Broadway cherishes its stars, and the theater community is always very protective of those veterans who have been singing, dancing, and acting on stage for multiple years. Recently it was announced that when Laura Osnes’s contract with Cinderella ends in early January, pop star Carly Rae Jepsen will take over. This is the same Carly […]
Thanksgiving morning, many prepare for the day’s festivities with last minute cooking and cleaning. For me and many others across the nation, the morning also brings telecasts of the Macy’s Thaanksgiving Day Parade. While the parade is en-route to Herald Square, viewers have the opportunity to catch performance numbers from some of the hottest Broadway […]
Now that the new Broadway season is underway, everybody’s wondering: What’s going to be this year’s big hit? Last fall, nobody expected Kinky Boots to be strutting it’s glamorous heels to the top of Broadway’s gross and attendance charts like it has, and yet there it is. A smash hit. No one can truly predict […]
This year at the Tony Awards, the two shows going neck and neck for the Best Musical prize both had roots across the pond. Kinky Boots originated from a British movie, while Matilda the Musical, a product of the Royal Shakespeare Company, was labeled as “The British Invasion.” This phenomenon is not uncommon, as Broadway […]
With Wicked celebrating its tenth anniversary on Broadway this month, I sought to look back at all of the leading ladies that have taken on the roles of Elphaba and Glinda to see what they’re doing now. The results cover a wide range of projects including originating other roles on Broadway, winning awards, building fantastic […]
New York City is known as the top city for theater in the country, with numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway theaters, plus the Tony Awards are held here annually. However, there are other cities that offer hot spots for theater if New York is not the place for you, or maybe you’re too far away. Here […]
OBC. What does is it mean to you? After a quick Google search, I found that OBC means a lot of things to the rest of the world… “Oriental Bank of Commerce”… “Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry”… “Ohio Basketball Club”… and a bunch of other things that would probably put theater people to sleep. Nope, in […]
We have seen singers like Fantasia, Ashlee Simpson, Toni Braxton, Joey Fatone and more take to the Broadway stage. After watching the Video Music Awards, I was wondering what it would be like seeing some of my favorite artists go from the recording studio to the stage. What do you think of these dream Broadway […]
by Chase Gosselin To call something a “long and winding road” is so cliche. Yet, I honestly can’t think of a better description to encapsulate the long and, well, winding journey that any musical or play goes through before making it to NYC’s theatre district. In a time when we have become supersaturated by entertainment, […]