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Want to Buy Tickets for “Hamilton” in Philly? Get “In Line” … Online

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton set records for Broadway box office sales (as the first show to break $3 million in eight performances), as well as Tony nominations (a whopping […]

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Broadway’s Allison Blackwell Comes Home to Sing With the Philly POPS

Allison Blackwell doesn’t find herself in Philadelphia very often anymore. The Montgomery County native has been in New York for more than a decade, performing […]

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Q&A with Broadway Diva Kelli O’Hara

I wish I could say I’ve seen every one of Kelli O’Hara’s Broadway roles, but I’ve done pretty well — five out of ten, including […]

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From Broadway to the Gilmore Girls reboot

“My number one piece of advice is to not be an asshole and be kind and respect people around you. You can actually achieve your dreams […]

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5 Questions with Gabrielle McClinton

The award-winning revival of Stephen Schwartz’s Pippin is heading to Philly’s Academy of Music later in February, featuring high-flying acrobatics created by Les 7 Doigts de la main throughout […]

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REVIEW: Once at the Academy of Music

I don’t think there’s been a recent Broadway musical as polarizing to New York theatre goers as Once, the winner of 2012’s Tony for Best Musical: […]

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Doylestown’s Liam Fennecken Makes Academy of Music Debut

The first thing Liam Fennecken is going to do once he gets to Philly is hit the flagship Wawa on Broad and Walnut. He hasn’t […]

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Interview: Hamilton Choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler

I couldn’t have an interview with Andy Blankenbuehler without asking about Hamilton, the mega Broadway musical which he choreographed that has equivocally become a cultural phenomenon. Sure, I was […]

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REVIEW: Matilda: The Musical at the Academy of Music

Is a show like Matilda: The Musical too big to properly tour? That question was definitely on my mind last evening after I left the performance at the […]

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REVIEW: Bullets Over Broadway at Academy of Music

Olive, a stripper who wants to be a serious actress, says this of her previous stage experience in the musical Bullets Over Broadway: “I call it interpretive […]

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Penn State Alum Lands Lead Role in Broadway Philadelphia Season Opener

When the big Broadway touring shows come to town, it’s always great to find some sort of a local connection, and with the Kimmel Center’s […]

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Broadway Philadelphia Season Kicks Off With a Woody Allen Show

The highly-anticipated Broadway Philadelphia season kicks off next month with the Woody Allen musical Bullets Over Broadway, which is based on the 1994 film of the […]

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Josh Groban on the 5 Broadway Shows He’s Dying to Be In

I chatted with the incomparable Josh Groban about his new album, Stages, which is a full compilation of songs from the musical theater cannon. He’s coming to Upper […]

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Kinky Boots: A Bunch of Big-Hearted Drag Queens Remind Us Of The Golden Rule

As Lola, the extravagant drag queen who is half the protagonist team in Kinky Boots, says in her splashy opening number, “No need to be […]

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Bradley Cooper Nominated for Tony Award for The Elephant Man

The nominations for the 69th annual Tony awards were announced this morning, and, as expected, Bradley Cooper has been nominated in the “Best Lead Actor, […]