Doctor Zhivago had the inauspicious title of being the first show to close on Broadway when the Tony nominations were announced in May. It had received no nominations and after poor notices, and a poorer box performance, the production closed after 2 …Read more

In May 1965 the first Kander and Ebb musical premiered on Broadway. Flora the Red Menace, despite a lovely score, was not too long for the Great White Way. It scored a Tony for Liza Minnelli (in her Broadway debut) as the eponymous Flora, but it clos …Read more

The storied journey of The Visit to Broadway has been recounted many times,  in 2015, fourteen years after its first planned tryout, The Visit finally made it to Broadway. It was a short two month visit, during which it earned five Tony nominations, …Read more

From the opening of the New Broadway Cast Recording of On the Twentieth Century it’s clear to lovers of the show that they have little to worry about. Among many things On the Twentieth Century sits with Candide, Merrily We Roll Along, West Side Stor …Read more

In the face of multiple two person theatre shows I’ll admit a bit of a penchant for the mid nineties John & Jen, for no reason other than my own sibling relationships making me thrilled to see a musical which places such potent emphasis not on a …Read more

It’s been a few days since the Tony Awards. From where I sit, it was a generally impressive show with a historic slate of winners. Before we turn over to the new Broadway seasons I wanted to discuss some of the most interesting developments from Sund …Read more

What makes for a good musical comedy score? I feel like too often musical comedies work on a funny book and lyrics, and miss the possibility of using musical arrangement to augment humour. Something Rotten! (with exclamation point), the new musical t …Read more

With a cast of six and a small orchestra, Tokio Confidential probably never intends to be more than a simple chamber musical; albeit, a chamber musical with a dense plot. The musical premiered in 2012 Off-Broadway directed by Johanna McKeon, with mus …Read more

Marin Mazzie fans are fortunate that Broadway’s wonderful soprano has finally released a solo album after more than two decades of charming us on the stage. Following in the line of previous stage performers, the album Make Your Own Kind of Music is …Read more

Bill Condon, the director of the recent revival of Side Show, understands the purpose of cast recordings for theatre fans. In the digital booklet which comes with the recording (released February 24) Condon writes, “What I love most about cast record …Read more