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For the last time this season, I'm taking a look at how the four nominees for Best Musical are using their nominations to woo us into seeing them. I find it interesting that one doesn'…
Cabaret - The best musical of the springI sound like a broken record, I guess, but I can't believe that the year is almost half over. And I can't believe that a new season is starting!…
So, how are the folks at each of the Tony-nominated musical revivals vying for our ticket dollars? It runs the gamut - from not bothering with the nominations to touting them to the hi…
Marriage Type Love! the new re-release of an album by Shirley Jones and the late Jack Cassidy takes all of us back to that time theatre fans always seem to wax nostalgic for - when…
Matilda Should Have WonLast April, before the 2013 Tony Awards nominations were announced, I did a little research into what kinds of shows were being nominated for best musicals of the…
I swear, sometimes Playbill.com and I must share a psychic connection. Every once in awhile, I'll post a blog on something Broadway, and the next day, Playbill.com will post …
The nominees for Best Revival of a Play represent a wide variety of plays - comedy and drama, classic American, classic modern European, and classic (in every way) Shakespeare. They al…
#1 - Next to NormalIt is hard to believe that we are 14 seasons into the 2000's! And it is even more hard to believe just how many notable - and some even great - musicals there h…
THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO LATER THIS YEARAlexander SharpThese are the days when fall shows start announcing casts! And I am already super excited for The Curious Incident of the …
Ms. May 2014Linda EmondWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: She is a real "working actor," with a lengthy career on stage, on TV and on film. Perhaps you caught her off-Broadway in iHO or Th…
Mr. May 2014Nick CorderoWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Hmmm. A no-brainer. Nick Cordero is giving a career-defining performance in Bullets Over Broadway. It is one of those things you just kno…
Well, loyal readers (and all theatre-loving new ones!), I can't believe this is the FOURTH time we've had The JKTS Awards! Where does the time go, huh? This year, like always, we striv…
Review of the Sunday, May 11 matinee at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City. Starring Audra McDonald. Directed by Lonny Price. 90 minutes, no intermission. Through …
Review of the Saturday, May 10 evening performance at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York City. Presented by the Manhattan Theatre Club. Starring Reed Birney, John Cullum,…
Review of the Saturday, May 10 matinee performance at New World Stages, Stage 1, in New York City. Starring Barrett Wilbert Weed, Ryan McCartan, Jessica Keenan Wynn, ElleMcLemore, Alic…
Review of the Wednesday, May 7 matinee performance at the Cort Theatre in New York City. Starring Daniel Radcliffe and the Michael Grandage Company. Directed by Michael Grandage.…
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THIS IS A NEW NOMINATIONS BALLOT SET. IF YOU VOTED LAST WEEK, YOU CAN VOTE THIS WEEK. IF YOU DID NOT VOTE LAST WEEK, YOU CAN STILL VOTE THIS WEEK!Last week, you nominated - in record n…
While the Broadway community continues to hold its collective breath waiting for all the award winning to begin, there are plenty of things to keep us fans happy! Here are three of the…
Last week, you nominated - in record numbers, thank you all - all those worthy nominees that the Tony Nominating Committee overlooked. This week, your voice will be heard again, celebr…
You know, I've been compiling this list in my head since the beginning of the season. But as a blog entry (or two), it really came together as I stood there in the St. James Theatre, having …
Sitting with my mouth agape at the end of a show usually means I am stunned by what I see, and in the very best way. Pippin, as a whole show, had me open-mouthed throughout. …
What a season 2013-2014 was, huh? SIXTEEN new musicals and new musical revivals opened, and with it came a giant wave of talent...and heat. For the second time, you have selected those…
The Tony Awards Nominating Committee has had their say. Now it is your turn! For the 4th year (thank you!), I am asking all of you to be the nominating committee AND the voting b…
So, now we are in that "limbo period" between the Tony nominations and the Tony Awards, between the last rush of new show openings all over New York and the fall rush of new openings. …
