Industry Insight: Press Agent Switcheroo for HONEYMOON IN VEGAS

As BroadwayWorld reported last week, film producer Harvey Weinstein recently parted ways with well-known Broadway press agent Rick Miramontez on the highly anticipated upcoming musical Finding Neverland. The decision to end the relationship was made after creative differences arose during a recent planning meeting for the show, which included the musical's press agents and advertising team. On Thursday night, Mr. Weinstein revealed that among his concerns brought up at Tuesday's meeting was a lack of feature stories in prominent magazines on the show and its stars, Matthew Morrison and Kelsey Grammer, in order to boost ticket sales.

Now according to the New York Post, similar drama is going down at Broadway's Honeymoon in Vegas. Michael Riedel revealed that Miramontez's O&M will soon take over for the musical, which has been recently struggling at the box office, after press firm Boneau/Bryan-Brown resigned from the project. He writes: "It didn't take Miramontez long to recover from Harvey's lashing. This week he joined "Honeymoon in Vegas" after the veteran p.r. firm Boneau/Bryan-Brown resigned."

UPDATE: When BroadwayWorld reached out to Miramontez for a comment, he responded: "We hope the 'Honeymoon' never ends!" Boneau/Bryan-Brown had no comment.

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Honeymoon in Vegas, the new musical comedy with book by Blazing Saddles and Fletch writerAndrew Bergmanand score by three-time Tony Award-winnerJason Robert Brown, opened on January 15th at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 West 41st Street).

In addition to director Gary Griffin and choreographer Denis Jones, the creative team for Honeymoon in Vegasfeatures three-time Tony Award nominee Anna Louizos (scenic design); Emmy Award winner Brian C. Hemesath (costume design); Tony Award winner Howell Binkley (lighting design); Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer & Drama Desk Award winner Drew Levy (sound design); Tony and Grammy Award winner Don Sebesky, Larry Blank,Jason Robert Brown, Charlie Rosen (orchestrations); Tom Murray (music director); Charles G. LaPointe (hair and wig design); Kathy Fabian/Propstar (props); and Telsey + Company/Justin Huff, CSA (casting).

Honeymoon in Vegas tells the story of Jack Singer (Rob McClure), a regular guy with an extreme fear of marriage, who finally gets up the nerve to ask his girlfriend Betsy (Brynn O'Malley) to marry him. But when they head to Las Vegas to get hitched, smooth talking gambler Tommy Korman (Tony Danza), looking for a second chance at love, falls head over heels for Betsy. What happens next is anybody's bet!