by Deborah Wilker | Jun 29, 2017 | Articles, Featured, Reviews, Stage
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | 2:10 PM PDT 6/29/2017 By DEBORAH WILKER As Barry Marder tells it, the veteran stand-up comic was “mindlessly eating Fritos” one night when he spotted an interesting offer on the side of the bag: “Got a problem? Write to us...
by Deborah Wilker | Jun 28, 2017 | Articles, Biz, Featured, Music
BILLBOARD | July 1, 2017 WHTZ New York’s Mark Medina Leads 2017’s Top Pop Radio Programmers 1. Mark Medina, 42 Program Director, WHTZ-FM New York In a year when music streaming services have grown faster than ever, WHTZ (Z100) New York’s Mark Medina...
by Deborah Wilker | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured, Music, Reviews
BILLBOARD | Thurs. June 22, 2017 By DEBORAH WILKER LOS ANGELES — After more than 50 years onstage, Roger Waters could certainly be taking an easy victory lap — if he wanted to. But the Pink Floyd co-founder, visual visionary and creator of one of the most...
by Deborah Wilker | May 1, 2017 | Articles, Biz, Featured, Music
BILLBOARD | June 17, 2017 By DEBORAH WILKER Which North American venues had the most successful (and wackiest) promotions during the past year? The annual Event & Arena Marketing Conference, set in Tulsa, Okla., June 14-17, will salute outstanding efforts in...
by Deborah Wilker | Apr 28, 2017 | Articles, Featured, Reviews, Stage, TV and Film
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | 2:09 PM PDT 6/15/2017 By DEBORAH WILKER “Imagine rolling the dice 6,000 times.” That’s the central conceit — and probably the most telling line — in Constellations, playwright Nick Payne’s two-character study in ‘what ifs.’ The show,...
by Deborah Wilker | Mar 14, 2017 | Articles, Biz, Featured, Music, TV and Film
BILLBOARD | Fri March 10, 2017 By Deborah Wilker Samsung is out. Spotify, Fader Fort, Bud Light and others have scaled back. And South by Southwest’s most exclusive afterparty, the Illmore, is no more. With around 350 sponsored events set for Austin, Texas, in coming...
by Deborah Wilker | Feb 27, 2017 | Articles, Biz, Featured, Interviews, Music, Reviews, Stage, The '90s, TV and Film
MTV Unplugged was a revelation when it debuted in 1989, an ongoing example of the network’s former cultural significance and early innovation. It was also a telling barometer: Who could actually play? Who should stay plugged in? The show’s influence was...
by Deborah Wilker | Feb 23, 2017 | Articles, Biz, Featured, Interviews, Music
BILLBOARD | Thursday Feb. 9, 2017 9:21 a.m. EST By Billboard Staff 1. Daniel Ek, Chairman/CEO, Spotify 2. Lucian Grainge, Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Group 3. Michael Rapino, President/CEO, Live Nation Entertainment 4. Eddy Cue, Senior vp Internet and software...
by Deborah Wilker | Feb 23, 2017 | Articles, Featured, Reviews, Stage
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | Theater Review | Wed Feb. 22, 2017 4:54pm PST By DEBORAH WILKER When Finding Neverland opened on Broadway in 2015 after a famously troubled incubation and took a critical hammering, the initial box-office receipts seemed to reflect a...
by Deborah Wilker | Feb 17, 2017 | Articles, Biz, Featured, Interviews, Music
ABC NEWS | Nov. 17, 2000 By DEBORAH WILKER MIAMI BEACH — That new Ricky Martin song? It doesn’t quite mean what you might think it means. At least that’s the word from one of the songwriters of “She Bangs,” the first single from Martin’s...
