Listen to Mae Ann Jorolan, making her West End debut as Meg, and the Muses: Candace Furbert (as Thalia), Sharlene Hector (as Clio), Brianna Ogunbawo (as Melpomene), Malinda Parris (as Calliope), and Robyn Rose-Li (as Terpsich…
The 1969 marquee for “1776” in its original production at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers).July 4, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. This is a re-worki…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 02:33PMFireworks can't compare with these creative cover designs!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMThe show: The musical “Ragtime” at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam. …
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 01:14PMBroadway Games: Quiz: Divas in the News These days the news comes fast and furious and Broadway is not immune! Recently, there have been several news reports involving our beloved divas. H…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AMMy ticket stub from 56 years ago (note the tape marks). It used to hang on my bedroom wall.Fifty-six years ago yesterday afternoon, I took my seat as a just-turned twelve-year old in seat E…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 09:49AMPeter Stone and Sherman Edwards' historical musical introduced Broadway audiences to Betty Buckley and inspired Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AMA possible "Mary Poppins"-"1776" parody crossover - Felt like an OK time to upload our YouTube to the upcoming 250th anniversary of U.S. independence! The U.S. will celebrate our "Semiquinc…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 10:35AMLloyd Suh writes quirky historical plays from a unique perspective as ironic comedies. In "Franklinland," the latest entry in the EST/Sloan Project, commissioning and developing plays about …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:17PMTony-nominees Amber Iman (Lempicka), Jennifer Damiano (Next to Normal), and Brenda Braxton (Smokey Joe's Cafe), alongside Marcus Paul James (Ain't Too Proud), Marcus M. Martin (Aladdin), Jai…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24PMFrom the first roll of a snare drum to the Liberty Bell sounding the final signature on the Declaration, the Marriott Theatre absolutely nails "1776."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMThe theatre loves a woman in politics.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMThree-time Tony nominee Carolee Carmello will play Kimberly in the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo. As previously announced, the national tour will kick off in Denver, Colorado on September…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tony Award winner Betty Buckley (Broadway's "Cats," "Sunset Boulevard," "The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, "Song & Dance, "Pippin," "1776," "Triumph Of Love" and "Car…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:02AMHappy Fourth of July! Kick off the holiday weekend with 55 of our favorite patriotic showtunes and get ready to party like it's 1776.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMSummer has come roaring in this year. Temperatures seem to be setting records everywhere, making many of us (O.K., me) want to kick back and chill out with a cold drink and a cool book. The …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:42AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU just opened Sunday night, September 28, 2014, at the Longacre Theatre (…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:42AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's Pulitzer Prize-winning play YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU just opened Sunday night, September 28, 2014, at the Longacre Theatre (…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:42AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Roundabout Theatre Company and the American Repertory Theater’s new Broadway production of 1776, directed by Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus, is now in prev…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Just last week, Tony nominee Charles Busch (July 14-17 & 23); Micky Dolenz (July 7, 10 & 11); Michael McCormick and Lucia Spina for 54 Sings 1776 (July 4-5); To…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:12PMSteven Pasquale will star in the Kennedy Center’s upcoming production of the Maury Yeston–Arthur Kopit musical Nine. Directed by three-time Tony winner Andy Blankenbuehler (Hamilton), t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMRobert Morse as Jerry/Daphne and Tony Roberts as Joe/Josephine in “Sugar” (1972). Photo by Martha Swope.April 9, 2024: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. Fifty-two years ago …
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 06:55AMReview of the Wednesday, March 27, 2024 matinee performance at the Hudson Theatre in New York City. Starring Jonathan Groff, Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez, with Krystal Joy Brown, Kati…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:02AMWilliamstown Theatre Festival has set its lineup of summer programming, returning to fully staged productions for the 2024 season. It will be Interim Artistic Director Jenny Gersten's final …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PMScott Ellis, who assumed the role of Interim Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company following the passing of longtime Artistic Director Todd Haimes, will remain in the role through …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PM“You might have seen me in the official revival of “1776” playing Edward Rutledge, aka the villain,” Sara Porkalob begins. And indeed we did – although many New York theatergoers m…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:40PM‘Patriots’ to Sneak Into Broadway Season, Co-Writer Jess Folley to Lead ‘Burlesque’ Musical, Actress Sues ‘1776’ National Tour for Discrimination “Today on Broadway” is a dai…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMActor Zuri Washington says the tour's staff acted with racial prejudice when firing her following her public complaints about the production's COVID policies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMSign of the Times, Stranger Things, The Effect, Etc. By: David Sheward December 20. 2023: Yet another jukebox musical is headed our way. A Sign of the Times will feature music from 1960s…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:47AMModeling Raoul Pène Du Bois “76 Trombones” costume, built for Robert Preston in “The Music Man” in 1957.September 27, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler By chance l…
SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 07:31AMHello, show tune lovers! Today's game is all about songs from Broadway musicals that opened in the 1960s. You've probably at least heard of all the shows included here, but how familiar are …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:43AMGET TICKETS: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/jagged-little-pill/ Joy, love, heartache, strength, wisdom, catharsis, LIFE—everything we’ve been waiting to see in a Broadway s…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PMThe musical boasts a diverse cast of female, transgender and nonbinary actors, but reframing the 1969 show at a deeper level proves difficult.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:23PM1776 plays August 2-6, 2023 at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Tickets available at https://www.5thavenue.org/. What will it take to get two dozen powerfully passionate, exceedingly complicated, a…
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