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Broadway Games:
The 2023-2024 Season Musicals (To Date...)Â
Broadway hasn't seen this busy a musical season in many years. As of today, the 2023-2024 season will have seen 13 new musical…
ReDISCoveries: Kiss of the Spider Woman
(1994 Broadway Cast Recording): Part One
Jeff has kindly invited me to revisit and review some of the older cast recordings in my collection. Every ot…
40 Years of Broadway:
The Contest Entry Form
Now is the time to enter our contest!Â
Beginning today, and for the rest of the week, we will be collecting your answers, and we will dr…
Broadway Games: Name That Theater!Â
These are the 15 longest-running shows in Broadway history. The originals ran for years (except Chicago and Oh! Calcutta!), but can you name the theate…
40 Years of Broadway:
The Worst Shows
Well, at last, we have come to the end of our celebration of four wonderful decades of seeing Broadway shows. Today will be the final article in thi…
40 Years of Broadway:
The Culture Shifters
Over the past 40 Years, I've seen dozens of huge hits come and go. Really big hits. They run for what feels like forever. In fact, nine of the t…
40 Years of Broadway: Big Trends:
Does Size Matter?
It seems fitting that the two current longest-running shows on Broadway are Chicago and The Lion King, when considering the trends we a…
40 Years of Broadway: Big Trends:Â
The Rise of the Jukebox MusicalÂ
Historically, musical revues and follies type show were once the bread and butter of Broadway. They were what we'd …
Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1990s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …
 40 Years of Broadway:
Creative Influencers: 21 Choreographers
When crafting a new musical (and, increasingly, a new play), it is not just a director who guides and shapes a show, but i…
ReDISCoveries: The Woman in White
(Original Cast Recording, Disc Two)
Jeff has kindly invited me to revisit and review some of the older cast recordings in my collection. Every other week …
 40 Years of Broadway:Creative Influencers: 40 Directors
A great director can make or break a show. Directors of both plays and musicals have to have remarkable imagination and creativ…
40 Years of Broadway:
Creative Influencers: 35 Composers & Lyricists
Over the past 40 years, I was able to be there to witness many of the later works of Golden Age composers and lyri…
 40 Years of Broadway:
Creative Influencers: 21 Playwrights
Even with my somewhat limited exposure to plays over the past 40 years, I've enjoyed the works of a wide range of playwrights…
 40 Years of Broadway: 2013 - 2023:Top Flops, Revivals and New Shows
When you see my list of my Top 10 favorite Broadway shows from August 20, 2013 - August 19, 2023, you'll probably …
40 Years of Broadway: 2013-2023:
Favorite Songs & Scores
Continuing with that third decade (August 20, 2013 - August 19, 2023), I've been thinking of my favorite songs and scores from …
 40 Years of Broadway: 2003-2013:The Standout Performances
Over the years, I've had the great privilege of seeing some of the greatest performers in Broadway history. Some I've caught …
Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1980s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …
ReDISCoveries: The Woman in White
(Original Cast Recording, Disc One)
Jeff has kindly invited me to revisit and review some of the older cast recordings in my collection. Every other week or…
40 Years of Broadway: By Request:
Differences of OpinionÂ
Before we started our celebration I asked you to make suggestions of the kinds of things we should post about. You had a lot of…
40 Years of Broadway:
Creative Influencers: The Designers
I've been so fortunate to see some of the greatest stage designs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of the master in…
 40 Years of Broadway: Big Trends
The Mega Musical Era
I came upon the Broadway scene as the Mega Musical Era was just ramping up. While Evita was a harbinger for things to come a f…
40 Years of Broadway: 1993 - 2003:
Top Flops, Revivals and New Shows
When you see my list of my Top 10 favorite Broadway shows from August 20, 2003 - August 19, 2013, you'll probably be m…
40 Years of Broadway: 2003-2013:
Favorite Songs & Scores
Continuing with that third decade (August 20, 2003 - August 19, 2013), I've been thinking of my favorite songs and scores from …
40 Years of Broadway: 2003-2013:The Standout Performances
Over the years, I've had the great privilege of seeing some of the greatest performers in Broadway history. Some I've caught at th…
