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The Broadway Bowl II: Denver vs Seattle
WELCOME TO BROADWAY BOWL II! DENVER VS SEATTLE!Last year's Broadway Bowl pretty much mirrored the 47th NFL Championship Game: It ended up very close, with Baltimore pushing hard to win and pulling it...
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CD REVIEW: Meet John Doe (Studio Cast Recording)
It is difficult to be too hard on a cast recording when it features a score by musical theater newbies. It is also difficult to really assess the performances when some of the cast has acted in the...
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Face of the Future: Cinderella's Joe Carroll
When you Google the name Joe Carroll, up pops up a slew of articles and some very disturbing images of a character in the show The Following. I don't watch the show, but he must be something. But I...
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LOGOS: If/Then
This production photo reveals that the staging matches the show logo.I have long said that a show logo - especially for a brand new show not based on a known property - can make or break interest in...
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Website Review: Rocky
I am not a sports fan, and I particularly don't like boxing and similar hand-to-hand competitions. But ever since I was 10, and saw Rocky on the big screen, I have loved the Italian Stallion and the...
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CONTEST: WIN Tickets to a SPECIAL BROADWAY EVENT: The Realistic Joneses
I am so excited to give you readers a chance at an extra special prize this time around! Oh, I'm still giving away two tickets to a Broadway show. BUT those tickets will get you into a "Broadway...
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Rant: Enough is Enough Already
A Night with Janis Joplin closed yesterdaySo, I know in previous blogs I've written of my New Year's resolution to be more positive. But sometimes I have to write about what I think, and I think being...
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HOT or NOT Round 9: The ROCKY Edition
The latest movie-turned-musical to hit Broadway, Rocky, begins previews tonight previews in a couple of days, and I have to admit I am really excited about this one. I loved the movie and think it has...
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Face of the Future: The Bridges of Madison County's Whitney Bashor
If you've seen The Bridges of Madison County, I'm sure you noticed the ethereal presence of Whitney Bashor. If not, you may have seen her in off-Broadway's The Fantasticks. Or just maybe you've seen...
View ArticleBroadway on TV: A Gentleman's Guide... and Beautiful
I thought that before the spring onslaught of new Broadway shows really hits that I'd take the next couple of days to talk about the TV spots for the shows that survived the fall and cranked up this...
View ArticleBroadway on TV: The Bridges of Madison County
As I finish sharing my two cents' worth on the TV ads that are trying to persuade us to buy tickets to Broadway shows, I thought taking a look at those for The Bridges of Madison County, the romantic...
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It's President's Day
Some of us get this day off. Some of us celebrate by shopping all those great sales. But I'll bet not many of us - myself included - give much thought about what we are celebrating on this day....
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Broadway Boys: Mr. February 2014: The Bridges of Madison County's Derek Klena
Mr. February 2014Derek KlenaIt's really been a great last few years for this guy. I was fortunate enough to interview they guy when he was really getting his start in New York. At the time, he was...
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Broadway Ladies: Ms. February 2014: The Bridges of Madison County's Kelli O'Hara
Ms. February 2014Kelli O'HaraI have a feeling that Broadway historians will say that Kelli O'Harawas one of the most important musical theatre names of the early 21st Century. With four Tony...
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Star-Gazing: Who's on Broadway This Spring (A - L)
Welcome to Broadway, RaminWhen I started working on my upcoming quarterly "Looking Forward To..." blog, I was struck by how many stage and screen stars were going to be in shows this spring! There are...
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REVIEW: The Bridges of Madison County
Review of the Saturday, January 25 matinee preview performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City, New York. Starring Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale, with Hunter Foster, Derek Klena,...
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HOT or NOT Round 10: The Aladdin Edition
Arabian nights are coming to Broadway! The latest Disney extravaganza is getting ready to hit the New Amsterdam Theatre, starting previews this week. It'll be a whole new world on 42nd Street! OK,...
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Broadway Things That Make Me Happy February Edition (Mildly NSFW)
Like everyone else, I am really getting tired of this particular winter with its "polar vortex phenomena" and all. That's saying a lot coming from a guy born and raised in the Adirondacks, where...
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Box Office Report: 2013 - 2014 Season: Quarter 3
Sunday marked the end of the 39th week of the season, meaning we are fully 3/4 through the entire season so far! Time sure flies...39: The number of shows that played during the second quarter of the...
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Star-Gazing: Who's on Broadway This Spring (L - Z)
Last week, I talked about the incredible star power coming to the Broadway stage in all the spring shows, from A to L. You can see that HERE. And it says something about the one show that has no Tony...
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