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Monday, October 7, 2019

Study Finds You Didn’t See Show Unless You Took a Selfie with the Playbill Over That Little Mouth by Broadway Beat

by Brendan Leonard. @brennylen. NEW YORK, NY – MIT’s Sociological Research & Development department released a new research today proving that if you attend a Broadway show and don�…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:49AM
Friday, October 4, 2019

"At Least It's Not BroadwayCon," Sighs Parent Dropping Off Child at Comic Con by Broadway Beat

by Justin Ayer. @JustinAyer. NEW YORK, NY - Long Island resident Lisa Suarez dropped her teenage son Allen off in front of NYC’s Javits Center this morning for the 2019 New York Comic Con,…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:41AM
Thursday, October 3, 2019

Local Playwright Still Single Despite Writing Strong Female Roles, Left Wondering What The Point Was by Broadway Beat

by Catherine Weingarten. @sarahkaneisssexy. NEW YORK, NY -  Local playwright Max Krazworthen has been left wondering what the point was following a staged reading of his play I Agree With F…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:17AM
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

No Flash Photography? Usher Unsure What to Do About Man Drawing Caricatures During Performance by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Burlington, VT - Local Burlington Arts Center theater usher Max Lennon, often faced with audience members attempting to take photos and videos of the performance…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:30AM
Monday, September 30, 2019

"Secret" Review: Derren Brown Did Not Hypnotize Me Into Writing This, But Boy, He Sure Is Handsome by Broadway Beat

by Justin Ayer. @justayer. NEW YORK, NY - Guard your mind, Derren Brown’s in town. We caught the famed UK mentalist’s latest adventure of the psyche, “Derren Brown: Secret”, currentl…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:25AM

Daylight Savings Brings Chaos To The 11 O'Clock Number by Broadway Beat

by Ryan Kristopik. @ryankristopik. NEW YORK, New York —  With Daylight Savings on the horizon and all clocks looking to “fall behind” by an hour this weekend, performers and theatergo…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:13AM

“Sleep No More" Announces New Policy Where They Can Kill You by Broadway Beat

by Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. NEW YORK, NY - Immersive theatrical experience Sleep No More, which presents a multi-room staging of Macbeth in which the audience gets up close and person…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:44AM
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Report: Cast Party for One-Man Show Very, Very Sad by Broadway Beat

The Broadway Beat. Philadelphia, PA - Following closing night of his one-man show Me Of A Hundred Names, local actor, playwright, and director Peter Washington celebrated with a cast party t…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:59AM
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

QUIZ: Are you an Elphaba, a Glinda, or the Zodiac Killer? by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Wicked fans unite! Ever wonder where you land in the great Emerald City-verse? Or, perhaps, where you fit into the infamous Zodiac killings that took place in No…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:32AM
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Onstage Orchestra Longs for Glory Days of Being in a Hole by Broadway Beat

by Rebecca Slaman. @rebeccaslaman. NEW YORK, NY — Jonathan Bront, conductor of the onstage orchestra of Broadway’s Oklahoma!, expressed his nostalgia this week for the “glory days” o…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:20AM

5 Tips To Take Your Indie Show Marketing Just a Little Too Far by Broadway Beat

by Catherine Weingarten. @sarahkaneissexy. Are you tired on your indie show not getting noticed? Is your cute Facebook ad with a GIF of a monkey dancing not getting the packed houses you des…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:13AM
Friday, September 20, 2019

Seven Must-Have Broadway Flea Items and One That's Just David Hyde Pierce's Leftover Chipotle by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. This Sunday is the 33rd annual Broadway Flea Market - a yearly merch extravaganza where theaters and shows sell rare and niche memorabilia to benefit Broadw…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:46AM
Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Fuck It: Elphaba Actress Just Not Doing Green This Week by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Broadway actor Natalie Cambridge, currently starring as Elphaba in the hit musical Wicked, announced today that she won’t be donning the charact…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:38AM
Monday, September 16, 2019

Area Woman Captures Reeve Carney By Placing Fancy Hat Under Box Propped Up By Stick by Broadway Beat

by Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. NEW YORK -- Local theater fan Hannah Paulson announced today that she has successfully captured Hadestown star Reeve Carney by using a mechanism of her own inve…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:23AM

Man Disappointed Nothing Spooky Happened After Seeing "Beetlejuice" a Third Time by Broadway Beat

by Alec Brown. @brownata3. NEW YORK, NY - Nathan Qualls, a 47-year-old self proclaimed Beetle-Head, was shocked and heartbroken by the lack of anything spooky or ookey happening to him upon …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:02AM
Thursday, September 12, 2019

QUIZ: Is He In Love With You, or Just The Only Straight Guy In Your Musical Theatre BFA? by Broadway Beat

by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. You’re in the cast’s energy circle before your final dress rehearsal of Godspell, and you end up next to him. His hand lingers in yours just a moment l…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:25AM
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

The Next "Come From Away"? My Car Broke Down in a Denny's Parking Lot and They Let Me Use The Phone by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Nashua, NH - Look out Broadway - there might just be a new feel-good show about welcoming strangers in need. If you love Come From Away, which tells the true sto…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:23AM

The Next "Come From Away"? My Car Broke Down in a Denny's Parking Lot and They Let Me Use The Phone by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Nashua, NH - Look out Broadway - there might just be a new feel-good show about welcoming strangers in need. If you love Come From Away, which tells the true sto…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:23AM

NRA Sponsors “Annie Get Your Gun” Revival “Annie Keep Your Gun, It’s Your Right, Debate Me” by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. Fairfax, VA - The National Rifle Association announced today their plan to sponsor a revival of the classic 1946 Irving Berlin musical “Annie Get Your Gun”, …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:32AM
Monday, September 9, 2019

“King Kong” Puppet Back to Waiting Tables After Show Closes by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio NEW YORK, NY - Following last month’s closing of the Broadway musical King Kong, the show’s lead - a large, groundbreaking gorilla puppet that requires 15 peo…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:06AM
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Brave, Relatable Actress Lauded For Self-Tape Outtake by Broadway Beat

by HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. Astoria, NY --- 24 year old aspiring actress Melissa O’Dell shocked the internet today with a brave, vulnerable Instagram post featuring a supercut of he…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:16AM
Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Theater Kid Really Milking English Class Read-Through of "The Crucible" by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. DAYTON, OH - Tyler Zuckerman, theater kid and self-proclaimed “rising star” of T.H. Wilder High School, made waves this week as classmates noticed him j…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:49AM
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

“Hercules” Review: We Couldn’t Get In But Could Sort Of Hear Some From Outside The Gates by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The Public Theater’s world premiere of “Hercules” has proven to be one of the hottest tickets in NYC, with hundreds of fans waiting outside …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:39AM
Thursday, August 29, 2019

The Shubert Organization Announces Revival of The Man Having a Heart Attack in Row H at “Chicago” by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - The Shubert Organization announced today their revival of Ted Garfield, the 63-year old man currently having a heart attack during act one of “C…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:06AM
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

“Sea Wall / A Life” Adds Steve-O Monologue “Fart Beer” To Production by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. HUDSON THEATRE, NY - Producers of the acclaimed “Sea Wall / A Life”, a pair of monologues performed by celebrated actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge, a…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:00AM
Thursday, August 22, 2019

BREAKING: President’s Understudy Expected to Go On For Rest of Show's Run by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. WASHINGTON, DC - Following Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s blockbuster announcement yesterday that she is officially opening an impeachment inquiry into President …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:12AM

The Next Sweeney Todd? This Barber Just Killed a Man by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. LONDON - Local authorities are buzzing this morning after discovering the body of 38-year old Mark Frianci in the barbershop of local groomer Damien Chattlesby -…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:01AM
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Inside The Theater District Applebee’s Secret Menu That I Definitely Didn’t Make Up by Broadway Beat

by Ryan Kristopik. @ryankristopik. Everyone’s favorite cheat (out) meal takes place at the Applebee’s on 42nd Street. What Broadway Babies don’t know is that there is a hidden menu for…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:57AM
Friday, August 16, 2019

"Gazillion Bubble Show" Faces Controversy After 6-Year Old Counts by Broadway Beat

by Alec Brown. @brownta3. NEW YORK, New York – Famed Off-Broadway production “Gazillion Bubble Show” is facing controversy this week after 6-year old Michelle Vincent told the company …

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:21AM

Quiznos Sponsors “King Kong” Puppet In Final Effort to Save Musical by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. New York, NY - Producers of the soon-to-close Broadway musical “King Kong” announced today that sandwich chain Quiznos would be stepping in to sponsor the sh…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:46AM
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Singing Stardust Diner Staff to Start Doing Chekhov Monologues Instead by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY - Would you like some Trigorin with that shake? Times Square’s Stardust Diner, most famous for their bubbly wait staff that sings to you whil…

SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:10AM

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