Sunday, September 29, 2019
I think there's less a question of "what's to be done" and more is a question of "how do we know what's really going on." It's less about privacy in some ways and more about transparency of …
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 03:12PM[SHARE]Friday, September 27, 2019
Over the years, we've been fortunate to have seen favorite Broadway shows multiple times. Sometimes, it is an embarrassing number of times. Sadly, with the ever-climbing rise in ticket price…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 26, 2019
Being the devout Stephen Sondheim fan that I am, there was no way I was going to miss a play that he wrote. Add George Furth - his co-playwright and book writer of Company - and the…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Review of the Sunday, September 22, 2019 matinee performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Starring Patrina Bromley, Jenn Colella, Alex Finke, De'Lon Grant, Joel Hatch, John Jellis…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 24, 2019
As Mike said as we hit the Lincoln Tunnel, another Broadway Flea Market is in the books. $870,167 was the final tally - way to go, theater fans! We all braved the heat, the crowds and the sc…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:33PM[SHARE]Monday, September 23, 2019
New show! New round of Broadway Heat! That's right - since The Lightning Thief began previews last week, we have a job to do!In our annual quest to name the buzziest Broadway actor or actres…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:36AM[SHARE]Friday, September 20, 2019
The third Sunday of September is one of my favorite days of each year. I love the BC/EFA Flea Market! (I appreciate the auction, but it is way out of my price range...) So this Friday 5 is w…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:33PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 19, 2019
I make no secret that A Chorus Line is my all-time favorite musical. I've seen it so many times, I know most of the choreography, and can recite most of the line. So it probably will come…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The Broadway version
Both Mike and I are looking forward to this show, hoping that this latest entry in the Broadway race to be a big show for a younger audience. We both hope it does better…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 17, 2019
You know I love a good tagline!
I rarely go anywhere that I don't see theatricality. Sometimes, it is seeing the possibility of a stage version in some movie or experience. Sometimes it is t…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:48AM[SHARE]Monday, September 16, 2019
Last week, we did an update of a former Mr. Broadway (the great Joshua Henry HERE). This week, we take a look at what Ms. Broadway April 2010, Krysta Rodriguez has been up to. The last time …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:12AM[SHARE]Friday, September 13, 2019
Numbers. Numbers. Everywhere numbers! Palindrome week... For theater fans it might be, "a 5...6...7...8" or it might be the list of musical numbers in a musical's Playbill. This week's Frida…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:18AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 12, 2019
During the 1986-1987 season, my favorite new musical wasn't everyone else's favorite new musical. Actually, my favorite new musical wasn't really a new musical at all. While everyone was wee…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Baseball has utility players. So does Broadway. Right now, one such utility player on Broadway is this month's Standing @ Zero guy. Over his growing career, he's replaced a supporting charac…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 10, 2019
My direct knowledge of the 1991 flop musical Nick and Nora starts and ends with the Original Broadway Cast Recording. As all of this was happening well before the social media revolution, th…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:54AM[SHARE]Monday, September 9, 2019
In November 2010, we highlighted the brilliant Joshua Henry as Mr. Broadway (HERE), and celebrated his success in such shows as In the Heights, American Idiot and The Scottsboro Boys. …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:12AM[SHARE]Friday, September 6, 2019
We come now to the end of this series of Friday 5 fun with Broadway Logo ABCs. We continue to be amazed at how much you all seem to love this little game! As you know, I am personally obsess…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 5, 2019
True, it closed just short of one year ago. But it sure feels longer than that, so I think it qualifies as a #TBT! I'm speaking, of course, of the either-you-loved-it-or-you-hated-it 2018 re…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Like this month's Mr. Broadway, Ms. Broadway September 2019 has amassed an impressive, critically-acclaimed, award-winning resume of acting credits. She is remarkable in every media, of cour…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 3, 2019
A summer gives way to fall, we thought we'd celebrate the change of season with not one, but two Mr. Broadways September 2019! Both of these amazing actors have had terrific success on the b…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:18AM[SHARE]Monday, September 2, 2019
Happy Labor Day! The unofficial end of summer is here - already! But, as always, we look ahead. And as the show announcements continue this whole season is really starting to sound exciting.…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AM[SHARE]Friday, August 30, 2019
A couple weeks ago, The Friday 5Â revealed some of Broadway's most burning musical questions. They came from a variety of shows by a variety of writers. So we got to thinking... did the Mu…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 29, 2019
1988 - 1989 was a bad season for musicals. But there were two great shows, and they were perfect for theater lovers of all types. And both were musical revues (not to be confused with jukebo…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Anais Mitchell won the 2019Tony for Best Score for herBroadway debut, Hadestown.Will she be back?
Last week, we ran a very successful article about Tony Award winners who have been missing i…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 27, 2019
As the summer draws to a close, so does our national tour Around the U.S.A. in 80 Musicals. Today, we close out this series with a look at nine shows that take place in the Pacific states. D…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AM[SHARE]Monday, August 26, 2019
I always chuckle when I hear all of those National XYZ Day announcements. You know, "Happy National Wart Day" or "Today we are celebrating National Belly Button Lint Day" followed by Tweets …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:03AM[SHARE]Friday, August 23, 2019
How have you been doing so far? Do you really know your Broadway show logos? So far, we've been through A to O. Here are the next five. Remember: the letters can be from anywhere in the …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:06AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 22, 2019
This week's #TBT is likely a true throwback to most of you, as it should be for real theater fans. Sadly, it is all new to me. Somehow, the Peabody Award-winning HBO Documentary: Six by S…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 21, 2019
The Lightning Thief opens this fall
Just over a year ago, when we had a spate of summer openings, I ran the numbers for long-running Broadway shows (HERE), and despite all three musicals tha…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 04:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Review of the Saturday, August 17, 2019 preview performance at The Max at Signature Theater in Arlington, VA. Starring Christopher Bloch, Kurt Boehm, Evan Casey, Vincent Kempski, Sam Ludwig,…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2019
Every season, actors and actresses give award-winning and (many times) career-defining performances. For those performers, winning a Tony Award is a pinnacle of their stage resumes. A lo…
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