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Posted: 10/26/05 at 2:36pm
Playbill.com states:
"The money man behind the new musical In My Life, which recently opened at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, has been revealed.
Many in the theatre believed that composer Joseph Brooks — who penned the international hit "You Light Up My Life" — had put his own money into the musical. That, however, is not the case. Although Brooks penned both In My Life's score and book and also directed the production, he did invest in the musical.
The musical's producer, according to the New York Post, is Fred Whittemore, a former executive at Morgan Stanley. The New York daily said Whittemore decided to keep his name out of the Playbill — which lists producers as Watch Hill Productions and TBF Music Corp. — because he did not want to be bombarded by other shows seeking backers."
But then it goes on to say:
"Whittemore has also invested in Broadway mountings of Guys and Dolls, The Who's Tommy, The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun and Chicago."
If he has invested in other shows...why on earth would he not want people to know he has money to invest. I could understand if this was his first venture into producing for theatre, but his fifth?
There's something he's not saying here...and it's pretty obvious.
"The money man behind the new musical In My Life, which recently opened at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, has been revealed.
Many in the theatre believed that composer Joseph Brooks — who penned the international hit "You Light Up My Life" — had put his own money into the musical. That, however, is not the case. Although Brooks penned both In My Life's score and book and also directed the production, he did invest in the musical.
The musical's producer, according to the New York Post, is Fred Whittemore, a former executive at Morgan Stanley. The New York daily said Whittemore decided to keep his name out of the Playbill — which lists producers as Watch Hill Productions and TBF Music Corp. — because he did not want to be bombarded by other shows seeking backers."
But then it goes on to say:
"Whittemore has also invested in Broadway mountings of Guys and Dolls, The Who's Tommy, The Music Man, Annie Get Your Gun and Chicago."
If he has invested in other shows...why on earth would he not want people to know he has money to invest. I could understand if this was his first venture into producing for theatre, but his fifth?
There's something he's not saying here...and it's pretty obvious.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
Updated On: 10/26/05 at 02:36 PM
