Friday, February 2, 2024
Hello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 2010s - not that long ago! You've probably at least heard of most of the shows included her…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMTuesday, December 26, 2023
Monday, 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, September 15, 2023
He clanged coconuts in the Monty Python stage musical in 2005; seven years later, he won a Tony for “Nice Work if You Can Get It.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:43PMA look back at our 2012 interview with the wonderful actor MICHAEL McGRATH and his co-star JUDY KAYE as they discuss their Tony Award-winning performances in NICE WORK IF YoU CAN GET IT.
Mic…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:07PMOne of Broadway's most prolific comic actors, Mr. McGrath counted Broadway's Nice Work If You Can Get It, Spamalot, She Loves Me, and more on his long résumé.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMMonday, August 7, 2023
One of my favorite things about the Imperial Theatre is that long, skinny lobby with its elegant marbled walls and fancy wall sconces. From there, you enter the theater, and make a turn and…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:49AMTuesday, February 14, 2023
Second Stage Theater Company’s upcoming production of Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play has chosen its full cast and creative team.
The cast will include Emmy Award nominee D’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:17PMFriday, January 20, 2023
Tony winner Kelli O'Hara and Tony nominee Brian d'Arcy James are set to star in the world premiere of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' Days of Wine and Roses. Adapted from the 1962 film and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:11PMWednesday, November 23, 2022
Estelle Parsons sits in her sunny living room in her Upper West Side apartment, taking an afternoon break from preparations for her annual trip to New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee, where…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:31PMTuesday, November 8, 2022
Currently playing the role of Marcia Murphey in the Broadway show, "A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical", Robyn Hurder shares how she got involved with the show and how she never tho…
SOURCE: broadwaypodcastnetwork.com at 03:02AMSunday, September 25, 2022
Following on from the success of the 2021 Neglected Musicals presentation Cameron Mitchell will direct and choreograph Nice Work If
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:00AMWednesday, September 7, 2022
Three new faces are joining skid row. Tony nominees Bryce Pinkham and Brad Oscar along with Tiffany Renee Thompson, will join the cast of off-Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors. The musica…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:43PMWednesday, April 27, 2022
The Cher Show will feature Sara Gettelfinger (Ogunquit Playhouse's The Witches of Eastwick, Broadway's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) as Star, Charissa Hogeland (“Jesus Christ Superstar: Live in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMMonday, April 18, 2022
Jay Binder, a prominent Broadway casting director for over four decades and founder of Binder Casting, died at the age of 71 on April 15.
Born in South Orange, New Jersey on March 11, 1951,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMWednesday, April 13, 2022
Performances of Plaza Suite will resume tomorrow, April 14 at the Hudson Theatre when Matthew Broderick is able to return to Plaza Suite with Tony Award nominee Erin Dilly (Nice Work If …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMMonday, February 28, 2022
Kelli O'Hara has a long list of Broadway credits from her Tony-winning performance in the 2015 revival of The King and I to The Bridges of Madison County, Nice Work If You Can Get It, South …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMWednesday, January 26, 2022
Oz is getting a new resident! Sharon Sachs is set to play Madame Morrible in Broadway's Wicked beginning on February 14. She will take over taking over the role from current cast member A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMFriday, December 17, 2021
Hosted by Tony winner Judy Kaye, the evening benefits Project ALS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn-person theatre is back in NYC, both on Broadway and beyond. But there are still wonderful shows to stream at home. Below are performances you can watch online this weekend, Friday, Decemb…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMWednesday, December 8, 2021
Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed recently.
A Strange Loop Extends at Woolly Mammoth
The Washington, D.C. run of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Strange …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PMHosted by Tony winner Judy Kaye, the evening will benefit Project ALS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMTuesday, November 16, 2021
Tony winner Michael McGrath has joined the cast of the world premiere of the Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time. McGrath takes over the role of Narrator from the previously ann…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMFriday, November 12, 2021
Diana’s Judy Kaye: Celebrating Six Decades in Show Business
By: Ellis Nassour
November 12, 2021: Judy Kaye has had a storied career over six decades in opera, operetta, symphony conc…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:00AMThursday, August 19, 2021
The actor will make his playwriting debut next month with the virtual reading of Preachin’ to the Choir/An Inconvenient Truth.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, August 17, 2021
Judy Kaye will host the event, with proceeds going to Project ALS.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54AMThursday, August 5, 2021
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change debuts, exclusively, on BroadwayHD to honor the hit show’s 25th Anniversary.
August 5, 2021: BroadwayHD the premier streaming service for live…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:57PMFriday, May 28, 2021
Broadway Games:True or False
1. TRUE or FALSE: The 74th Tony Awards, airing on September 26th, will be the first to air the ceremony on two different networks.
2. TRUE or FALSE: Once Upo…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:33AMFriday, May 21, 2021
Broadway Games:
A Mini-Quiz
Here's a little test of your Broadway knowledge. Good luck!
1. Put these shows in chronological order by the date of their official Broadway opening night:
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SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:33AMThursday, April 22, 2021
Hollywood heavyweights Martin Scorsese and Irwin Winkler are set to produce a new movie musical inspired by composer George Gershwin, according to Variety. Fascinating Rhythm, named for the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMSunday, February 28, 2021
Earlier this year it was announced that in addition to his busy schedule running a successful business, as well as renovating a historic home, that North Carolina native Robert Hartwell woul…
SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 11:15PMFriday, October 16, 2020
Last week's true/false game question about Broadway theaters named after composers (see below) is the impetus for this week's game. How well do you know the names of the 41 Broadway houses?…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:48AMMonday, September 28, 2020
Happy Birthday Kathleen Marshall! The three time Tony winner is celebrating a birthday today and we're still swooning over Kathleen's choreography by the outstanding ensemble of the 2012 mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:02AMMonday, August 24, 2020
Kaye stars as Queen Elizabeth in the new musical Diana, which will be filmed for Netflix before reopening on Broadway next year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, August 14, 2020
Last week's game was all about actresses who have forged stage careers with both musicals and plays in their credits. (Answers below.) This week, it's the actors' turn. Nathan Lane is a grea…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMThursday, July 30, 2020
Tony nominee Renée Fleming and Tony winner Kelli O'Hara will star in an opera based on Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours. Composed by Kevin Puts, who won the 20…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMWednesday, July 22, 2020
The Nice Work if You Can Get It and Anything Goes director-choreographer will chat live on The Broadway Q&A from Playbill and The Growing Studio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMMonday, July 20, 2020
The three-time Tony winner will chat live on The Broadway Q&A from Playbill and The Growing Studio July 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM