Steve On Broadway: There's An App For That!Can't get enough of Broadway? Need your fix via your iPhone?
There's an app for that!
This past June,
iBroadway was launched by
Arts Meets Commerce, an Internet marketing/Web design/advertising/video company that counts
many Broadway shows among its impressive roster of clients.
When iBroadway first launched in June, three of my favorite theatre blogs were included with the initial roll-out: Jan Simpson's
Broadway & Me, Aaron Riccio's
‘kül That Sounds Cool and Chris Caggiano's
Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals.
Now, I'm pleased to note that Arts Meets Commerce has added two more blogs to their iBroadway app, including Garrett Eisler's venerable
The Playgoer and yours truly. I'm honored to be among the select few and feel I'm in excellent company.
What intrigued me about this iBroaday app is that in addition to providing content from some of my favorite bloggers, it's also a free compendium of all things Broadway, literally at your fingertips.
The iBroadway app features include:
• Details on performance venues, schedules and ticketing information, along with discounts for some of the hottest shows on Broadway;
• Exclusive video content, synopses, reviews and cast information;
• News, reviews and commentary from a host of the top writers in the theatre industry today;
• A simple way for users to share details about their favorite shows via Facebook, Twitter or e-mail.
If you're among those iBroadway subscribers who is finding me for the first time thanks to this app, welcome to
Steve On Broadway (SOB)! I'm happy you've found me. Please note that you can also follow me on
Facebook and
Twitter.
Whether you're a longtime reader or brand new, I invite you to join in the conversation on all things Broadway and live theatre. Now there's an app for that!
This is Steve On Broadway (SOB).
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Fantasy Casting CallsWith all the buzz about a potential film version of
August: Osage County, the
Chicago Tribune's
Chris Jones provided his dream casting for the inevitable movie.
So, not to be outdone, was it any surprise that the
Gray Lady,
The New York Times, had reporter Erik Piepenburg asking theatre industry folks what their ultimate fantasy casting calls would be?
With a huge tip of the hat to
Garrett Eisler of The Playgoer, whose own erudite opinion was tapped and included in the story, check out
here what everyone from A to Z (OK,
Adam Rapp to
Swoosie Kurtz) had to say.
The comments by
Jason Robert Brown should be savored.
And fellow bloggers, isn't this just an extension of
the meme we were playing just a couple weeks ago? Hat tip here, once again, to
Sarah B. at Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment! I'll stick with the choices I already spelled out
here.
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Labels: Adam Rapp, Adventures In The Endless Pursuit Of Entertainment, August Osage County, Blogs, Broadway, Dream Casting, Jason Robert Brown, Swoosie Kurtz, The Playgoer
Tony Officially Shuts Out LoveMusik, Legally Blonde From the "Why Can't We All Just Get Along" file, this year's
Tony broadcast just can't seem to get a break with decent news coverage. Perhaps it could if players involved didn't air their dirty laundry quite so publicly.
The latest dust-up occurred a couple days ago when the Tony producers nixed a plan to feature song performances from
LoveMusik and
Legally Blonde -- you know, the two viable shows that had been in the running for the coveted also-ran nod in the category of Best Musical until
Mary Poppins claimed it.
According to
New York Post's Michael Riedel, CBS had been pushing the idea to include performances to liven up the show and initially received the green light from the American Theatre Wing's
Howard Sherman. But the broadcast's producers put the kibosh on that for fear that including non-nominated works would open the floodgates to other shows demanding their time on the broadcast.
Arguing for an expansion of tune offerings,
The Playgoer's Garrett Eisler succinctly notes: "Maybe they should...just dazzle us for two hours with great performances." While Tony broadcasts have traditionally been viewed by a narrow slice of Americans, you'd think that Broadway would use the telecast to its advantage by enabling its cherished viewers to see as wide a swath as possible.
On the related topic of the Tonys, you'll now find four new polls in which I ask you to name the featured actors and actresses from both plays and musicals you believe will win the Tony Award on June 10. After voting, feel free to comment on why.
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Tony Award Nominations Announced (May 15, 2007)
Labels: Blogs, Broadway, Legally Blonde, LoveMusik, Mary Poppins, Michael Riedel, Musical, The Playgoer, Tony Awards
