Monday, December 8, 2025
Happy holidays friends, readers and theater lovers! No matter how you celebrate, we wish you and yours the very best of the season and the new year!
Are you still on the hunt for the perf…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:31AMMonday, September 22, 2025
Broadway star Ephraim Sykes, a Tony, Drama Desk, and Grammy nominee, will premiere his first solo show Blessins N Lessons at 54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on October 2, 7, and 12 at 7pm.
B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PMMonday, June 30, 2025
In Buena Vista Social Club, impassioned, deep-rooted dance expression drives the story behind the beloved album that gives the show its name. Thanks in large part to the vision of co-choreog…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMThursday, May 1, 2025
The countdown to the Tony Awards is officially on! New musicals Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending lead the pack with 10 each. Close behind with seven are De…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PMWednesday, January 22, 2025
The nominees have been announced for the 2025 Glaad Media Awards, recognizing fair, accurate and inclusive representation of the LGBTQ community across television, film, Broadway, music and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMWednesday, January 1, 2025
Happy New Year! With 2024 behind us, it seems only appropriate to take stock of the year that was, and to look ahead at those things we hope to accomplish in 2025.
Theatrical Resolutions: …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AMTuesday, December 31, 2024
Measure a year in Broadway shows. Take a look back on the Broadway shows of 2024, including: Prayer for the French Republic, Days of Wine and Roses, Doubt, The Notebook, An Enemy of the Peop…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:42PMMonday, December 30, 2024
Before we sign off for 2024, Mike and I thought we'd weigh in on our favorite productions that we saw over the past twelve months. Overall, the shows we loved far outweighed those we didn't.…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMFriday, December 27, 2024
2024 in Review:
Our Favorite Performances
We were fortunate enough to see 23 different productions in 2024: 20 Broadway, 2 off-Broadway, and 1 regional; these are the shows we considered …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:30AMMonday, December 23, 2024
The Broadway season doesn’t lend itself comfortably to Best of the Calendar Year Stories — my choices for the first six months of 2024 were made and announced last June in a Tony Award p…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMEvery year, there are huge hits, big flops, news makers and fan favorites, scandals and groundbreaking ideas in the theater scene. And when we pause to review the year just ending, we always…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:42AMFriday, December 20, 2024
2024 in Review:
Our Favorite Design Elements
(6 Categories + 2 Special Citations)
We were fortunate enough to see 23 different productions in 2024: 20 Broadway, 2 off-Broadway, and 1 region…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AMWednesday, December 18, 2024
2024 in Review:
Our Favorite Writing & Direction
(6 Categories)
We were fortunate enough to see 23 different productions in 2024: 20 Broadway, 2 off-Broadway, and 1 regional; these are…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:54AMWednesday, November 13, 2024
Illinoise was filmed by the Theater on Film and Tape Archive in July 2024, and is now accessible at the Library for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMWednesday, September 4, 2024
Where did summer go? Personally, I'm happy for the fall - it'll get cooler, the leaves will turn, and the new Broadway season will be in full swing! As always, though, before we look ahead, …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMTuesday, August 20, 2024
Broadway seemed to take a breath last week before as it eyes the fall season, with box office for the second full week of August dipping about 9% from the previous week. In all, the 25 shows…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:21PMTuesday, August 13, 2024
In its second to last week on Broadway, The Wiz brought in close to $1.7 million, its highest tally of its run so far, putting it within the top five in the industry for the week. The revi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:21PMFor the week ending Aug. 11, the 26 currently running productions grossed $30,768,450.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:59PMWednesday, August 7, 2024
A lovely, if somewhat overlong, dance revue about humans telling stories and being oh-so-human, Illinoise is based on the beautiful songs of Sufjan Stevens and an original story by choreogr…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 06:15PMTuesday, August 6, 2024
For the week ending Aug. 4, the 26 currently running productions grossed $30,523,164.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:41PMWednesday, July 31, 2024
On Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Tony Award winners for MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff attended a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical ILLINOISE at the St. James…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMReview of the Saturday, July 27, 2024 matinee performance at the St. James Theatre in New York City. Featuring dancers Benjamin Cook, Gaby Diaz, Jeanette Delgado, Rachel Lockhart, Ahmad Sim…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMTuesday, July 23, 2024
The Tony Award-winning new musical ILLINOISE will host signings for the ILLINOISE Original Cast Album Vinyl with members of the cast following the three remaining Wednesday matinee performan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMMonday, July 22, 2024
Ben is back with Dance Captain Dance Attack! Join your Broadway buddy, Ben Cameron (Wicked, Aida, Footloose, Broadway Sessions), as he goes into the studio to learn original Broadway choreog…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:32PMWednesday, July 17, 2024
Click below to watch the cast of the Sufjan Stevens musical perform “Man of Metropolis.”
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:00PMTuesday, July 16, 2024
Justin Peck's Tony-winning choreography was on display on The View yesterday. The cast hit the stage to perform 'Man of Steel,' led by Brandt Martinez, and you can check out the full perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMMonday, July 15, 2024
In this video, Ben breaks down Justin Peck's Tony-winning choreography for Broadway's Illinoise with the help of dance captains Craig Salstein and Jeanette Delgado. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMGates died earlier this year while serving as production stage manager of the Tony-nominated dance musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMThursday, July 11, 2024
The Broadway production of Illinoise will host public memorial for late stage manager Thomas J. Gates.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMBroadway’s 'Illinoise', an awe-inspiring dance musical derived from the 2006 Sufjan Stevens album of the same name. The four-time Tony nominated show is lit by Lighting Designer Brandon St…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:59PMWednesday, July 10, 2024
Gates died earlier this year while serving as production stage manager of the Tony-nominated dance musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMFriday, July 5, 2024
5 Pop-Rock Albums That Deserve the Illinoise Treatment
Over the past several seasons, Broadway has seen some innovative new musicals created from some classic pop-rock albums. Legendary…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:54AMSunday, June 23, 2024
I am joined by writer, actor, and Tony-nominated producer Alexi Melvin! We talk about Alexi's broad range of interests and talents, from voice acting to co-producing shows like Here Lies Lo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMSt James theatre, New YorkDreamlike logic and exceptional choreography make this wordless interpretation of Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois album a deserving winner of a Tony award
A week ago, I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMFriday, June 21, 2024
5 Things the Tony Awards Got Right...and Wrong
High #1: The Lifetime Achievement Awards Speeches
Both George C. Wolfe and Jack O'Brien gave thoughtful, insightful and humorous speeches. …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AMThursday, June 20, 2024
Whether portrayed as a dream ballet, a high-engery hip-hop number, or a rousing tap break, choreography is a huge part of what makes musical theatre singularly sensational. Dance makes Broad…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:54PMSee photos of Tina Fey visiting Illinoise on Broadway! Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMTuesday, June 18, 2024
The Tony Award-winning new musical ILLINOISE featuring Tony-winning choreography by Justin Peck has added three matinee performances to its strictly limited engagement through Saturday, Augu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMWell, this is an opinion piece, so I should perhaps make the subtitle "A Very Satisfying Event for Me." A quick glance around the web reveals that I was not in the majority.
I do, of cours…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 06:02PMMonday, June 17, 2024
Seers, we ain’t.
(Categories are in the order the awards were given.)
Here’s how we did:
Sandra
Liz
Wendy
TOTALS (out of 26)
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SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:36PM 
