Monday, October 26, 2020
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. We started with …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:36AM[SHARE]Friday, October 23, 2020
Like many of you, I've spent my fair share of my quarantine time listening to cast recordings. You know how lyrics to songs get stuck in your head? It can be maddening! This week's game a…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 22, 2020
There is a distinct thrill for a musical theater fan when a new, exciting composer arrives. Such was the thrill of hearing the joyous and often thoughtful score of David Yazbek's debut Broad…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Last week's Musical of the Month column focused on what has become of the original cast of Hairspray since they took Broadway by storm during the summer of 2002. This week, we'll take a l…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Last month, we started a new series - "Hit Songs" From Broadway Misfires - where we pick out songs that we love from scores of Broadway shows that didn't quite make it. For every "Memory,…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AM[SHARE]Monday, October 19, 2020
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. We started with …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:36AM[SHARE]Friday, 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 house…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 15, 2020
Crazy year, crazy season, right? Well, at this point I'm just thrilled to have some positive Broadway-related news to talk about. This afternoon, The 2020 Tony Award Nominations were announc…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:03PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 14, 2020
We started off this month's Musical of the Month, Hairspray with a look back at the origins and facts behind the original Broadway production. This week, we take a closer look at th…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:12PM[SHARE]Like several of our other honorees (Mr./Ms. Broadway, Standing @ Zero) Matt Meigs is a graduate of Elon University. And like so many of its graduates, he has, in a very short period of time,…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:42PM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2020
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things st…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AM[SHARE]Friday, October 9, 2020
The Gershwins. Jason Robert Brown. Sir Andrew. Steve. How much trivia do you know about Broadway composers? This week's game will test your knowledge! Good luck! (Look for the answers ne…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 8, 2020
With the recent passing of Brent Carver, I've been thinking a great deal about how fortunate I was to have seen his Tony-winning turn in Kiss of the Spider Woman three times. So natural, …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 7, 2020
As we live in another age of civil unrest and protests for equality, racial justice, it seems more than appropriate to celebrate Hairspray as Musical of the Month. This week, we'll take a lo…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 04:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Like most of us that are into the theater scene, we, too, are craving anything that could possibly count as new content. Which brings us to the installation of a new marquee for a new Broadw…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]Monday, October 5, 2020
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things st…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:03AM[SHARE]Friday, October 2, 2020
Last week's word search was so popular, we decided to give you another one to work on. This week, we focus on the women who make the Great Bright Way shine. Yes, there are the divas, but als…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:24AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 1, 2020
Chances are pretty good that if you've been to a Broadway show over the past three decades, you've had the privilege of seeing the work of Howell Binkley. You may not have even known you did…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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I should preface this article by saying two things. First, I find the score of Grease wholly entertaining, in a sing-along, fun kind of way. (Let's face it, you don't …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 29, 2020
In what has generally been a nightmare scenario for Broadway, one of the first bright spots of the pandemic has been the news that the new musical Diana was being filmed for a Netflix rel…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:54AM[SHARE]Monday, September 28, 2020
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things start…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:54AM[SHARE]Friday, September 25, 2020
Who doesn't love a word search? How about one that is all about Broadway? It's the best of both worlds this week, readers! True, it covers this crazy past season, but still... Standard rules…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 24, 2020
One of my post-COVID goals is to see Jordan Fisher perform live. I've been a fan of this multi-talented guy since his Disney Channel days, and more recently during is championship-winning ru…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Over the past weeks, we've taken a look at the long and starry road the Musical of the Month, Grease has taken. The original production made stars, the 1994 revival made stars and celebra…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 22, 2020
We love it when we hear from you, especially when you come up with some great ideas that add to the Broadway discourse. Well, following our list of favorite flops of the past decade, and aga…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:36AM[SHARE]Monday, September 21, 2020
You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Over the summer, you really embraced our very first bracket, the 1980s Broadway Musical Logo Tournament. Ultimat…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:32AM[SHARE]Friday, September 18, 2020
Can you figure out how these shows connect to each other in order? Are they connected by an actor? A director? The theater they played in? Or something else altogether? Remember, you are fig…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2020
We have been fans of this month's Standing @ Zero hero since his days in the off-Broadway revival of Bare. Since then, his career has really taken off, with regional theater credits inclu…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:03AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 16, 2020
The long running revival of the Musical of the Month, Grease! (1994Â - 1998) was a neon-colored hyper fantasy version of the original. It was a crazy spectacle, and it was a lot of fun. Wh…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:48AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Review of Broadway Misfires: Three Decades of Broadway Musical Heartbreak by Mark A. Robinson and Thomas S. Hischak. BookBaby, Publishers. © 2020. 757 pages, including sections of prod…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:42AM[SHARE]Monday, September 14, 2020
We are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and d…
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