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It’s January, guys. It’s freezing. There are no major holidays in sight. You can only confidently recommend one Broadway show to your friends and family without embarrassing your…
You know what you really want to be doing on February 4? You clearly want to be seeing composer David Yazbek at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca with his special guest, Patti LuPone. Because that&#…
This is the song that made me fall in love with Eric Michael Krop forever. It's "Bless the Lord" from Godspell, and Krop was singing the shit out of it last Sunday night at 54 Below in Shosh…
You guys, there’s a play about roller derby. We saw it last week at the Atlantic Theater Company and it was pretty great. Herewith, please find a short list of stuff that kind of rocke…
But it’s January and there’s nothing else going on, so let’s take two seconds and talk about Barbra Streisand, all right? Specifically, let’s talk about Barbra Streis…
When Broadway actors do cabaret — or "concerts" as the kids call them — so many things can, and often do, go wrong. "Rock" arrangements of showtunes abound. Medleys are hastily p…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FG Productions Announce Final Casting for Broadway's 2012-13 Season, Pippin Tumbles into Role of Fangirl Favorite New York, New York " 16 January 2012 " Fangirl Allianc…
In the control room at Kilgore studios the Sierra Nevada has given way to Bud Light and between moments of quiet awe, listening to songs for Drew Gasparini’s new compilation I Could Us…
Ok, ladies and gents, here are… the gents. Or, our favorites, anyway. As you’re about to see 2012 was a lovely year in theater. Here’s hoping the outlook for 2013 is every …
We couldn’t let the year come to a close without sharing a list of our our favorite badass females on the Broadway stage this past year. Hots, style, talent and beautiful hair — …
Just in case you were huffing glue and thought that the last year in theater was utterly perfect and special, we’d like to remind you that a lot of shows kind of sucked. Here they are,…
Here it is, guys. The whole year in a giant nutshell. Here are the shows and performances and scandals we loved with all our theater-obsessed hearts. As we wait with bated breath for Stark S…
Broadway fans know and love Aaron from musicals like Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can. And TV fans may recognize him as Trip van der Bilt on Gossip Girl. But the whole entire …
You know the song we’ve been singing all season, right? ‘Someday My Santino Fontana Will Come.’ Because at this point, it's pretty clear that Broadway's collective fangirl …
By now, you're pretty tired of hearing Anne Hathaway talk about eating two Nilla Wafers a day and suffering for her Fantine. Like. You're going to kick a baby deer in the face if she mention…
The precise amount of time you've been waiting for this film depends entirely upon how long it's been since you first heart the score, or saw the stage show, or both. Suffice it to say, you …
Ah, the henley. The historical origins of his men’s fashion item aren’t totally clear, but let’s make a wild guess here: It was probably underwear. Hence our love and passi…
From my seat in row N at the Golden Theater"where David Mamet's new play The Anarchist has just opened"it was hard to tell just exactly what was going on with Debra Winger's hair. One side w…
Ah, Monday nights in autumn. Most shows are dark. Smash isn’t on. And NYC is awash in benefits and readings. This week, I checked out a developmental reading of Island Song at Le Poiss…
You know what’s a terrible idea? A Broadway-inspired Halloween costume. No, really. If you want to be That Person at every single party, you should definitely start rummaging around th…
If you had asked us a couple of months ago what the hardest ticket to get this fall would be, we would have probably said Craig Wright's Grace. It's a new play with a superstar cast (Paul…
Last night we attended a performance of Craig Wright's Grace"starring Ed Asner, Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon and Kate Arrington"over at the Cort Theater. After the show was over we were invite…
I went to Kansas City to see some theater last week. I know, you're confused. I live in New York City, home of the Broadway, and the off-Broadway, and the off-off-Broadway. Surely I have ple…
Pitch Perfect is just that. It's quotable and laugh-out-loud funny. It has winning musical numbers and a cast that hits all the right notes, both literally and figuratively. Of course we're …
They say the first step in the grieving process is denial. If that's true, then we've been grieving the closing notice of Peter and the Starcatcher (announced late Friday afternoon) for mont…
