Author Archives: David Fick

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teacher + curator + writer + director + performer = (future maker + ground shaker) x (big thinker + problem shrinker) x (go getter + detail sweater)

Monday Montage: KINKY BOOTS

Our second Monday Montage for the month of May takes a look at Kinky Boots, the new musical based on the low-key, but loads of fun film of the same name. Conceived as far back as 2008, the production premiered … Continue reading

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Monday Montage: HANDS ON A HARDBODY

Today’s Monday Montage puts the spotlight on Hands on a Hardbody, a musical that seems to be something like A Chorus Line meets Cars. Commissioned by the La Jolla Playhouse, there was a private reading of the show in 2011, … Continue reading

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Monday Montage: CINDERELLA

The Monday Montage for today focuses on Cinderella, the new adaptation of the classic Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein television musical by Douglas Carter Beane. The show opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on 3 March 2013. The original score of … Continue reading

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Monday Montage: A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL

The Monday Montage for today focuses on A Christmas Story: the Musical, the fourth new musical of the 2012-2013 Broadway season. Based on the classic Christmas comedy film of the same name, the musical first opened in Seattle in 2010, … Continue reading

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Monday Montage: SCANDALOUS

Today’s Monday Montage focuses on the third new musical of the 2012-2013 season on Broadway, Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson. The show opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on 15 November 2012 and closed after 29 … Continue reading

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Monday Montage: CHAPLIN: THE MUSICAL

The Monday Montage for today focuses on CHAPLIN, the second new musical of the 2012-2013 Broadway season. Continue reading

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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1990s Musicals

The 1990s. The next decade to be the subject of a Saturday List. Continue reading

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Monday Meditation: Online Musical Theatre Forums Got Over Me

I want to write about musicals. Here, I can. And people who visit this site are welcome to discuss them with me, because I want to discuss musicals too. And since those are the very things I sought out in the first place, having this space to do so a very wonderful thing indeed. Continue reading

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Monday Montage: BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL

Today’s Monday Montage focuses on the first new musical of the 2012-2013 season on Broadway, BRING IT ON. Continue reading

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Musical Theatre Sunday School: The Best Recording of THE BOY FRIEND

With our readathon of Sandy Wilson’s THE BOY FRIEND complete and an extra Sunday this month, I thought there would be no better time to compare and contrast different recordings of the show for Musical Theatre Sunday School. Continue reading

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