Jun 30
Elaine Stritch
John Lahr
When Elaine Stritch opened her Tony award winning “Elaine Stritch At Liberty” in 2000, she did so with help from theatre critic and author John Lahr, best known for his essays, reviews and reportage at The New Yorker magazine. Lahr received a “reconstructed by” credit in the Playbill for Stritch’s show when it opened on Broadway after an initial run at the Public Theater.
According to the complaint filed in the Manhattan Supreme Court, Lahr is entitled to a royalty from each production of the show, including special engagements, but Ms. Stritch has allegedly failed to make payments in accordance with their agreement.
John Lahr is the son of actor Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in the 1938 MGM motion picture, The Wizard of Oz
(Hat tip to Susan Grace’s Gracenotes blog)
Jun 08
Congratulations to the Broadway League, The American Theatre Wing, and to all of our friends, clients and colleagues who were nominated and/or took home Tony Awards last night!
What a show. Host Neil Patrick Harris was terrific, and the musical numbers were just right.
Jun 03
As predicted by commenters to my post last week, the Texas House of Reps has defeated parts of a a Senate bill that would have required that lighting designers be licensed.
Jun 03
Entertainment Law Update Podcast
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Episode 2 of the Entertainment Law Update Podcast, hosted by yours truly, along with Tamera Bennett is now online .
In this episode, Tamera and I round up the latest entertainment law news, including:
- Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Entertainment Lawyer of the Year
- Pres. Obama’s nominee for Supreme Court
- Copyright Office Backlogs
- Constitutional issues with the Register of Copyrights
- Sports Leagues losing ground against Fantasy Sports purveyors
- Brainard v. Vassar’s useful discussion of “Access” in copyright infringement analysis
- Warner Music’s DMCA Takedown of Lawrence Lessig video
- Woody Allen and American Apparel settle right of publicity case
- Steinbeck heirs lose bid for Supreme Court review
- SAG settles claims arising from 2007-08 WGA strike
- Tanenbaum’s fair use argument in RIAA case.
CLE Credit for attorneys who listen to the podcast is pending approval in California and Texas. Attorneys from other states should check the rules for out-of-state programs. We’ll add more States as demand arises.
