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...turned into a pair of sold-out Lincoln Center concerts and a PBS television special. Sunday in the Park will reach PBS next week. Sweeney Todd (1979) has received the ultimate musical-theater accolade: being scheduled by the New York City Opera. Many of Sondheim's shows failed to recoup their investment the first time around. But unlike most songs in the genre, Sondheim's have the staying power to rebound to eventual success...
...president Sally H. Zeckhauser claimed that the rent cuts were done by a formula which did not take into account the real operating costs of the three buildings, which house all 169 units. "We are hoping to recoup all of that, plus some," said Zeckhauser...
...only explanation for the sitcom's resurgence. Half-hour comedies are becoming more attractive to the networks because of a dispute with Hollywood producers over the rising costs of hour-long action- adventure shows. Network payments do not fully cover the cost of making these series; production companies recoup their money by selling the reruns later in syndication. But hour series are not doing well on the rerun market, and some major studios are threatening to bow out of making them unless the networks pick up more of the cost...
Louisa Solano, owner of the Grolier, said she did not lobby for this added business and has yet to recoup her initial investment in spring book orders...
...hard times, The National Lampoon decided to cut the subscriptions from discount sources like the Publisher's Clearinghouse, which are less profitable for the magazine. After the cut, paid subscriptions are now down to 300,000, but National Lampoon editor-in-chief Matty Simmons said the magazine hopes to recoup the lost subscriptions through newsstand sales, which generate the highest profit...