2,644 stories by "JK"
 This Week in Broadway History:
May 4 - 10
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May 4, 2008:Â Boeing Boeing landed at the Longacre Theatre for 279 performances with an all-star cast …
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:
Sondheim Lyrics
Do you fancy yourself a real Sondheim fan? This week, put your devotion (and knowledge) to the test! Can you name the Sondheim song and show from the lyrics …
 At This Performance:
Stephanie Torns in Waitress
I'm a Jessie Mueller fan. Often, she's not just the best person in the show she's in, she's the only good thing about she's in. So, I wo…
One That Got Away:
My Favorite YearÂ
That old saying, "If I knew then what I know now..." is particularly apt when it comes to the biggest flop of the 92-93 Broadway season, My Favorite…
This Week in Broadway History:
April 27 - May 3
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April 27, 1986:Â Hey, big spender! The Bob Fosse directed revival of Sweet Charity starring Debbie A…
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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Favorite Designs:
The Design of American Psycho
Theater truly is a collaborative art. Each element depends on and enhances the others. An excellent example of this is the design for America…
We've noticed that traffic on the site has been very heavy over the past couple of months for an older post (from January 2013!) about the preponderance of bare torsos on the Broadway stage.…
 This Week in Broadway History:
April 20 - 26
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April 20, 2010:Â Pop-punk came to Broadway when Green Day's American Idiot opened its 422 performan…
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 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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The Broadway Bookshelf:
Tony Voter FYC Books
So, I was dusting off my shelves the other day, and I came across my small, but inevitably growing, collection of For Your Consideration booklet…
This month's Broadway Who's Who is someone with relatively new, but impressive, resume which includes roles in some of this millennium's biggest titles. Like most performers, Mandy Gonzal…
This Week in Broadway History:
April 13 - 19
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April 13, 2000:Â Queenie was a blonde and her age stood still. Well for 68 performances, anyway. The Mic…
Over the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
Last week's game proved to be quite popular! Seems all you show tunes fans enjoy a challenge. So here are 5 more (no repeats from last week, either!). Oh! And the answers to last week's game…
This month's column is really a tale of two theaters, a before and after, if you will. One of my all-time favorite shows played at the "before," and several shows I was underwhelmed by playe…
As we all know, getting a new musical to Broadway is a long, arduous task, whether the show is a hit or a flop. Along the way, songs are written, re-written, moved around, and even cut altog…
This Week in Broadway History:
March 30 - April 5
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April 6, 2017: Titans of the cosmetics world faced off in the musical War Paint at the Ne…
Over the past months, we've been in search of the very best in Broadway musical logos, going back 40 years. And now, here we are starting a new tournament, looking for the very best logo of …
How well do you know your 21st century Broadway lyrics? Over the first 20+ years of the new millennium there have been dozens of new scores written, and this week's game will test your knowl…
At This Performance:
Andrew Call in American Idiot
When I started this new monthly column, several performances by terrific understudies leapt to mind right away. One of them I didn't even …
One That Got Away:
The 39 Steps (2008)
I have often said that one of the things I like best about theater is that it can do so many things that film just can't do, despite all of the tec…
