Last week's true/false game question about Broadway theaters named after composers (see below) is the impetus for this week's game. How well do you know the names of the 41 Broadway houses?…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:48AMCrazy year, crazy season, right? Well, at this point I'm just thrilled to have some positive Broadway-related news to talk about. This afternoon, The 2020 Tony Award Nominations were announc…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:03PMWe started off this month's Musical of the Month, Hairspray with a look back at the origins and facts behind the original Broadway production. This week, we take a closer look at that cas…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:12PMLike several of our other honorees (Mr./Ms. Broadway, Standing @ Zero) Matt Meigs is a graduate of Elon University. And like so many of its graduates, he has, in a very short period of time,…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:42PMYou know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things starte…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:06AMThe Gershwins. Jason Robert Brown. Sir Andrew. Steve. How much trivia do you know about Broadway composers? This week's game will test your knowledge! Good luck! (Look for the answers next…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:24AMWith the recent passing of Brent Carver, I've been thinking a great deal about how fortunate I was to have seen his Tony-winning turn in Kiss of the Spider Woman three times. So natural, so…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:24PMAs we live in another age of civil unrest and protests for equality, racial justice, it seems more than appropriate to celebrate Hairspray as Musical of the Month. This week, we'll take a lo…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 04:32PMLike most of us that are into the theater scene, we, too, are craving anything that could possibly count as new content. Which brings us to the installation of a new marquee for a new Broadw…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03PMYou know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things starte…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:03AMLast week's word search was so popular, we decided to give you another one to work on. This week, we focus on the women who make the Great Bright Way shine. Yes, there are the divas, but als…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:24AMChances are pretty good that if you've been to a Broadway show over the past three decades, you've had the privilege of seeing the work of Howell Binkley. You may not have even known you did…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:18PMI should preface this article by saying two things. First, I find the score of Grease wholly entertaining, in a sing-along, fun kind of way. (Let's face it, you don't listen to …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:54AMIn what has generally been a nightmare scenario for Broadway, one of the first bright spots of the pandemic has been the news that the new musical Diana was being filmed for a Netflix relea…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:54AMYou know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things started…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:54AMWho doesn't love a word search? How about one that is all about Broadway? It's the best of both worlds this week, readers! True, it covers this crazy past season, but still... Standard rules…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AMOne of my post-COVID goals is to see Jordan Fisher perform live. I've been a fan of this multi-talented guy since his Disney Channel days, and more recently during is championship-winning ru…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:42AMOver the past weeks, we've taken a look at the long and starry road the Musical of the Month, Grease has taken. The original production made stars, the 1994 revival made stars and celebrate…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:42AMWe love it when we hear from you, especially when you come up with some great ideas that add to the Broadway discourse. Well, following our list of favorite flops of the past decade, and aga…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:36AMYou know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Over the summer, you really embraced our very first bracket, the 1980s Broadway Musical Logo Tournament. Ultimat…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:32AMCan you figure out how these shows connect to each other in order? Are they connected by an actor? A director? The theater they played in? Or something else altogether? Remember, you are fig…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:18PMWe have been fans of this month's Standing @ Zero hero since his days in the off-Broadway revival of Bare. Since then, his career has really taken off, with regional theater credits includi…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:03AMThe long running revival of the Musical of the Month, Grease! (1994 - 1998) was a neon-colored hyper fantasy version of the original. It was a crazy spectacle, and it was a lot of fun. Whil…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:48AMReview of Broadway Misfires: Three Decades of Broadway Musical Heartbreak by Mark A. Robinson and Thomas S. Hischak. BookBaby, Publishers. © 2020. 757 pages, including sections of producti…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:42AMWe are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and d…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AMCongratulations, reader! You made it to Friday! Now, here's a little diversion to help satisfy your hunger for Broadway. Which came first? (The answers to last week's game are below, too.) …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:36AMGiven that it'll be quite awhile before we get any new Broadway Cast Recordings, I thought we might try something a little different today, and take a look back at a classic, Mame. Instead …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:36PMBoth of the Broadway revivals of Grease relied heavily on stunt casting as their runs progressed. Not so with the original production, which featured a relative novice original cast and sub…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:12AMAs we continue to wait for Broadway to reopen, at least one show is being proactive. As you are no doubt aware, Diana has taken the bold and unusual step of doing a professionally shot film…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMWe are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and d…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 10:36AMGame day, Broadway fans! This week, you will be figuring out the title of a famous show tune. All you have to do is figure out the words below based on the clues. The letters that fit in the…
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