Saturday, November 16, 2024
People have been trying to put Louis Armstrong’s life onstage ever since that master jazzman died in 1971. My BFF Phil took me to a backers’ audition for one attempt to build a musical a…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:54PMSaturday, November 9, 2024
Hurricanes have wiped out entire communities along the west coast of Florida. Wildfires are burning up over 400,000 acres in northern California. Drought has pushed water levels in the Missi…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 11:31AMAll The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Rabbit Hole”2007 Pulitzer w…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AMSaturday, November 2, 2024
You're unlikely to find anyone who doesn't have a strong opinion about Sunset Blvd., the latest revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s musical adaptation of Bi…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 02:31PMSaturday, October 26, 2024
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” is now in its 16th season and its Emmy-winning celebration of gay and trans culture has spawned a half dozen spin-offs and scores of international versions. And no…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 11:42AMSunday, October 20, 2024
This October has turned out to be a crazy time for those of us trying to keep up with all the fall show openings. I’m currently scheduled to see more than a dozen of them over just the nex…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 03:24AMSaturday, October 12, 2024
All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “The Shadow Box”1977 Pulitze…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00AMSunday, October 6, 2024
It kind of makes sense that so many people are drawing comparisons betweenThe Hills of California, the new Jez Butterworth play that opened this week at the Broadhurst Theatre; and Gypsy, th…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:48AMMonday, September 30, 2024
The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. Luis Quintero website…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:00PMSaturday, September 21, 2024
It somehow slipped my mind that Tuesday night was the opening night for CSC’s presentation of Our Class, the searing saga of a group of Poles and Jews who grew up together in a rural Polis…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:12AMSaturday, September 14, 2024
All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “A Streetcar Named Desire”19…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AMSaturday, August 31, 2024
It’s been a lazy summer. Only a few shows have opened. I took no trips. No out-of-town guests came to visit. My husband K and I just spent most of our time lolling around on our terrace …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 02:32PMSaturday, August 10, 2024
Nearly a month has gone by since I’ve posted here. Summer has a lot to do with that. There are fewer shows opening. And to be honest, the warmer weather makes me lazy. But that doesn’t…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:47AMAll The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Men in White”1934 Pulitzer …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00AMSaturday, July 20, 2024
The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. NAThePlay.com @nathep…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AMSunday, July 14, 2024
Wishing you a thoroughly festive holiday
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 03:12AMThose of us who love musicals root hard for each new one that comes along. And we root extra hard when we know that a new creative team is getting its first big break or that the show is bas…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 03:12AMSaturday, June 29, 2024
Summer has come roaring in this year. Temperatures seem to be setting records everywhere, making many of us (O.K., me) want to kick back and chill out with a cold drink and a cool book. The …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:42AMSaturday, June 22, 2024
As the most devoted fans of musicals will tell you, the best way to appreciate a musical is probably to listen to its cast album (click here to check out my BroadwayRadio colleague Michael …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:06PMSaturday, June 15, 2024
It can be hard to recapture the magic of the first time you saw a show. And the first times I saw Samm-Art Williams’ Home were nearly perfect. The Negro Ensemble Company was in its heyda…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:24AMAll The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Crimes of the Heart”1981 Pu…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AMSunday, June 9, 2024
We’re in the homestretch now, with just a week to go before next Sunday’s Tony Awards. And it's a particularly exciting time because there are virtually no sure winners this year and eve…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 02:12AMSunday, June 2, 2024
All of a sudden everybody doing a musical in this brand new 2024-25 season seems to be bellying up to a bar. Already this month, I’ve seen three shows—The Keep Going Songs, The Lonely Fe…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 05:42AMThursday, May 16, 2024
The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. The Outsiders – The…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01PMSaturday, May 4, 2024
We’re officially in awards season. The Outer Critics Circle, on whose nominating committee I sit, announced its choices for the best in the 2023-2024 season last week (click here to see …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 06:18PMWednesday, May 1, 2024
The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. APRIL 13-MAY 23, 2024…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 01:00PMSaturday, April 27, 2024
After seeing Mother Play, Paula Vogel’s semi-autobiographical three-hander which opened at the Hayes Theater on the very last day of the 2023-2024 theater season, my friends and I went nex…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:32AMWednesday, April 24, 2024
The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. Corey Cott and McKenz…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00PMTuesday, April 23, 2024
The Bard was born 460 years ago today—and died exactly 52 years later in 1616. But of course his works live on even though debates about whether or not he actually wrote them do too (click…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 02:12PMSaturday, April 20, 2024
What’s the hardest job in show business? There are obviously lots of contenders but right now as one musical after another is opening on Broadway, I’ve been thinking that the answer to…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:06PMSaturday, April 13, 2024
It’s being an unusually busy theater season this spring with a baker’s dozen of Broadway shows still scheduled to open between now and the end of the month. So it’s no surprise that sm…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:24AM 
