Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Following 31 previews which began on October 16, 1989, Grand Hotel: The Musical opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre 30 years ago today.Like most of you, I call many shows my "fa…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AM[SHARE]Monday, November 11, 2019
Looks like Jagged Little Pill is the talk of the town these days. So, you ought to know that we are gearing up for the first of two Broadway Heat rounds in our quest to name the sh…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:03AM[SHARE]Friday, November 8, 2019
Let me start off this week's Friday 5 with an apology. I'm sorry that I forgot to give the answers to the last Broadway Costumes Quiz under last week's Friday 5! Those answers are below this…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 7, 2019
Congratulations to the entire company of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical on your opening night! Special congratulations to the following 10 cast members who are making their official Broadw…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Ms. Broadway November 2019Â joins a growing list of actresses taking on the role of iconic singer. Like Stephanie and Ana and others before her, Adrienne Warren has the daunting task of cr…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Over the past year, we've taken a look at several shows that were not our favorites, but did win the Tony for Best Musical. A long while ago, we looked back at the 2011-2012, when the Tony w…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AM[SHARE]Monday, November 4, 2019
Hello! We thought we'd do something a little different in celebrating Mr. Broadway (and thanks to Janet V from Boston - are you drowsy? - for the suggestion!). This month, we are taking a…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:48AM[SHARE]Friday, November 1, 2019
Seems like most of us have a love/hate relationship with jukebox musicals. For every one that works, there seems to be two or three that don't. There is one sub-genre I pretty much love thou…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 31, 2019
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, THEATER FANS!
At any given time, Broadway is full of monsters - and I'm not talking about mean directors, cheap producers or screaming divas. Over the years, the Rialto ha…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Six years ago, we named Stephanie J. Block as Ms. Broadway November 2013. At the time, she was starring in off-Broadway's Little Miss Sunshine. Between now and then, she's kept pretty busy w…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 29, 2019
It's always great to catch up with old friends! After seven and a half years, I finally caught up with a very busy friend of this site, Alex Wyse. Last week we got the ball rolling by chatti…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:24AM[SHARE]Monday, October 28, 2019
The turnout for last week's vote was excellent - thank you, as always, dear readers! Your votes cut the cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical by half, and now the 14 cast members are up f…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Friday, October 25, 2019
Two weeks ago, we launched a new quiz that you seemed to love, so here's another Friday 5Â quiz with 5 more iconic Broadway costumes. All you need to do is name the show and the character …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 24, 2019
The 1993 and 1994 were two of my favorite years, on- and off-Broadway. Easily the best of the off-Broadway things I saw then was Hello Again the now well-known musical version of La Ronde…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Sometimes simple is best. Simply the best, you might say. If you are a Tina Turner fan, you might have giggled at that last sentence. But it remains true. Simple can also be elegant, and …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 22, 2019
I am so thrilled to bring you this interview with long-time friend of this site, Alex Wyse. One of the great pleasures of the privilege of years of seeing New York theater is discovering an …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:54PM[SHARE]Monday, October 21, 2019
For decades, the subject of Broadway's latest bio-musical, has been one of the hottest, greatest performers off all-time. So it only seems to make sense that that musical's cast gets the JKT…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM[SHARE]Friday, October 18, 2019
With this week's opening of The Lightning Thief, we though we'd take a Friday 5Â look five of our favorite (and not so favorite) shows based on other young adult/children's novels. How man…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:06PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 17, 2019
The Peter Pan story resonates with me much like Harry Potter resonates with the generations after mine (for the record, I love Harry Potter). And the Peter Pan story has come in many forms, …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Congratulations to the entire company of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical on the opening of your show tonight on Broadway. Here's to a successful run!We'd like to send sp…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 15, 2019
The good news is that the entire original cast of The History Boys was in the wonderful film version of this Olivier and Tony Award-winning play by Alan Bennett. The bad news is that I mi…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AM[SHARE]Monday, October 14, 2019
This month's featured ensemblist is actually only on the verge of making his Broadway debut. But Sam Leicht from The Lightning Thief is no stranger to the footlights. In addition to be…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:42AM[SHARE]Friday, October 11, 2019
You asked for it! By popular demand, we are starting a new series of Friday 5 Quizzes. In honor of the upcoming Halloween celebration, this time around, we thought we'd see how much you know…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 10, 2019
Congratulations to the entire companies of Linda Vista and The Rose Tattoo on the upcoming opening of your show. Here's to a successful run!We'd like to send special congratulations…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Creators and stars, Alex Wyse and Wesley Taylor
The award-winning web-series Indoor Boys recently released its third season, and, Broadway fans, it is a doozy. Created by and starring Bro…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:33AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Back in October 2011, we highlighted an "up and coming" new talent, Jeremy Jordan as Mr. Broadway (HERE). He had already been in Rock of Ages and West Side Story, and was just finished…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:33AM[SHARE]Monday, October 7, 2019
Congratulations to the entire company of Slave Play on the opening of your show last night on Broadway. Here's to a successful run!We'd like to send special congratulations to playwright …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AM[SHARE]Friday, October 4, 2019
Yesterday's 58th anniversary of Noel Coward's musical, Sail Away got me to thinking about all the boats I've seen on Broadway. It is amazing how many I've seen, really. Now, that's stage …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 3, 2019
The only thing surprising about this month's Ms. Broadway is that we've waited so long to celebrate her. She lives the life most of us hardcore theater fans dream of. And she has earned i…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 2, 2019
With Mr. Broadway October 2019, we have a theatrical bad boy. He's played the King, St. Jimmy, a 90's sociopath, and, currently, a suicidal outcast. Stans of this guy know all of this, from …
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