John Kenrick's Theatre Journal Archive
1998 to 2004
Below are some of the entries posted in John Kenrick's Theatre Journal between 1998 and 2004. To see his current video blog, click here.
May 2004: The 2004 Tony Nominations
Oct 2003: The American Musical on PBS - a fact check points out some sloppy research.
June 2003: The 2003 Tonys - boys night out!
May 2003: Tony Nominations 2003 - Surprising sanity.
Mar. 2003: When Showtunes Aren't- recycled music on stage.
Feb 2003: Forgotten Lessons, Lost Lives - There's no excuse for deadly club fires.
June 2002: 2002 Tonys - Millie and Elaine have their night.
May 2002: Tony Nominations 2002 - The Annual Outrages.
Mar. 2002: The Best Musical Theater Writers - some of my favorite columnists and historians.
Feb. 2002: Top Musical Theater Writers - My favorite historians and columnists.
Jan. 2002: 2001: New Perspectives - Talk about a year that no one could have predicted!
Dec. 2001: When You Find a Fool - why not charge $485 a seat?
Nov. 2001: Broadway: An Easy Target - with so little security, our theaters are a disaster waiting to happen.
Oct. 2001: Take Two Showtunes And Call Me In the Morning - the healing power of musicals.
Oct. 2001: Bouncing Back - the show goes on, but oh so differently.
Sept. 2001: My Wounded Hometown - some thoughts on New York in the wake of Sept. 11th.
August 2001: Greedy Church Evicts Ziegfeld Girls - so much for Christian kindness.
June 2001: The Revenge of Musical Comedy - who said it was dead?
June 2001: The 2001 Awards - the joyous crowning of King Mel.
May 2001: The 2001 Tony Nominations - less outrageous than usual.
March 2001: Can Musical Buffs Go Too Far?
November 2000: Blackface and Old Wounds - the film Bamboozled reawakens an old controversy.
August 2000: Cats - The Last Meow - putting the prancing pussies to their long overdue rest.
June 2000: The Tony Awards - pandering to the TV networks leaves no one happy.
May 2000: The Tony Nominations - the annual outrage.
May 2000: TKTS Memories - days spent on that endless line.
April 2000: Curtain Calls for Alexander Cohen & David Merrick - two great musical producers bid Broadway farewell.
January 2000: Memories of a Gentle Giant - a brief memorial to legendary producer and manager Norman Rothstein.
December 1999: The Century of the Musical - Among other things, the 20th Century saw the rise of the musical as a vibrant art form.
October 1999: Crazy for Musical Comedy - The PBS broadcast of Crazy for You was a reminder of the kind of musical many of us fell in love with years ago.
September 1999: Return of the King - 15,000 cheered Yul Brynner on a summer night in midtown Manhattan. Talk about being in a time warp!
August 1999: Cyber Thieves - Why Musicals101.com moved from Yahoo.
July 1999: Internet Nastiness - Is it okay to be abusive with people just because you can't see them?
June 1999: The Tony Awards - Some reactions to the 1999 awards and ceremony.
May 1999: The 1999 Tony Nominations - Celebration or funeral? Includes a complete nominee list.
April 1999: Time for a Change at the Tony Awards - It's time to stop pretending the picture is so "Rosie."
Feb 1999: Musicals in the Headlines - Thoughts on Julie Andrews, Footloose and Mame.
Jan 1999: Star Quality - Seeing a great performer in a great role is always a treat, but its on an entirely different plane when you see a performer with real star quality.
Dec 1998: Easter Parade - The stage version of this MGM classic has been postponed, which raises a question: does Broadway need yet another film musical adaptation?
Sept 1998: Are Revivals Killing The Musical Theatre? - from the New York Times on September 13th, 1998 – with some sentences the editors omitted.