After 45 years, Carole Rothman plans to step down from her perch atop Second Stage.
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Category: Boogaloo Down BROADWAY
I’m Rick James,
Next spring’s Broadway production of Mary Jane will be a double rarity.
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Escaped
Escape to Margaritaville is my platonic ideal of a single-artist, non-biographical jukebox musical.
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Overture as Remix(es)
Here Lies Love’s pre-show is electronic music’s version of an overture.
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Broadway 2022-2023
While I’m in a ranking mood, here’s my complete recap of the 2022-2023 Broadway season, in order of personal preference.
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Teenage Stream
Is “Teenage Dream” the jukebox musical’s snake-eating-its-own-tail-crossing-the-rubicon moment?
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Horror House
A longtime dream coming true can clarify what we want that dream to look like in reality, even through contradistinction.
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Best Showtune
What’s wrong with this picture:
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Studying Unders
I assume most of you know that English-language movies are dubbed in countries where English isn’t the primary language.
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One Atlantic, An Ocean of Awards
Did the Atlantic Theater Company just pull off a first?
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