By Gerard Raymond “So many millions of people have a love affair with this show; I feel it is important to give them what they remember,” says Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed the first Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, the musical phenomenon that has captivated audiences since the 1980s. Blankenbuehler, one of the preeminent Broadway choreographers working... Continue Reading →
Point of Inspiration for MISS SAIGON
The creators of Miss Saigon describe the photo that inspired a Broadway classic “This photograph was, for Alain and I, the start of everything…” – Claude-Michel Schönberg The composer of Miss Saigon, Claude-Michel Schönberg, traces his inspiration for the development of the musical to a 1975 photograph he found of a Vietnamese mother seeing her... Continue Reading →
Love and Family in ON YOUR FEET!: The Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical
By Sheryl Flatow In one of the seminal scenes in On Your Feet!, Gloria Fajardo and Emilio Estefan are trying to persuade a record label executive to help them cross over to the English-speaking market. The executive’s response is dismissive, insisting that there’s no audience for the Latin rhythms of Miami Sound Machine in the... Continue Reading →
An Interview With Alex Lacamoire
By Ryan Lee Gilbert, national editor of broadway.com Alex Lacamoire is the music supervisor for the Broadway, Chicago, and touring productions of Hamilton, as well as the co-arranger—along with Lin-Manuel Miranda—of the show’s score. In 2016, Lacamoire won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Hamilton. He’s been involved in the show’s conception and success... Continue Reading →
Universal Struggles and Heartfelt Refrains
A conversation with FIDDLER ON THE ROOF lyricist Sheldon Harnick How did your upbringing influence your writing? The starting point for Fiddler on the Roof was several stories from Sholem Aleichem’s major work, Tevye’s Daughters. That was the basis for the show. Once we started to work on it, I was reminded of the way... Continue Reading →
RENT Continues to Inspire
Twenty years later, RENT still celebrates the power of youth, diversity, and love On April 29, 1996, a musical opened on Broadway that looked and sounded unlike anything that had come before it. It told a powerful, moving, heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting story of young, impoverished New York artists who were seeking to make their... Continue Reading →
The 5-1-3 with THE BOOK OF MORMON’S Ron Bohmer
Here at Broadway in Cincinnati, there’s nothing we love more than when folks with Queen City connections return to perform on the Aronoff stage. When we have locals coming to town, we like to ask them a few questions we call “The 5-1-3.” Meet Cincinnati native Ron Bohmer from THE BOOK OF MORMON: FIVE: Five... Continue Reading →
THE BOOK OF MORMON In-Person Lottery Info
Below are details on our in-person lottery for THE BOOK OF MORMON. This is separate from our digital Lucky Seat, which has already ended. CINCINNATI – THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, is pleased to announce a lottery ticket policy for the National Tour, which begins July 31 at... Continue Reading →