Oliver

How Grease Live Finally Got It Right

“Grease Live” was my favorite live musical telecast to date. We look at what Grease Live’s success can tell us about making these telecasts successful in the future.

Doctor’s Orders: Four Must-See Shows this Winter

It’s almost New Years, and that means people around the world will be setting New Years resolutions to stay more healthy and fit in 2016. I’m no doctor, but I’ve come up with a list of four shows I would prescribe to keep you in tip-top shape in the new year.

Broadway Beasts

There are a lot of theater lovers in the world, and a lot of animal lovers as well. If you need to get your theater and animal fix at the same time, take a look at these productions running on Broadway this season.

Early Predictions – Possible Tony Nominations for Shows this Season

Last year, we correctly predicted 22 of the 24 Tony Award winners, more than any other theater publication. This year, we are starting our Tony Awards analysis early. While the awards won’t be announced until June 5th, we are going to go through each show we have had the pleasure of seeing, and indicate which awards we feel they might be nominated for in April. We will continue to update this page as we see new shows.

Fall Fanfare – A preview of the Fall 2015 Broadway Season

Hamilton, the new, hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton from In The Heights composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, seems to be the only show getting press notice recently. However, the summer mega-hit is about to meet some new neighbors, as seventeen productions have announced opening nights between September and December.  To kick off the start of the fall 2015 Broadway season, I’ve highlighted four productions (one from each category) which I consider “must sees.”

Oliver Roth Ranks #1 in 2015 Tony Award Predictions

Just like that, the Tony Race is over. We are pleased to announce that our predictions were the most accurate of any theater publication! We review the Tony predictions of theater experts, and rank them according to how well they did.