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When was the last time there wasn’t a Sondheim show on Broadway?

By On March 7, 2013 · 12 Comments

Everyone knows that the great Mr. S. has had a major impact on the Broadway stage, right?

Well, get this.

Our office just noticed that there isn’t a show with songs by our “Shakespeare”  this season.  And for some reason that felt a little odd.

So we started sorting through [...]

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Now let’s see how revivals are trending! Part II

By On February 28, 2013 · 2 Comments


Yesterday we refuted the notion that the number of new plays and new musicals were on a precipitous decline over the last thirty years.

Today we’ve got a couple more graphs for you, but this time we’re looking to find the revival trend line.  Are they increasing?  Decreasing?

Before you [...]

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Are new plays and new musicals really on the downswing? Part I

By On February 27, 2013 · 11 Comments

I read a quote recently which lamented the fact that there weren’t as many new plays on Broadway anymore.

At first, my head started a-nodding in agreement.  It’s easy to jump on the ol’ “things aren’t so good” whine-wagon.  But then I wondered, “Is that really the case?”  I know it seems [...]

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Oh how Broadway will miss Marty Richards.

By On November 28, 2012 · 4 Comments

Broadway lost one of the great Producers on Monday, when Marty Richards passed on to the Great White Way in the sky.

Just look at these credits:  On The Twentieth Century, Sweeney Todd, Grand Hotel, Will Rogers Follies, and a whole bunch more.

But perhaps his greatest credit would be [...]

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It’s time for Somewhere In Time. World Premiere Announced!

By On October 17, 2012 · 29 Comments

Twelve years ago, I was strolling through a video store (!) on the Upper West Side that is long since gone, and I fell in love . . . with a story.

It was the story of a man who, while strolling through a hotel on Mackinac Island, fell in love with [...]

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