Friday, November 17, 2023
Broadway Games:
One of These Things Is Not Like The Others
Was thinking back to my childhood and remembering that as a small tyke, one of my favorite games was "One of These Things Is Not…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMFriday, September 8, 2023
Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1960s. You've probably at least heard of all the shows included here, but how familiar are …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:43AMSaturday, March 18, 2023
John Kander, born on this date March 18, 1927.March 18, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
Today is the 96th birthday of the legendary composer John Kander, who is still doi…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:58AMFriday, September 3, 2021
Yesterday came the announcement that ABBA was coming back with a whole new album, Voyager and a new concert of sorts. To celebrate our favorite Swedish phenomenon, we bring you a new Broadw…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:48AMFriday, August 27, 2021
This week's game is a challenging one. Do you know the missing lyrics from these Kander and Ebb songs?
Broadway Games:
The Missing Lyrics of Kander and Ebb
To help you out, we've named the…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AMThursday, July 29, 2021
The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that Tony-nominated director and choreographer Graciela Daniele will receive the 2020 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMMonday, May 10, 2021
Part two of our conversation with John Kander and Fred Ebb, songwriters for such Broadway shows as WOMAN OF THE YEAR, 70, GIRLS, 70, THE RINK, THE HAPPY TIME, and ZORBA. They talk about thei…
SOURCE: broadwaypodcastnetwork.com at 03:00AMMonday, April 19, 2021
The legendary book writer of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and THE BAKER’S WIFE, Joseph Stein, shares his writing process and his insights into what contributes to a good book of a musical. Together…
SOURCE: broadwaypodcastnetwork.com at 09:07AMSaturday, March 27, 2021
Santino Fontana | "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?" | R&H Goes Pop! (Official Audio)
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The R&H GOES POP! series…
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I was looking through my vinyl collection the other day, and came across my copy of the 1983 "New Broadway Cast recording" of Zorba. I had seen the show during its national tour, which starr…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:48AMTuesday, January 12, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
January 10 - 16
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
January 10, 1947: Finian's Rainbow, the Lane/Harburg classic opened at the 46th Street Theatre, going on to w…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:03AMThursday, March 12, 2020
March's Musical of the Month, Curtains had a top-notch creative team. Each one has an impressive resume of credits and awards. For some, this show marked another step on their continuing cr…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:32AMThursday, January 30, 2020
In this final installment of January's Musical of the Month series, we take a look back at the creative team behind Applause. The writing and design teams are chock full of Broadway royal…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:03PMWednesday, November 6, 2019
I love shows that celebrate the people who help keep us safe from the Army to the Navy to everything in between. One show that has not been revived since it’s Broadway run is Over Here! an…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 08:36PMSaturday, August 10, 2019
The composing team of Kander and Ebb were often attracted to properties
that allowed them to tell a show-within-a-show story, often using the show
or entertainment style within to provide …
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 12:00AMMonday, August 5, 2019
This week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares backstage stories from Rita Rudner’s Broadway days, plus memories of the late Hal Prince.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMThursday, August 1, 2019
From conversations with Kander and Ebb to a research trip to Crete, Prince shared diary entries from his year-long journey with Zorba for the March 1969 issue of Playbill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMWednesday, July 24, 2019
The composing team of Kander and Ebb are typically first remembered as the
creators of the edgy, flashy, razzle-dazzle music of such shows as Cabaret
and Chicago. It would be wrong, how…
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 12:00AMMonday, January 28, 2019
The veterans of Zorba and Cabaret will join forces for the February concerts at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMWednesday, November 14, 2018
Get those theatrical passports ready, theater fans! Our world tour continues throughout Europe, with stops in 12 countries. This week's adventure covers 15 more musicals - some huge hits, ot…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:32AMTuesday, August 7, 2018
The last time an actor appeared in a Broadway musical playing a role he had previously essayed on film, it was 1983, when Anthony Quinn opened in the revival of ZORBA. Sharing that unusual d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33AMSunday, August 5, 2018
The musical theatre goddess that is Debbie Gravitte swings by Shetler Studios to tell Rob and Kevin about her amazing career that got started doing Annie Get Your Gun with Gower Champion all…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMFriday, August 3, 2018
Broadway history is full of great writing teams - Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Menken and Ashman, Pasek and Paul - all great, all with seminal works. But there is one pair whos…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:42AMSunday, July 15, 2018
Dom and Robert are let off the lead by Nick and are allowed to talk to their heart's content about the more un-known shows of Kander and Ebb including The Rink, The Visit, Zorba and Woman of…
SOURCE: traffic.libsyn.com at 08:00PMWednesday, February 28, 2018
Review of the Saturday, February 24, 2018 matinee performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Starring Katrina Lenk, Tony Shalhoub, John Cariani, Ari'el Stachel,…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:24AMSaturday, March 18, 2017
ACT TWO. Two years later, in 1970, I once again tried to put together a package of my clients – in the show that became 70 Girls 70 – for I’d enjoyed looking after Chita Ri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:33AMWednesday, March 8, 2017
John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Richard Seff at a dinner honoring Harold Prince. Photo courtesy of Richard Seff. THE CURTAIN RISES One of the properties for which I tried to get this new team hir…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26PMTuesday, August 30, 2016
Though Herschel Bernardi's name was above the title on the opening nights of Broadway's BAJOUR and ZORBA, the musical theatre role he's most known for is one where he came in as a replacemen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMSunday, July 31, 2016
Stephen Joseph theatre, Scarborough The musicals of John Kander and Fred Ebb have brought us showstopping songs and great characters, from bored housewives to ageing shoplifters – all of w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:22AMMonday, July 11, 2016
Image: Judith Ivey and Estelle Parsons. Photo: Carol RoseggWhat Happens When Four Women Who Loved the Same Man Get Together? Not What You Might ExpectBy Lauren YargerJust throw out reality f…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 12:21PMFriday, May 13, 2016
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES -- a new comedy by Israel Horovitz MY OLD LADY, with a cast starring Oscar winner and 5-time Tony nominee ESTELLE PARSONS, two-time Tony winner JUDITH IVEY, along …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PM