West Coast Contributor Heather Cassell gets a musical history lesson at A.C.T.’s triumphant staging of 1776. Politicking is an American tradition that is comical, dramatic and suspe…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:44AM[SHARE]Romeo and Juliet is back on Broadway (for the first time in 36 years) and co-starring Hollywood heavyweight Orlando Bloom. Directed by Tony Award nominee David Leveaux, this production has a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:44AM[SHARE]Even the threat of rain didn’t stop the biggest day of the year for Broadway fans from turning into a bright and sunny day for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS as the 27th Annual Broa…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:52PM[SHARE]What better reason to play hooky than a free outdoor concert of your favorite current Broadway hits? We won’t tell. Produced by The Broadway League and sponsored by United Airlines, BR…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:17AM[SHARE]While jaws are still gaping from the price tag for Broadway's must expensive musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," which capitalized at $75 million, nonprofit theaters and cultural insti…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:58AM[SHARE]Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler chats with Bobby Steggert, co-star of the new Broadway musical, Big Fish. It has all of the ingredients to be this season’s big Broadway hit: Fiv…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:24AM[SHARE]We’re in a bit of a lull as the Broadway season is about to kick off, but have no fear"we can create our own drama here at the Broadway Blog. Broadway openings later this month include…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:11AM[SHARE]Contributor Lindsay B. Davis on the release of the soundtrack for the 1977 film ‘A Little Night Music,’ an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical. Â Â Steph…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:59PM[SHARE]Lindsay B. Davis goes to Theater: Village and sees two of five Lucy Thurber works that comprise The Hill Town Plays. My father once told me how uncomfortable he feels in the audience of …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:49PM[SHARE]As if the promise of pumpkin pie, fall fashions and the end of summer humidity is not enough to garner some excitement, a fresh offering of new shows is here to rock your next few theatergoi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:15PM[SHARE]Contributor Lindsay B. Davis takes a look at today’s up-and-coming divas from NYC and around the globe. Barbra. Bernadette. Diana. Ask someone his or her favorite diva and you will oft…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:43PM[SHARE]Contributor Lindsay B. Davis delivers a diverse round-up of this year’s New York International Fringe Festival. The 2013 FringeNYC festival drew to a close on August 25th and upon i…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:18AM[SHARE]Contributor Heather Cassell is delighted by Broadway great Andrea McArdle’s latest cabaret offering. Tony-nominated Andrea McArdle greeted the full house at Feinstein's inside the …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:45PM[SHARE]Contributor Heather Cassell rolls back the clock and looks toward the future with Broadway legend Andrea McArdle. Broadway star and Tony-nominated actor and singer Andrea McArdle fell in…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:37PM[SHARE]Contributor Lindsay B. Davis unravels some of the best productions of this year’s New York International Fringe Festival. Bully One of the first questions an audience member asked …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:47AM[SHARE]Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler takes a visit to the Soul Doctor and fills a prescription for a heartwarming good time at one of the first new musicals to open this season on Broad…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:51AM[SHARE]Guest contributor Lindsay B. Davis falls in love with the latest Public Theater production in Central Park. It is rare to go to the theater and experience having your brain stimulated an…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:38AM[SHARE]Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler has a killer good time at Second Stage Theatre’s production of Murder For Two. Death becomes the New York theater scene as of late. The Roundabou…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:18PM[SHARE]Guest contributor Demetra M. Pappas gets to first base at First Date, a new Broadway musical. I've never been optimistic about first dates, but this First Date " one of the first m…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:27AM[SHARE]Contributor Lindsay B. Davis offers Broadway Blog readers an sneak peek at this year’s New York International Fringe Festival. The 2013 FringeNYC Festival, now in its 17th year and…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:29PM[SHARE]Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler continues his conversation with Jerick Hoffer, the creative force behind drag persona Jinkx Monsoon and the co-creator of The Vaudevillians. When we last …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:33AM[SHARE]The Broadway Blog’s editor Matthew Wexler sits down with Jerick Hoffer (aka Jinkx Monsoon) to discuss Darkwing Duck, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and what’s next for this risi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:35PM[SHARE]Seeing a Broadway show is a dream. (Unless it's that disastrous 2006 production of Ring of Fire, but that's another story " and this is about celebrating Broadway, right?) Besides running th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:50PM[SHARE]Guest contributor Demetra M. Pappas goes on a magical mystery tour with the reincarnated Beatles. Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles began as a tribute to the 50th anni…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:13PM[SHARE]The Broadway Blog’s editor Matthew Wexler recaps Icarus at the New York Musical Theatre Festival and shares the NYMF Awards for Excellence. The New York Musical Theatre Festi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:18PM[SHARE]Apparently guest contributor Scott Redman never wants to play Miss Hannigan in drag. His review of Broadway’s up-and-coming belters gets a standing ovation. If you ever wonder what Bro…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:00AM[SHARE]She's vintage girl-next-door with a mischievous twinkle in her eye. He's got a self-deprecating sense of humor and "stubby fingers." Together, they are the songwriting team of Kait Kerrigan …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:57PM[SHARE]The Broadway Blog’s editor Matthew Wexler is on the heels of the latest offerings from this year’s New York Musical Theatre Festival. Spend an evening set in the baseme…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:20PM[SHARE]I had the good fortune of interviewing Tony Award-winner William Finn last year as part of a feature about the Berkshires for Passport Magazine. The composer/lyricist is known for his humane…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:05PM[SHARE]Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters hosted the 15th annual Broadway Barks! this past Saturday " a star-studded dog and cat adoption event benefiting New York City animal shelters and adop…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:44PM[SHARE]Brights Lights. Big City. Broadway is the place of dreams, but many a show has gotten its start with humbler beginnings " including some top-notch productions that began at the New York Musi…
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