Scene Stealers

Seven who stole the show this Fall

By Joel Markowitz

It’s highway robbery when all of a sudden in the middle of a play or musical, a performer comes on the stage and grabs the show away from the leads. You say, “Wow! Who was that person?” So, here are seven scene stealers from shows I saw this Fall. [Read more...]

Christmas Comes to Broadway. The Strike Is Over.

Nov 29 — The Local One stagehand’s strike, begun the morning of November 10th, ended last night with a tentative agreement that could have some shows opening as early as today.  The strike shuttered 27 of Broadway’s biggest shows, costing heartache to tourists and performers and lost revenues to the tune of $2 million per day for New York.  Only ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical’, with its limited run, was able to charm the unions and the courts into an opening last week.  Read the NY Times coverage here. [Read more...]