Broadway Musical Must-Haves For the Best Holiday Gifts

Tomorrow is Cyber Monday, the day that is supposed to be the equivalent of Back Friday, but instead of leaving home and mingling amongst the throngs to buy gifts, we sit at home in our jammies with bed head and order gifts online. I prefer this way of shopping. As a theatre writer and enthusiast, I have been compiling a list of things I will most assuredly be buying for my theatre friends this year. These are some of my favorite must-haves of the recent year that I know will light up some faces this Christmas morning. 

50 Fabulous Flops of Broadway

Today is Black Friday, the day when businesses can usually count on leaving the red and going into the black (if people spend money, of course). What better way to celebrate such an occasion than to give my readers clips from 50 Broadway musical flops, shows that never went from red to black. I promise you a few delightful hours of pouring through wonderful content that will make your holiday weekend. 

By Decade: Broadway Scores I Love the Best

With Thanksgiving almost upon us, I cannot help but reflect upon the things that make my life worth living. At the top of that list will almost always be my Broadway music. There is nothing like the escapism and emotional catharsis brought about by listening to a tuneful, poignant Broadway musical score. They keep me energized, smiling and moving forward.

Hamilton, Pence and the Socially Conscious Musical

You would have to be living under a rock if you are not aware that our Vice President Elect, the monstrously bigoted Michael Pence of Indiana, the man who has done everything to mock minorities and spit in the face of gay rights, attended the Broadway musical Hamilton recently. THE Hamilton that tells the story of our forefathers in an artistic stroke of revisionist history that employs diversity in its casting to underline the disparity in crediting everyone who helped to shape America. Kudos to the cast of the production who gently and respectfully schooled His Royal Highness on his hypocrisy by actually welcoming him for coming and suggesting he might learn something. Once again the power of musical theatre had the potential to change minds and open eyes. As Vice President Elect Pence left the theatre, he was booed by people who didn’t like the way he thinks and it had to be a hard pill swallow for this poor, misunderstood wolf in Christian clothing.