Nice Work If You Can Get It
I saw Nice Work If You Can Get It last week thanks to Camp Broadway, and of the 20+ Broadway plays I’ve seen, it was definitely one of my favorites! The plot was hilarious, the singing was fantastic,...
View ArticleThe Best Broadway Restaurants
A little while back I wrote about one of my favorite post-show eateries, Junior’s, where I love to “decompress” over a big slice of cheesecake following a fantastic show. And it got me thinking. I...
View ArticleBroadway’s Scariest Characters…
Boo! Did I scare you? Probably not. But, as they say, “Tis the season!”, and Broadway sure is a menagerie of colorful, down-right frightening, characters. Before you think this is a blog about Michael...
View ArticleThe Broadway Attendance Dilemma…Ticket Prices.
Houston, we have a problem. For the second year in a row, the attendance on Broadway- meaning the total number of patrons that purchased tickets in any given season- has fallen. Badly. First, the...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Show Last?
By Sami DeSocio Not every show is a success. It’s true, more shows close after opening than those that make it to become the next Phantom of the Opera. But what makes those shows that do survive so...
View ArticlePlays or Musicals: Do You Really Need to Pick a Side?
By Sami DeSocio There seems to be an unspoken rule onstage- either you do musicals or plays -and never the two shall meet or cross. But there are plenty of actors that do just as well in a play as they...
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