Friday, October 18, 2019
With this week's opening of The Lightning Thief, we though we'd take a Friday 5 look five of our favorite (and not so favorite) shows based on other young adult/children's novels. How many …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:06PMThursday, October 17, 2019
The Peter Pan story resonates with me much like Harry Potter resonates with the generations after mine (for the record, I love Harry Potter). And the Peter Pan story has come in many forms, …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:48PMWednesday, October 16, 2019
Congratulations to the entire company of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical on the opening of your show tonight on Broadway. Here's to a successful run!We'd like to send specia…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMTuesday, October 15, 2019
The good news is that the entire original cast of The History Boys was in the wonderful film version of this Olivier and Tony Award-winning play by Alan Bennett. The bad news is that I miss…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMMonday, October 14, 2019
This month's featured ensemblist is actually only on the verge of making his Broadway debut. But Sam Leicht from The Lightning Thief is no stranger to the footlights. In addition to being …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AMFriday, October 11, 2019
You asked for it! By popular demand, we are starting a new series of Friday 5 Quizzes. In honor of the upcoming Halloween celebration, this time around, we thought we'd see how much you know…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:18PMThursday, October 10, 2019
Congratulations to the entire companies of Linda Vista and The Rose Tattoo on the upcoming opening of your show. Here's to a successful run!We'd like to send special congratulations to t…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:54AMWednesday, October 9, 2019
Creators and stars, Alex Wyse and Wesley Taylor
The award-winning web-series Indoor Boys recently released its third season, and, Broadway fans, it is a doozy. Created by and starring Broad…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:33AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
Back in October 2011, we highlighted an "up and coming" new talent, Jeremy Jordan as Mr. Broadway (HERE). He had already been in Rock of Ages and West Side Story, and was just finished hea…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:33AMMonday, October 7, 2019
Congratulations to the entire company of Slave Play on the opening of your show last night on Broadway. Here's to a successful run!We'd like to send special congratulations to playwright Je…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AMFriday, October 4, 2019
Yesterday's 58th anniversary of Noel Coward's musical, Sail Away got me to thinking about all the boats I've seen on Broadway. It is amazing how many I've seen, really. Now, that's stage ma…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:48AMThursday, October 3, 2019
The only thing surprising about this month's Ms. Broadway is that we've waited so long to celebrate her. She lives the life most of us hardcore theater fans dream of. And she has earned it.…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMWednesday, October 2, 2019
With Mr. Broadway October 2019, we have a theatrical bad boy. He's played the King, St. Jimmy, a 90's sociopath, and, currently, a suicidal outcast. Stans of this guy know all of this, from …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Come From Away: Welcome to the Rock: An Inside Look at the Hit Musical. Music, lyrics and book by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Text by Laurence Maslon. Forward by Prime Minister Justin Trud…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:48AMMonday, September 30, 2019
Judging by the number of votes that were cast last week, I can see that you think this cast of mostly Broadway newbies is bringing the heat! The vote was very close - clearly you can feel th…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:06AMFriday, September 27, 2019
Over the years, we've been fortunate to have seen favorite Broadway shows multiple times. Sometimes, it is an embarrassing number of times. Sadly, with the ever-climbing rise in ticket price…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:18AMThursday, September 26, 2019
Being the devout Stephen Sondheim fan that I am, there was no way I was going to miss a play that he wrote. Add George Furth - his co-playwright and book writer of Company - and there was…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:24PMWednesday, September 25, 2019
Review of the Sunday, September 22, 2019 matinee performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Starring Patrina Bromley, Jenn Colella, Alex Finke, De'Lon Grant, Joel Hatch, John Jellison, …
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:12PMTuesday, September 24, 2019
As Mike said as we hit the Lincoln Tunnel, another Broadway Flea Market is in the books. $870,167 was the final tally - way to go, theater fans! We all braved the heat, the crowds and the sc…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:33PMMonday, September 23, 2019
New show! New round of Broadway Heat! That's right - since The Lightning Thief began previews last week, we have a job to do!In our annual quest to name the buzziest Broadway actor or actres…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:36AMFriday, September 20, 2019
The third Sunday of September is one of my favorite days of each year. I love the BC/EFA Flea Market! (I appreciate the auction, but it is way out of my price range...) So this Friday 5 is w…
Linked From www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:33PMThursday, 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…
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