Profile for Jeffrey Karasarides

Caught the tour in Durham last night.When it comes to jukebox/biomusicals, they’ve pretty much become a mainstay at this point. Although in recent years, quite a few of them have tried out different ideas to distinguish themselves from the rest of the pack. That is certainly the case with this one. The story begins with Juan de Marcos González, a real-life Cuban bandleader who served as one of the show’s creative consultants, providing a bit of narration. When he approaches legendary singer O...

Two major updates to this upcoming season:1. Let ’Em Eat Cake will be replacing the previously announced Hallelujah, Baby! from March 17th-28th, 2027. The latter will be presented during a future Encores! season to allow more time for creative development.2. Complete casting has been announced for their upcoming production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Rachel Dratch will play Patty while Jeff Hiller will play Schroeder.

As the tour is making its way to my area this week, I recently got to speak with one of the understudies, Josh Tower.

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Just as the Oscars will be moving to YouTube in a couple years, the Emmys are currently in talks to move to Amazon Prime Video next year. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/emmys-amazon-prime-video-new-deal-1236846269/ It should be interesting to see if the Tonys will move to streaming too.

BroadwayPhan said: "Still wish Broadway could get a bonafide Oliver! revival instead of yet another Annie revival."Oliver! is arguably way too expensive to produce on Broadway in this day and age. Although I'd love to see Lincoln Center Theater revive that someday.

At this point, I'm not surprised.

In a more recent interview with BroadwayWorld, Steven Sater revealed that this project is still in the works as they’re currently trying to get financed. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Exclusive-SPRING-AWAKENING-Movie-Adaptation-Still-in-the-Works-With-Creative-Team-in-Place-20260911

The film has finally found a distributor. Quiver will be releasing it on September 25th, following a special screening at New York's Lincoln Center on the 14. https://deadline.com/2026/09/jessica-lange-ed-harris-long-days-journey-into-night-1237098742/

With Studio 54 set to undergo renovations sometime after Rocky Horror ends its run, I wonder if Roundabout will start using the Sondheim for their own productions again in the meantime.

Interestingly enough, when Julia Roberts first appeared on Broadway in Three Days of Rain (also with Paul Rudd and directed by Joe Mantello) 20 years ago, her performance was not well received. It should be interesting to see how she’ll fare this time.

So the show is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, and I've just caught up with it. As someone who's been around multiple local theatre companies onstage, backstage, and/or in the audience, I was really into the whole thing.

Josh Parham of Next Best Picture gives it a 7/10. https://nextbestpicture.com/ink/

I actually only caught the film on streaming once just two years ago. Aside from hearing a song or two in passing, I have no familiarity with the original stage musical. As for my thoughts, Dolly Parton feels like the Energizer Bunny, mainly how she’s full of nonstop energy. Burt Reynolds, who’s not bad in his duet with Dolly, gives a really good performance overall. Charles Durning doesn’t have a lot to do, but he does have a memorable musical number. The dance sequences are exciting. The ed...

Hopefully, we'll hear something soon.

They're also probably trying to see if they can get a publicity boost for the final months of the run.

The recently released live capture clearly didn't do much for the Broadway production.

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "This clip of him as Ebenezer Scrooge with the cast of Madison Square Garden's A Christmas Carol during Macy's Parade in 2001 really hits differently. "Speaking of which, Alan Menken just paid tribute to him on Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcg2wa0n6Mn/

As a millennial, I first came to know and love him as the voice of Nigel on The Wild Thornberrys.This clip of him as Ebenezer Scrooge with the cast of Madison Square Garden's A Christmas Carol during Macy's Parade in 2001 really hits differently.