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Review of the matinee performance on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at the Booth Theatre in New York City. Starring Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells, Charlie Carver, Robin …
HOT: (adj) on Broadway: fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.It's Gettin' the Band Back Together time! This week, we are going to narrow it down to The Fina…
Broadway history is full of great writing teams - Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Menken and Ashman, Pasek and Paul - all great, all with seminal works. But there is one pair whos…
Jelani Alladin may have only one Broadway credit to his name so far, but I'm confident he's going to be a fixture (unless TV and the movies steal him away). He's already garnering crit…
How could I leave these guys out? Their hit revival closes on Sunday, August 11, 2018.Congratulations on a great Broadway debut, a great, profitable run!The Boys in the BandOpening Night: Th…
HOT: (adj) on Broadway: fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.Last week, we announced the winner of BROADWAY HEAT: Head Over Heels (HERE). All than…
Review of the Saturday matinee preview performance on July 14, 2018 at The Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston, MA. Starring Karen Olivo, Aaron Tveit, Danny Burstein, Sahr Ngaujah, Tam Mutu, …
Part of the excitement of seeing a Broadway show for me happens before they even scan my ticket. And with bag checks now, I have even more time to savor this moment. I'm talking, of course, …
Head Over HeelsOpening Night: Thursday, July 26, 2018The Hudson TheatreCongratulations to the following cast members making their Broadway debut tonight!Left: Brian Flores (Standby)Right:&nb…
I can't remember a summer with so many Broadway openings like there are this year. Two plays and three musicals. Three new musicals! That's almost half of the new musicals of the e…
THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND ofBROADWAY HEAT: HEAD OVER HEELS starts TODAY! GREAT NEWS! Whether or not you voted in any of the prior rounds, you CAN STILL VOTE!&…
Starting this season, a recurring feature of the blog will be the celebration of an acting milestone - the Broadway Debut! First up, a play by a playwright who is making her Broadway debut!S…
THE FRIDAY 5:5 MUSICALS ABOUT REAL-LIFE PEOPLESo, last week's Friday 5 got me to thinking. Actually, including Hands on a Hardbody, got me to thinking... about musicals that are about …
I was looking through my Playbill collection yesterday, and I thought it might be cool to take a look back at some of my favorites as a Throwback Thursday feature. So here's my fir…
Just last week, I lambasted Gettin' the Band Back Together for using a red/white/black combo logo - particularly when so many shows are currently using the same color combination for th…
In honor of the Divine Miss M's return to her Tony-winning role tonight, I offer my views on the cast recording she headlines. I had the great fortune of seeing the original revival ca…
THE FINAL 4 ROUND of BROADWAY HEAT: HEAD OVER HEELS starts TODAY! GREAT NEWS! Whether or not you voted in the first two rounds, you CAN STILL VOTE!&nb…
The much-anticipated (and much-chatted about) Broadway-bound musical Moulin Rouge! began previews this week, and I'm going on Saturday! I'm super excited! And it got me thinking ab…
If you know me or read the blog with any regularity, you know that I LOVE show logos. Not only is it advertising, but it is art as well. Fortunately, there are more hits than misses logo-wis…
Earlier this week, SpongeBob SquarePants announced a closing date of September 16. That's 10 weeks from now. As with any show closing announcement, I'm always intrigued by t…
As many of you know, I love finding trends in a Broadway season. From actual trends like the proliferation of jukebox musicals and the "American Idol-ization" of musicals to fun "coincidence…
THE BIG 8 ROUND of BROADWAY HEAT: HEAD OVER HEELS starts TODAY! GREAT NEWS! Whether or not you voted in the first two rounds, you can still vote in this round! AND&n…
She's one of my favorite performers of all time. Like many people of my generation, I was first introduced to her by TV's Eight Is Enough, and was shocked to hear her gorgeous voice belting …
If you follow Twitter and/or Instagram, or if you are a young Broadway "stan," you probably know that Anastasia star Christy Altomare is a beloved presence at the stage door. I do…
Nothing else currently on Broadway both honors our country's history and speaks to the ugly state of the Union today than Hamilton. Resist and revolt. It's how we were born, and it's how we …
