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In what has generally been a nightmare scenario for Broadway, one of the first bright spots of the pandemic has been the news that the new musical Diana was being filmed for a Netflix rel…
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things start…
Who doesn't love a word search? How about one that is all about Broadway? It's the best of both worlds this week, readers! True, it covers this crazy past season, but still... Standard rules…
One of my post-COVID goals is to see Jordan Fisher perform live. I've been a fan of this multi-talented guy since his Disney Channel days, and more recently during is championship-winning ru…
Over the past weeks, we've taken a look at the long and starry road the Musical of the Month, Grease has taken. The original production made stars, the 1994 revival made stars and celebra…
We love it when we hear from you, especially when you come up with some great ideas that add to the Broadway discourse. Well, following our list of favorite flops of the past decade, and aga…
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Over the summer, you really embraced our very first bracket, the 1980s Broadway Musical Logo Tournament. Ultimat…
Can you figure out how these shows connect to each other in order? Are they connected by an actor? A director? The theater they played in? Or something else altogether? Remember, you are fig…
We have been fans of this month's Standing @ Zero hero since his days in the off-Broadway revival of Bare. Since then, his career has really taken off, with regional theater credits inclu…
The long running revival of the Musical of the Month, Grease! (1994Â - 1998) was a neon-colored hyper fantasy version of the original. It was a crazy spectacle, and it was a lot of fun. Wh…
Review of Broadway Misfires: Three Decades of Broadway Musical Heartbreak by Mark A. Robinson and Thomas S. Hischak. BookBaby, Publishers. © 2020. 757 pages, including sections of prod…
We are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and d…
Congratulations, reader! You made it to Friday! Now, here's a little diversion to help satisfy your hunger for Broadway. Which came first? (The answers to last week's game are below, too.)
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Given that it'll be quite awhile before we get any new Broadway Cast Recordings, I thought we might try something a little different today, and take a look back at a classic, Mame. Instea…
Both of the Broadway revivals of Grease relied heavily on stunt casting as their runs progressed. Not so with the original production, which featured a relative novice original cast and s…
As we continue to wait for Broadway to reopen, at least one show is being proactive. As you are no doubt aware, Diana has taken the bold and unusual step of doing a professionally shot fi…
We are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and d…
Game day, Broadway fans! This week, you will be figuring out the title of a famous show tune. All you have to do is figure out the words below based on the clues. The letters that fit in the…
I loved the movie version of Deathtrap the minute I saw it, especially during that one scene that included such a surprise that people in the theater screamed. Okay, I screamed, too. Anyw…
When September's Musical of the Month was born, it was in a small, experimental theater in Chicago. It had none of the songs in it that we enjoy today, and the script was decidedly les…
If for no other reasons than it'll be something to look forward to and it is an attempt at normalcy, we are excited about the recent announcement that the 2020 Tony Awards will be taking pla…
We are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and d…
A few weeks ago, we tried out some Trivial Pursuit: Broadway Edition. The feedback was awesome, and we got several requests to play some more. Your wish is our command! Enjoy!
How many we…
Of the current Plastics over at Mean Girls, Krystina Alabado has the most seasoned and lengthy resumé. That's no slight to the other actresses, of course, but they are in good company. S…
This week, we end our Musical of the Month series on the off-Broadway show Floyd Collins. Specifically, I'll be sharing a few thoughts on the score (music and lyrics) by Adam Guettel.
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