EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Leisure has secured North American, United Kingdom, and Eire distribution rights to Broadway Rising, Amy Rice’s documentary chronicling the reopening of Broadway after the 2020 Covid pandemic shutdown.
With Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita amongst its producers, Broadway Rising charts the trade’s journey again to the stage after going darkish on March 12, 2020, and in addition examines your complete monetary ecosystem that helps New York theater, together with a whole bunch of restaurant homeowners and employees, costume homes, designers and extra.
“Broadway Rising is an inspirational movie recounting the Broadway neighborhood’s resilience depicting the highs and lows of its comeback, and New York’s comeback by extension as the 2 are so intertwined,” stated Vertical’s SVP of Acquisitions Tony Piantedosi.
Rice’s credit embrace HBO’s By the Folks: The Election of Barack Obama and The Newsroom.
Along with Ferguson, a Tony winner for Take Me Dwelling, and Mikita (beneath their A Child Named Beckett Productions), Broadway Rising is produced by Sam Bisbee of Park Photos, Christopher Cowen of Station 10, and Amy Rice, in affiliation with World of Ha and XTR. The movie’s govt producers are Hallee Adelman, Ivy Herman, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord, Cody Ryder, Wendy Neu, Peter Kelman, Bryn Mooser, Justin Lacob, Andy Hsieh and Franklin Carson. Danielle Massie serves as Co-Producer and Eric Nelsen and Sainty Nelsen function Co-Govt Producers.
The deal was negotiated by Tony Piantedosi on behalf of Vertical Leisure, whereas WME and CAA Media Finance negotiated on behalf of the filmmakers.
