2,644 stories by "JK"
BROADWAY GAMES:
The Colors of Pride
To celebrate Pride, today's game is a rainbow of fun. Can you name which show each snippet of a logo is from? There's one for each color on the Pride …
Over the years, I've had the opportunity to a lot of really awe-inspiring set pieces. The 80s alone were a treasure trove - flying chandeliers, helicopters and a giant levitating tire, to na…
One of my favorite things as a theater fan is looking at show photos. They are all truly art. These days, if you look at the credit under the picture, you'll likely see names like Joan Marcu…
This Week in Broadway History:
June 8 - 14
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 June 10, 1982: Transferring from off-Broadway, Torch Song Trilogy  opened at The Little Theat…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Broadway Game:
Logo Legs!
Broadway is surely known for its jazz hands and its dancin' feet. But between those hands and feet are legs! And Broadway knows a thing or two about gams, too! Kic…
I've often written about my experience seeing my first Broadway show, the 1983 revival of Mame at the Gershwin. But I also have a vivid memory of that day before we even sat down for the …
This Week in Broadway History:
June 1 - 7
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 June 1, 1971: Good grief! You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, a smash hit off-Broadway, opened at the G…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Broadway Games:True or False
1. TRUE or FALSE: The 74th Tony Awards, airing on September 26th, will be the first to air the ceremony on two different networks.
2. TRUE or FALSE: Once Upo…
Back in April, Mike wrote an article about his favorite performance of the role of St. Jimmy in his favorite musical, American Idiot (HERE). Today, he shares his thoughts on one performer wh…
 One That Got Away:
Footloose
(1998)
In the late 1990's I was in the middle of my "theater snob" period, and I missed a lot of fun shows. One of those is the subject of this month's One …
This Week in Broadway History:
May 25 - 31
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May 25, 2016: Cirque du Soleil came to Broadway with Paramour on this date at the Lyric Theatre, wher…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Broadway Games:
A Mini-Quiz
Here's a little test of your Broadway knowledge. Good luck!
1. Put these shows in chronological order by the date of their official Broadway opening night:
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Welcome to the Rock, Bohemians!
(2 Videos, 1 Message)
I'm sure that I'm not the only one of us who gets emails from Broadway shows. And I'm pretty sure, that even if we've already seen t…
Movie Musicals 2021:
3 Thoughts on 3 Trailers
Maybe theater fans were extra good this past year. As a reward for enduring a pandemic, maybe we are being rewarded with not one, but three …
This Week in Broadway History:
May 18 - 24
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May 20, 1916: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov made its Broadway debut at the Bandbox Theatre.
May 21, …
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
Broadway Games:
3 Out of 4
Three out of four things in each group below have something or someone in common. Which one doesn't belong? What do the other three have in common? Good luck!
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There aren't many people who have enjoyed as prolific a career in the theater as Michael Greif. With a career spanning decades, covering some of this country's most acclaimed regional theate…
Over the past year, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. Now let's jump aboard the Broadway Time Machine and go waaay back to the 1970s and s…
BROADWAY GAMES:
How Well Do You Know
Your Flop Playbill Covers?
Can you recognize these shows from their Playbill covers - just the banner and a little bit of the logo? Good luck!
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"Hit Songs" From Broadway Misfires:
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Despite an impressive, if troubled, run of 1,066 performances, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was a Broadway misfire. Ma…
Tucked away in the back corner of the Lincoln Center campus, the Vivian Beaumont Theater is easily recognizable with its large plate glass windows and trademark neon logo-signs. Opened…
