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Yesterday brought the sad news that Broadway composer Charles Strouse pa…
Review of the PBS Great Performances presentation which aired on Friday, May 9, 2025. Filmed at Wyndham's Theatre in September 2024. Originally produced by Donmar Warehouse. Starring Caissie…
Faithful readers and loyal Broadway fans, it is that time of year once again! The 2024 - 2025 Broadway Season is in the record books. And what a season it was!
Today, the nominations for ou…
The 2025 Tony Award Nominations are in, and we've had a week to contemplate the shoo-ins, the surprises and the crazy omissions. That's what this week's quiz is all about! Good luck!
Broadw…
Review of the evening performance on Saturday, April 26, 2025 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in New York City. Starring Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga, with Jacob Dickey, Kevin Earley,…
"The United States vs Ulysses" details how the James Joyce masterpiece, Ulysses, came to be published in the U.S. despite a high profile and precedent setting obscenity trial.
Review of the Sunday, April 27, 2025 matinee performance at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City. Starring Idina Menzel, with De'Adre Aziza, Michael Park, Zachary Noah Piser and Khaila W…
With so many great musicals, plays and revivals this season, there is simply no way that every deserving person and production could make the cut. I am glad I'm not on the nominating committ…
The 2025 Tony Awards:Â
If We Were Nominators
This year, Mike and I still have several Tony-eligible shows to see before the nominations are announced tomorrow. So, instead of our typical…
Review of the Saturday, April 26, 2025 matinee performance at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. Starring Jeremy Jordan, with Jason Gotay, Sean Allan Krill, Kevi…
In Granny Jackson's Dead, "Granny" has died and her family receives guests at her home, where she lies in state.
Review of the Friday, April 25, 2025 preview performance at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. Starring Andrew Durand, with Jeb Brown, Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves, Julia Knitel, Ken Mar…
It's been a BIG season for musicals this season - 14 new musicals and 6 musical revivals to be exact. Some have come and gone; still others are just now arriving. And now, logo lovers, it is…
Returning to the land of her father, Siobhan (Hannah Victoria Collins) goes to his house and finds a family secret that sets the story in motion
We end this season of show art with the logo for the last show to open: Dead Outlaw. An acclaimed off-Broadway transfer, this musical tells the true story of a man who was more famous after …
Is it possible for an advertising campaign to sell the star of the show at the expense of the show itself? The people behind the show art for the new bio-musical Just In Time may have don…
2024 - 2025 Broadway Musical Logos:
Pirates! (The Penzance Musical)
In probably the best advertising move concerning a Broadway musical in years, Roundabout changed its show art for Pi…
2024 - 2025 Broadway Musical Logos:
Floyd Collins
I don't suppose it's fair to judge a show's key art for what it isn't, but when a show opens at Lincoln Center, I always hope that the grea…
"Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee, I like it, Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee, We like it, Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee, This two for one!"
So sings the giddy Emcee in Cabaret. We all know what th…
The busy spring of each Broadway season seems especially so this year. Today, we continue with our examination of each musical logo with a pair that have quite a bit in common, yet are uniqu…
The busy spring of each Broadway season seems especially so this year. Today, we continue with our examination of each musical logo with a pair that have quite a bit in common, yet are uniqu…
We were so fortunate to be around the theater scene when Broadway caricaturist Al Hirschfeld was alive and working. I remember checking out the Sunday New York Times any time …
All this week, we are offering up Broadway Games!
Broadway Games:
A Chain Reaction
DIRECTIONS:Â These are "chain reactions." After the first clue, the next answer begins with the last let…
With this week's announcement that the live-filmed production of Merrily We Roll Along will be released in theaters, we got to thinking about other productions we'd love to see a pro-shot…
