Saturday, January 10, 2015
True, the dead of winter is not New York City’s most shining moment, but if you’re a die-hard theater fan there’s no better time to head to the city and snag discount ticke…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:44AMThursday, January 8, 2015
Before there was American Idol or The Voice, there was Star Search. Hosted by Ed McMahon, the reality talent competition premiered in 1983 and was a wild success for the next dozen years, gi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:02PMTuesday, January 6, 2015
After a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and a two-month run with the 2014 Edinburgh Encore series at SoHo Playhouse, the theater’s Artistic Director, Darren Lee Cole, has …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMMonday, January 5, 2015
If you can’t wait until next fall for the latest Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, head to Arena Stage for their highly acclaimed production, which has become the theater’s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:43AMSaturday, January 3, 2015
Hollywood continues to infiltrate Broadway as 2015 kicks off with the opening of another screen-to-stage adaptation as well as a number of notable Los Angeles transplants making their way to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AMFriday, January 2, 2015
by Samuel L. Leiter Back in 1939, when leftwing social theater was in its heyday, Harold Rome wrote a tune called “Sing Me a Song with Social Significance” for Pins and Needles, a succes…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:30AMTuesday, December 30, 2014
The Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler rounds up what we loved and loathed in 2014. We witnessed standing ovations as well as patrons storming out of the theater (sometimes at the same show…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:40PMMonday, December 29, 2014
by Samuel L. Leiter Some may consider Clark Gable’s parting shot at Vivian Leigh in Gone with the Wind Hollywood’s most iconic moment, but not far behind would be Burt Lancaster and Debo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:50PMSunday, December 28, 2014
Sandra Bernhard entered the stage last night at Joe’s Pub, where she’ll be performing her latest theatrical incarnation, Sandra Bernhard is #blessed through December 31, and released an …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:02PMThursday, December 25, 2014
There’s no better way to celebrate Christmas and the thrill of live performance than a peek at the legendary Rockettes and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular! Performances through De…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:20AMWednesday, December 24, 2014
By Beth Kelly Novel to film adaptations have become wildly popular over the past two years, but another growing trend is the transference of a storyline originally designed for the theater t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:34AMMonday, December 22, 2014
The New York Pops, led by music director and conductor Steven Reineke, offered a sleigh full of musical riches this weekend at the legendary Carnegie Hall. Featuring guest vocalists Kelli O�…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:00PMFriday, December 19, 2014
Before there was the bawdy and delicious Bridgett Everett or the foul-mouthed Pam Ann, there was the witty and purposefully irreverent Sandra Bernhard. The inimitable performer returns to Jo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMThursday, December 18, 2014
Writer Marcus Scott has a kiki with gay power couple Anthony Wayne and Kendrell Bowman of Mighty Real. Don’t worry, no shade was thrown. Meeting outside of a dimly lit Bouchon Bakery overl…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMTuesday, December 16, 2014
by Samuel Leiter Compared to what probably goes on in actual bunkers where kidnapped victims of Muslim extremists are kept in an effort to extract ransom from their families or governments, …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:00AMMonday, December 15, 2014
If you’ve grown tired of the old stand-by holiday tunes, be sure to add Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, Volume 16 to your collection. Now available on iTunes, the 21-track album of o…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:45AMFriday, December 12, 2014
The new production of Side Show, which was just named one of “The Best Musicals of 2014” by Charles Isherwood of The New York Times, will play its final performance on Broadway on Su…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:39PMDon’t let bad planning turn your Broadway experience into theater of the absurd. The holidays are a perfect time to see a show. During the upcoming Christmas and New Year’s weeks, s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:30AMThursday, December 11, 2014
Are you looking for some holiday cheer in the form of Broadway talent and a visit to New York City’s iconic Carnegie Hall? Mark your calendar for December 19 and 20, when the New York Pops…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:31AMTuesday, December 9, 2014
Broadway fans will be clamoring for this perfect stocking-stuffer: Anika Larsen’s debut solo CD, Sing You to Sleep. Larsen currently stars on Broadway in Beautiful – The Carol King Music…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:00PMMonday, December 8, 2014
If you’re looking for some magic to add sparkle to your holiday season, head to the Marriott Marquis Theatre for The Illusionists: Witness the Impossible, a jolting revue of seven of the w…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:05PMFriday, December 5, 2014
by Samuel L. Leiter Truman Capote’s semiautobiographical short story, A Christmas Memory, first published in Mademoiselle in 1956, would not seem the kind of material that would inspire dr…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:05PMThursday, December 4, 2014
“It’s a woman’s world.” So wrote Irish poet Eavan Boland in her 1982 collection Night Feed. I’m not sure what Ms. Boland would think of the riotous, boisterous, and occasionally sh…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:00PMAre you looking for a unique holiday gift for your favorite toe-tapping wannabe thespian, or do you need some basic moves to help advance your own theatrical ambition? The Broadway Blog got …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:29AMWednesday, December 3, 2014
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler takes a look at some of Broadway’s biggest hits, which are bidding adieu this January. As 2014 comes to an end, so do the runs of many of our favo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:46PMTuesday, December 2, 2014
by Samuel L. Leiter Looking for something unpretentious and completely charming with which to beguile a child this holiday season? Would you rather eat a lump of coal then see another Christ…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:16PMMonday, December 1, 2014
“Go to the wood!” So demanded Bernadette Peters as the Witch in the original 1987 production of Into the Woods. The haunting reimagining of our favorite fairy tales by Stephen Sondheim a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:47PMSunday, November 30, 2014
If you’re in or near Philadelphia this season, spike your eggnog with a dose of David Sedaris. The nationally recognized humorist will be performing essays from Holidays On Ice. “With sa…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:16AMSaturday, November 29, 2014
Sure, you could see The Nutcracker or Radio City Christmas Spectacular again. But why not shake up your holiday theater experience with the Trocks? The Joyce Theater Foundation welcomes bac…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:43AMWednesday, November 26, 2014
“We’ve got magic to do…” Pippin may be closing in January, but there’s another fantastical show rolling into town to satisfy your illusionary needs. The Illus…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:01PMMonday, November 24, 2014
Cirque du Soleil extends its presence to the Mayan Riviera with the opening of JOYÀ, which premiered this past weekend at the brand new, customed-designed, 600-seat Cirque du Soleil Theater…
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