Chicago the Musical Really Had All That Jazz
August 1999 – Last day in NYC and I thought of going to another show. Having listened to the Chicago CD, I chose it over Cabaret. The Shubert Theatre overwhelmed […]
Category Archives: Musicals/ Theatre
Next To Normal – The Vancouver Run
This is a musical which I missed twice when it played in Seattle, both with original Diana, Alice Ripley, so when I learned that the Arts Club Theatre was staging […]
Memorabilia: Young Frankenstein
Late post. My signed programme from the world premiere Seattle run of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein The programme signed by Andrea Martin and no, I am not selling this on […]
The Young Frankenstein Pre-Broadway Tryouts
I was so lucky enough to secure tickets to the pre-Broadway tryouts for Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. This would have been the first world […]
Peepshow: Where Burlesque and Broadway Meet
Peepshow started as a burlesque show that featured celebrities Spice Girls’ Mel B and Dancing with the Stars’ Kelly Monaco (although both did not do any nudity) and is directed […]
Cabaret: Life Is Beautiful!
Not quite the intimate setting as it was done on Broadway at the former Studio 54 club. The QueenElizabethTheatre, I thought, was too large a venue and stage for the […]
Taboo the Musical at the Plymouth Theater
Taboo at the Plymouth Theatre was the first Broadway show I saw where all the cast are originals, having seen this just a few months after it officially opened. Here’s […]
Miss Saigon at Broadway Theater
First Broadway show! Fifteen years now but I remember it like it was yesterday… Went to the matinee show and was lucky enough to catch DeeDee Lynn Magno perform as […]
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