21 stories by "Dan Mason"
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Nominations won’t be out for months, but the Tony race for Best Revival of a Musical is already over. Back to the orphanage, Annie. Nice try, Edwin Drood. Ma…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Rock of Ages was a surprise hit of the 2009 season, enjoying 5 Tony nominations, including Best Musical. While the show walked away empty-handed in awards seaso…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) So the Tony nominations are out, Whaddya think? Were your favorite shows and performers recognized?? Here are my 7 biggest questions after seeing the list of nomin…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) We are just about 12 hours away from the announcement of this year’s Tony nominees, and in the final installment of this series, we will make predictions for…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) As the theatre community gets ready for the Tony nominations on Tuesday, we are back with part 2 of our fearless predictions. Best Featured Actor in a Musical A…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) We are just days away from the   announcement of this season’s Tony Award nominees. Over the next 48 hours, the Broadway Critic blog staff will be mak…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Diana from Next to Normal, in a shocking championship round upset of Elphaba. I can’t say that I saw this result coming, but I suppose it is one of Broadway&…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Leap of Faith is the stage adaptation of the little seen 1992 movie starring Steve Martin as a flim-flam, travelling preacher with an appetite for booze, women, an…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Broadway has been overrun with musicals based on movies over the last several seasons. Some, like Billy Elliott, were the toast of Broadway, while Legally Blonde a…
By: Dan Mason @djdan1079 Tensions are high as two political candidates arrive at their party’s nominating convention in Philadelphia. On one hand, you have a millionaire, whose critics…
The field of 64 is down to two ladies. Diana and Elphaba will now square off for the Musical Madness title. Diana is here after taking out Bobby from Company, Roger from Rent, The Witch from…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) The road to the final four has not been an “Easy Street” (ask 3rd round casualty, Miss Hannigan). “Impossible Dreams” were crushed (Don Qui…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) The tension is mounting as we head to the regional finals of our first ever “Musical Madness” tournament. After a bevy of upsets in the opening two …
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) We’ve cut the field down to 16. Overall, our second round matchups failed to provide a lot of drama. Aside from the #2 seed Christine Daae going down t…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Round 1 of musical madness is in the books. While 11 lower seeds were victorious, only 5 of those could be considered big upsets. Â Perhaps the most shocking res…
We know we said5pm tomorrow, but by popular demand, we are tipping off the first round games early. For the first time ever, the most iconic characters in musical theatre are battling it our…
by: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Chances are, if you are a diehard theatre fan who reads this blog on a regular basis, you are not the type of person who is inclined to spend four consecutive d…
Michael Riedel has written at length about the recent scramble by Broadway producers to find open theatres for their new shows. As many as a dozen productions are looking for a home on the &…
Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, is the Broadway transfer of a show that was enormously successful in Britain, winning that country’s Olivier award for “Best New Play” …
Written by: Dan Mason SPOILER ALERT (For Dummies) – Jesus gets crucified in the second act of Godspell. I don’t think I’m giving too much away by telling you that the last …
Written by: Dan Mason It’s not unheard of for Broadway producers to gamble on reviving a dated piece of material and using it as a star vehicle for Broadway royalty. Just last seaso…
