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And now that the books have been officially closed on the 2023-2024 season and the Tony Awards, I’ve been answering a great many questions from relatives, friends and (let’s face it) frenemies. Q. Did you think that THE OUTSIDERS would win Best Musical? A. Yup! I had no doubts at all. No matter that some […]

Understand that in this tally, we’re not counting curtain calls. But indeed, last month in London during a Saturday matinee of OPERATION MINCEMEAT, I saw not one, not two, but three standing ovations greet a trio of numbers. Well, this show is a smash-hit of epic proportions. It’s often been dubbed “the best reviewed musical […]

Although it’s a book that’s sold 20 million copies in 30 languages in the last 57 years, Danya Taymor had never encountered it. “I read the musical before I read the book,” said the director of THE OUTSIDERS. This admission was revealed last week when deft Broadway World contributor Richie Ridge hosted four 2023-2024 Tony […]

So, which type of cast album listener are you? Before you see a musical, do you play the show’s recording and learn the score down to every hemidemisemiquaver? Or do you avoid the album because you want to be taken by surprise and discover the score in the theater? What about a musical that you’re […]

Only ten days after it had opened, its original cast album was already in stores. Frankly, the first-ever pressing of CABARET would have arrived even earlier had the musical not opened on a Sunday. Back in the ‘60s, casts routinely recorded their albums on the first Sunday after opening. In those days, Sunday matinees were […]