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While reminiscing about Grand Hotel's 30th anniversary, I of course got to thinking about one of its great stars, Jane Krakowski. Whenever I hear her name attached to any project, my ears pe…
This month we give thanks for an ensemblist with seven Broadway shows (and three national tours) under his dance belt. His career spans classic shows, both revivals and modern, and he's work…
Review of the Sunday, November 10, 2019 matinee at Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia. With Joshua Buscher, Zeke Edmonds, Adena Ershow, Samantha Marisol Gershman, Jeff Gorti, Ben Gunders…
Following 31 previews which began on October 16, 1989, Grand Hotel: The Musical opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre 30 years ago today.Like most of you, I call many shows my "fa…
Looks like Jagged Little Pill is the talk of the town these days. So, you ought to know that we are gearing up for the first of two Broadway Heat rounds in our quest to name the sh…
Let me start off this week's Friday 5 with an apology. I'm sorry that I forgot to give the answers to the last Broadway Costumes Quiz under last week's Friday 5! Those answers are below this…
Congratulations to the entire company of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical on your opening night! Special congratulations to the following 10 cast members who are making their official Broadw…
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Ms. Broadway November 2019Â joins a growing list of actresses taking on the role of iconic singer. Like Stephanie and Ana and others before her, Adrienne Warren has the daunting task of cr…
Over the past year, we've taken a look at several shows that were not our favorites, but did win the Tony for Best Musical. A long while ago, we looked back at the 2011-2012, when the Tony w…
Hello! We thought we'd do something a little different in celebrating Mr. Broadway (and thanks to Janet V from Boston - are you drowsy? - for the suggestion!). This month, we are taking a…
Seems like most of us have a love/hate relationship with jukebox musicals. For every one that works, there seems to be two or three that don't. There is one sub-genre I pretty much love thou…
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, THEATER FANS!
At any given time, Broadway is full of monsters - and I'm not talking about mean directors, cheap producers or screaming divas. Over the years, the Rialto ha…
Six years ago, we named Stephanie J. Block as Ms. Broadway November 2013. At the time, she was starring in off-Broadway's Little Miss Sunshine. Between now and then, she's kept pretty busy w…
It's always great to catch up with old friends! After seven and a half years, I finally caught up with a very busy friend of this site, Alex Wyse. Last week we got the ball rolling by chatti…
The turnout for last week's vote was excellent - thank you, as always, dear readers! Your votes cut the cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical by half, and now the 14 cast members are up f…
Two weeks ago, we launched a new quiz that you seemed to love, so here's another Friday 5Â quiz with 5 more iconic Broadway costumes. All you need to do is name the show and the character …
The 1993 and 1994 were two of my favorite years, on- and off-Broadway. Easily the best of the off-Broadway things I saw then was Hello Again the now well-known musical version of La Ronde…
Sometimes simple is best. Simply the best, you might say. If you are a Tina Turner fan, you might have giggled at that last sentence. But it remains true. Simple can also be elegant, and …
I am so thrilled to bring you this interview with long-time friend of this site, Alex Wyse. One of the great pleasures of the privilege of years of seeing New York theater is discovering an …
For decades, the subject of Broadway's latest bio-musical, has been one of the hottest, greatest performers off all-time. So it only seems to make sense that that musical's cast gets the JKT…
With this week's opening of The Lightning Thief, we though we'd take a Friday 5Â look five of our favorite (and not so favorite) shows based on other young adult/children's novels. How man…
The Peter Pan story resonates with me much like Harry Potter resonates with the generations after mine (for the record, I love Harry Potter). And the Peter Pan story has come in many forms, …
Congratulations to the entire company of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical on the opening of your show tonight on Broadway. Here's to a successful run!We'd like to send sp…
The good news is that the entire original cast of The History Boys was in the wonderful film version of this Olivier and Tony Award-winning play by Alan Bennett. The bad news is that I mi…
