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Billy Elliot – The Broadway Musical

Contributed by Reed Terry, ReedsTickets.com
Billy Elliot – An Endearing Musical About The Enduring Human Spirit
The opening show of Billy Elliot, the Broadway musical, was held on October 8th 2008 in New York at the Imperial Theater. Since then, the show has continued to enthrall audiences so much that people simply cannot stop smiling even after [...]

New Broadway Shows Coming Soon!

Broadway producers are continuing to make strides in search of next “Wicked” or “Billy Elliot” . Three  new shows are about to make appearance on Broadway Theaters in the next few weeks.
“Ragtime” is based on the classic 1975 novel by E.L Doctorow that weaves together the stories of 3 very different characters;  A WASP housewife, an [...]

6 Years of a Wicked Celebration

The Broadway musical Wicked,  has celebrated its sixth anniversary on Friday 30 Oct 2009. The show opened at the Gershwin Theatre on 30 Oct 2003.  Wicked has been a mega-hit from the get go.  It regularly sells out, and is normally the  top ranked show in terms of ticket sales according to ticketnews.com
Wicked tells [...]

Broadway Show and Ticket Stats

Been hankering to catch a show in NYC? Here are some quick facts released earlier this year from The Broadway League about ticket sales for Broadway shows in New York City during the 2008-2009 season;

12.5 Million Tickets Sold
$943 Million in Gross Sales
$5.1  Billion Dollars Contributed to the NYC economy
36% of show goers are locals, while [...]

Top 3 Broadway Shows Ticket Scams

Some of the content for this article has been influenced by a great article on the same topic at nytix.com.   In writing this article, my ideas became so intertwined with the ideas of the other article that I wanted to make sure to give proper credit.
Regarding the items in this list, keep in mind [...]

Wicked Gets New Cast Members

Randy Danson and Richard Kline have joined the cast of wicked for it’s national tour.  Danson is playing the part of Madame Morrible,  and Kline will be The Wizard.  Wicked is currently playing at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre (through October 4th).
Danson has experience with leading roles in The Good Person of Szechuan at Arena Stage, Wit at The Philadelphia Theatre, [...]

Mamma Mia! Review

Set at beach resort getaway on a Grecian island, Mamma Mia! is the story of Sophie, a bride-to-be with one desire – to have her unknown father escort her down the aisle. Sophie finds entries about three old lovers in her mom’s diary,  and sends each an invitation to her wedding hoping to learn which is her [...]

Jersey Boys Review

Jersey Boys recounts the life and times of the Four Seasons.  The show includes plenty of songs from the popular Four Seasons playlist, but Jersey Boys goes far beyond that, getting into the relationships that made up the group.
The show focuses primarily on lead singer Frankie Valli.   But the show is more that just a recount [...]

Wicked – Broadway Musical

Wicked, officially tagged the untold story of the witches of Oz, is claimed a must-watch by contemporary reviewers and audiences alike. 
Based on the widely popular novel by Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a musical adapted from L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and [...]