What’s old is new again. Or at least prime for a reboot of some sort. Playbill.com is reporting that Family Ties, the sitcom that turned Michael J. Fox into a household name, is being turned into a stage play. Araca Group, the production company behind such well known plays as Wicked and Book of Mormon, will lead the project. They’ve already signed on Kleban Award winner Daniel Goldstein to write the script. The Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning sitcom, which ran on NBC from 1982-89, centers on former hippies (Michael Gross, Meredith Baxter) and their experiences raising their family in suburbia. Fox played their son Alex, a young Republican. Justine Batemen and Tina Yothers were cast as the two daughters. Later in the show’s run, the family had another child, Andrew (Brian Bonsall). “Family Ties is a timeless comedy featuring a close-knit American family with vastly differing interests and politics,...
- 9/12/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
Daryl Roth Productions (Drp) is already known for a wide range of stellar productions, including seven Pulitzer Prize and six Tony winners. On Oct. 8, Drp announced they will be forming a new division to facilitate licensing their titles and productions to professional and amateur theaters around the world as well as film, online and television. Longtime Disney executive Michael Barra has been tapped as the senior vice president of Daryl Roth Theatrical Licensing. “I am very proud of our amazing catalog, and look forward to working proactively with the existing licensing companies to have our shows seen by wider audiences,” Daryl Roth (pictured) said in a statement. “In the future, we hope to include titles from other production companies,” she continued. Barra previously launched and ran the Strategic Operational Initiatives group for Walt Disney Pictures, and also established and led the Business Development and Franchise Management functions for the company...
- 10/9/2012
- backstage.com
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