Guest contributor Lindsay B. Davis reviews a captivating interpretation of the most famous mother of them all (besides Joan Crawford). Theater is at its finest during The Testament of…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:48PM[SHARE]It’s high drama! The Drama League Award nominations have been announced. First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, The Drama League Awards are the oldest theatrical honors in Ameri…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:50AM[SHARE]Guest contributor Scott Redman recaps the first two books in a trilogy by Ruby Preston about the high drama of Broadway. Looking for a page-turner that pays homage to Broadway? Cast your…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:59AM[SHARE]Kinky Boots is kicking up some dust on Broadway this season as the story of a meek inheritor of a shoe factory turns a dismal British production plant into a haven for stiletto thigh-highs. …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:41AM[SHARE]Can we change the title of Jekyll & Hyde, Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's musical thriller, to "Jekyll & Hyde…& Lucy"? If there is one reason (and from my perspective ther…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:28PM[SHARE]Stephen Schwartz’s 65th Birthday Celebration with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. (photo: Richard Termine) While most teen boys probably want to sneak a six-pack and get drunk behi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:44AM[SHARE]Girl power has taken over the Shubert Theatre. Breezing into town with a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards including Best Musical, this adaptation of Roal Dahl's story of an extraordinary…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:22PM[SHARE]It's Tony time and many of this season's major productions are raising the curtain (although most shows don't even utilize a curtain anymore) on what producers hope will be the big hit of th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:00AM[SHARE]The Broadway Blog sent contributor Lindsay B. Davis back in time and it appears she got lost trying to follow along Speakeasy Moderne, a hodgepodge review of Broadway, pop hits and standa…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:09PM[SHARE]I suppose it's easier to win a battle when you feel the world is on your side. Such is the case inside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre where Kinky Boots, a new musical by Harvey Fierstein (book) a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:23PM[SHARE]An untimely match made in heaven. The passing of Nora Ephron in 2012 from leukemia shocked Hollywood. The author and screenwriter was known for her prolific work as a screenwriter, au…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:21AM[SHARE]What happens when you pit 10 Texans against each other in a contest of stamina and strategy in order to win a brand new truck? Apparently you get a pretty decent new Broadway musical accordi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AM[SHARE]The entire Shakespeare canon. Nonstop. Let the madness begin. Facing Page Productions presents the debut of Company's Marathon, a nonstop, back-to-back reading of all of Shakespeare's plays.…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:36AM[SHARE]Guest blogger Scott Redman gets an earful about the ups and down about life as an escort. Did he get bang for his buck or choose theatrical celibacy instead? The highs and lows of workin…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:59AM[SHARE]I'm not a morning person. Breakfast at Tiffinay's, which opened last night on Broadway at the Cort Theatre, hasn't changed my mind. The debacled production attempts to adapt Truman Capote's …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:32PM[SHARE]Have you ever been to a stink bomb of a show only to find yourself mesmerized by the glorious architecture and design of the theater that you have found yourself trapped in for three hours? …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:47PM[SHARE]Christopher Durang is at it again. The author of such absurdist hits (and acting school favorites) as The Marriage of Bette and Boo and Beyond Therapy is taking a jab at Chekhov " the master…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:32AM[SHARE]Guest contributor Scott Redman has musical theater flashbacks as he reviews the CD release of “Bombshell,” the show within the show from NBC’s Smash. He also gives us a sne…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:24AM[SHARE]The producers of Hit the Wall, a new play by Ike Holter, would like you to believe that that there is a revolution happening at the Barrow Street Theatre. Unfortunately, this mosaic of ficti…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:23PM[SHARE]The Broadway Blog sent contributor Lindsay B. Davis to Lincoln Center for a Texas treat. Lindsay is an arts/culture journalist, actress, playwright and director. She resides in New York C…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:36AM[SHARE]For those of us growing up in the Rust Belt, dinner theater was the ultimate all-in-one entertainment option. I would purchase my Prime Rib-Pygmalion combo ticket months in advance, waiting …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:02AM[SHARE]I’m taking a sidestep from Chicago Theater Week to offer you a review round-up of  Rodger’s + Hammerstein’s Cinderella. I’m guessing the nomenclature has …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:25AM[SHARE]I headed to the Windy City last week for Passport Magazine. Stay tuned for a "creative getaway" feature article that will appear in our print publication this fall. What exactly does that me…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:00PM[SHARE]From one writer to another: I feel David's pain " the character played by Jesse Eisenberg in his new play, The Revisionist, which opened last night at the Cherry Lane Theatre. He has arrived…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:41AM[SHARE]Contributor Scott Redman heads to Queens for a technology-driven theater experience. Was it worth the subway ride or should he have live-streamed the performance instead? The WiredArts Fest…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AM[SHARE]I survived the Lonely Heart's Club of Valentine's Day not eating a box of chocolate covered cherries, which is my usual modus operandi, but on a date with a full-figured friend. The Best of …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:46AM[SHARE]Culminating in our week of the best of Broadway's love songs, I decided to showcase a favorite from one of our readers, Gary B., who responded to our Facebook call-out with a heartfelt memor…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:52AM[SHARE]Today's picks come from the Executive Director at Richmond CenterStage, Richard Parison. No stranger to producing and directing, Richard also served as Producing Director at Barrington Stage…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AM[SHARE]For today's picks of the best Broadway love songs, I turned to Duncan Stewart and Company, one of Broadway's hottest up and coming casting agencies. Duncan Stewart and Benton Whitley have a …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:19AM[SHARE]As part of this week's series of our favorite Broadway love songs, I turned to Broadway producer extraordinaire, Eva Price. Her Broadway producing credits include "Annie,” "Peter and t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:00AM[SHARE]The Broadway Blog asked some of our favorite theatre folks to tell us about their favorite Broadway love songs. Ah, love. While my high school cohorts were smoking weed on the football field…
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