88 stories from Broadway Abridged
Real Quick: If you're a writer with a musical that you're planning to submit to NYMF for 2012, the submissions end in two weeks and not January, due to next year's festival being in July and…
KIKI I want all the dolls in the world. MOTHER Yes, I will give you all that, and I'm sure it won't make you spoiled at all. STROKE-RIDDEN GRANDMA WWWWAAAAIIIILLLL. KIKI I want unlimited can…
MADAME X PROGRAM Melodarama! Music! And Murder! A hysterical take of the Douglas Sirk films of the 1950s--complete with the altruistic, self-sacrificing mother. YOU But wh…
JOCKS We hate you goths! GOTHS And we hate you equally, jocks! REDNECKS And as for you nerds, we hate you, just as you hate us back! NERDS Since when did rerds and rednecks become mortal ene…
With the announcement of Jesus Christ Superstar being revived on Broadway, let's take a look at the state of announced Broadway Musical Revivals for the 2011-2012 Tony Year.GodspellFolliesJe…
HIPSTER BAND We are a 4-person hipster band and we're living happily, and our title has the word "Fuck" in it. FANGIRL What happens if I date the lead singer, causing unrest within…
In case you haven't heard, there's a new Broadway revival of Godspell starring Hunter Parrish that is opening this fall (previews begin Oct 13th, actually). It's a small-c…
IMOGEN O Posthumus! alas, Where is thy head? where's that? Ay me! where's that?Cymbeline is possibly Shakespeare's most ridiculous romantic comedy. The plot:a wager on whether a la…
I've been getting requests lately to update my list of Two Boots Pizza's new pizza styles. In case you need a refresher: Two Boots Pizza on ninth avenue started offering monthly pi…
If you are lucky enough to live in Phoenix, AZ or Orlando, FL, you should make a point to catch one of two productions of my musical OEDIPUS FOR KIDS that will be playing.I love what they've…
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"I think there are a lot of people who would love to see [Phantom of the Opera 2: Love Never Dies] go [to Broadway] but I think that we're all realistic, and I think with the baggage that it…
So I have still not seen Spider-man. I have tickets to go sometime in mid-July, and this time I plan to actually go, rather than postpone it again. So I can't yet tell yo…
From: Alex K######## <alexk##########@gmail.com> I was looking at your website and as a fan of the shows you parody, I DO NOT THINK YOU ARE FUNNY OR CLEVER AT ALL!!! What you w…
First off, business: my musical "The Zegend of Lelda" won 4 of the 7 awards at this year's West Village Musical Theatre Festival including "Best Musical". Congr…
Katie was watching a screening of the New York Philharmonic's recent all-star version of the musical "Company" at her local Regal theater when the projection zonked out during a ke…
Let's imagine something. It's a world where Television shows, Movies, and Theatre each have their own award nights where they do stuff on a stage.Imagine if, just once, the Theatre…
THE ZEGEND OF LELDA by Gil Varod and Robert Saferstein to be presented as part of the 2011 West Village Musical Theatre Festival, June 8-12 @ the 13th Repertory Theatre.From the creators of …
"A lead producer of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" has told investors in the misfortune-plagued Broadway musical that its title character, Spider-Man, will step aside and be replaced b…
As a member of the Independent Theater Bloggers Association, I'd like to announce the nominations for the 3rd annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards:OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL &…
I've never seen the movie version of Born Yesterday or watched a production. It took a good ten minutes until I was absolutely positive that yes, I'd read the play back in a Histor…
THE 2011 WEST VILLAGE MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL The 2011 West Village Musical Theatre Festival (AEA Individual Showcase Code pending) is now accepting submissions from ACTORS and SIN…
So I've been spending a lot of time lately writing my own actual musicals, one of which will be featured in a festival this summer but that's another post. I'll be reviewing some u…
...to a really horrible Clarissa Explains It All sequel series featuring Marian Seldes. That is all....
whom I have come to know and... um... know..."I am bothered by [Anne Hathaway's] jet black designer eyebrows, saucer eyes, and large mouth red enough to enrage a bull, rather like a cre…
