Pop Goes the Musical
Is it time to defend the juke box musical – or at least stop mocking it?
Mamma Mia. Jersey Boys. All Shook Up. Rock of Ages. Movin’ Out: for the last two decades, Broadway has played host to a long line of “jukebox musicals” – theatre productions that have taken pop and rock music from the radio to the stage as the framework for musical theatre.
Some of these productions have been smash hits; some have closed in six weeks. So -- how does Broadway deal with the rock-era American Songbook?
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On Monday, August 6, Gamut Theatre Group will unveil its recently renovated, 10,000 square-foot Gamut Theatre Education Center at its location at 15 North 4th Street.
The new stage will be the permanent home for the Popcorn Hat Players Children's Theatre, as well as the Stage Door Series Ensemble and Gamut Theatre Academy.
Click below to read more about the new space
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Open Stage of Harrisburg Wins ICWP Recognition for its 2017-2018 Season
Open Stage of Harrisburg has received the 50/50 Award from the International Centre for Women Playwrights (IWCP), in recognition of its 2017-2018 season, which carried the theme of “Lifting Up Women’s Voices.”
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Revenue, rap, and real estate
According to The Broadway League, a trade association for the Broadway industry, last year was one of the best on record for box office revenue on Broadway. Smash hits like Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen opened the door for increased revenue, but a high number of shows, plus targeted ticket pricing also played roles in boosting the bottom line.
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A New Role: A Bigger Stage
On May 14th, Theatre Harrisburg named Stosh Snyder as its new Executive Director. Snyder, a familiar face both on Harrisburg-area stages and on your TV screen (if you remember him as the “Price Comparison” guy for a series of Wal-Mart commercials), brings a unique combination of performance and professional experience to the position.
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“As an actor, you’re a terrific writer”
This weekend, Theatre Harrisburg will debut the first-ever full production of Grave Doubts, a new play by David Steven Simon.
This is a significant shifting of gears for Simon, who has been a successful writer for hit television shows like Sister, Sister, Full House, The Wayans Brothers, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Mad About You, and many others. In his words “the only similarity between writing for the stage and writing for television is the keyboard.”
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A New Kind of Closed Captioning
In the past, if you were one of the estimated 48 million Americans with some degree of hearing loss and you wanted to attend a Broadway show, your choices were limited. But thanks to wireless technology - and your smartphone — that has changed.
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