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Best of Broadway 2009
Broadway’s 2009 season is over, here are the highlights

5 Must See Broadway Musicals
When time is short in New York, these are the shows to see

Best Place to Sit
Where is the best place to sit in a theater

Disney's Broadway Musicals
Musicals continue Disney magic on stage

Acting: Getting Started
What You Can Do Now to Get Started

mezzanine seats
Seats in the first or lowest balcony or in the front of a balcony in a theater

Discounts Online
Find e-bargains to Broadway and off-Broadway shows.

Top 5 Valentine Theater Dates
Five romantic musicals for Valentine's Day dates

'Rock of Ages' Review
Rock of Ages offers off-Broadway big hair and big sound of the '80s.

orchestra seats
orchestra seats are on the first floor of a theater

Acting: Profession
What You Need to Break into the Professional Acting Ranks

5bestbroadwayplays
It’s a great year for Broadway plays. Here are 5 to see.

'White Christmas' Photos
Cast and creative team of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas meet the media.

'Wicked'
Wicked is a Broadway box-office record-holder that continues to sell out on Broadway and which has had regional success in Chicago, Los Angeles and London, and on tour.

Golden Globe-Broadway
Golden Globe nominations have a Broadway feel for many shows and actors.

TKTS How To
Buying discount tickets at TKTS Booth

Discounts: Box Office
Many Broadway theaters off tickets for less than $40 through lotteries, to students and for standing room.

Great Theater Dates
Five Broadway shows, many on tour now, that make a great night on the town

'Toxic Avenger'
Toxic waste turns a man into a musical monster

10 Musicals Changing Broadway
From Showboat to The Producers, Broadway was never the same after these shows

'Perfect Crime'
Perfect Crime is an off-Broadway murder mystery being solved for more than 20 years.

blocking
blocking a stage direction term

'Hair'
The original rock musical is back on Broadway

'Shrek the Musical' Review
In Shrek the Musical, green goes from screen to the Broadway stage.

'The 39 Steps' Review
The 39 Steps is Hitchcok's classic tale of intrigue played for laughs on stage.

Discount Tips
Learn the tricks of the trade for getting Broadway bargain.

Discount Definitions
From Student to Standing Room, Broadway Theaters Offer Many Discounts

Actors and Memory
Experts on how actors memorize lines and help to do it better

'In the Heights' Review
In the Heights is a salsa-fueled new musical rocking the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

'The Little Mermaid' Snap Shot
Disney brings its Academy Award-winning movie to the stage with The Little Mermaid.

balcony seats
balcony seats are the highest seats in a theater

'Waiting for Godot'
Waiting for Godot stars Nathan Lane and John Goodman in Samuel Beckett’s classic

Theater Discounts: TKTS
The TKTS booth, with three New York locations, offers steeply discounted tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows

'White Christmas' - Road
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas makes the journey from screen to stage

Tony Awards 101
All you need to know to enjoy the Tony Awards

Best of Broadway 2008
A Personal Ranking of the Best of Broadway 2008

'13'
A new musical with an all-teenage cast

'Phantom'
Broadway's longest-running show, The Phantom of the Opera, is still going strong.

'Boeing-Boeing'
Fast-paced London hit lands big on Broadway

'Phantom' Review
This Phantom is not showing his age.

What Actors Wish You Knew
A few simple rules for good theater hehavior

'Rent' Profile
A look at a watershed Broadway musical.

Kristin Chenoweth Christmas CD
Kristin Chenoweth Christmas CD A Lovely Way To Spend Christmas - A review of Kristin Chenoweth Christmas CD

Value of Tony Best Musical
How have the past 10 Tony Award Best Musical winners fared?

'Billy Elliot'
Billy Elliot brings the hit movie to the stage with Elton John's music

'August: Osage County'
A gripping drama of a family at war with itself.

Buying Theater Tickets
Tips for buying tickets to the theater

'Mamma Mia!'
Mega-musical based on ABBA's songs keeps rocking Broadway.

'White Christmas'
Classic movie White Christmas becomes a new musical.

'God of Carnage'
God of Carnage pits parents against each other

The Danny Kaye
Musical of 12 years in the life of Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fein

'South Pacific'
South Pacific, Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1949 Tony-winning musical, is new again at Lincoln Center.

'Marvelous' Snap Shot
The Marvelous Wonderettes is a four-part harmony stroll down memory lane.

Tony Awards 2009
Winners of the 2009 Tony Awards

Drama Desk Nominations 2009
Drama Desk announces winners for the 2009 awards

Grosses December 21
A weekly summary of Broadway ticket sales

'Perfect Crime' Snap Shot
New York's longest-running play

proscenium arch
The arch at the front of a stage behind which action takes place

'All My Sons'
Arthur Miller’s 1947 Broadway hit returns to Broadway

'Jersey Boys' Snap Shot
Jersey Boys is Broadway's retelling of the story behind Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

'Grease'
Grease, one of Broadway's longest-running shows is back with updates from the movie.

Taking Kids to the Theater
Taking children to the theater can be great for them and you

Attending a Broadway Show
Things to know to help you enjoy your night at the theater.

'Story of My Life'
The Story of My Life on Broadway tells of time's toll on friendship

'Mary Stuart'
London's hit version of Schiller's play comes to Broadway

'Mary Poppins'
Mary Poppins travels from page to screen to stage to New York via London.

'Desire' - Review
Eugene O'Neill's "Greek tragedy" for Broadway

'In the Heights'
Salsa, hip-hop, and Broadway bring a diverse Manhattan neighborhood to life.

Catherine Russell Profile
A life in the theater, most of it with one show.

'South Pacific' Profile
South Pacific, a "Golden Age" musical, is new again on Broadway

'Joe Turner's Come and Gone'
The second play in August Wilson's monumental cycle of the African-American experience

'The Lion King' Snap Shot
Disney's The Lion King is still roaring strong on Broadway.

'Guys and Dolls'
Guys and Dolls, the original Musical Fable of Broadway, is back

'Avenue Q'
Avenue Q is puppets gone wild on Broadway.

curtain call
curtain call is when the actors take their bows

'To Be or Not To Be' Review
To Be or Not To Be from the Manhattan Theatre Club shows how to fight fascists with laughter.

'A Tale of Two Cities' Review
A Tale of Two Cities is a new musical based on the Dickens classic

Cell Phone Etiquette
There's more to cell phone etiquette than turning it off

Choosing a Musical or Play
Make an informed selection when choosing between a musical or play

Choosing a Show
On Broadway or Main Street, You Want to Choose the Right Show

'Chicago' Snap Shot
Long-running revival keeps dancing with new stars.

Mary Stuart - Review
Mary Stuart updates Friedrich Schiller’s play about the fictional meeting between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots.

'Next to Normal' - Review
A family faces the challenge of a bi-polar mom

'Enter Laughing'
Enter Laughing is a renamed, revival of an under-appreciated Broadway musical

Musical Openings 2009
Musicals opening on Broadway this spring

'Blithe Spirit' - Review
Blithe Spirit is a 'spirited' return to Broadway for Coward

Allegro
A Broadway flop, Rogers and Hammerstein's Allegro is a great CD

'Shrek the Musical' Road
Shrek the Musical is the movie and more on Broadway

Outer Critics Nominations 2009
Broadway and off-Broadway shows nominated for 2009 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Theater - Articles
An index of articles for the Theater guide site.

Maintaining Motivation
Actors in long-running shows talk about keeping it fresh.

Betty Buckley 1967
Becky Buckley's long-forgotten first recording

Taking Children to the Theater
Taking children to the theater

Regional Theater Discounts
Broadway New York Discount tickets regional theaters theatres America Performs Theater Mania Broadway Box broadwaybox sold out shows

Q&A: Grosvenor
Producer, director, writer, actor Brent Grosvenor on the state of Christian theater

Broadway Grammy Nominations
Movies, revivals, and new works provide Grammy-nominated Broadway soundtracks.

Touring Awards - 2009
Live Broadway! - the Broadway League - recognizes excellence among road shows with the Touring Broadway Awards

Natasha Richardson
A look at the career of Tony-winner Natasha Richardson

Tony-Losing Musicals
Some winning musicals are Tony Award losers

'Tale of Two Cities' Road
A Tale of Two Cities' Journey from Idea to Broadway

'Dividing the Estate'
Academy Award-winner Horton Foote brings small-town Texas to Broadway

'American Buffalo'
David Mamet’s 1976 play was groundbreaking and is revived on Broadway

'A Tale of Two Cities'
A sweeping new musical brings the Dickens classic to life on stage.

'Exit the King'
Exit the King is Eugene Ionesco’s ‘apprenticeship for death’

'9 to 5 the Musical'
Dolly Parton brings her hit movie to the stage

Stage Left
A definition of the theater term stage left

Stage Right
Stage right-

'Duo!' Scens for Two
'Duo!' is a book of acting scenes for two people from top playwrights.

Night Sky-Review
Night Sky - Learning to communicate when words are gone

'Gypsy'
In Gypsy, Patti LuPone gives an award-winning turn as Momma Rose.

'Passion of the King'
An Easter spectacle spans ages for perspective on Christ's passion

'Impressionism'
Academy Award-winners Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons on Broadway in Impressionism

Table Manners - Review
A revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s comic trilogy - The Norman Conquests