Wednesday, April 17, 2013
These days, Cody Williams is in an established hit musical, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella. We've been following him since the show started previews, and he's been gracious enough …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:29AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Review of the Saturday, April 13 matinee performance at Second Stage Theatre at the Tony Kiser Theatre in New York City, New York. Starring Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe. Written a…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 03:35AM[SHARE]Monday, April 15, 2013
Review of the Saturday, March 30 matinee preview performance at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Starring Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae, Charl Brown, Bryan Terrell Clark and Jibreel Ma…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:04AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 14, 2013
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLLFEATURING THE ENSEMBLE OF PIPPIN!MS. BROADWAY APRIL 2013PATINA MILLERWHY SHE'S MS. BROADWAY: By all acounts so far, she's hand…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:36PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 13, 2013
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE NEW "HOT OR NOT" POLL! CLICK THE LOGO TO YOUR RIGHT! POLL CLOSES THURSDAY!Here's the next in a series of blogs featuring the musicals that opened 30, …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 12, 2013
Last week, you voted (and voted and voted...thank you!) and selected the finalists for Featured Male and Female from the cast of Pippin. You can see who moves on by clicking the "HOT o…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 11, 2013
MR. BROADWAY APRIL 2013TERRENCE MANNWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Depending on how old you are and/or how closely you study modern Broadway history, you may know this month's Mr. Broadway,&nbs…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Here's the next in a series of blogs featuring the musicals that opened 30, 20 and 10 years ago. Others in the series can be found under the "Back in Time" tab at the top of the page. …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 9, 2013
BE SURE TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!Despite the huge fan bases and social media frenzy surrounding such shows as Wicked and Newsies, Broadway just doesn't generate household nam…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 8, 2013
DON'T FORGET TO ENTER THIS WEEK'S TICKET CONTEST!DON'T FORGET TO TAKE THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!As the theatre year rapidly draws to a close, with new shows grabbing all the headlines, I…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 7, 2013
Here's the next in a series of blogs featuring the musicals that opened 30, 20 and 10 years ago. Others in the series can be found under the "Back in Time" tab at the top of the page. …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 02:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 6, 2013
Legendary performer Bette Midler is back on Broadway! And JK's TheatreScene is celebrating the return of the Divine Miss M with a ticket giveaway! That's right, FREE tickets to s…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2013
Review of the Saturday, March 16 matinee preview performance at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York City. Starring Stark Sands, Billy Porter, Annaleigh Ashford, Celina Carvajal, Dani…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 4, 2013
Here we are, almost at the end the season, and there are just two shows left to qualify the hottest guys and dolls before we start voting in the finals. First up is the cast all of you…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 3, 2013
For most Broadway fans, the logo from the original production of Pippin is as iconic as that of Cats and Les Miserables. So it is either surprising or smart, depending upon how you loo…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 2, 2013
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!AND JUST 1 DAY LEFT TO ENTER TO WIN TICKETS TO JEKYLL AND HYDEHere's the last 2 weeks of Broadway Box Office stats. Click HER…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 04:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 1, 2013
Review of the Saturday, March 30 evening performance at the Broadway Theatre in New York City. Starring Laura Osnes, Santino Fontana, Harriet Harris, Victoria Clark, Peter Bartlett, An…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:59PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 31, 2013
Every man has two sides to his nature. So Jekyll and Hyde tells us in song and dance. The popular musical is on its way back to Broadway in a new revival co-starring Constantine …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:22PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 30, 2013
DON'T FORGET TO COMPLETE ALL 3 PARTS OF THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLLMOTOWN: THE MUSICAL - THE ENSEMBLE!It is very clear from the advertising and logo for Motown: The Musical that producers …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, March 29, 2013
Motown: The Musical has a GIANT cast! 30 ensemble members! And all 30 are up for your consideration this week. As a result, there are THREE polls to complete. PLEASE …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 28, 2013
TODAY'S BLOG MAY NOT BE SAFE WORK!Ah... the last Thursday of March may just be my favorite Thursday of the year. It is on that day each year that the good folks at Broadway Bares revea…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:44PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 27, 2013
DON'T FORGET TO TAKE THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!Here is the fourth in a continuing series that celebrates the Broadway musicals of 10, 20 and 30 years ago. To see the the others in …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:46PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Where did the last three months go? Actually it's been more than three months, as I'm a bit late with this quarterly blog entry. It never ceases to amaze me how fast each season …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:32PM[SHARE]Monday, March 25, 2013
After my rant/tantrum yesterday, I guess the theatre gods conspired to remind me why, in spite of so much negativity, I still love theatre and all of those who work so hard to bring each sta…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:19PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 24, 2013
As the spring season really gets revved up, this week had two major previewers, one major musical opening, and one colossal hit anniversary. It's been a pretty happy week! And it…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 23, 2013
As if the athletic Fosse choreography weren't enough, add some vigorous circus stunts, and it is easy to see why the colective body fat index of the cast of Pippin is less than 1%! The…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, March 22, 2013
Review of the Wednesday, March 13 matinee at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City. Starring Keith Carradine, Allison Case, Hunter Foster, Jay Armstrong Johnson, David Larsen, J…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 21, 2013
Looks like Motown: The Musical is already a hit - it became the first Broadway musical to gross over $1M during previews! How about that cast? Are they HOT or NOT? This wee…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Review of the Saturday, March 16 evening performance at Classic Stage Company in New York City. Starring Melissa Errico, Judy Kuhn and Ryan Silverman, with Stephen Bogardus, Jeffry Den…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 19, 2013
DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT" POLL!Here's the last week of Broadway Box Office stats. Click HERE to see how the weekly rankings are calculated.Broadway Box…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:51PM[SHARE]Monday, March 18, 2013
Whether anyone wants to admit it or not, a show that has the word "kinky" in the title faces a sort of damned if you do/damned if you don't dilemma. I mean I know (and probably most of…
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