Community Theatre Keeps Broadway Classics Alive
October 9, 2015
When it comes time for a community theater group to choose its next season, the options are seemingly endless. Comedies, door-slamming farces, musicals, mysteries and dramas are all audience-approved choices, and without an audience, many community theater organizations find themselves faced with tough decisions
How Much Does It Cost to Put on a Broadway Show?
September 18, 2015
In 1960, when most Broadway shows cost as much as $250,000 to mount, the producers of “The Fantasticks” spent less than $1,000 on the set and just over $500 on costumes, while the set designer, prop master, costumer and lighting designer was one guy,
The Most Coveted Roles on Broadway
September 4, 2015
There’s nothing that incites an actor’s creative spirit more than roles that allow them to shape-shift like a chameleon, stretching their own personas through pure transformation. On Broadway right now, there are myriad roles that allow actors to undergo just such a metamorphosis, and
Auditioning for Broadway: Everything You Need to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
August 26, 2015
The long-running Broadway musical “A Chorus Line” – featuring music by Marvin Hamlisch – is at its heart an honest portrayal of the Great White Way, beginning with the nerve-wracking process that is the audition. For every Broadway star that makes it there are
Bootlegs of Full Broadway Shows Available on YouTube, Tumblr
August 10, 2015
I know you’ve seen those FBI warnings that run on the front end of DVDs, warning of the dire consequences of recording and distributing a movie. Have you ever seen one of those go up on a Broadway stage just before the curtains part?
Why is Russell Crowe so Reviled in ‘Les Miserables’?
July 19, 2015
Oscar winner Russell Crowe is generally revered by most as a highly talented actor having starred in award winning films such as Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and Cinderella Man. However, his performance in the smash hit film adaptation of Broadway’s Les Miserables seems to be
Celebrities Who Got Their Start on Broadway
July 6, 2015
Most actors would say that live theater – while offering the reward of immediate feedback that television and movies can’t – is the tougher medium, given the need to portray the same character night after night while still keeping their performances fresh and live.
Why Cole Porter and “Anything Goes” Are Still Cool
June 25, 2015
“Anything Goes” first graced the stage in 1934, the same year Alcatraz opened, John Dillinger was shot but survived while robbing Chicago’s First National Bank, Bonnie and Clyde killed two police officers and Shirley Temple starred in her first movie. In 2011, it won
The Top-Grossing Shows Currently on Broadway
June 21, 2015
Bette Davis once said, “The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies,” but make no doubt about it, Broadway is big business, and many of the highest-grossing Great White Way shows top myriad movies coming out
TV Shows and Movies that Could Have Been on Broadway
May 5, 2015
Broadway is jam-packed with shows that started off as movies, including “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” from Disney, as well as “Kinky Boots” and “Honeymoon in Vegas,” but there are still plenty of big-screen movies and small-screen TV shows that would have been perfectly
