September 15, 2017 Leave a comment
Choose the three shows that you are most looking forward to. The list below is for shows that have opening dates in the Broadway 2017-2018 season as of this writing, and they are listed chronologically by opening date.
For more information about any of the shows, read my Broadway 2017-2018 Preview Guide.
August 18, 2017 1 Comment
Choose the show that you are most looking forward to. The list below is for shows that have opening dates on Broadway from September 2017 to January 2018 as of this writing, and they are listed chronologically by opening date.
For more information about any of the shows, read my Broadway 2017-2018 Preview Guide.
May 9, 2017 Leave a comment
Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 15 of the 24 categories in the 71st annual Tony Awards.
Nominated:Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Groundhog Day, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,
*Your preference: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,
Nominated:A Doll’s House, Part 2, Indecent Oslo
Sweat
Your preference: A Doll’s House, Part 2
Nominated: Hello, Dolly!, Falsettos, Miss Saigon
Your preference: Hello, Dolly!
Nominated: Jitney, Present Laughter, Six Degrees of Separation, The Little Foxes
Your preference: Jitney
Nominated: Denee Benton, Great Comet; Christine Ebersole, War Paint; Patti LuPone, War Paint; Bette Midler, Hello Dolly; Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon
Your preference: Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Nominated: Christian Borle, Falsettos; Josh Groban, Great Comet; David Hyde Pierce, Hello Dolly; Andy Karl, Groundhog Day; Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Your preference: Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Nominated: Cate Blanchett, The Present; Jennifer Ehle, Oslo; Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie; Laura Linney, The Little Foxes; Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Your preference: Laurie Metcalf, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Nominated: Denis Arndt, Heisenberg; Chris Cooper, A Doll’s House Part 2; Corey Hawkins, Six Degrees of Separation; Kevin Kline, Present Laughter; Jefferson Mays, Oslo
Your preference: Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
Nominated: Kate Baldwin, Hello Dolly; Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen; Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos; Jenn Colella, Come From Away; Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia
Your preference: Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Nominated: Gavin Creel, Hello Dolly; Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen; Andrew Rannells, Falsettos; Lucas Steele, Great Comet; Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos
Your preference: Lucas Steele,Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Johanna Day, Sweat; Jayne Houdyshell, A Dolls House Part 2; Cynthia Nixon The Little Foxes; Condola Rashad, A Dolls House Part 2; Michelle Wilson, Sweat
Your preference: Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes
Nominated: Michael Aranov, Oslo; Danny DeVito, The Price; Nathan Lane, The Front Page; Richard Thomas, The Little Foxes; John Douglas Thompson, Jitney
Your preference: Danny DeVito, The Price
Andy Blankenbuehler, Bandstand; Peter Darling and Ellen Kane, Groundhog Day; Kelly Devine, Come From Away; Denis Jones, Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical; Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Your preference: Sam Pinkleton, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Christopher Ashley, Come From Away; Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen; Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day The Musical; Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!
Your preference: Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Sam Gold, A Doll’s House, Part 2
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson’s Jitney
Bartlett Sher, Oslo
Daniel Sullivan, Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes
Rebecca Taichman, Indecent
Your preference: Sam Gold, A Doll’s House, Part 2
* Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 is separated by only a single percentage point from Dear Evan Hansen,
Jitney is separated by three percentage points from The Little Foxes.
More than 350 people have replied to this survey, which is still open.
May 6, 2017 Leave a comment
Make your pick for 15 of the 24 categories in the 71st annual Tony Awards, honoring Broadway’s best. The awards ceremony will take place on June 11th at Radio Music Hall in New York City. Most of it will be broadcast live on CBS.
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This is for who and what YOU want to win, not who you think the Tony voters will pick — preference, not prediction. I’ll post the results later this month.
April 1, 2017 Leave a comment
March 31, 2017 Leave a comment
Which of the 14 plays and musicals opening on Broadway in April are you most looking forward to?
Below they are listed chronologically by opening date.
For more information about the shows, check out April, 2017 New York Theater Openings
March 25, 2017 3 Comments
What is the best Broadway show adapted from a movie? Choose from the two dozen below, listed alphabetically, or add one that’s not on the list.
It wasn’t until 1970 that a Broadway show based on a movie won the Tony for best musical. Fittingly, the musical was Applause, inspired by All About Eve, a movie about the theater. Now every major Hollywood studio has a theatrical division, looking to create shows for Broadway, and every Broadway season includes a number of musicals that are based on movies. Next month alone, four new shows will open on Broadway based on original movies (whose movie posters are picured above.) Add to these the seven screen-to-stage adaptations already currently on Broadway.
