Thursday, February 12, 2015
Taking a date (or spouse, or significant other or affectionate parolee) out to a Broadway show is a no-brainer for Valentine’s Day. A show is both social and personal, the experience allow…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:54AMThursday, February 5, 2015
Sometimes a star just has it. Not just talent, not just a special quality, but a presence that will make theatergoers (especially female theatergoers) throw money at the opportunity to be in…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:12AMFriday, January 30, 2015
What were you doing 57 years ago? Well, like me, the vast majority of people reading this probably weren’t doing anything but floating in heaven somewhere before popping up in a scrotum, b…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:01AMWednesday, January 21, 2015
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:35AMFriday, January 16, 2015
When “Honeymoon in Vegas” played at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse two years ago, the musical seemed to be on a fast track to Broadway. Audiences had a blast, the cast boasted Rob M…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:58AMWednesday, January 14, 2015
The closing of Broadway’s “Rock of Ages” next week brings not only a long-running show to an end but also, most probably, another kernel of theater history: Helen Hayes’s name on a m…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:28AMMonday, January 12, 2015
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:41PMWednesday, January 7, 2015
The Broadway League, which comprises theaters and producers in New York City, just released its happy stats for 2014. As ever, the organization trumpeted The Street’s overall robustness an…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:48PMMonday, January 5, 2015
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:52PMMonday, December 29, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:31PMMonday, December 22, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:38PMAlthough Broadway seasons begin in May and end in April, towards the end of the annum it’s fun to look back at the calendar year – which comprises two half-seasons – and recall memorab…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:46PMTuesday, December 16, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:46AM1899 Noël Coward is born today. He authored plays such as Hay Fever, Design for Living and Private Lives, many of which he performed in; scripts for the films "Brief Encounter" an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, December 9, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:14AMSunday, December 7, 2014
“American Hustle” Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper opens on Broadway tonight as John Merrick, the tortured title character of “The Elephant Man”. Patricia Clarkson, Antho…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:58PMMonday, December 1, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:49PMTuesday, November 25, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:26AMTuesday, November 18, 2014
A Broadway musical that features 1980s hard rock hits jukeboxed into a defiantly silly storyline? What a recipe for disaster! Especially since jukebox musicals featuring songs by The Beach B…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:09PMMonday, November 17, 2014
Never let it be said that Broadway gives you only one chance. Sure, a hit show from yesteryear or recent times is always eyeballed for a revival, but even a flop can sometimes get a new leas…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:03PMOne aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:55PMTuesday, November 11, 2014
Producer Harvey Weinstein has glee-fully announced that Matthew Morrison will play J.M. Barrie in the spring Broadway mounting of “Finding Neverland”. The tuner, which tried out at Massa…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:42AMMonday, November 10, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:29PMFriday, November 7, 2014
“American Hustle” Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper begins Broadway previews at the Booth Theater tonight as John Merrick, the tortured title character of “The Elephant Man̶…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:40PMTuesday, November 4, 2014
Diane Paulus’s imaginative reimagining of “Pippin”, which took the 2013 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, has run out of pep. The show’s box office has been declining as of late, …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:51AMMonday, November 3, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:41PMThursday, October 30, 2014
Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Thing” is back on Broadway, this time with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ewen McGregor, Josh Hamilton and Cynthia Nixon in tow. The Roundabout Theater Company’s rev…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:43AMTuesday, October 28, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:04PMThursday, October 23, 2014
Ayad Akhtar’s drama, “Disgraced”, which won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, opens tonight, Oct. 23, at Broadway’s Lyceum Theater. Preview began Sept. 27 for the drama, which tells…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:12AMMonday, October 20, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:57PMTuesday, October 14, 2014
One aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:20PM 
