1990s Broadway Musical Logos Madness! Round 1 Mufasa Division

You know we are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. Over the summer, you really embraced our very first bracket, the 1980s Broadway Musical Logo Tournament. Ultimately, you named Cats as the top logo of that decade. Now, it's time to find out your top logo for the closing ten seasons of the 20th century. To get things started, we poured over the archives and came up with a 64 show bracket of musicals from the 1990s. Here's what we came up with:

Each division includes at least 2 Best Musical winners, several Tony nominees, and a few bonafide Broadway misfires. 

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1990s Broadway Musical Logo Madness!

Round 1: The Mufasa Region

HOW IT WILL WORK:

• Each week, we'll open the voting for a different segment of the bracket, and you will select your favorite from each pairing.
• Your selection should be based on the logo/window card ONLY. We are NOT looking for your favorite show! And it's possible to like a logo from a show you've never heard of before!
• We will provide pictures of the full window card (in most cases) above each week's round, then you scroll down and make your selections. You MUST click/tap the "Click Me to Count Your VOTES" button at the bottom of the survey.
• THIS ROUND WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH AT 5 PM!

Here we go again! May the best logo win! THE BALLOT IS BELOW THESE FULL POSTER SAMPLES OF THE LOGOS. DEPENDING ON YOUR DEVICE, IT MAY TAKE A MOMENT FOR THE BALLOT TO LOAD.

GAME 1:                                                                    GAME 2:

                         

GAME 3:                                                                    GAME 4:

                         

GAME 5:                                                                    GAME 6:

                         

GAME 7:                                                                    GAME 8:

                          

1980s Broadway Musical Logos Madness! Sweet Sixteen Round

We are obsessed with show logos and window cards! We just LOVE them. So we thought it'd be fun to have a show logo tournament, you know, like March Madness. We poured over the archives and decided to start with a 64 show bracket of musicals from the 1980s. Over the past six weeks, you really responded, and the complete Round 1 and Regional results are below:

The original 64 team roster has been narrowed down to a Sweet 16. Now, your job will be to reduce them to an Elite 8. Full sized versions of each show logo/window card appear below. Scroll down to start the poll. Thanks for playing! 

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1980s Broadway Musical Logo Madness!

Sweet 16

HOW IT WILL WORK:

• Each week, we'll open the voting for a different segment of the bracket, and you will select your favorite from each pairing.
• Your selection should be based on the logo/window card ONLY. We are NOT looking for your favorite show! And it's possible to like a logo from a show you've never heard of before!
• You may vote every week!
• We will provide pictures of the full window card (in most cases) above each week's round, then you scroll down and make your selections. You MUST click/tap the "Click Me to Count Your VOTES" button at the bottom of the survey.
• THIS ROUND WILL CLOSE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 AT 5 PM!

Here we go! May the best logo win! The actual poll appears after the full sized samples!

GAME 1:                                                                    GAME 2:

                     

GAME 3:                                                                    GAME 4:

                     

GAME 5:                                                                    GAME 6:

                  

GAME 7:                                                                    GAME 8:

                     

TRENDSDAY SURVEY: Grade Last Season's Musicals

During my break from writing, I did see every musical and musical revival that opened, but did not review them for the blog.  (I saw and reviewed all of the fall musical openings, save for Holler If You Hear Me.)  Since I've been back, many of my regular readers have asked me how I would have reviewed them.  So, next Thursday, I'll share my thoughts and grades on each show from last season... when I reveal your grades!

You be the critic and grade each musical (new and revival) that opened during the 2014-2015 season!  Didn't see some of them? Click the "I didn't see it" button!  Even if you only saw one of these shows, your vote still matters.  When you have weighed in, be sure to click "Finish Survey" to make your vote count!

Survey will close on Tuesday, June 23 at 6PM!  Thanks for your input.  Jeff

Killer Theatre: Dream-Casting DEXTER: The Musical

With yesterday's announcement that American Psycho would be coming to New York.  This won't be the first time a killer gets to sing - Assassins had a rogue's gallery of one-time killers, and the merry murderesses have been singing from behind bars in Chicago for almost two decades.  American Psycho features a serial killer.  So, I got to thinking about the serial killer TV show Dexter and what it would be like as a musical. After all, there have been other mass murderers on stage before, like Mr. Hyde, Clyde Barrow and our good friend, Sweeney.

I made the connection fairly easily, since it just so happens that Mike and I have been binge watching Dexter over the past several weekends.  We've only gotten through the first three episodes of Season Three, so when I think of making it into a musical, I can only, in fairness, think of casting the main roles, and think of maybe an original story featuring a brand new nemesis for the blood spatter specialist/killer to, uh, cut into.

It would be extra cool if Michael C. Hall could star as Dexter on stage, and even cooler if his other ex-wife Amy Spanger played his sister, Debra Morgan.  It would be a reunion of their days together in Chicago.  (Hall's most recent spouse, Jennifer Carpenter, plays Dexter's sister in the series.)

The TV Cast of Dexter

But, barring that... here's my dream cast for DEXTER: The Musical:

Blood spatter specialist/serial killer of killers, Dexter Morgan: Jeremy Jordan
Dexter's sister, police officer Debra Morgan: Anna Kendrick (love to hear her with a potty mouth!)
Dexter's adoptive father/mentor, Harry Morgan: Terrence Mann

Dexter's girlfriend, Rita: Jill Paice
Cody, Rita's son: Joshua Colley
Astor, Rita's daughter: Sydney Lucas

Lt. Maria LaGuerta, precinct leader in the Miami P.D.: Daphne Rubin-Vega
Detective Angel Batista: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Forensic Specialist Vince Masuka: Telly Leung
Detective Joey Quinn: Brian J. Smith
Special Agent Lundy: Keith Carradine (why not?)

Dexter's main nemesis: Hunter Foster
Dexter's other "victims"/"killers who got away with it until Dexter": Wesley Taylor, Gideon Glick, Adam Chanler-Berat and Jennifer Damiano, Krysta Rodriguez and Barett Wilbert Weed (maybe they could all rotate?)

I don't know what the story would be exactly, but I think Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gloria Estefan should collaborate on the book and the score.  And there has to be a song in it called "Cellophane Soliloquy"!  Rob Marshall will come back to the stage to choreograph this, and Alex Timbers will direct.

What do you think, Dexter fans?  Who would you cast?  Let me know!

Jeff
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