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Last week, we are started a NEW tournament, but with a twist. We have combed the archives for over 100 outstanding show logos from revivals, but YOU will be determining which of those will m…
BROADWAY GAMES:Â REBUSES
Below are rebuses (rebi?) that form the titles of shows. Good luck!
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Over the years, I've seen 11 shows at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, and they ran the gamut from cringe-worthy to worthy favorite. I've also had the opportunity to sit in pretty much every locat…
Together, you've selected the best Broadway Musical Logos of the past 50 years through our 64-team bracket tournaments. (Thank you for playing along!) But what about all of those spectacular…
Broadway Games:
Musicals That Were Plays First
Part One: Can you match the musical with the play on which it was based?
1. Wonderful Town           …
I had the distinct privilege of seeing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches on Broadway at a matinee during New York Pride. The Walter Kerr Theatre was packed, and the place had a hum…
At This Performance:
Matthew James Thomas in
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Given Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark's injury record and notoriously difficult preview period, it should not have b…
 This Week in Broadway History:
June 22 - 28
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June 22, 1976: One of the most produced and beloved musicals of all time, Godspell, debuted on B…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Andrew Lloyd Webber sure is making headlines these days! Not only is he opening a new show, Cinderella, but he took on the U.K. government as well. Before it was all over, we thought we migh…
Today, we begin a new series, Best Songs From Best Scores, in which we take a look at the numbers from a season's Best Original Score Tony nominees. Of course, "best" is in the eye ear of…
This Week in Broadway History:
June 15 - 21
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June 15, 1995:Â One of the 90s most interesting and underrated musicals, Chronicle of a Death Foretold…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
BROADWAY GAMES:
The Colors of Pride
To celebrate Pride, today's game is a rainbow of fun. Can you name which show each snippet of a logo is from? There's one for each color on the Pride …
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to a lot of really awe-inspiring set pieces. The 80s alone were a treasure trove - flying chandeliers, helicopters and a giant levitating tire, to na…
One of my favorite things as a theater fan is looking at show photos. They are all truly art. These days, if you look at the credit under the picture, you'll likely see names like Joan Marcu…
This Week in Broadway History:
June 8 - 14
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 June 10, 1982: Transferring from off-Broadway, Torch Song Trilogy  opened at The Little Theat…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Broadway Game:
Logo Legs!
Broadway is surely known for its jazz hands and its dancin' feet. But between those hands and feet are legs! And Broadway knows a thing or two about gams, too! Kic…
I've often written about my experience seeing my first Broadway show, the 1983 revival of Mame at the Gershwin. But I also have a vivid memory of that day before we even sat down for the …
This Week in Broadway History:
June 1 - 7
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 June 1, 1971: Good grief! You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a smash hit off-Broadway, opened at the G…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Broadway Games:True or False
1. TRUE or FALSE: The 74th Tony Awards, airing on September 26th, will be the first to air the ceremony on two different networks.
2. TRUE or FALSE: Once Upo…
Back in April, Mike wrote an article about his favorite performance of the role of St. Jimmy in his favorite musical, American Idiot (HERE). Today, he shares his thoughts on one performer wh…
 One That Got Away:
Footloose
(1998)
In the late 1990's I was in the middle of my "theater snob" period, and I missed a lot of fun shows. One of those is the subject of this month's One …