Steve On Broadway (SOB)

Second Verse, Better Than The First

Published on 2010-08-26 11:02:00

Second Verse, Better Than The FirstTwo nights ago, I had a fabulously ridiculous dream.In it, I was seeing a Broadway show alongside The New York Times' critics Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood, two men I've never met in person, but have certainly observed. It was a bizarre dream to be sure, especially since much like the rest of last season, I found myself disagreeing with Isherwood's assessment of the show, but agreeing with Brantley's (fortunately in this phantasm, the Gray Lady's senior cr

Broadway Box Office Tweets - Week Ending August 22, 2010

Published on 2010-08-24 09:45:00

Broadway Box Office Tweets - Week Ending August 22, 2010If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know that each Monday, I ordinarily offer my quick analysis of each preceding week's box office on Broadway. Forgive me for being tardy in posting these until today.For your viewing pleasure, here are my tweets in chronological order for the week ending August 22, 2010:8:20 pm August 23 - Broadway box office slipped 3.49% last week to $18,148,278, down from $18,781,6528:21 pm August 23 - Broadway capacity

Time To Stand Still Again

Published on 2010-08-22 23:01:00

Time To Stand Still AgainOne month from today, the Tony-nominated play Time Stands Still begins performances for its second time this year on Broadway, this time at the Cort Theatre.As regular readers will recall, I was among those who offered thumbs up to Donald Margulies' superb and gut-wrenching new play during its acclaimed run at the not-for-profit Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Since MTC's season still had one more play left in its Broadway season for subscribers, Tim