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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Jeffery E. Sagansky: That's Entertainment
start a network from scratch?" In a stellar career that has also included stints running several movie studios and a national theater chain (as well as leading the initial U.S. rollout of Sony's PlayStation), Sagansky has always had his... View Details
- 12 Jan 2016
- News
American Ballet Theater Names Kara Medoff Barnett Executive Director
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
own,” she says. After nine months, Qarnain landed a job at AOL—and simultaneously launched her acting career. She booked her first professional theater job in the summer of 2003, appearing in numerous government training videos... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
- 18 Jul 2023
- News
The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)
What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
like Gone with the Wind, a theater owner simply had to screen the movie for people to line up around the block. Today, with movies showing at multiple times and locations, to say nothing of the dizzying array of View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Roll the Credits
the ratings system, to challenge government boards that censored Hollywood content” (USA Today, March 24, 2004). In those days, the movies were the country’s undisputed entertainment choice; today, by contrast, there is an “onslaught of... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- News
Show Time
the first MBA student to give birth while at HBS and then go on to complete her degree. At the Entertainment & Media Club’s annual conference a couple of weeks ago, keynoter Gerry Lopez (MBA ’84), CEO and president of AMC Theatres, stated... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The State of Play
variety of immersive experiences, they do share one through line: multisensory engagement. From a theater perspective, Sleep No More has been encouraging audiences to get up from their seats and join the theatrics—literally chasing actors... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Center Stage
Center Stage HBS alumni with close ties to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City gathered in Starr Theater in late July for a special event to celebrate the eight-year collaboration between the School and the center.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
A Bankable Trust
has performed in theater productions, at weddings and parties, and, for the last five years, in a gospel choir. "It's important to have balance in one's life," she observed. That balance also includes community service — Harris serves on... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Feedback
percent. Screen Saver Re: AMC Theatres’ quest for a third place Very interesting story of what brick-and-mortar can do to compete in a tough video entertainment market. The puzzle is if this is a strategy of building better mousetraps or... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
¡Vamos al Cine!
Heyman: hitting 317 screens. As a student at HBS, movie buff Matthew Heyman (MBA '93) used to ask classmates what the theaters were like in their hometowns. When two classmates from Mexico City told him the View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)
First love: Performing. “I spent pretty much every weekend from the age of five singing, acting, and dancing at the local theater school.” Take a bow: “My dad is originally from Zambia. Back in the day he bought rudimentary music software and laid down guitar tracks... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jeff Baron
talks about religion and sexual orientation, but it directly translates to other areas of diversity,” says Baron. He is now putting the finishing touches on Mr. and Mrs. G., a play he anticipates will be coming soon to a theater near you.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Joe Toplyn (MBA 1979)
on comedy writing at the People’s Improv Theater in addition to writing for Monk, a USA Network weekly comedy-mystery series. Toplyn and his wife, Sherry, are the parents of two teenage sons. As an undergrad, I worked on the Harvard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
veteran of the company. “It’s a matter of thinking about how to take all of this wonderful entertainment and news programming and make it available to different consumers at different price points. That’s an endlessly challenging puzzle.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment; Arts, Entertainment
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage
play’s director (and Harvard College alumna), Diane Paulus, the Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University. HBSWANY co-vice president of programming, Kathy Murray (AMP 112, 1993) moderated the talk... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
the airline JetBlue, for example: It has no meals and no round-trip airfares, but it does have leather seats and personal entertainment centers that delight and surprise its passengers. JetBlue’s unique combination of features is what... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
who volunteers to teach dance in the New York City public schools. “I want to make movies that are entertaining and commercially successful but also have the potential to change someone’s outlook on life and make a difference in a good... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
scenes on the fly. The movie hit theaters in November, just in time for the awards season—but the real sense of urgency came from the drive to tell a story of First Amendment rights that felt particularly relevant in a highly polarized... View Details