Thursday, December 7, 2023
It all started when Gregory Maguire realized what many of us should have noticed when we first saw THE WIZARD...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:27AMSaturday, November 4, 2023
You’d expect a musical of THE GREAT GATSBY to display the sound of the ‘20s – and that’s what you’ll...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:33AMSaturday, October 14, 2023
Now you have two reasons to read CAT’S CRADLE. The first has been in place since 1963, when Kurt Vonnegut,...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:17PMSaturday, September 16, 2023
Don’t be ashamed. We all have misconceptions when we’re just getting interested in theater. Didn’t you once assume that every...Continue Reading
The post SOME OTHER NEW FACES appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:38PMFriday, August 4, 2023
Was February 10, 2023 a significant date in American history? Granted, on that day, Adidas announced that it expected to...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:30AMTuesday, July 4, 2023
“Never address criticism directly.” That was President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s policy, but in this one case, he’d made an exception....Continue Reading
The post YES, WE DO LIKE IKE �…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:38PMMonday, June 12, 2023
Eighteen actors at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival apparently agree with a line heard in THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE. “If it’s...Continue Reading
The post THE PENNSYLVANIA SHAKESPEARE F…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:00AMWednesday, May 10, 2023
A liberal battles staunch and skeptical conservatives who are angered by her attempt to change things. Sounds heavy, no? ...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:55PMTuesday, April 11, 2023
As Charles Strouse wrote in his 2008 memoir PUT ON A HAPPY FACE, “Throughout history, the strongest drives in...Continue Reading
The post DEAR WORLD AND BAD CINDERELLA: BIT BY BIT, FIXI…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:23PMSunday, March 12, 2023
Who knew that Cecily and Gwendolen would get The Seven Year Itch? Playwright Alice Scovell takes us to the eighth...Continue Reading
The post THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK: INTO THE WILDE appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:08AMSaturday, February 25, 2023
Stevens and Treadway gravitate towards original plays that, like WAR DREAMER, look at extreme human behavior and have an experimental edge
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 08:40AMSunday, February 19, 2023
Victoria Clark is no Madeline Kahn. That’s also true of Steven Boyer, Justin Cooley, Bonnie Milligan and Alli Mauzey....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:57AMMonday, January 16, 2023
How does he do it?!?!?! It’s an oft-heard question at any magic show, and it’s certainly heard at ASI...Continue Reading
The post ASI WIND’S INNER CIRCLE: PICK A CARD, ANY CARD appe…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:04PMSunday, December 18, 2022
And to think that in 1981 they couldn’t give tickets away. To be fair, however, the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31AMSunday, November 13, 2022
And they say that Bobby in COMPANY is a cipher. Sondheim and Furth’s character is a six-point-six on the Richter...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:45AMMonday, October 17, 2022
As you begin to watch the current revival of 1776, don’t forget the 10-minute rule. It’s been attributed to Sondheim,...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:21PMSunday, September 4, 2022
After lyricist Leo Robin had written a song for The Big Broadcast of 1938, he incurred the censor’s wrath. No,...Continue Reading
The post THE SHAW FESTIVAL’S 60th ANNIVERSARY SEASON app…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:55PMSaturday, August 13, 2022
Good Lord! This is the same actor who, as a teen, was so endearing as Arpad in the 2016...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSaturday, July 16, 2022
All right, you missed MACBETH, PLAZA SUITE and AMERICAN BUFFALO, which all finished their runs as scheduled on July 10....Continue Reading
The post HOW TO THEATRICALLY SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACA…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:07PMSunday, June 19, 2022
If you’ve written a song called “Never Say No,” aren’t you automatically required to say “Yes!” to any suggestion? Nevertheless,...Continue Reading
The post THE FANTASTICKS: THE …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:44PMSunday, May 1, 2022
One big mistake made in the new revival of FUNNY GIRL has nothing to do with Beanie Feldstein. Those who...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:03AMSaturday, April 16, 2022
Seeing Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in PLAZA SUITE brought to mind the real surprise that theatergoers had...Continue Reading
The post PLAZA SUITES TO THE SWEET AND SOUR app…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, February 13, 2022
How many hundreds of times have critics said “If you liked [name of old show], you’ll love [name of...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:00AMSunday, January 16, 2022
Think of a piece of wallpaper whose edge in the upper corner has come loose from insufficient or incompetent glue....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:40AMTuesday, September 21, 2021
As soon as the curtain rises on PASS OVER, we immediately have two questions. What is there at the bottom...Continue Reading
The post PASS OVER: Hardly a Religious Ceremony appeared first on…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:55AMTuesday, March 24, 2020
As always, a Scott Miller book is one I reach for with relish. In his previous tomes, Miller has proved...Continue Reading
The post SCOTT MILLER’S NEW GOLDEN AGE OF MUSICALS appeared first…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:29AMMonday, March 16, 2020
As Albert Blossom sings in DOCTOR DOLITTLE, “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.” You haven’t, either. And...Continue Reading
The post DANA H. — as in Higginbotham AND as …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 05:42PMTuesday, March 10, 2020
“What’s the worst thing that you’ve ever seen in all your trips to the theater?” It’s a question that people...Continue Reading
The post A COCKTAIL PARTY Is an EXPERIMENT That Fail…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:27PMSunday, March 1, 2020
Oh, why not?! Let’s face it: WEST SIDE STORY, in their faithful 1980 and 2009 revivals, set few pulses racing...Continue Reading
The post WEST SIDE STORY: Live on Stage – and on Screen a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:11PMSunday, February 23, 2020
Wouldn’t a play with Josephine Baker, Margaret Sanger, Langston Hughes and Adam Clayton Powell have terrific dramatic possibilities? After all,...Continue Reading
The post BLUES FOR AN ALA…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:53PMSunday, February 16, 2020
The first words that we hear come courtesy of an onstage Band Leader. “It’s 1969.” Those who didn’t know that...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:19PM 
