Thursday, April 22, 2021
Favorite Designs:
The Design of American Psycho
Theater truly is a collaborative art. Each element depends on and enhances the others. An excellent example of this is the design for America…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:12AMWednesday, April 21, 2021
We've noticed that traffic on the site has been very heavy over the past couple of months for an older post (from January 2013!) about the preponderance of bare torsos on the Broadway stage.…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:12AMTuesday, April 20, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
April 20 - 26
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
April 20, 2010: Pop-punk came to Broadway when Green Day's American Idiot opened its 422 performance run at the St…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMMonday, April 19, 2021
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AMFriday, April 16, 2021
BROADWAY GAMES:
How Well Do You Know
Your Playbill Covers?
Can you recognize these shows from their Playbill covers - just the banner and a little bit of the logo? Good luck!
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Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AMThursday, April 15, 2021
The Broadway Bookshelf:
Tony Voter FYC Books
So, I was dusting off my shelves the other day, and I came across my small, but inevitably growing, collection of For Your Consideration booklet…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 04:36PMWednesday, April 14, 2021
This month's Broadway Who's Who is someone with relatively new, but impressive, resume which includes roles in some of this millennium's biggest titles. Like most performers, Mandy Gonzalez…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:18PMTuesday, April 13, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
April 13 - 19
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
April 13, 2000: Queenie was a blonde and her age stood still. Well for 68 performances, anyway. The Michael John LaCh…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:48AMMonday, April 12, 2021
Over the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:54AMFriday, April 9, 2021
Last week's game proved to be quite popular! Seems all you show tunes fans enjoy a challenge. So here are 5 more (no repeats from last week, either!). Oh! And the answers to last week's game…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:24AMThursday, April 8, 2021
This month's column is really a tale of two theaters, a before and after, if you will. One of my all-time favorite shows played at the "before," and several shows I was underwhelmed by playe…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AMWednesday, April 7, 2021
As we all know, getting a new musical to Broadway is a long, arduous task, whether the show is a hit or a flop. Along the way, songs are written, re-written, moved around, and even cut altog…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:06PMTuesday, April 6, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
March 30 - April 5
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
April 6, 2017: Titans of the cosmetics world faced off in the musical War Paint at the Nederlander Theatre …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMMonday, April 5, 2021
Over the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:54AMFriday, April 2, 2021
How well do you know your 21st century Broadway lyrics? Over the first 20+ years of the new millennium there have been dozens of new scores written, and this week's game will test your knowl…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMThursday, April 1, 2021
At This Performance:
Andrew Call in American Idiot
When I started this new monthly column, several performances by terrific understudies leapt to mind right away. One of them I didn't even …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:18AMWednesday, March 31, 2021
One That Got Away:
The 39 Steps (2008)
I have often said that one of the things I like best about theater is that it can do so many things that film just can't do, despite all of the techn…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:12AMTuesday, March 30, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
March 30 - April 5
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
March 30, 1898: The Ibsen classic Hedda Gabler premiered on Broadway.
March 30, 2000: The 2000 Tony-winning…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:06AMMonday, March 29, 2021
Over the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:24PMFriday, March 26, 2021
For every Kinky Boots and Waitress, there's The Last Ship and Taboo. Being a successful pop songwriter like Cyndi Lauper or Sara Bareilles doesn't automatically translate to being a hit ma…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMThursday, March 25, 2021
The Glass Menagerie may just be my favorite play of all. That love has set a very high bar for what an excellent production of it would be to me. I've seen probably a dozen productions at al…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMWednesday, March 24, 2021
I really did enjoy Kinky Boots. It was spectacular, funny and touching. The performances across the board were excellent. A lot to appreciate and admire. And yet, I wasn't bowled over. Once …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMTuesday, March 23, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
March 23 - 29
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
March 23, 1995: The revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying! opened its 548 performance run at …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMMonday, March 22, 2021
Over the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:24PMFriday, March 19, 2021
For most of the 80's, this billboard enticed theater-goers in Times Square to "come and meet those dancing feet" in the smash hit musical 42nd Street. It must have worked - the show ran an i…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AMThursday, March 18, 2021
I'm old enough to remember looking forward to getting theater magazines in the mail. It was always a thrill when my Playbill Magazine and TheaterWeek would show up in the post box. I'd run u…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMWednesday, March 17, 2021
Chances are you've seen his work, even if you don't recognize Paul Tazewell's name. With a Broadway career that began with 1996's Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk and continues through …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMTuesday, March 16, 2021
This Week in Broadway History:
March 16 - 22
🎭OPENING NIGHTS🎭
March 17, 2005: The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2005, Spamalot, opened at the Shubert Theatre, where it would cl…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:42AMMonday, March 15, 2021
Over the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMFriday, March 12, 2021
This game proved so popular, we just had to come back with even more Leading Ladies! Remember, you can only use each name once!
Broadway Games:
Which Leading Lady...?
A. Tonya Pinkins …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AMThursday, March 11, 2021
Having been a legit theater for just over 92 years, it should not be a surprise that during its history the Ethel Barrymore Theatre has had some notorious tenants on its stage. Among them, t…
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