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Fun on a Friday: when pop culture worlds collide

By On July 15, 2011 · 1 Comment

Now that the Anthony Weiner scandal has died down, there seem to be only two topics of water cooler conversation these days:  Book of Mormon and Harry Potter.  

They seem so dissimilar, don't they?  

Not to Tessa Netting, former Billy Elliot Broadway cast member, who created a Harry Potter [...]

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Our Green Broadway $100 winner announced!

By On August 25, 2010 · 2 Comments

Holy comments, BroadwayMan!  

Based on the mountain of comments this blog received, making the theatrical workplace a greener place is obviously a very important subject for all of you. 

And what creative suggestions they were!  Everything from [...]

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How many of you save your Broadway ticket stubs?

By On August 12, 2010 · 6 Comments

I saved them all.

When I was younger, I'd get my Playbill, and that ticket stub (which is no longer a stub, thanks to ticketing scanners) would go right in the middle.

Full embarrassing disclosure: when I was in high school, I used to take the cover of my Playbills, the ticket stubs, [...]

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Theater things that don’t make sense: Vol. 8

By On July 14, 2010 · 12 Comments

I was recently at a big ol' touring house outside of NYC.  You know, one of those theaters in major metro areas all over the country that presents big national tours like Billy Elliot and Mary Poppins as well as concerts, lectures, local dance recitals and more.

I [...]

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The Tony Awards beat me to this blog.

By On June 17, 2010 · 3 Comments

The theme of this year's Tony Awards opening number was the current overwhelming number of songs on Broadway stages from the popular musical canon.

Well, dangit, that's what I was going to say!

But it's more than just this year's crop.  While leaving American Idiot a few weeks ago, I walked through [...]

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