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Author Archives: David Fick
THE SATURDAY LIST: Happy Birthday, “Sunday”!
Does anyone still finish a hat? Come and celebrate the Broadway birthday of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Musical Cyberspace. Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: MR CINDERS
Last weekend’s post about my favourite 1920s musicals reminded me about the simply smashing MR CINDERS (1928), prompting me to give the London revival cast album a listen, with the view of featuring in this week’s Forgotten Musicals Friday column. Continue reading
Monday Meditation: I am Over Being Polite about Homophobia
The controversy surrounding Seyi Omooba’s comments about homosexuality and her casting as Celie in The THE COLOR PURPLE has been big news in theatre communities worldwide the past two weeks or so. David Fick reflects on the situation. Continue reading
Forgotten Musicals Friday: I REMEMBER MAMA
It’s been almost thirty years since the opening of the last musical that Richard Rodgers composed, I REMEMBER MAMA. What are your memories or thoughts – good or bad – of this show? Continue reading
#ThursdayThoughts: Musical Theatre Revivals
Today’s discussion is about revivals of classic musicals on either side of the pond. Head on down to the comments and sound off on what Michael Billington had to say on the issue in his review of the 2011 West End transfer of the Lincoln Center’s production of SOUTH PACIFIC. Continue reading
Posted in Thursday Thoughts
Tagged #ThursdayThoughts, Lincoln Center, Michael Billington, Revivals, South Pacific
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The Saturday List: Lights, Camera, Action! Ten Movie Musicals on the Way to the Silver Screen
Who doesn’t love a great movie musical? OK, there are loads of people who don’t. But I do, and it’s devastating when one doesn’t live up to its potential. On this week’s Saturday List, I’m taking a look at ten upcoming movie musicals to which I’m looking forward. Some of these are nowhere near opening day, but here’s hoping! Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Movies, The Saturday List
Tagged Alain Boublil, Alan Jay Lerner, Alan Menken, Anna Karenina, Arthur Schnitzler, Atonement, Audra McDonald, Bob Fosse, Bob Weinstein, Brad Pitt, Cameron Mackintosh, Cannes, Carey Mulligan, Cheyenne Jackson, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Cory Krueckeberg, Craig Zadan, Dan Stevens, Danny Boyle, David Hare, Disney, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Frederick Loewe, George Clooney, Harvey Weinstein, Hello Again, Howard Ashman, In the Heights, James Ponsoldt, Joe Wright, John Madden, Keira Knightly, Kenny Ortega, La Ronde, Lee Daniels, Les Misérables, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Madama Butterfly, Marc Klein, Martha Plimpton, Michael John LaChiusa, Miramax, Miss Saigon, My Fair Lady, Neil Meron, Newsies, Paula Wagner, Pippin, Pride and Prejudice, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Rex Harrison, Rob Marshall, Roger O. Hirson, Stephen Chbosky, Stephen Schwartz, T.R. Knight, The Blue Room, The Weinstein Company, Tim Rice, Tom Gustafson, Universal
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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs
A list of colourful songs to celebrate the 2016 South African revival of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alexander Borodin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angela Lansbury, Arms and the Man, Arthur Dove, B.G. DeSylva, Bea Arthur, Belle Baker, Betsy, Betty Buckley, Bianca le Grange, Bobby Darin, Borrah Minevitch, Brian Crawley, Bye Bye Birdie, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Duane Alexander, Earl Gregory, Edith Bradford, EY Harburg, Ferenc Martos, Fergus O'Farrell, Frank Wildhorn, Funny Face, Galt MacDermot, George Bernard Shaw, George Forrest, Gerome Ragni, Glen Hansard, Grey Gardens, Gypsy, Hair, Harold Arlen, Harry Graham, Herbert Kretzmer, Irving Berlin, Irving Berlin’s Music Box Revue, Irving Caesar, Ivor Novello, James Rado, Jeanine Tesori, Jermone Robbins, Jerome Kern, Jerry Bock, Jerry Leiber, Joe Masteroff, Jonathan Roxmouth, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jule Styne, Kismet, L Frank Baum, Leopold Jacobson, Les Misérables, Lilac Time, Lorenz Hart, Louis Zurnamer, Lynn Ahrens, Markéta Irglová, Michael Park, Mike Stoller, Miksa Bródy, Nan Knighton, No No Nanette, Nunsense, Once, Oscar Straus, Otto Harbach, Paul Warwick Griffin, Perchance to Dream, Pieter Toerien Productions, Prince Igor, Rachel York, Ragtime, Really Useful Group, Richard Rodgers, Robert Wright, Rudolf Bernauer, Sally, She Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, Smokey Joe's Café, Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Sanders, Sweeney Todd, Sybil, Sybill, Tallulah Bankhead, The Beach Boys, The Chocolate Soldier, The Color Purple, The Drifters, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Wizard of Oz, The Yearling, Tim Rice, Tony Awards, Victor Jacobi, Vincent Youmans, Violet, White Christmas, Ziegfeld Follies, Zip Goes a Million
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The “Happy Birthday, MISS SAIGON” Quiz
Today in 1989, Miss Saigon had its world premiere in London. Here’s a little quiz to celebrate. Continue reading →