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FOLLIES TICKET CONTEST TRIVIA QUESTION #4 IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG!Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a professional baseball game. Which game and where isn't all that impo…
FOLLIES TICKETS CONTEST TRIVIA QUESTION #3 AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG!Mr. Broadway August 2011Julian OvendenWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Right now, he is the leading man of a hit off-Broadway musi…
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the responses to this most recent poll ISN'T the results, but rather the write-in responses I got from you! Not counting the emails you sent me…
The LEGENDARY CLASSIC RETURNS to the street where DREAMS ARE BORN. The Kennedy Center's lavish and landmark new staging of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award®-winning m…
THE CONTEST FOR FOLLIES TICKETS STARTS TOMORROW AT 10AM! BE SURE TO CHECK BACK TOMORROW AND EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK! WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK:July 25: Broadway Celebrates …
The cast recording of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is once again responsible for some serious thought. If you are reading this, I'll assume that you have more than a passi…
"Ululating" is the word that started it all. That little gem of a word always makes me smile, as does a smart lyric in a Broadway musical. Apparently, a lot of you enjoyed the fi…
Last week, the full Broadway company of the revival of Follies was announced just as the cast went into rehearsals. The Sondheim musical, last revived in 2001, is scheduled to be…
Sunday, July 24 was the first day same-sex couples could be legally married in the state of New York. Broadway's first couple to take full advantage of the new law was Avenue Q's Rod a…
On July 22, the world lost a great talent and a really nice man. Last Friday, Broadway, film and TV veteran Tom Aldredge passed away. TV and film fans know him from The Sopranos,…
When one considers the vast impact of gay and lesbian people on the theatre community, it should be no surprise to anyone that the community has been and will continue to be a loud and proud…
BE SURE TO CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S POLL (TO YOUR RIGHT)!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? BECOME A "FOLLOWER"!WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK:July 18: Broadway Vocabulary QuizJuly 19: LOGO…
Some of the most popular entries on this blog are the Mr. and Ms. Broadway pictorials each month. Each month, a different man and woman are named for their current contributions to the…
Review of the matinee preview performance on Saturday, July 16 at the Laura Pels Theatre off-Broadway in New York City. Starring Linda Balgord, Matt Cavenaugh, Mara Davi, Simon Jo…
An all-star cast and legendary creative team have joined forces with Roundabout Theatre Company to create a new off-Broadway musical, Death Takes a Holiday, based on the original play by Alb…
Thank you, all of you, who take the time to write in your thoughts and questions. And I'll answer one that I get all of the time: Do I actually read your comments and emails? Wel…
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That little axiom is true in most aspects of life, I've come to find out. People, in general, are resistant to change, especially when it comes t…
School may be out, but a theatre fan never stops learning! Today, as I was listening to "On the Verge" from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, I was reminded of just how much I…
NEW POLL! VOTE TODAY! LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT!WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK:July 11: Drawing Broadway 4: Al HirschfeldJuly 12: LOGO: HairJuly 13: SAVE THIS SHOW! Is Priscilla i…
All you have to do is look at the names of this year's Primetime Emmy nominees, and you can see the impact New York stage actors have on television's best programs and individual performance…
Ms. Broadway July 2011Jennifer Damiano WHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: I think it is fairly obvious, but I'll state it for the record. Just one month ago, yesterday, she opened as t…
Welcome back to the Age of Aquarius! Today's review is brought to you by my theatre buddy, Mike, who saw the National Tour of Hair this spring in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Than…
Every year both USA Today and TV Guide launch campaigns to "save" shows they like from cancellation due to low ratings. I think that today, I am going to launch a one-blogger campaign …
Here we are in the midst of the "Summer of Love," with the return of the 60's to Broadway. Heck, except for The Phantom of the Opera, 44th Street is pretty much one big infomercial's w…
The final blog in this series is all about the master of Broadway caricature, Al Hirschfeld. A true legend, his works were first featured with each Broadway opening in The New York Tim…
