Author Archives: David Fick

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

Forgotten Musicals Friday: Does HALLELUJAH, BABY! Open the Gates of Heaven or Hell?

This Friday’s Forgotten Musical takes us back to the 1960s and HALLELUJAH, BABY! Continue reading

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The Saturday List: 1937 in Musical Theatre

Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1953 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: ACE OF CLUBS – Royal Flush or a Bottom End?

This Friday’s Forgotten Musical takes us back to 1950’s ACE OF CLUBS. Continue reading

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The Saturday List: 1953 in Musical Theatre

Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1953 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: GEORGE WHITE’S SCANDALS OF 1924

This Friday’s Forgotten Musical takes us back in time to GEORGE WHITE’S SCANDALS OF 1924. Continue reading

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The Saturday List: 1946 in Musical Theatre

Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1958 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: Don’t Leave THE BODY BEAUTIFUL Well Enough Alone!

This Friday’s Forgotten Musical takes us back in time to THE BODY BEAUTIFUL, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s debut Broadway musical as a songwriting team. Continue reading

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The Saturday List: 1958 in Musical Theatre

Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1958 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: Blithely Broadway with HIGH SPIRITS

This Friday, we’re heading to the legendary Broadway season of 1963-1964. The show we’re celebrating as today’s Forgotten Musical opened on 7 April 1964, 58 years ago to the day of this column: Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray’s HIGH SPIRITS Continue reading

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: Laughing Matters WHEN PIGS FLY

We’re headed Off-Broadway for today’s Forgotten Musical to celebrate the life of the composer, musical director and accompanist, Dick Gallagher, who passed away on this day in 2005. The show is WHEN PIGS FLY, a revue conceived by Howard Crabtree and Mark Waldrop, the latter of whom wrote the sketches and lyrics. Continue reading

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