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Mr. July 2014Curtis HolbrookWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: It's been an interesting month for one of my all-time favorite performers. He's been co-starring with (as the Times Square billboard …
The recent announcement that Rocky will be closing soon got me to thinking about the huge billboard that adorns the front of the Winter Garden Theatre. It is hard to believe that …
Like many a young theatre novice, I was introduced to the classic scores by listening to the original Broadway cast recordings since the shows were long gone. That was how I was first …
I am ashamed to admit that as a Sondheim fan, I had never seen Follies until the revival that opened at the Marquis Theatre on September 12, 2011. Even more, I am ashamed to admit…
IT COULD BE WORSE SEASON 2 STARTS TOMORROW!Love, love, loved Season 1!!! Can't wait to see what happens to Jacob (Wesley Taylor), Ben (Adam Chanler-Berat) and Sam (Mitchell Jarvis) whe…
With yesterday's announcement that American Psycho would be coming to New York. This won't be the first time a killer gets to sing - Assassins had a rogue's gallery of one-time killers…
Re-visit review of the Wednesday, July 2nd matinee performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City. Starring Idina Menzel, LaChanze, Curtis Holbrook, James Snyder, Jenn Col…
These days for a new Broadway show to be heard above the din of Times Square, the buzz and squawking of social media, and the one-upsmanship (for the good and bad) of critical notices and pu…
It was seven years ago today that Xanadu opened on Broadway. Given the pre-show buzz, it is truly AMAZING that it had a year plus run (49 previews, 512 performances at the Helen H…
It has been called "exciting," "ground-breaking," and I, myself, called Fun Home "brilliant" and "monumental." (Review HERE) This beautiful collection only serves to solidify…
Review of the Saturday, July 5 matinee at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, DC. Starring Emily Padgett, Erin Davie, Ryan Silverman, Matthew …
It's hard to believe, but the critically-acclaimed Tony-nominated revival of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan (show website HERE) is nearing the end of its limited run in…
Broadway has had famous composing teams throughout is long history - Rodgers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hart, Lerner and Loewe, Bock and Harnick, Kander and Ebb... For the last twenty-four…
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In my very first Throwback Thursday blog, I thought I'd take a look back to five seasons ago (2010-2011) at the two plays that really wowed me and continue to be standard setters. One …
Well, we're now nearly two weeks post-Tony Awards, and the annual purge of shows is fully under way. Summer, like the dead of winter, can be a slow time on Broadway, and producers pull…
I haven't seen the show yet, so I can only give my impressions based on what I see, which is probably the most honest and exactly the experience most theatre consumers should have with a new…
Ms. June 2014Jessie MuellerWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: DUH! It's been a long time coming... after a very successful career in Chicago, she made her Broadway debut (and earned her first Ton…
#1The numbers are in, and the 2013 - 2014 Broadway season showed gains in all three indicators (attendance, grosses and playing weeks) For more about the record books, click HERE.…
This may the shortest review I've ever written. Why? Because Bullets Over Broadway is as disappointing as a cast recording as it is as a show. (My review of the show HERE.) It is amazin…
Mr. June 2014Kevin AdamsWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: If it is possible to have a lighting designer as a hero, then Kevin Adams is a hero to me. I love that his lighting always makes the stor…
Right out of the gate, the new Broadway year is starting off with a bang. A brand new musical is getting things started just three weeks into the 2014 - 2015 season - an original story…
June is one of my favorite Broadway months! Not only does June have The Tony Awards, but it is also Broadway Bares time!Some of the Tony Nominees!I love these pictures... the camarader…
#1 Again!The numbers are in and the entire 2013-2014 Broadway Season was one for the record books, in terms of the box office. Below, all 41 shows that played during the last 13 weeks …
You don't need to get much further than about 5 minutes into the cast recording of The Bridges of Madison County to understand why Jason Robert Brown won the Tony for Best Orchestration…
