-
Join 550 other subscribers
-
Search Musical Cyberspace:
Musical Cyberspace Archives
Recent Comments
- David Fick on Forgotten Musicals Friday: When the APPLAUSE Fades Away…
- John J on Forgotten Musicals Friday: When the APPLAUSE Fades Away…
- Aleksander on The Saturday List: Ranking Sondheim’s Post-Prince Shows
- steph1965c3a1244291 on Musical Comedy vs. Musical Play
- Ron on The Saturday List: Ranking all Seven of Lerner and Loewe’s Broadway Musicals
- Abe Burrows
- A Chorus Line
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Alan Menken
- A Little Night Music
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Angela Lansbury
- Arthur Laurents
- Audra McDonald
- Beauty and the Beast
- Ben Elton
- Broadway
- Cabaret
- Camelot
- Carousel
- Cast Recordings
- Chicago
- Cole Porter
- Commentary
- Company
- Disney
- Elton John
- Evita
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Follies
- Frank Loesser
- Fred Ebb
- Frederick Loewe
- Glenn Slater
- Guys and Dolls
- Gypsy
- Haiku
- Hairspray
- Harold Prince
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Into the Woods
- James Lapine
- Jeanine Tesori
- Jerry Herman
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- John Kander
- Jule Styne
- La Cage aux Folles
- Legally Blonde
- Leonard Bernstein
- Les Misérables
- Liza Minnelli
- Lorenz Hart
- Love Never Dies
- Maury Yeston
- Michael John LaChiusa
- Movies
- Musicals
- My Fair Lady
- Oklahoma!
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Patti LuPone
- Promises Promises
- Ragtime
- RENT
- Richard Rodgers
- South Pacific
- Stephen Sondheim
- Sunday in the Park With George
- Sweeney Todd
- The King and I
- The Lion King
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Sound of Music
- Tim Rice
- Tony Awards
- West End
- West Side Story
- Wicked
- YouTube
Categories
30 Day Challenges Animation Broadway Cast Recording Reviews Commentary Concept Albums Concerts Disney Forgotten Musicals Friday Fun Stuff General News International March Monikers Movies Musicals Newsflash Off Broadway Oscar Hammerstein II Photo Calls Regional Richard Rodgers Stephen Sondheim Television Theatremaking Theory and Practice The Saturday List Tony Awards Uncategorized West End YouTubeBlogroll
- 5th Judge
- Adrian's Blog
- All That Chat
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger's Blog
- Bugaboo Musings
- Dickie and Butch
- Finishing the Chat
- Follies Fixing
- In the Now
- Les Misérables
- Lorenz Hart
- Megan's Head
- Mission Musical Theatre
- New Musical Theatre
- Playbill
- Pony Roach Theatre Reviews
- Real Review
- Sarah Taylor Ellis
- Story Teller
- Trekkie Trading
- WordPress.com
- WordPress.org
- Writing Studio
Meta
Author Archives: David Fick
30 Musicals in 30 Days: A Song That Makes You Sad
Post a song that makes you sad or teary. The song I have chosen today is “We Do Not Belong Together” from Sunday in the Park with George, which features a score by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James … Continue reading
30 Musicals in 30 Days: A Song That Makes You Happy
Post a song that makes you happy. So many people write off Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach’s Legally Blonde as a musical. I admit I rolled my eyes when the show was announced and thought it would be … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, Laurence O' Keefe, Nell Benjamin, YouTube
Tagged Heather Hach, Laurence O'Keefe, Legally Blonde, Nell Benjamin, YouTube
Leave a comment
30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Overrated Musical
Post a song demonstrating how overrated you think a musical is. Wicked has its moments. Sure, the book lacks focus and the second act is a complete mess-up story-wise, but part of the score is on the right track. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, Stephen Schwartz, YouTube
Tagged Adam Lambert, Rachel Gonzalez, Stephen Schwartz, Wicked, YouTube
Leave a comment
30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Underrated Musical
Post a song demonstrating how underrated you think a musical is. The choice today is an easy one: Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild Party. That this brilliant, devastating show lost the Tony Award for Best Score to Aida is unforgivable. … Continue reading
30 Musicals in 30 Days: Your Latest Musical Obsession
Post a song from your latest musical obsession. It hasn’t been a very obsessive obsession and it’s pretty much over, but I have been listening to Brigadoon quite a bit lately, mainly – I admit – to figure out what … Continue reading
Posted in Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Fun Stuff, YouTube
Tagged Alan Jay Lerner, Brigadoon, Camelot, Frederick Loewe, My Fair Lady, YouTube
Leave a comment
30 Musicals in 30 Days: Your First Musical
Post a song from your first musical. The first musical to which I was exposed was Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s The Sound of Music, which my grandmother used to put on the record player in the afternoons when … Continue reading
30 Musicals in 30 Days
I found this little game on Facebook and thought it might be a great idea to kickstart my blogging again. Time hasn’t been on my side the past couple of months and this seems like a relatively easy commitment. I’ll … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH: ROCK OF AGES on the Silver Screen in June 2012
We’ve known for some time that Rock of Ages will become a movie musical under the direction of Adam Shankman, who said the following about the way he wants to cast the film: “I’m thinking big, and absolutely am going … Continue reading
Posted in Chris D'Arienzo
Tagged Adam Shankman, Alec Baldwin, Chris D'Arienzo, Hairspray, Julianne Hough, Justin Theroux, Mary J. Blige, Rock of Ages, Tom Cruise
6 Comments
RIP Hugh Martin
American musical theater and film composer Hugh Martin died today. Best known for the seasonal standard, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, which is taken from the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St. Louis. Martin contributed material to 5 … Continue reading
Musical Cyberspace 