By WHAV Staff |
March 10, 2021
In 2015, the then-Terri’s Place, 35 Washington St., Haverhill, temporarily became “Buddy’s Place B.B.Q. Restaurant” during the filming of “Joy.” (WHAV News photograph.)
A portion of Joy was filmed in downtown Haverhill. Here, a worker transforms a window on Washington Street. (WHAV News photograph.)
A Haverhill company that provides services to the international entertainment industry is among those urging the legislature to renew incentives to attract feature film productions to Massachusetts.
Jon Sharpe, president of United Staging and Rigging of Haverhill, was among the signers of a letter to Senate President Karen Spilka, House Speaker Ronald Mariano and other legislators. They seek to stop the expiration of the Film, Television and Streaming Production Incentive program.