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The Broadway Musical Blog - Musical theater news and gossip from the Great White Way
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Dishing out daily (or almost daily) Broadway musical news and gossip. The companion site to The Broadway Musical Home (broadwaymusicalhome.com), a directory of Broadway musicals with the story, songs, merchandise, video clips, lyrics, tickets, rights & awards for almost 200 shows.
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The 2012 Drama League Award Winners

The Drama League Awards, the only major theatergoer awards chosen by audience members, have been announced and Once, Follies, Audra McDonald, and Alan Menken took home the big prizes for musical thea...

18 may 12

A look at the musicals eyeing 2012-13 Broadway runs…

Now that this season is officially over, we thought it worth taking a look at the shows who have announced Broadway runs for the 2012-13 season. First up is an adaptation of Bring It On with music by...

16 may 12

2012 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners

The Outer Critics Circle Award winners have been announced. The ceremony will be held on May 24 at 4 PM. The winners are: OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL Bonnie & Clyde Newsies Once Spider-Man: ...

15 may 12

2012 Theatre World Awards Winners

The 2012 Theatre World Award Winners have been announced! Tracie Bennett – End Of The Rainbow Phillip Boykin – The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Crystal A. Dickinson – Clybourne P...

08 may 12

2012 Tony Award Nominees

BEST MUSICAL Leap of Faith Newsies Nice Work If You Can Get It Once BEST PLAY Clybourne Park Other Desert Cities Peter and the Starcatcher Venus in Fur BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL Lysistrata Jones, Dougla...

01 may 12

The Reviews for Leap of Faith are In…

Reviewers must have been running, not walking, out of the theatre to write these extremely scathing reviews. For them, Leap of Faith is the biggest blunder of the season. They found that even the nor...

27 apr 12

The Reviews for Nice Work if You Can Get It are In…

With comedy tailor-made for Matthew Broderick and the delightful Kelli O’Hara, Nice Work if You Can Get It is a tribute to Gershwin and the musicals of his era, with a thin, silly story, wonderful so...

25 apr 12

The Reviews for Ghost the Musical are In…

Yowsa. When the AP is the only one with something positive to say, you know you’re in trouble. Deemed by reviewers to be an unimaginative, boilerplate and overly-sappy musical with a whole lot ...

24 apr 12

The Reviews for Lysistrata Jones are In…

The reviews for Lysistrata Jones are out, and critics universally feel this Off-Broadway transfer probably should have stayed Off. Suffering the fate of many other transfers, the campy and quirky qua...

15 dec 11

The Reviews for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever are In…

The reviews for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever are in, and though they aren’t the worst we’ve seen this season, they are nowhere near rave reviews. With some very intensive script-cha...

12 dec 11

CD Giveaway: Off-Broadway’s With Glee

I’ve got 10 copies of the Off-Broadway Cast Album for With Glee, to give away. Comment on this entry for a chance to win. In your comments, tell us why you love musical theatre. The winners wil...

03 dec 11

The Reviews for Bonnie & Clyde are In…

The reviews for Bonnie & Clyde are in, and though they’re not the worst Wildhorn has seen, they are far from positive. Reviewers did find some redeeming qualities in the show’s cast, ...

02 dec 11

The Reviews for Godspell are In

The reviews for Godspell are in and they are not what Producers were hoping to see. Though some of the cast, like Telly Leung and Lindsay Mendez, get some nice shout outs, reviewers all agree –...

08 nov 11

The Reviews for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark are in…

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: “There is something to be said for those dangerous flying objects — excuse me, I mean actors — that keep whizzing around the Foxwoods Theater, where the mega-expensive mu...

15 jun 11

Tony Award Live Online Coverage: June 12 at 8/7c

Thanks for joining us for our live coverage of the 2011 Tony Awards right here, on Facebook and Twitter. We loved hearing what you thought of the winners, the speeches, the performances – and l...

10 jun 11

The 2011 Drama Desk Award Winners

Outstanding Musical The Book of Mormon In Transit Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical See Rock City & Other Destinations Sister Act The Kid Outstanding Play Nick Stafford, War Horse Jon Ro...

24 may 11

Drama League Award Winners Announced

The 2011 Drama League Award winners were announced in a ceremony that took place on May 20. The Book of Mormon won for Distinguished Production of a Musical and Anything Goes for Distinguished Reviva...

22 may 11

What Do You Think of the 2011 Tony Award Nominees?

The 2011 Tony Award nominees have been announced. So what do you think? You gonna tune in to the ceremony on June 12 to see who wins? Best Musical The Book of Mormon Catch Me If You Can The Scottsbor...

05 may 11

The Reviews for The People in the Picture are in…

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: “When Donna Murphy time travels, she packs light. A pair of glasses, a shawl, maybe some lipstick: that’s all this chameleon actress requires to step over the chasm that ...

29 apr 11

The Reviews for Baby It’s You are In…

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: “Mama said there’ll be shows like this. But she didn’t tell me there would be quite so many, or that any one of them could be this dismal.” Click here to read the f...

28 apr 11

The Reviews for Sister Act are In…

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: “When the wimples start quivering, the pinched mouths break into sunbeam smiles, and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters, all’s right in the kingdom of mus...

21 apr 11

The Reviews for Wonderland are in…

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: “If only little Alice, dozing away on the riverbank before sliding down the rabbit hole, had an inkling of the deeper import of the zany adventures that were to come. All...

18 apr 11

The Reviews for Catch Me If You Can are In…

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW “As befits a lad of the 1960s with a talent for smooth come-ons, Frank Abagnale Jr. prefaces the story of his life with the promise that it will have “more curves than a P...

11 apr 11

The Reviews for Anything Goes are in…

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW “Who needs a brass section when you’ve got Sutton Foster? As the nightclub evangelist Reno Sweeney in the zesty new revival of “Anything Goes,” which opened on Thursday ni...

09 apr 11

The Reviews for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying are in…

Critics were split down the middle about the latest revival to open on Broadway, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which marked the Broadway musical debut for Daniel Radcliffe (best k...

29 mar 11

The Reviews for The Book of Mormon are in…

And wow do critics love it. I haven’t seen critical praise this unanimous for years! Every element of the show was lauded – the music, the cast, the writing – everything. They all a...

26 mar 11

The reviews for Priscilla Queen of the Desert are in…

Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened on Broadway on March 20 to very mixed reviews. Most critics agree that is show is made of fabulous fluff, but some were left wanting more, while others were carri...

26 mar 11

Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome!

It’s been a crazy couple of months and I’m afraid my blogging has fallen to the wayside. Sadly when you simultaneously start doing eight shows a week and begin a 40-hour-a-week day job, s...

22 mar 11

Broadway Snow Day Discounts

Due to the snow storm, producers and worried theatres won’t be filled for today’s matinee and evening performances, which is great news for those of you willing to make your way to a Broa...

12 jan 11

My Top 10 Broadway Moments in 2010

A guest blog by Ken Davenport It’s the time of year for the ol’ look back. What memorable moments have the last 12 months brought us that could help define the next 12 months? Here are my...

31 dec 10

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