In Rio de Janeiro’s notorious Morro do Adeus a young ballerina is teaching pliés and jumps and offering girls an opportunity to transcend their harsh reality Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:34AMFriends remember the opera singer, who started his careers as a student at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 09:01PMInspirational casting director at the heart of British theatre for more than half a century who believed in the ideals of an ensemble company Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMShakespeare in the Square, a group of performers that originally began as an NYU student club, is exiting the university setting with a 2-hour (not counting intermission) production of the F…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 05:50PMBenedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet, smartwatches, the return of the Large Hadron Collider, the rugby World Cup in Britain, a flood of classic drama on TV and a critical climate summit – some …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMFirst off, since I keep getting this question: Broadway Abridged is indeed (obviously) on a break, at minimum. I'm working on some new works on my own right now, so it's a matter o…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 12:43PMLast week I had the pleasure of taking in "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812" in its new uptown location. I sort of had no idea what I was going in to see; I knew it was…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 12:40PMAfter an acclaimed run, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 has transferred to the theatre district. The show "invites you to join Tolstoy's brash young lovers for an evening yo…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 04:03PMThere is a joke about every Disney theme park ride in the world being the same thing over and over again, to the general tune of "you've been invited to experience a new creature/techno…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 07:35PM"Is there anything I need to know about Blue Man Group going in?"How do you even describe Blue Man Group? It's three guys, painted blue, who do a series of vignettes that…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 04:00PMAlan Cumming is back on Broadway doing a limited run of his tour-de-force almost-one-man Macbeth, and it is a must-see. Set in a psychiatric ward, Cumming plays a deeply disturbed man who …
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 11:00PM"Papa, Mister Hooper's camera is getting awfully close. ""Yes Cosette, that's called a 'bad touch'."...
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 02:41PMEach year on the first Sunday after New Years (January 6th this year), a large number of Broadway shows close. Some limited runs, some Holiday shows, but the balance are shows that profited …
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 09:16AMI am in the wrong audience for Elf. I think the movie on which it is based is Just Okay. I stopped enjoying Will Ferrell movies at some point after Anchorman, unless you …
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 02:44PMPeter and the Starcatcher closes on January 20th, and if you haven't had a chance to see this show I've one more free pair of tickets I'm giving away. You get:One entry if…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 04:15PMDear Reader,Summer is long past over, and this website doesn't get updated much when I'm in the middle of writing a musical, and for one of these two reasons you're sad. But cheer …
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 10:36AMMy thoughts based on the preview I saw:There currently are some problems based on it being in previews, and I don't know why this is surprising to people. Sound problems, pacing...…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 10:38AMThis year, the Independent Theater Bloggers Association is proud to announce the 2012 recipients of the Fourth Annual Patrick Lee Theater Blogger Awards. Patrick Lee was on…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 01:04PMPoor Leslie Odom, Jr. You'd think it's bad enough that he already has to be in that Leap of Faith musical....
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 09:59AMFine. As requested, the rest of your ideas for prequels and how much they all suck.Rocky Horror -- The Prequel: How did Frank-n-Furter become so fucked up? Let's find out…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 12:41AMLots of you suggested what *you* thought a good prequel-musical idea would be, and most of your ideas sounded... well.. god-awful. For shame. The winner (by randomness) a…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 02:58PMUma Thurman makes an acting decision to play the part of Marilyn dressed like Glenn Close in 101 Dalmations...
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 11:16AMAnd lo, Ráúl Éspárzá saw this mockup, and said, "Yea, this shall be the vehicle for my return to musicals." And the people of Broadway said, "But Ráú…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 09:00AM"No Kelli, carry the show, not *me*!"...
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 01:40AMSmash considers a new logo and overall show direction....
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 09:28AMPeter and the Starcatcher recently opened to mostly favorable reviews, but if you haven't gotten tickets yet, you've got a chance to see it free for any performance before June 1st. &nbs…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 04:41PMSmash's Closed Captioning leaves much to be desired. (Thanks to Jay Alan Zimmerman for this)...
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 01:17AMWhen I last saw "Peter and the Starcatcher" at NYTW, it had two things going for it: The handmade-style theatricalism (someone's fist represents a doorknob, a flying cat i…
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