Author Archives: David Fick

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About David Fick

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

The Saturday List: 5 Cookin’ Musicals of the 1950s

Posted on October 5, 2013 by David Fick

What’s buzzin, cuzzins? This is a list of 5 of my favourite musicals of the 1950s.
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Angela Lansbury: an Anna for the Ages?

Posted on October 4, 2013 by David Fick

For her short spell as Anna, Angela Lansbury was nominated for the 1978 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. I am certain her performance was nothing less than magical. Continue reading →

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Life of a Song: “Love Changes Everything”

Posted on October 2, 2013 by David Fick

“Love Changes Everything” is the most famous song from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart’s 1989 musical, Aspects of Love. What is your favourite version of this song? Continue reading →

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Musical Cyberspace: This Week’s Cover

Posted on September 30, 2013 by David Fick

Headlines for the week: Angela Lansbury: an Anna for the Ages? / Five Cookin’ Musicals of the 1950s / Life of a Song: “Love Changes Everything” Continue reading →

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Musical Theatre Sunday School: LIZA MINNELLI – BORN A STAR Readathon Part 1

Posted on June 2, 2013 by David Fick

This month in Musical Theatre Sunday School, we will have a readathon of Wendy Leigh’s Liza Minnelli biography, Born a Star. Although the book is out of print, you can pick up a fairly cheap copy from Amazon if you … Continue reading →

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Monday Montage: MATILDA: THE MUSICAL

Posted on May 20, 2013 by David Fick

The Monday Montage for today focuses on Matilda, the big UK import of the 2012-2013 Broadway season. The Broadway opening of the show took place on on 11 April 2013 at the Schubert Theatre. The book of this musical, based … Continue reading →

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Monday Montage: KINKY BOOTS

Posted on May 13, 2013 by David Fick

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

Posted on May 6, 2013 by David Fick

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

Posted on April 29, 2013 by David Fick

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

Posted on April 22, 2013 by David Fick

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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