Friday, October 3, 2014
Contributor Samuel Leiter revisits Lee Blessing’s political drama in a revival presented by Keen Company. If you were walking down West 45th Street in the theater district in 1988, you…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMThursday, October 2, 2014
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler offers his monthly picks of what’s hot on The Great White Way and beyond. The 2014-15 Broadway season is in full force with revivals, new plays a…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:40PMWednesday, October 1, 2014
Star of stage and screen Tony Danza (who stars in Jason Robert Brown’s highly anticipated new Broadway musical, Honeymoon in Vegas, starting performances at The Nederlander on Nov. 18)…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMTuesday, September 30, 2014
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler chats with Andrew Lippa as he prepares for “I Am Harvey Milk,”—a one-night-only concert event on October 6 at Avery Fisher Hall. Proceeds will benef…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:11PMMonday, September 29, 2014
In reaction to a piece written by New York Post journalist Michael Riedel criticizing the new musical Finding Neverland, the producers of the show found out that Riedel had not seen the show…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:16AMSunday, September 28, 2014
Contributor Marcus Scott revisits the American classic by Kaufman and Hart. Brooks Atkinson, the legendary former theater critic of the New York Times, once wrote that George S. Kaufm…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:00PMFriday, September 26, 2014
Contributor Jim Gladstone discovers Cock at San Francisco’s New Conservatory Theatre Center. Following the customary pre-show exhortations to take note of emergency exits and switch …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
Contributor Marcus Scott recaps the annual awards for New York’s Off-Off Broadway community. It is rare that the underdog is awarded for excellence by exhibiting a caliber of artistry …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:29PMMonday, September 22, 2014
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler gets a taste of 21st century Rococo from the innovative performance troupe Company XIV. Something naughty is happening on Lafayette Street these days. It …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:28PMSunday, September 21, 2014
A star is born with the green light on Broadway chorus boy Anthony Wayne, known for his roles in celebrated shows Pippin and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, performing in a jukebox revue as …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:52AMFriday, September 19, 2014
“I’m an athlete,” says Craig Paul Smith, 41, who has performed in O, the groundbreaking—uhh…water breaking?—Cirque du Soleil spectacle at the Bellagio in Las Vegas since it opene…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:22PMThursday, September 18, 2014
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler gets “exposed” to one of New York’s hottest cabaret performers, Bridget Everett. This article contains adult themes and language. I was …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:23AMTuesday, September 16, 2014
Broadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler sets sail with the new madcap musical, Fabulous! A new musical set sail last week at the Times Square Arts Center, and while Fabulous! may not be break…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:02PMMonday, September 15, 2014
Fall is officially here, and so is the launch of another Broadway season. To celebrate, Passport Magazine commissioned photographer Ezequiel De La Rosa to capture some of the hottest men on …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:19PMFriday, September 12, 2014
Contributor Jim Gladstone chats with the gender bending theatrical force, Charles Busch. “I alternately feel like Marlene Dietrich at the end of her career and an old animal act,” qu…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:07PMWednesday, September 10, 2014
Ben Rimalower’s addiction to spending beyond his means has driven him to extreme lengths all his life. In Bad With Money he charts his sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing struggle to …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMTuesday, September 9, 2014
The entertainment world continues to mourn the loss of Joan Rivers. A social media blast descended upon The Broadway League to dim its lights for the foul-mouthed comedian who paved the way …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:23PMFriday, September 5, 2014
What are Sting and Patti LuPone doing on the same stage? The unconventional dynamic duo, along with host Jane Lynch, Tony Award winner Billy Porter and a gaggle of Broadway stars are coming …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMThursday, September 4, 2014
The Broadway Blog’s editor Matthew Wexler rounds up our top three picks of the month. After a quiet summer and theater vacancies (so long, ROCKY, Bullets Over Broadway and Holler If Ya Hea…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:15AMWednesday, September 3, 2014
When it came to the question of how to utilize her life, Esmeralda Simmons had little trouble deciding exactly what to do. “I cut my teeth as an activist in the student protest movement. S…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:00AMTuesday, September 2, 2014
It’s back to Broadway as we gear up for a new season of hits, flops and everything in between. To kick things off, contributor Scott Redman gives a listen to the new cast recording of Forb…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:40PMFriday, August 29, 2014
The Old Globe today announced the full cast and creative team for the world premiere of Bright Star, a new American musical featuring music by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin, lyrics by Brick…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMThursday, August 28, 2014
Classic Stage Company has announced casting for its production of the rarely performed Allegro by Rodgers & Hammerstein. Directed by Tony Award-winner John Doyle (who directed CSC’s pr…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:39PMTuesday, August 26, 2014
As part of Joe’s Pub at The Public’s new artist-in-residence initiative, artist/entertainer Larry Krone will premiere a selection of photos from his forthcoming art book, LOOK BOOK. The…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMMonday, August 25, 2014
The producers of the upcoming Broadway reimagining of Side Show have revealed the production’s alluring poster artwork, that features a portrait of leading ladies Erin Davie and Emily…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:59PMSunday, August 24, 2014
When does a jukebox musical become a think-piece? Already slightly less superficial and magnitudes more entertaining than the bulk of Broadway’s recent jukebox confections, Motown: The Mus…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMSaturday, August 23, 2014
After receiving popular acclaim from a limited sold-out off-off Broadway run last season, Fabulous! The Queen of New Musical Comedies a high seas musical romp will tap into the newly built W…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMThursday, August 21, 2014
When a young Mary Shelly ran away to the home of mad poet, Lord Byron, an infamous writer’s circle began. In the long nights of drinking, ghost stories, and free love—both Frankenstein�…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:43AMMonday, August 18, 2014
The June 2013 broadcast of the 67th Annual Tony Awards was honored Saturday evening with two Primetime Emmy Awards at the Creative Arts Awards presentation in Los Angeles. The Awards won in…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:41PMFriday, August 15, 2014
Contributor Marcus Scott takes a trip to the hospital with Lottie and Leo, one of the plays that appeared at the Midtown International Theatre Festival. This generation of playwrights and s…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:14PMThursday, August 14, 2014
For those clamoring to snag a role on a Broadway stage, book a gig at a reputable nightclub, or simply get feedback on their performance style, a three-night master class is being offered by…
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