Bright Lights, Big Changes

“Broadway is a commercial institution. It has nothing whatsoever to do with pretentious artistic notions. It’s there for one purpose, and one purpose alone— to make money.” So begins the comments by the successful Broadway and television producer Alexander Cohen made just before his recent death—his thoughts on the state of Broadway today. “The theatre is too much in transition [these days]. It’s static; treading water, so to speak. I’m only interested in keeping my current shows open as lo...