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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)

PROMISES, PROMISES to star Scarlett Johansson?

Posted on September 29, 2009 by David Fick

There are some (probably not very reliable) rumours on Splash News that Scarlett Johansson will star in the upcoming Broadway revival of Promises, Promises. In the article, the show is described as being “like Mad Men with a pop vocal … Continue reading →

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Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig Gives Audience Member a Serve

Posted on September 29, 2009 by David Fick

When a cellphone went off during a recent preview performance of A STEADY RAIN on Broadway recently, the play’s stars, Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig, took the audience member to task from the stage. Continue reading →

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The Big Move III

Posted on September 28, 2009 by David Fick

So the another section of the site content has been moved over to WordPress. Perhaps less bittersweet now than urgent… but what’s here now? All the material that was on the old “Live, Laugh, Love” section of the site is … Continue reading →

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PARADISE FOUND at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Posted on September 22, 2009 by David Fick

Harold Prince has announced that Paradise Found, the musical he is to co-direct with Susan Stroman, will have its debut at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory – so says Variety‘s Richard Ouzounian, who got the news straight from the horse’s mouth … Continue reading →

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OPENING NIGHT: Moisés Kaufman Goes INTO THE WOODS

Posted on September 18, 2009 by David Fick

The new Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, directed by venezuelan director Moisés Kaufman, best known for writing The Laramie Project with other members of Tectonic Theater Project, opens tonight for a … Continue reading →

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AMERICAN IDIOT Review Roundup

Posted on September 18, 2009 by David Fick

Time for a review roundup of the San Francisco run of American Idiot: Positive Jay Barmann at SFist: The music is urgent, driving, and loud. Whatever you feel about Green Day, there’s a theatricality and consistent narrative element to their … Continue reading →

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BYE BYE BIRDIE on MAD MEN

Posted on September 12, 2009 by David Fick

A sequence based on the film version of Bye Bye Birdie has appeared in Episode 3/02 of Mad Men. Check it out here: In the sequence, the title song from the film is reproduced with new lyrics as the basis … Continue reading →

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Interpolations for the BYE BYE BIRDIE Revival

Posted on September 11, 2009 by David Fick

The wealth of material created for the film and television adaptations of the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie won’t be heard in the new Broadway revival, with one exception: the title tune written for the film, which will be … Continue reading →

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LOVE NEVER DIES teaser/trailer

Posted on September 11, 2009 by David Fick

View the teaser trailer for LOVE NEVER DIES here! Continue reading →

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NEWSFLASH: Mel C Adds Spice to BLOOD BROTHERS

Posted on September 9, 2009 by David Fick

Hot on the heels of our May Madness poll about “The Spice Girls in Musicals”, BroadwayWorld is reporting that Mel C will be in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers: Melanie Chisholm, the Spice Girl formerly known as Sporty, is set to … Continue reading →

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