David Benkof, the Broadway Maven

Think more deeply about musical theater

Every Thursday, 10,000 Broadway fans receive The Broadway Maven’s Weekly Blast, a newsletter for those who want to think more deeply about musical theater. Every issue of the Blast includes a “Piano Talk” by music educator Mateo Chavez Lewis digging beneath the music theory of a different show each week. It also features essays, reviews, “YouTube Gems,” surveys, games, quizzes, and “Broadway Blasts” that re-examine beloved Broadway shows with fresh insight or wit or both.

Examples of recent lead articles:

• Finally! A Sondheim textbook

• Sacre Bleu! Disneyland Paris is Broadway’s French Quarter

• From rye to wry: how a Borscht Belt show lost its schtick in Paris

• The Puzzling Mind of Stephen Sondheim

• Are you pronouncing these Broadway terms wrong?

Feel free to examine some of the many past FREE issues; just avoid the ones with a lock because those are available only to subscribers.

David Benkof, the Broadway Maven, has been providing online content about Broadway for more than four years. Through his Weekly Blast, online classes, and YouTube Channel, he helps fans see the third time things they didn’t notice the first time. He can be reached at DavidBenkof@gmail.com.