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

Disney’s New ALICE IN WONDERLAND Musical

Posted on March 11, 2011 by David Fick

So word on the street – first reported in an exclusive from Playbill – is that Disney has a new idea for their next big stage production: an adaptation of their most recent version of Alice in Wonderland. Linda Woolverton … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: No more Tambor in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES

Posted on February 26, 2011 by David Fick

While it’s relatively the big news is that there are new principles in Broadway’s current revival of La Cage aux Folles, including Harvey Fierstein, whose tweets leading up to his first performance were majorly entertaining, as Albin, it’s perhaps even … Continue reading →

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New PORGY AND BESS Musical Adaptation (with Audra!)

Posted on February 11, 2011 by David Fick

Which part is the real news here? That Diane Paulus, Suzan-Lori Parks and Diedre Murray are adapting the classic George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward opera, Porgy and Bess, as a contemporary-styled musical theatre piece? That the producers are Hair alumni … Continue reading →

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JUMBO: the SPIDER-MAN of 1935

Posted on January 24, 2011 by David Fick

I just read a rather interesting article by Michael Sommers of the New Jersey Newsroom comparing the follies of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s Jumbo with those of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the show that has caused such a … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: ANNIE Remake: Will + Willow + Jay-Z

Posted on January 20, 2011 by David Fick

Will Smith is discussing the possibility of producing a remake of ANNIE with Sony. Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: Jason Robert Brown’s 13: the Movie Musical

Posted on December 30, 2010 by David Fick

Jason Robert Brown announced on his official website that he has completed a screenplay based on his musical, 13, and that it is being ‘shopped to movie studios’. Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: First Look at Daniel Radcliffe in H2$

Posted on December 22, 2010 by David Fick

Here’s the first picture of Daniel Radcliffe promoting the revival of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE to Play La Jolla

Posted on December 17, 2010 by David Fick

James Lapine and William Finn’s upcoming musical adaptation of Little Miss Sunshine, so eagerly discussed here last October, will have its official premiere at La Jolla Playhouse early next year. According to Playbill, the cast will include Hunter Foster as … Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: COMPANY in Concert with Neil Patrick Harris

Posted on December 10, 2010 by David Fick

Next year the New York Philharmonic will stage concerts of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company with Neil Patrick Harris as Bobby. Lonny Price is directing. No other casting has been announced yet. To go with the announcement, there’s an … Continue reading →

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Musical Theatre Advent Calendar: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

Posted on December 9, 2010 by David Fick

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum really has nothing to do with Christmas. Well, I suppose certain aspects of Christmas could be described as jolly and this is a very jolly musical. There we go. Tenuous … Continue reading →

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