Skip to main content
Shop Merch Add a Show Listing
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

The Show Off - 1950 Broadway History , Info & More

Arena Theatre
240 W. 47th St., New York, NY

The Show Off - 1950 - Broadway Articles Page 11

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at FMCT
by Brian Michaels - Jul 30, 2022


What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at FMCT?

Review: MY FAIR LADY at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
by AniKatrina Fageol - Jul 28, 2022


What did our critic think of MY FAIR LADY at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis? My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Lowe. The story centers around Cockney flower girl Eliza Dolittle, who becomes Professor Henry Higgin's 'experiment' in phonetics but quickly proves to Higgins and to the audiences that she is quite more and is more of a lady than anyone can originally see. If you enjoy the 'Golden Age' of musicals, this one is not to be missed.

JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY with Billy Stritch, Bobby Conte, Ashley Pezzotti Duo & More to Perform at Birdland in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 25, 2022


Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are open this August with a full slate of nightly performances!  At Birdland Jazz Club, catch John Pizzarelli Trio, Sam Gravitte, Alexa Tarantino Quartet, Karen Mason, Artemis, John Yao Orchestra Plays Bird, Bobby Conte, and more.

Japan Society Announces 2022-23 Performing Arts Season Featuring Events in Opera, Theater, Dance & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022


Japan Society has announced its upcoming season of live, in-person performances at the Society with programs spanning traditional to contemporary, across the disciplines of opera, theater, traditional noh, puppetry, dance and more, slated for Fall 2022 and Winter/Spring 2023.

Rev. Mary Returns to The Rose Room, August 5
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 15, 2022


Rose Room NYC will host and herald the return of Rev. Mary and her boys to the NYC nightlife scene.

Hudson Classical Theater Company Presents EMMA Adaptation Beginning This Week
by Stephi Wild - Jun 28, 2022


Hudson Classical Theater Company continues its 19th season with a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma.  Unlike their previous Jane Austen adaptations, this one takes place in the 1950’s in Newport, Rhode Island.  

San Diego State University New Musical Initiative Selects IN A SUNSHINE STATE For World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 20, 2022


Out of 163 submissions, the San Diego State University New Musical Initiative has chosen In a Sunshine State as this year's selection. Writers T.C. Lind, Derek Gregor, and Phoebe Kreutz will join with director Stephen Brotebeck, music director Robert Meffe and the SDSU MFA Musical Theatre cohort for a two-year development process and world premiere in the spring of 2024.

20 Theater Books for Your Summer 2022 Reading (and Listening) List
by Team BWW - Jun 25, 2022


Summer is here at last and there is no better time to have fun in the sun with a new read! You're in luck, because this year, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind.

BWW Review: GREAT BALLS OF FIRE at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
by Rich Mehrenberg - Jun 12, 2022


Chances are good that you will also find something to like and might end up dancing in the aisles. The limited run of the show plays now through June 25th. A wop bop a loo bop a wop bam boom!

ANNIE, BLUEY'S BIG PLAY, and More Announced for Family Discovery Series at Kimmel Center
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 9, 2022


The Kimmel Cultural Campus has announced the returning Family Discovery Series for the upcoming 2022-23 season. In its 7th year, the lineup includes kid-friendly favorites and re-envisioned family classics, curated to appeal to the littlest growing arts lovers. Packages and single tickets to select shows in the 2022-23 Family Discovery Series go on sale TODAY, Thursday, June 9, 2022.

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN YOUR 8TH GRADE NUN? New Comedy Game Show Opens In Chicago
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 3, 2022


Are You Smarter Than Your 8th Grade Nun? New, interactive comedy game show Premieres at the Greenhouse Theater Center July 1 through August 7   History, mathematics, spelling! How much do you really remember?

BWW Previews: Unequal lives Interperse in the New Musical EM ALGUM LUGAR ENTRE AS ESTRELAS (Somewhere Between the Stars)
by Claudio Erlichman - Jun 3, 2022


With an independent production, the show written and directed by well-known names in Sao Paulo's musical theater opens at Espaço ao Cubo. Em Algum Lugar Entre as Estrelas (Somewhere Among the Stars) brings together stories from three characters about stories of love, escape and recognition. Among the conflicts, the perspective of a woman whose marriage was crossed by the military dictatorship, homosexual relationships in the 90s and current liquid loves.

BWW Interview: Ashley Garlick of THE PAJAMA GAME at 42nd Street Moon Finally Gets to Take on the Classic Musical Comedy
by Jim Munson - Jun 2, 2022


BroadwayWorld talks to Ashley Garlick, who is starring as Babe in 42nd Street Moon's new production of the Golden Age musical comedy 'The Pajama Game,' running live in San Francisco June 2 to 19.

New Fest, New York's Leading LGBTQ+ Film Organization, Announces Lineup for 2nd Annual NEWFEST PRIDE Series
by Marissa Tomeo - May 28, 2022


NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization and one of the world's most respected LGBTQ+ film festivals, has announced the full lineup for its second annual NewFest Pride event - a summer film series returning this year from June 2-6 in a hybrid format featuring a mix of exclusive in-person premieres/panels and virtual screenings. The announcement was made today by NewFest’s Executive Director David Hatkoff and Director of Programming Nick McCarthy.

BWW Review: CARMEN at Opera Theatre Of Saint Louis
by Steve Callahan - May 23, 2022


Opera Theatre Saint Louis opens its 47th season with a splendid 'Carmen'. Read our BWW critic's review.

World Premiere of CAMPAIGNS, INC. & More Announced for TimeLine Theatre Company 2022-23 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 12, 2022


After celebrating its 25th Anniversary in residence at Theater Wit—a season that featured the world premiere, acclaimed hit Relentless, which went on to an extended run at Goodman Theatre—the company will return to its longtime home in Chicago’s Lakeview East neighborhood, located at 615 W. Wellington Avenue, for three productions.

TFANA's Production of WEDDING BAND Starring Brittany Bradford, Thomas Sadoski & More Has Been Extended
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2022


TFANA has extended the run of Alice Childress’s Wedding Band, directed by Awoye Timpo, to May 22. (The production, which began previews April 28—postponed from an original date of April 23 due to two COVID-19 cases—was formerly set to close May 15).

SUNSET BOULEVARD Starring Stephanie J. Block, and More Set For 2022-23 Kennedy Center Season
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2022


The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announces its 2022–2023 Theater Season featuring the return of the Kennedy Center's acclaimed, self-produced Broadway Center Stage series. The series will include Stephanie J. Block starring in Sunset Boulevard.

Melissa Errico Will Encore OUT OF THE DARK: THE FILM NOIR PROJECT at 54 Below May 11th
by Stephen Mosher - May 9, 2022


The companion show to Melissa Errico's gorgeous album of movie music will recieve a return engagement at Feinstein's Supper Club, 54 Below.

LITTLE WOMEN, TWELFTH NIGHT & More Announced for First Folio Theatre 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 28, 2022


As theater continues to recover from the pandemic interruption, First Folio Theatre has announced its 2022-2023 season. The final season begins with a classic farce: JEEVES INTERVENES by Margaret Raether based on the works of P.G. Wodehouse, which runs November 5 through December 4, 2022.

BWW Review: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN at Village Theatre
by Jay Irwin - Apr 25, 2022


Dear Readers, if you’re going to do a show, any show, you need to have confidence in what you’re putting up on that stage. And while the current production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” at Village Theatre has a bunch of fun moments, the show as a whole seemed to lack the confidence to go for it, just like its title character.

Susanne Mack Returns To Pangea May 20 For Final Performance of FRAGMENTS
by Stephen Mosher - Apr 24, 2022


Much-lauded cabaret singer Susanne Mack will play her 2021 show FRAGMENTS for one final encore.

Audible Announces THE BIG LIE Starring Jon Hamm, Kate Mara, Bradley Whitford & More
by Michael Major - Apr 19, 2022


Created by Executive Producer John Mankiewicz (House of Cards), from a story by Salt producer Paul Jarrico, co-written by Jamie Napoli, directed by Aaron Lipstadt (Bosch, Elementary, Medium), The Big Lie also stars Kate Mara, Ana de la Reguera, John Slattery, Bradley Whitford, Lisa Edelstein, Giancarlo Esposito, David Strathairn, and more.

Amas Musical Theatre Announces Winners of the 4th Annual Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 18, 2022


Amas Musical Theatre today announced the recipients of the fourth Eric H. Weinberger Award for Emerging Librettists, a juried cash and production grant given annually to support the early work and career of a deserving musical theatre librettist, commemorating the life and work of playwright/librettist Eric H. Weinberger.

BWW Review: THE LION, THE WITCH & THE WARDROBE, New Wimbledon Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Apr 13, 2022


The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe was the first of C.S. Lewis’ much-loved books to be written in his series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Since its publication in 1950 there have been numerous adaptations. Michael Fentiman’s new version, based on the original production by Sally Cookson, is a magically warm and inventive piece of theatre. Read our critic's review.

BroadwayWorld TV


Ticket Central
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $70
Hot Show
Tickets From $59
Hot Show
Tickets From $101