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Today's picks come from the Executive Director at Richmond CenterStage, Richard Parison. No stranger to producing and directing, Richard also served as Producing Director at Barrington Stage…
For today's picks of the best Broadway love songs, I turned to Duncan Stewart and Company, one of Broadway's hottest up and coming casting agencies. Duncan Stewart and Benton Whitley have a …
As part of this week's series of our favorite Broadway love songs, I turned to Broadway producer extraordinaire, Eva Price. Her Broadway producing credits include "Annie,” "Peter and t…
The Broadway Blog asked some of our favorite theatre folks to tell us about their favorite Broadway love songs. Ah, love. While my high school cohorts were smoking weed on the football field…
Barry Manilow lets his music do the talking. Take a look around his website, www.BarryManilow.com, and you'll be hard pressed to find a bio about the prolific songwriter/performer who has 10…
A musical chord. A voice. A lyric. There is something spectacular when these things come together on stage. It is the melting pot of the creative process, which sometimes takes months, years…
It's a sweltering night in June 1969. Judy Garland is dead. And the queers of the West Village have been shoved around one too many times. Violent protests and street demonstrations continue…
In its opening number, "A Million Miles From Heaven," I can't help but wonder if I'm in for a very dark episode of "Glee." Angst-ridden high school students, poppy asymmetrical choreography …
A person telling a story. Whether around a fire, perched on the edge of a child’s bed or striding on a stage, it is an elemental human experience. Some would say that the act of storyt…
While I certainly love my show-stopping dance numbers and 11 o'clock bring-down-the-house ballads, a great Broadway play is nothing to scoff at either. Two productions are heading to Broadwa…
The re-release of the 60s musical film soundtrack “Bye Bye Birdie” has the kids in a twitter! Guest Contributor Scott Redman gives a listen and reports: The opening chords of the…
The theater season is kicking into high gear, not just on Broadway but also with special performances and benefits popping up all over town. File your taxes early and use that refund to snag…
It has been a little more than a month since tragedy struck Sandy Hook Elementary School and our nation mourned with the residents of Newtown, CT. As the town continues to recover, Broadway …
Even the most die-hard theatergoer can afford to see a show as often as he or she would like. With the top ticket price clocking in at $135.50 and premium seats soaring even higher, being a …
Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is perhaps one of his most personal, diving into the complex undercurrents of sexuality that peppered his own life as …
The circus is coming to town but it's not your average Ringling Bros. Oh, no. Diane Paulus' reimagined revival of "Pippin" is taking flight with the help of Gypsy Snider and Les 7 doigts de …
Every third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what they look like from a bit closer than the mezzanine…
"Picnic" was originally produced in 1953 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. But you'll be hard-pressed to understand why in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival that opened Sunday nig…
"The Other Place," Sharr White's brainy drama that opened last night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, begins before the house lights go dim with Laurie Metcalf sitting center stage. She is…
The year is 1981. My parents have a subscription to the Broadway series in Cleveland, Ohio. The first show we see? “Annie,” of course. For the next three months I can be found si…
The Broadway Blog welcomes contributor Scott Redman, who offers his take on the Original Broadway Cast Recording of “Chaplin, the Musical.” “Chaplin,” the bio tuner b…
The Broadway Blog is taking an international peek at theatrical happenings around the globe " and what better place to begin than in the land of Sally Bowles? Berlin! Have you ever fantasize…
The holidays are over and you’re back in the swing of things. If you are a New Yorker, the  winter doldrums are about to set in and those resolutions of working out and a three-day …
Happy New Year and greetings from The Broadway Blog! We hope your holiday season was packed with show tunes. The curtain rises on some exciting changes as our founding editor, Tom Mizer, gra…
Is there anything better than a perfectly written and performed Act One closing number — that thrilling high that sends you off to intermission in a euphoric state of satisfaction mixe…
