Thursday, March 21, 2024
Today is the birthday of the great showman Flo Ziegfeld — seemed like the proper time to let you know about The Ziegfeld Girls Revue, playing at the The Green Room 42 (and livestreaming) o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMWednesday, March 20, 2024
Staunton reunites with Follies director Dominic Cooke to bring ‘old musical to a new audience’ at the Palladium in July
After a four-year delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Imelda St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMOnly recently did I conclude that I was a fan of director Edmund Goulding (1891-1959), having passed that crucial moment when I was realized that several movies I like had a key artist in co…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMTuesday, March 12, 2024
Created by famed Australian film, TV, theatre, and publishing maverick, Russall S. Beattie—the visionary who brought us The Empire Strips Back—is a new show The Gotham Follies of 1939.
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SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 11:12PMMonday, March 11, 2024
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School's Department of Theatre Arts show off their custom built Playbills for their production of The Will Rogers Follies. Build your own Playbill at https:…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:02PMFriday, March 8, 2024
Most of our Broadway favorites have careers beyond the stage; others come to Broadway from TV and/or film. In any case, if we look around enough, they seem to be everywhere.
Broadway Games:…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AMFriday, February 23, 2024
David James Robinson will direct the 45-member company of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman classic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMTuesday, January 23, 2024
While “Pride” has come to stand for Gay Liberation in contemporary times, Beatrice has named her house after Jane Austen’s novel as it is made clear when she names her new guesthouse �…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:44AMThursday, January 18, 2024
Review of the Sunday matinee performance on January 7, 2024 at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Starring Chip Zien, Sierra Boggess, Julie Benko, Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, E…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AMFriday, January 12, 2024
Plus, who hosts the New Year's Day brunch of every Broadway lover's dreams and where you can see Seth live next!
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMSaturday, December 30, 2023
2014 Revival of “On the Town” with Clyde Alves, Tony Yazbeck and Jay Armstrong Johnson in the front line.December 30, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler
This week’s tw…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:20AMWednesday, December 20, 2023
Plus, footage from this year's Red Bucket Follies, including Sierra Boggess paying tribute to Phantom of the Opera.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMSunday, December 10, 2023
Tune in every day this month as we share holiday music videos from our favorite Broadway stars, as well as a few new original videos.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06AMFriday, December 8, 2023
Watch highlights from the Red Bucket Follies in an all new video! The variety show, which took place December 4 and 5, honored the 46 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMAfter a four-year hiatus, the star-studded variety show, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares, returned to Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMThursday, December 7, 2023
An exultant and effervescent Red Bucket Follies returned after a four-year, pandemic-induced hiatus to celebrate six weeks of enthusiastic and dedicated fundraising. The star-studded variety…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:12PMIn his new book Poster Child, artist David Edward Byrd shares how he created the iconic posters for the original productions of Follies, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, and many others.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMhttps://www.playbill.com/article/red-bucket-follies-return-raises-over-4-5-million-for-broadway-cares. 1) Jennifer Lopez Attached to 'Kiss of the ...
SOURCE: Google at 12:42PMThe variety show, a bookend to fall post-show fundraising, returned after a four-year pandemic hiatus.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:49AMWednesday, December 6, 2023
An exultant and effervescent Red Bucket Follies returned after a four-year, pandemic-induced hiatus to celebrate six weeks of enthusiastic and dedicated fundraising. The star-studded varie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35PMAfter a four-year hiatus, the star-studded variety show returned December 4-5 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:32PMBy: David Sheward
December 5, 2023: It should come as no surprise that Here We Are, the final effort by Stephen Sondheim, is unlike any other work from the late master of the American mus…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:24AMTuesday, December 5, 2023
Iconic afternoon at BCEFA Red Bucket Follies
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:43PMMonday, December 4, 2023
Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's FOLLIES will get its Las Vegas premiere in a new production from Metropolis Theatricals in April 2024 at Alliante+Hotel+Spa.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMThe fundraiser, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares, returns for the first time since the pandemic, playing Broadway's New Amsterdam.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMThursday, November 30, 2023
Tony Award-winning actors Victoria Clark, Leslie Odom Jr. and Roger Bart are among those slated to appear at the annual event.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 07:16PMThe fundraiser, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares, has also announced a host of additional celebrity guests and performers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMBroadway’s biggest names and brightest talents, both onstage and behind the scenes, are set to celebrate six weeks of dedicated fundraising with songs, skits and dance at the return of Red…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMTuesday, November 28, 2023
Tiago Santos, Time Winters, Sean Faye (Photo by Jesse Saler)
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Many of William Shakespeare’s works…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 11:40AMFriday, 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 07:06AMTuesday, November 14, 2023
Last night, Broadway Close Up presented yet another lovely night of talented people singing wonderful songs. The evening was devoted to shows that Hal Prince produced and/or directed, which …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:12PMTuesday, October 24, 2023
40 Years of Broadway: Big Trends:
Does Size Matter?
It seems fitting that the two current longest-running shows on Broadway are Chicago and The Lion King, when considering the trends we a…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:04AMMonday, October 23, 2023
40 Years of Broadway: Big Trends:
The Rise of the Jukebox Musical
Historically, musical revues and follies type show were once the bread and butter of Broadway. They were what we'd call…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:04AMFriday, October 20, 2023
The fundraising will culminate in the return of the Red Bucket Follies, which has been on hiatus since 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMHello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1990s. You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included here, but how familiar …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:49AMMonday, October 16, 2023
Merlin was the original Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway. Merlin cast several Stephen Sondheim musicals, including Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Merrily We Roll Along, Company, Fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMTuesday, October 3, 2023
Genius is an overused term these days, but there is really no other word to attribute to the late composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim. From Follies, to Gypsy, to A Little Night Music to West …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMMonday, October 2, 2023
40 Years of Broadway:
Creative Influencers: The Designers
I've been so fortunate to see some of the greatest stage designs of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of the master in…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:55AMSunday, October 1, 2023
Jason Graae directs the West Coast performance of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman classic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19AM