This season, Broadway has seen a lot of its classics come back! Waiting for Godot, No Man’s Land, Glass Menagerie and others have seen their time again on stage. What makes them great? Why do they still work? And how are they different than their original (or even previously revived) relatives? A lot has to […]
The ball has dropped and the New Year is upon us! The New Year brings us new show, new stars, and another Tony Award broadcast. While we wait for the Tony nominations to be announced, I wanted to share some of my Broadway wishes for the next Broadway season. Houdini’s Disappearing Act The Broadway production […]
It’s every actor’s worst nightmare: You’re on stage, the audience loves you, and the cast is doing great! And then suddenly, someone forgets a line! Something happened to a prop! What happens now? The difference between film and TV and the theater, is that there is nobody there to yell ‘cut!’, and there’s no way […]
Last week, theatergoers in London had a terrifying experience when the ceiling of the Apollo Theater came crashing down during the performance of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.” Right before the first intermission, audience members heard crackling noises before parts of the ceiling fell, taking out lighting pictures and part of […]
We talk about Broadway all the time. I mean, it’s in our brand name! But, rarely do we discuss Broadway’s counterpart which lies just across the pond- London’s West End, or “Theatreland.” I recently spent an extended amount of time in England, and I noticed a few differences in going to the theater along the way. So, […]
If I say, “HONK!”, you probably don’t think of a fantastic, Olivier-Award winning musical by the brilliant team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Nope. You probably think of car horns, clown noses and geese. If you do think of geese, you’re certainly on the right track. You see, HONK! is a distinctly British musical based […]
We’ve all worshipped the stars of Broadway at some point, Sutton Foster, Aaron Tveit, Idina Menzel, and for good reason. Some of these people paved the way for what Broadway as a community has change into today. For many of us theater nerds, Wicked was our first experience in the world of musical theater and Broadway and it […]
When you think of musical theater or even theater in general what’s the first thing that pops into your head? If you ask a random person on the street most likely they’re answer will include “jazz hands” or “a cheesy plot line with big smiles.” But if that random kid happened to be a theater kid, you would get an answer […]
Turkey Day is upon us, which means it’s time to get very sentimental, stare at giant balloons of Elmo and Snoopy for four hours, and stuff ourselves to the point of pain with mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. I can’t wait. But, Thanksgiving is also a time where we like to think about […]