1,490 stories from JK's TheatreScene
The season is really heating up now! This week, the latest revival to open, Side Show, is ready for your HOT or NOT votes! So far you've selected the finalists for this…
Review of the Sunday, November 9th performance at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Starring Michael C. Hall and Lena Hall. Musical Staging by Spencer Liff. Direction b…
With and the haze of the Halloween starting to wear off this morning, I thought I'd make up a little game to start the week. The revival of Side Show is now fully in the thro…
Ms. October 2014Charlotte d'AmboiseWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: You know I love a real Broadway baby. Ms. October is the real thing. She's originated roles; she's been a replacement. …
Mr. October 2014Michael EsperWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: One of my favorite things about frequently attending Broadway (and off-Broadway) shows is watching performers whose work I love grow and t…
Review of the Saturday, October 11 matinee preview performance at the Neil Simon Theatre in New York City. Starring Michael Esper, Rachel Tucker, Jimmy Nail, Aaron Lazar, Sally A…
A guy sometimes just needs his theater fix, you know? I can't get to Broadway every weekend or even every month. When it's been awhile, even the cast recording of Pippin just won'…
On the Town really has e waxing nostalgic for one of my all-time favorite shows, Jerome Robbins' Broadway. Called "the Musical of Musicals," it featured numbers from some of the greatest mus…
You asked for it, and I think it'll be fun! I've gotten tons of requests for including long-running shows in the HOT or NOT contest, and so in between this season's polls, we'll select…
No matter what the critics and audiences decide about The Last Ship, I can tell you this: Collin Kelly-Sordelet, who is making his Broadway debut in the show, is going to be huge in theatre …
Review of the Saturday, October 11 evening preview performance at the Lyric Theatre in New York City. Starring Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Clyde Alves, Elizabeth Stanley, Alys…
It is my pleasure to introduce a fellow theater-blogger, Krloz Ruben! He had the good fortune to catch a preview of one of Broadway's hottest tickets, It's Only a Play. Here's wh…
Tonight, Michael C. Hall begins his run as Hedwig in the Tony-winning revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Seems Mr. Hall has a penchant for playing roles in Tony-winning revival…
REVIEW of the Sunday, October 12, 2014 matinee performance at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. Starring Taylor Trensch, Francesca Faridany, Ian Barford, and Enid Graham. &…
Thank you to all of you who have written in to see how my weekend went! (My Twitter followers were especially excited...you are the best!)So, IYMI... this past weekend I made it to NYC…
HOT or NOT is in full swing now! So far you've selected the finalists for this year's competition for the Holler If You Hear Me and On the Town. To see who you voted for, go…
I haven't been to New York since July - one of the longer droughts of my theater-going career. And distance does lend enchantment, apparently, since I'm really excited about it! Here a…
In the late 70's - early 80's, before I had ever stepped foot inside a Broadway theater, before i even knew I loved musicals, I was enamored of the glamorous dancing and catch beat of the "I…
There was a delightful theatricality about the way everything Marian Seldes did. Obviously, she was brilliant on stage. And she was a real trouper - she never missed a single performanc…
Every season, there are one or two shows that seem to be extremely polarizing. People either love it or hate it, with very little in between. The chat rooms are full of people th…
Here's a new quickie contest to see a show for FREE! The first three readers to email the answers to the trivia questions below will win a voucher good for 2 tickets to Inner Voices, t…
Side Show, The Lion King, Cabaret, and a brand new musical from a critically-acclaimed rock musician/lyricist making his Broadway debut. Sounds like a great 4-show weekend in NYC, righ…
When I was little, my parents took me to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. I recall thinking it was pretty cool - all those plaques on the wall, all of the memorabilia in shiny…
A couple weeks ago, I talked about that song by The Madden Brothers, "We Are Done," and how it sounded like it could have been in Hair or Promises, Promises. The past few weeks, I have…
The next musical of the season, The Last Ship, begins previews tonight at the Neil Simon Theatre. Will the marquee entice passersby to stop, take a look, and purchase tickets? Th…
