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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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Tagged A New Brain, Aida, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Assassins, Beauty and the Beast, Cameron Mackintosh, Elton John, Genn Close, Hello Again, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Liza Minnelli, Marie Christine, Martin Guerre, Maury Yeston, Parade, Passion, Patti LuPone, Ragtime, RENT, Songs for a New World, Sunset Boulevard, The Life, The Lion King, The Secret Garden, Tim Rice, Titanic, Whistle Down the Wind, YouTube
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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
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
Posted in Monday Montage
Tagged Amanda Green, Bring it On, Jeff Whitty, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Monday Montage, Pinterest, Tom Kitt
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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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Tagged Ann Wakefield, Anne Rogers, Anthony Hayes, Cast Recordings, David Vaughn, Denise Hirst, Dulys Lay, Geoffrey Hibbert, Harvey Evans, Jane Wellman, Jeanne Beauvais, Joan Sterndale Bennett, John Hewer, Judy Carne, Julie Andrews, Larry Drew, Linda-Mae Brewer, Peter Bayliss, Ronald Young, Rosemary Ashe, Ruth Altman, Sandy Duncan, Sandy Wilson, Simon Green, Simon McQueen, The Boy Friend, Violetta
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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1980s Musicals
Choosing ten favourite songs from 1980s musicals was considerably easier than choosing songs for similar lists from the 1960s and 1970s. There just weren’t as many great shows with great scores in the 1980s. Ranking the songs is another story. Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arthur Laurents, Aspects of Love, Baby, Cats, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Dreamgirls, Elaine Paige, George Hearn, Griffith Frank, Harold Prince, Howard Ashman, Into the Woods, Jerry Herman, John Kander. Fred Ebb, Julia Murney, La Cage aux Folles, Lea Salonga, Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors, Liza Minnelli, Merrily We Roll Along, Miss Saigon, Nine, Raul Julia, Starlight Express, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Fantasticks, The Phantom of the Opera, The Rink, Woman of the Year, YouTube
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Musical Theatre Sunday School: THE BOY FRIEND Readathon Part 4
Our penultimate Musical Theatre Sunday School for the month concludes our little readathon of Sandy Wilson’s libretto of The Boy Friend, which we started at the beginning of March. Today’s reading focuses on Act III – pages 93 – 126 … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Chaplin, Good News, Sandy Wilson, The Boy Friend
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Musical Theatre Sunday School: THE BOY FRIEND Readathon Part 3
Today’s Musical Theatre Sunday School continues with the readathon of The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson, which we started two weeks ago. We’ve covered the preface, author’s note and first act so far and today’s reading focuses on Act II … Continue reading
Musical Theatre Sunday School: THE BOY FRIEND Readathon Part 2
This weekend’s Musical Theatre Sunday School continues with the readathon of the libretto of The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson, which we started last week. Today’s reading focuses on Act I – pages 23 – 52 in the copy I … Continue reading
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Tagged Oklahoma!, Sandy Wilson, The Boy Friend, Trevor Nunn
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