Friday, December 28, 2012
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…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:05AMMonday, December 24, 2012
I don’t need anything for Christmas this year because one of my biggest holiday dreams already came true. At the holiday party for my corporate day job (yes, tis true, I do not make my…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:25AMFriday, December 21, 2012
Announcements about famous faces coming to Broadway have been coming fast and furious over the last few weeks, so let’s try to catch up by playing a little six-degrees of the casting c…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:00PMWednesday, December 19, 2012
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…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:15PMMonday, December 17, 2012
It’s supposed to be the season of joy but, with so many tragic headlines, I think we are all feeling a little lost. I can’t make sense of what seems beyond reason here, but I c…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:19AMFriday, December 14, 2012
Don’t say I never got you anything for the holidays. My little elves have snuck me discount codes for the York Theatre’s presentation of The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-ma…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:16AMWednesday, December 12, 2012
Judy, Barbra, Liza. Bernadette, Julie, Patti… The names of legendary divas roll off the tongue like a litany of saints and martyrs. But, ultimately, we all choose just one to whom we …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMMonday, December 10, 2012
Tony-winner Heather Headley made her long-awaited return to the stage in London’s The Bodyguard last week and reviews suggest that, while the book might be rough around the edges, the …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:40PMFriday, December 7, 2012
The Broadway news this week was particularly brutal with three tough closing announcements — Chaplin, hanging in there against the odds for a number of months, Scandalous, quickly clos…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:24PMWednesday, December 5, 2012
Every first Wednesday of the month, get caught up with what’s on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That’s me to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:25PMTuesday, December 4, 2012
I know this may come as a shock to you but I must finally confess…I am a woman who likes to use the internet but doesn’t live in New York City. Or at least I would be if I were t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:45AMFriday, November 30, 2012
The holiday season is in full swing so let’s unwrap some shiny theater news — just be sure to save the ribbon: Thanksgiving week is traditionally a boffo box office week on Broad…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:08AMWednesday, November 28, 2012
Every third Wednesday of the month (or thanks to the holiday, the fourth Wednesday), a fabulous actor/singer/dancer will fill out my nosey little questionnaire and offer a glimpse of what th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:32AMTuesday, November 27, 2012
Martin Richards, one of the truly legendary Broadway producers, passed away last night. His credits included hits like Sweeney Todd, Grand Hotel, Will Rogers Follies as well as the origina…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:07PMMonday, November 26, 2012
Do you know your green room from your ghost light? The Theatre Development Fund (you know, the TKTS booth people and so much more) is here to help you — in an oh so theatrical way, of …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:40AMWednesday, November 21, 2012
With Thanksgiving upon us, I thought you might be too distracted for our usual third Wednesday of the month “Theater Buff” profile. But not to worry, our man for November will be…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:11AMMonday, November 19, 2012
In his continuing series, Andrew Glaszec pays tribute to music theater greats deserving of diva status. Today, he looks at an actress who has been in some of the biggest hits of the last fe…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:34AMFriday, November 16, 2012
The circle of life isn’t just a lyric sung while Julie Taymor puppets circle The Lion King; it’s the natural progression on Broadway. In this theater news round-up, we celebrate …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:07PMWednesday, November 14, 2012
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Rupert Holmes’s tongue-in-cheek, tongue-twisting, Tony-winning musical with an audience-voted ending (based on Charles Dicken’s unfinished novel of ven…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:00AMTuesday, November 13, 2012
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Absurdist extraordinaire Christopher Durang (Beyond Therapy) tosses Chekhov (the playwright not the Star Trek character) into a blender, transplants it to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:15AMFriday, November 9, 2012
The bitch is back. OK, technically speaking “Sandy” in Annie is a boy dog but…you get the point. And with a spanking new Broadway revival — which opened last night t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:50AMWednesday, November 7, 2012
Every first Wednesday of the month, get caught up with what’s on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That’s me to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:51AMMonday, November 5, 2012
If I say Liza and Judy, something tells me you don’t think Dench. (Sing it, “It’s Judi with an i not Judy with a y…”) But Ms. Minnelli and Dame Dench share a ve…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMThursday, November 1, 2012
A crowded staircase leads to a dark hallway. Graffiti mars the walls. A sickly plastic film lines entrances as if sealing in some contagion. And a tall, expressionless man wearing a hazmat s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:24AMWednesday, October 31, 2012
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner! Daniel M. is going to see Lincoln Center’s new production of Golden Boy on us. But today, everybody wins because readers submitted their favori…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:41AMTuesday, October 30, 2012
The show must go on…or at least most of them. After a rough two days in New York City, Broadway is roaring back and telling the world you can’t keep the Big Apple down. (And if…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:57PMSunday, October 28, 2012
“Sandy / Can’t you see / I’m in misery.” Another hurricane with a music theater name is headed for New York City. With no mass transit (subways, buses and trai…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:03PMFriday, October 26, 2012
Get caught up with what’s on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That’s me tossing in my two cents. This week, by…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:58PMWednesday, October 24, 2012
Every fourth Wednesday of the month, the “VIP Access” column will serve up advice on how to make your theater-going experiences cheaper, easier and more fulfilling with inside scoop from…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:30AMTuesday, October 23, 2012
This Halloween is going to be all treat and no trick when I give away a pair of tickets to the upcoming Lincoln Center revival of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy. Directed by Bartlett She…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:45AMMonday, October 22, 2012
It’s no surprise anymore when Broadway attempts to add some extra pizazz to the marquee by sprinkling some Hollywood stardust, whether through film star casting or name brand titles. B…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:55AM 
