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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
Posted in The Saturday List
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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Musical Theatre Sunday School: In Pandora’s Box, There Was Also Hope…
The telling of diverse stories is, of course, not only a challenge for Americans, but also one that faces us all. So, if you’re the kind of person who’d like to share your story with us, what do you do to encourage diversity in the arts in your community? Maybe your groundbreaking work will inspire us all. Continue reading
Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School
Tagged Allegiance, Amazing Grace, Arthur Sullivan, Broadway, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hamilton, Hughie, Lea Salonga, On Your Feet!, Pandora, School of Rock, Shuffle Along, Spring Awakening, The Color Purple, The Gin Game, The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, The New York Times, W.S. Gilbert
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The Saturday List: 10 Reprehensible Responses to the NYGASP “MIKADO” Fiasco
My Saturday List would normally consist of a light-hearted collection of observations about musical theatre, but after reading some of the reprehensible responses to the fiasco surrounding the The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ cancelled production of THE MIKADO, I felt that I had to address these in some way. Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged Arthur Sullivan, blackface, BroadwayWorld, Charles Ricketts, Erin Quill, Gilbert and Sullivan, Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Facebook, J. Hassal, Playbill, Show Boat, The Mikado, The Mikado; or The Town of Tipitu, The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, United Kingdom, United States of America, Victorian England, W.S. Gilbert, yellowface
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE MIKADO
All right. It’s hardly forgotten – and, strictly speaking, it’s not a musical either. But THE MIKADO has been placed under the spotlight once again this week, so I thought I would feature W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s classic comic opera in this column to reflect upon some of the issues raised in the controversy around the The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ planned production of the piece, which was announced as having been cancelled earlier today. Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Musicals Friday
Tagged Arthur Sillivan, Cape Town Gilbert and Sullivan Society, David Wannen, Erin Quill, Gilbert and Sullivan, New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Peter Kramer, Playbill, South Africa, The Black Mikado, The Hot Mikado, The Mikado, The Mikado; or The Town of Tipitu, Topsy-Turvy, W.S. Gilbert
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Monday Meditation: I’m Over the Closing Night Blues
Some thoughts on closing nights, following the shuttering of THE VISIT. Continue reading
Posted in Monday Meditation
Tagged Follies, Fred Ebb, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Graciela Daniele, Jerome Robbins, John Kander, La Cage aux Folles, Peter Gennaro, Revisals, Revivals, Shirley MacLaine, Terrence McNally, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera, The Visit, Tony Awards, West Side Story, Wicked
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Musical Theatre Sunday School: The Spirit of Art
Sometimes, thinking about the role of art in our lives becomes abstract, so we forget how fundamental art works can be in transforming our lives. Continue reading
Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School
Tagged Agamemnon, Alison Bechdel, Antigone, Aristophanes, Fun Home, Menander, The Trojan Women, Tony Awards
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