Theater fans love to ask the question, “If there were a time machine, what would you go back and see?”...Continue Reading The post SUNSET BLVD. GETS ABBREVIATED appeared first on Broadwa…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 10:21AMFaster than a speeding bullet! No, we’re not talking about a revival of that Superman musical. Instead, let’s first talk aboutthe rapid pace that...Continue Reading The post OUR TOWN…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:14AMIt’s one thing to have your name up in lights in front of the theater. But inside, too? And yet,...Continue Reading The post THE ROOMMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM appeared first on Broadway…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 10:43AMIt has a laugh-filled script with an amusing score as well. But has there ever been an Overture that more...Continue Reading The post ONCE UPON A MATTRESS: ODD START, BUT THEN … appeared f…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:18AMWell, they do say that cats have nine lives … so why shouldn’t the musical? Theatrically speaking, the first life...Continue Reading The post CATS: LET THE MEMORY BE FORGOT appeared firs…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:44PMHOME is receiving a warm Broadway homecoming. Many who visited Samm-Art Williams’ comedy-drama at the Cort 44 years ago will...Continue Reading The post HOME AGAIN! appeared first on Broad…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:54PMIt’s become a favorite go-to concept for journalists. “Five Takeaways from (whatever).” “Five Takeaways from the Trump trial.” “Five...Continue Reading The post FIVE TAKEAWAYS…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:13AMWe’re only talking about two words, but the creators of THE OUTSIDERS made a mistake in mentioning them. Here’s...Continue Reading The post INSIDE THE OUTSIDERS appeared first on Broa…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:26AMBekah Brunstetter didn’t take the easy way out. The esteemed playwright was given the assignment of turning Nicholas Sparks...Continue Reading The post NOTES ON THE NOTEBOOK appeared fi…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:12AM“What a perfect day!” It’s the opening line of the first new Stephen Sondheim song that we’ve heard in years....Continue Reading The post HERE WE ARE: THERE IT WAS appeared first on …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:57AMIt all started when Gregory Maguire realized what many of us should have noticed when we first saw THE WIZARD...Continue Reading The post WICKED: THE EMERALD CITY IN THE CRESCENT CITY appear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:27AMYou’d expect a musical of THE GREAT GATSBY to display the sound of the ‘20s – and that’s what you’ll...Continue Reading The post THE GREAT GATSBY FACES THE MUSIC appeared first on …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:33AMNow you have two reasons to read CAT’S CRADLE. The first has been in place since 1963, when Kurt Vonnegut,...Continue Reading The post THE CAT’S IN THE THEATRICAL CRADLE appeared first…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:17PMDon’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 01:38PMWas February 10, 2023 a significant date in American history? Granted, on that day, Adidas announced that it expected to...Continue Reading The post HOORAY FOR GOIN’ HOLLYWOOD! appeared fi…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:30AM“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 09:38PMEighteen 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 04:00AMA liberal battles staunch and skeptical conservatives who are angered by her attempt to change things. Sounds heavy, no? ...Continue Reading The post Oh, SHUCKED! appeared first on Broad…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:55PMAs 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 09:23PMWho 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 09:08AMStevens and Treadway gravitate towards original plays that, like WAR DREAMER, look at extreme human behavior and have an experimental edge
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 08:40AMVictoria Clark is no Madeline Kahn. That’s also true of Steven Boyer, Justin Cooley, Bonnie Milligan and Alli Mauzey....Continue Reading The post DROPPING IN ON KIMBERLY AKIMBO appeared…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:57AMHow 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 03:04PMAnd to think that in 1981 they couldn’t give tickets away. To be fair, however, the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG...Continue Reading The post NOW IT ROLLS ALONG MERRILY appeared first on BroadwayS…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31AMAnd they say that Bobby in COMPANY is a cipher. Sondheim and Furth’s character is a six-point-six on the Richter...Continue Reading The post ALMOST FAMOUS: IT ISN’T MILLER TIME appeared …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:45AMAs you begin to watch the current revival of 1776, don’t forget the 10-minute rule. It’s been attributed to Sondheim,...Continue Reading The post ONE WAY TO VIEW THIS 1776 appeared first…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:21PMAfter 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 09:55PMGood Lord! This is the same actor who, as a teen, was so endearing as Arpad in the 2016...Continue Reading The post THE OH-SO-BAD BUTCHER BOY appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMAll 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 09:07PMIf 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 04:44PMOne big mistake made in the new revival of FUNNY GIRL has nothing to do with Beanie Feldstein. Those who...Continue Reading The post FUNNY GIRL: FELDSTEIN ON BROADWAY appeared first on Broad…
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