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I had a pretty limited appreciation for "holiday shows - I always found them to be overly saccharine, and generally of "community theater" quality. Then the Broadway wave of holiday sh…
Ms. December 2013Jane CarrWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: Currently, she is garnering belly laughs from happy audiences as Miss Shingle in the musical comedy hit, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Mur…
Review of the Saturday evening December 14 performance at the Lyceum Theatre in New York City. Starring Mary Bridget Davies with Taprena Michelle Augustine, Allison Blackwell, Nikki Ki…
The first half of the 2013 - 2014 Broadway Season is over, and here's how the box office turned out - the winners and the losers.Here are some interesting statistics for the first 26 weeks (…
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN ROUND 7 OF "HOT OR NOT": THE BEAUTIFUL EDITION!CLICK THE SHOW ICON TO YOUR RIGHT, TAKE THE POLL, AND CLICK "DONE" TO MAKE IT COUNT! POLL CLOSES A…
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN ROUND 7 OF "HOT OR NOT": THE BEAUTIFUL EDITION!CLICK THE SHOW ICON TO YOUR RIGHT, TAKE THE POLL, AND CLICK "DONE" TO MAKE IT COUNT! POLL CLOSES AT NOO…
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN ROUND 7 OF "HOT OR NOT": THE BEAUTIFUL EDITION!CLICK THE SHOW ICON TO YOUR RIGHT, TAKE THE POLL, AND CLICK "DONE" TO MAKE IT COUNT! POLL CLOSES A…
Another bio-musical has hit Broadway, and this one should have a classic score by one classic lady, Carole King. The show is Beautiful: The Carole Kine Musical, and her story is inspir…
The Glass MenagerieAnother calendar year is coming to close, and I am preparing my best of/worst of lists even as you read this. But the 2013 - 2014 theatre season is just now half ove…
Sunday marked the end of the 26th week of the season, meaning we are fully 1/2 through the entire season so far! Time sure flies...40: The number of shows that played during the second…
Review of the Sunday, November 17 matinee performance at the Public Theater at the Newman in New York City. Starring Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Beth Malone, Alexandra Socha, and Sydn…
Review of the Saturday, November 16 evening performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. Starring Dule Hill, Adriane Lenox and Special Guest Star Fantasia Barrino. …
Review of the Sunday, November 17 evening performance at Second Stage Theatre Company at the Tony Kiser Theatre in New York City. Starring Stephanie J. Block, Will Swensen, David…
Review of the Friday, November 15 evening performance at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Starring Mark Rylance, Stephen Fry, Samuel Barnett and the Company of Shakespeare's Globe…
Review of the Saturday, November 16 matinee preview performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City. Starring Jefferson Mays, Bryce Pinkham, Lisa O'Hare, Lauren Worsham and Jan…
Boy, there sure has been a lot of Shakespeare to choose from this season! The latest entry in this Bard-a-thon is the Lincoln Center production of Macbeth. And this one has a lot…
Ms. November 2013Stephanie J. BlockWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: OK, so she's currently starring in an Off-Broadway musical, but Stephanie J. Block is the most requested Ms. Broadway by you reader…
Mr. November 2013Jeff KreadyWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Actually, Jeff Kready is exactly the kind of guy I like to highlight in this monthly column - a hard working, career actor, maki…
Many of us have had the downer experience of getting really excited about seeing a show only to be disappointed in it. Those are never fun, right? But how about those shows that …
Well, I asked, and you answered... A LOT of you answered! Thanks! Recently, I posted two blogs: one about favorite Broadway couples, real-life and in shows (HERE), and the other …
Review of the documentary film which opened at the SXSW Film Festival on March 15, 2013, and on October 11, 2013 in limited release in the United States. Featuring Billie Joe Armstrong…
Does The Book of Mormon live up to the hype for mostaudience members?These days, with the advent of chat rooms, message boards and tell-all blogs, it is almost impossible to avoid Broad…
So, yesterday came with the announcement that two new Broadway shows were closing. One of them, A Time to Kill, I really wanted to see, despite the mixed-to-negative reviews it receive…
As the season heats up, I thought I'd take a look a where all the new musicals come from. What are their sources? Will this season be different than others, or will it just be mo…
