Posted by Jason Broderick
Hi, I’m Jason. I’m a recent-ish graduate from Drama School. Those of you who know me know I’m a pro-active powerhouse and a bit of a perfectionist. Those of you who don’t, I’m a pro-active powerhouse and a bit of a perfectionist! I can't promise to be funny, but i cant ...
Posted by Westend Producer
My dears – Over the last few weeks I have spent many a naughty evening chatting with old, new and dear friends. Each evening has been full of merriment, joy, and vulgarity – but also I have heard countless stories of worry and concern about the entertainment business. So I just ...
Posted by Jonathan Mandell
I put together the top ten lists of top ten theater in New York -- which is to say, top 10 lists by New York theater critics, including me. The show that was on the most number of lists was “One Man, Two Guvnors” with James Corden. The second most popular was the 50th-anniversary revival...
Posted by Jonathan Mandell
Sandy, as I write in my weekly column, arrived angrily Monday, October 29th, and it shocked New York, leaving much of the city, including most of its theater, in disarray. If New Yorkers have never completely embraced Spider-Man, they surely took up its subtitle as their rallying cry this past week:...
Posted by Westend Producer
Touring Part 1: An essential part of being an actor is surviving. Surviving in work – surviving out of work – and most importantly: surviving on tour. I have known many actors that have set off on tour and are never heard of again. They have got lost in the twilight zone o...
Posted by Westend Producer
My dears - Recently many actors have complained to me about a particularly horrific time they have spent in a theatre. It is a time when the director ignores them, the musical director is more concerned about the band and his baton, and the lighting and sound designers get all the praise. I...
Posted by Jonathan Mandell
There are 19 shows scheduled for Broadway during the Fall 2012 season, which I detail, chronologically by opening date, in my Broadway Fall 2012 season preview. In the introduction to that preview, I point out: You can look at the Broadway 2012-2013 season in terms of the movie stars that...
Posted by Ian Watson
It’s been a week, and what a week it’s been. I went to the live recording with my wife Caroline; the very talented photographer Adam Mills of Mug Photography; and Jon Hawkins, the creator of Stage Status. I expected to be sent to the back, somewhere in the darkness of the...
Posted by Ian Watson
“Georgie Best. Superstar, Wears frilly knickers and a Playtex bra!” I was amongst thousands of kids in the 70s who sang that, oblivious as to the original, and I still sing it whenever the credits come on to Superstar. We’re right in the thick of it now. You can smell the ...
Posted by Ian Watson
Everybody just calm down! For anybody out there who thinks a theatre is where gall bladders are removed, I should inform you that the Da Vinci-like ‘Westendproducer’ managed to make his twitter based ‘Search for a Twitter Star’ into a raging success, in spite of a la...
