43 years ago today, a Broadway play in New York City made history as it opened—and closed—on the same night. On Feb. 22, 1983 ...
This time, the reader question was: So many Broadway musicals have started off-Broadway, but are there many that have started off-off-Broadway? The history of shows that have transferred from ...
Give my regards to Broadway…a famous phrase which embodies our forever love of the Great White Way where musical theater has thrived for over a century. Now, the history of Broadway Musical theater is ...
As every artist knows, one way to catch a viewer’s eye is a jarring juxtaposition. Take the original poster for Stephen Sondheim’s 1976 musical “Pacific Overtures,” currently on display at the UC ...
While the nickname “the Great White Way” historically refers to the dazzling electric lights of Broadway, the phrase often also suggests the way many histories of New York theater center white artists ...
The musical was already one of theater’s biggest success stories. Then came Hollywood. By Michael Paulson “Wicked” has long been one of the most popular shows on Broadway, an imagined back story for ...
For the past two seasons, 14 or 15 new musicals have opened on Broadway. Even in the challenging first two seasons coming out of the pandemic, Broadway saw 8 or 9 new musicals opening. And in the last ...
As every artist knows, one way to catch a viewer’s eye is a jarring juxtaposition. Take the original poster for Stephen Sondheim’s 1976 musical “Pacific Overtures,” currently on display at the UC ...