Thursday, September 19, 2019
I make no secret that A Chorus Line is my all-time favorite musical. I've seen it so many times, I know most of the choreography, and can recite most of the line. So it probably will come a…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMWednesday, September 18, 2019
The Broadway version
Both Mike and I are looking forward to this show, hoping that this latest entry in the Broadway race to be a big show for a younger audience. We both hope it does better…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AMTuesday, September 17, 2019
You know I love a good tagline!
I rarely go anywhere that I don't see theatricality. Sometimes, it is seeing the possibility of a stage version in some movie or experience. Sometimes it is t…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:48AMMonday, September 16, 2019
Last week, we did an update of a former Mr. Broadway (the great Joshua Henry HERE). This week, we take a look at what Ms. Broadway April 2010, Krysta Rodriguez has been up to. The last time …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:12AMFriday, September 13, 2019
Numbers. Numbers. Everywhere numbers! Palindrome week... For theater fans it might be, "a 5...6...7...8" or it might be the list of musical numbers in a musical's Playbill. This week's Frida…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:18AMThursday, September 12, 2019
During the 1986-1987 season, my favorite new musical wasn't everyone else's favorite new musical. Actually, my favorite new musical wasn't really a new musical at all. While everyone was wee…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:24PMWednesday, September 11, 2019
Baseball has utility players. So does Broadway. Right now, one such utility player on Broadway is this month's Standing @ Zero guy. Over his growing career, he's replaced a supporting charac…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMTuesday, September 10, 2019
My direct knowledge of the 1991 flop musical Nick and Nora starts and ends with the Original Broadway Cast Recording. As all of this was happening well before the social media revolution, th…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:54AMMonday, September 9, 2019
In November 2010, we highlighted the brilliant Joshua Henry as Mr. Broadway (HERE), and celebrated his success in such shows as In the Heights, American Idiot and The Scottsboro Boys. So, …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:12AMFriday, September 6, 2019
We come now to the end of this series of Friday 5 fun with Broadway Logo ABCs. We continue to be amazed at how much you all seem to love this little game! As you know, I am personally obsess…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AMThursday, September 5, 2019
True, it closed just short of one year ago. But it sure feels longer than that, so I think it qualifies as a #TBT! I'm speaking, of course, of the either-you-loved-it-or-you-hated-it 2018 re…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMWednesday, September 4, 2019
Like this month's Mr. Broadway, Ms. Broadway September 2019 has amassed an impressive, critically-acclaimed, award-winning resume of acting credits. She is remarkable in every media, of cour…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:54AMTuesday, September 3, 2019
A summer gives way to fall, we thought we'd celebrate the change of season with not one, but two Mr. Broadways September 2019! Both of these amazing actors have had terrific success on the b…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:18AMMonday, September 2, 2019
Happy Labor Day! The unofficial end of summer is here - already! But, as always, we look ahead. And as the show announcements continue this whole season is really starting to sound exciting.…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AMFriday, August 30, 2019
A couple weeks ago, The Friday 5 revealed some of Broadway's most burning musical questions. They came from a variety of shows by a variety of writers. So we got to thinking... did the Musi…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:12AMThursday, August 29, 2019
1988 - 1989 was a bad season for musicals. But there were two great shows, and they were perfect for theater lovers of all types. And both were musical revues (not to be confused with jukebo…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:54AMWednesday, August 28, 2019
Anais Mitchell won the 2019Tony for Best Score for herBroadway debut, Hadestown.Will she be back?
Last week, we ran a very successful article about Tony Award winners who have been missing i…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMTuesday, August 27, 2019
As the summer draws to a close, so does our national tour Around the U.S.A. in 80 Musicals. Today, we close out this series with a look at nine shows that take place in the Pacific states. D…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AMMonday, August 26, 2019
I always chuckle when I hear all of those National XYZ Day announcements. You know, "Happy National Wart Day" or "Today we are celebrating National Belly Button Lint Day" followed by Tweets …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:03AMFriday, August 23, 2019
How have you been doing so far? Do you really know your Broadway show logos? So far, we've been through A to O. Here are the next five. Remember: the letters can be from anywhere in the lo…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AMThursday, August 22, 2019
This week's #TBT is likely a true throwback to most of you, as it should be for real theater fans. Sadly, it is all new to me. Somehow, the Peabody Award-winning HBO Documentary: Six by Son…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AMWednesday, August 21, 2019
The Lightning Thief opens this fall
Just over a year ago, when we had a spate of summer openings, I ran the numbers for long-running Broadway shows (HERE), and despite all three musicals tha…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 04:06PMTuesday, August 20, 2019
Review of the Saturday, August 17, 2019 preview performance at The Max at Signature Theater in Arlington, VA. Starring Christopher Bloch, Kurt Boehm, Evan Casey, Vincent Kempski, Sam Ludwig,…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AMMonday, August 19, 2019
Every season, actors and actresses give award-winning and (many times) career-defining performances. For those performers, winning a Tony Award is a pinnacle of their stage resumes. A lot …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMFriday, August 16, 2019
The other day, I got a flyer for Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, and it got me to thinking that when that show starts previews, there will be two shows that feature the song "What's Love Got …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMThursday, August 15, 2019
Today's Throwback Thursday is more about history than a personal recollection of a show or other Broadway thing. Today, I thought I'd take a look at someplace that is such a part of the Broa…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:24AMWednesday, August 14, 2019
This month's Standing @ Zero honoree is one of the many really unsung heroes of the Broadway musical - he's a swing. Jeffrey C. Sousa is a part of the Disney's Aladdin company over at the Ne…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:48AMTuesday, August 13, 2019
I recently revisited this blast from the past, and loved it so much I couldn't wait for another Throwback Thursday. So, I guess this is a Throwback Tuesday... Anyway, back in 1991, while eve…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMMonday, August 12, 2019
There are many things to enjoy about Beetlejuice, and the show's logo is one of them. This is especially true when it is used in conjunction with other aspects of its advertising.
It's prima…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:54PMFriday, August 9, 2019
A few weeks ago, we started a little game that combines our love for logos and Broadway. It's a simple game - we provide a letter from an original Broadway show logo, and you name the show. …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMThursday, August 8, 2019
Chess played the Imperial Theatre - Spring 1988
The last article in this series (about Rags) got me to thinking about another musical that starred Judy Kuhn. I guess you could say Chess didn…
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