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I haven't seen the show yet, so I can only give my impressions based on what I see, which is probably the most honest and exactly the experience most theatre consumers should have with a new…
Ms. June 2014Jessie MuellerWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: DUH! It's been a long time coming... after a very successful career in Chicago, she made her Broadway debut (and earned her first Ton…
#1The numbers are in, and the 2013 - 2014 Broadway season showed gains in all three indicators (attendance, grosses and playing weeks) For more about the record books, click HERE.…
This may the shortest review I've ever written. Why? Because Bullets Over Broadway is as disappointing as a cast recording as it is as a show. (My review of the show HERE.) It is amazin…
Mr. June 2014Kevin AdamsWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: If it is possible to have a lighting designer as a hero, then Kevin Adams is a hero to me. I love that his lighting always makes the stor…
Right out of the gate, the new Broadway year is starting off with a bang. A brand new musical is getting things started just three weeks into the 2014 - 2015 season - an original story…
June is one of my favorite Broadway months! Not only does June have The Tony Awards, but it is also Broadway Bares time!Some of the Tony Nominees!I love these pictures... the camarader…
#1 Again!The numbers are in and the entire 2013-2014 Broadway Season was one for the record books, in terms of the box office. Below, all 41 shows that played during the last 13 weeks …
You don't need to get much further than about 5 minutes into the cast recording of The Bridges of Madison County to understand why Jason Robert Brown won the Tony for Best Orchestration…
Review of the filmed Australian production of Driving Miss Daisy as presented nationwide, June 4 - 10. Starring Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Boyd Gaines. A play by Alfred Uhry.…
I thought, as I watched the fantastic, original new musical, If/Then, that it wasn't what I expected. It certainly wasn't Next to Normal. It certainly wasn't boring. And it certa…
Let the speculation end and the Monday morning quarterbacking begin. Just like every other year, last night's Tony Awards show had its high points and its cringe-worthy moments. &…
This has been one heck of a season. Lots of really great stuff has been going on on Broadway stages from performances to design elements to direction. And, while no show really s…
This Sunday, the Broadway community will celebrate the 2013 - 2014 season one final time. Today, readers, we'll celebrate it ourselves! Thanks for another great season together, …
Congratulations to this year's Special Tony Award and Tony Honors recipients! And thank you for your service to the theater community and the world at large.LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT&n…
For the last time this season, I'm taking a look at how the four nominees for Best Musical are using their nominations to woo us into seeing them. I find it interesting that one doesn'…
Cabaret - The best musical of the springI sound like a broken record, I guess, but I can't believe that the year is almost half over. And I can't believe that a new season is starting!…
So, how are the folks at each of the Tony-nominated musical revivals vying for our ticket dollars? It runs the gamut - from not bothering with the nominations to touting them to the hi…
Marriage Type Love! the new re-release of an album by Shirley Jones and the late Jack Cassidy takes all of us back to that time theatre fans always seem to wax nostalgic for - when…
Matilda Should Have WonLast April, before the 2013 Tony Awards nominations were announced, I did a little research into what kinds of shows were being nominated for best musicals of the…
I swear, sometimes Playbill.com and I must share a psychic connection. Every once in awhile, I'll post a blog on something Broadway, and the next day, Playbill.com will post …
The nominees for Best Revival of a Play represent a wide variety of plays - comedy and drama, classic American, classic modern European, and classic (in every way) Shakespeare. They al…
#1 - Next to NormalIt is hard to believe that we are 14 seasons into the 2000's! And it is even more hard to believe just how many notable - and some even great - musicals there h…
THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO LATER THIS YEARAlexander SharpThese are the days when fall shows start announcing casts! And I am already super excited for The Curious Incident of the …
Ms. May 2014Linda EmondWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: She is a real "working actor," with a lengthy career on stage, on TV and on film. Perhaps you caught her off-Broadway in iHO or Th…
