want to make a profit.”

They will.

The work of a Broadway newcomer, “A Steady Rain” is the somewhat maudlin he-said, he-said tale of lifelong, Chicago-born friends and partners in crime-fighting who have, as Yogi Berra might say, come to a fork in the road and taken it.

A one-act, two-character melodrama with meaty roles in which actors can shine is hard to resist, not only for the stars but for the producers as well: Expenses, beyond the salaries, are minimal.

Holiday Gift

Those weekly figures are likely to increase during the holiday season, when more customers are willing to pay premium prices in the secondary market for the sold-out run.

Jackman keeps quiet about his film earnings, but more is known about Craig. According to published figures, he earns about $12 million per Bond film.

In June 2008, during the grueling six-month shoot of “Quantum of Solace,” he sliced off a significant part of a finger. While busy leaping from buildings, beds and boats, he also cut his face badly enough to require eight stitches.

At the Schoenfeld Theatre, he doesn’t even have to change costumes, let alone location (or bandages).

Craig and Jackman are paid 10 percent of the “Steady Rain” box office. So last week, they earned about $120,000 each (or $7,500 an hour). :tdown:

Their deals are not substantially different from other top stars, such as Roberts, who appeared in Broadway’s last wet drama, “Three Days of Rain.” They’re the reason people line up for tickets. It can even be argued that when people can’t get into those shows, they will settle for others, a good thing for the entire industry.

Running Costs

Where does the rest of that $1.2 million go? About $72,000, or 6 percent, to the landlord, which is the Shubert Organization. Weekly running costs of about $250,000 cover stagehands, ushers, box office personnel, general management, overhead and the like.

That leaves $638,000 for the 10 producers (among them the Shuberts, so their take is actually substantially more than the rent check) and participants in the profit pool, which includes Huff, along with the director and designers.

Cost of the physical production was negligible: The set consists of two kitchen chairs under a pair of suspended lights and a now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t Windy City backdrop. “The Phantom of the Opera” it is not.

Good for Business

Highly paid stars are nothing new: A few blocks from the Schoenfeld is a revival of “The Royal Family,” a 1927 comedy about the Barrymores, who lived very high indeed on the Broadway hog. I share Zollo’s conviction that the more variety on Broadway, the better for business.

As “A Steady Rain” shows, however, Broadway doesn’t even have to stand in Hollywood’s shadow as income generator. The boxoffice tally for musicals like “Cats” and “Phantom” is in the billions -- that’s not a misprint -- and counting.

Still, the odds of scoring a blockbuster, which is the holy grail of both realms, is about the same on either coast, which is to say not good. “Steady Rain” hit the trifecta.

The play may end up on the big screen as well. Zollo’s wife, Barbara Broccoli, is another of the show’s producers. More significantly, she is also the co-producer, with her half- brother, Michael G. Wilson, of the Bond movies, a franchise begun by their father, Albert “Cubby” Broccoli. They plan to turn “A Steady Rain” into a film vehicle for Craig and Jackman.


Everybody wins -- and no one loses a finger.
(That's what I like to hear B) :tdown: )

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Posted 05 November 2009 - 04:10 AM


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Posted 19 November 2009 - 04:29 AM


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Sunday, 6 December at Manhattan's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre


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Posted 19 November 2009 - 01:54 PM


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I hope they will do the play in London as well - couldn´t travel all the way to NY this year.

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Posted 26 November 2009 - 03:42 AM


Actors raise $7,000 by selling the vests off their backs at A Steady Rain performance


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Posted 26 November 2009 - 05:51 PM

I was there last nite...Daniel and Hugh were hilarious after the show

and the show was too brilliant for words...those two are excellent


actually, when they were doing the bidding, two people were stuck at 6500, so I was under the impression that both of the actors would sign both shirts for 6500 each...at least that's what it sounded like to me, but Qwerty may have more reliable facts...either way it was a good bit of entrepreneurship by Craig and Jackman

Edited by rogermoore007, 26 November 2009 - 05:53 PM.


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Posted 09 December 2009 - 02:31 AM

http://news.yahoo.co...AMxMjYwMzIzMjk5

Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig Are Fundraising Champs

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Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are film stars, acclaimed stage actors and, now, the top fundraising team in the history of the annual Gypsy of the Year competition.

The duo, who co-starred in the recent Broadway hit A Steady Rain, were presented with the All-Time Top Fundraising Award at the Dec. 8 Gypsy competition, held this year at the Palace Theatre. In fact, Jackman and Craig raised a whopping $1,549,952 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. (The 21st annual competition brought in an all-time record total of $4,630,695.)

Just how did the dynamic duo manage this feat? What follows are just a few of their fundraising methods:

Autographed posters for $300 apiece; signed Playbills for $60 each.

Jackman and Craig's T-shirts, which were worn during the show, fetched anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 nightly.

Backstage photographs with any audience member willing to make a $2,000 donation to BC/EFA. There were as many as ten people a night posing with the stars.

Bucket collections in the lobby of the theatre.

The all-time high for one performance, it should be noted, was $64,850. At that Dec. 3 performance, three autographed t-shirts sold for $12,000 each.

Helping Jackman and Craig raise this extraordinary amount were stage managers Michael Passaro and Pat Sosnow as well as the crew, dressers, security, front-of-house personnel and stage door men.

In a statement Tom Viola, executive director of BC/EFA, said, "Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are extraordinary men. Their goodwill and outstanding generosity of time and energy will be the stuff of legend."

A Steady Rain marked the Broadway debut of Craig, known as the latest James Bond in the famed film series. In London he has worked with the Royal National Theatre (Angels in America), the Peter Hall Company at the Old Vic (Hurlyburly), and he was nominated for a 2002 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Number at the Royal Court Theatre. His film credits include "Defiance," "Quantum of Solace," "Flashbacks of a Fool," "The Golden Compass," "The Invasion," "Casino Royale," "Infamous" and "Renaissance," among others.

Jackman, who was recently seen on screen in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," earned a Tony Award for his work in the Broadway musical The Boy From Oz. He is also known for his film roles in the "X-Men" trilogy, "Someone Like You," "Swordfish," "Kate and Leopold," "Van Helsing" and the recent "The Fountain" and "Happy Feet" (in voice). His stage credits also include Trevor Nunn's staging of Oklahoma! at Britain's National Theatre and award-winning work in productions of Sunset Boulevard and Beauty and the Beast in his homeland.

BC/EFA is the nation's leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes and other critical illnesses across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $170 million dollars for critically needed services for people with AIDS and other serious illnesses. BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors Fund - including The AIDS Initiative, The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, The Dancers' Resource and three supportive housing residences.

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Posted 09 December 2009 - 04:37 AM


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#139 dinovelvet

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Posted 22 July 2011 - 11:58 PM

Spielberg might be directing A Steady Rain movie adaptation? He and DC are getting quite chummy, eh!

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=80084

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 12:06 AM

Spielberg might be directing A Steady Rain movie adaptation? He and DC are getting quite chummy, eh!

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=80084

Munich, Tintin, Steady Rain, ... The man just has to have Bond right? :D