Category Archives: Musicals

ANYTHING GOES Back to Broadway with Reba McEntire?

Posted on November 20, 2008 by David Fick

Rumour has it that Anything Goes may be headed back to Broadway starring Reba McEntire as Reno Sweeney under the direction of Kathleen Marshall for the Roundabout Theatre Company. Marshall tends to hit or miss, so I guess it’ll be … Continue reading →

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RIP Clive Barnes

Posted on November 19, 2008 by David Fick

Clive Barnes was a British-born American dance, drama and opera critic, writing during his career for The New York Times, The New York Post, The Times and the Daily Express and for magazines like Dance and Spectator. He also wrote, … Continue reading →

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Showtunes on BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE on BBC

Posted on November 18, 2008 by David Fick

A good friend of mine pointed me towards this clip from a BBC show called Beautiful People on YouTube, where the cast performs “There’s Gotta Something Better Than This” from Sweet Charity: I found a second clip with a medley … Continue reading →

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DREAMGIRLS National Tour

Posted on November 18, 2008 by David Fick

A new national tour of Dreamgirls will open at Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater in November 2009. The show will be directed by Robert Longbottom and co-choreographed by Longbottom and Shane Sparks. Robin Wagner, who did the set design for the … Continue reading →

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SOMETHING TO DANCE ABOUT: New Jerome Robbins Documentary

Posted on November 12, 2008 by David Fick

A new 2 hour documentary about the life and work of Jerome Robbins, the director-choreographer of seminal Broadway shows like West Side Story, Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof, will premiere on PBS in February in 2009. Narrated by Ron … Continue reading →

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Casting the GUYS AND DOLLS Revival

Posted on October 10, 2008 by David Fick

The first bit of casting for Des McAnuff’s revival of the classic Broadway musical Guys and Dolls has been announced. Nathan Detroit will be played by…. Oliver Platt!

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You Can’t Stop the Beat: HAIRSPRAY 2

Posted on July 23, 2008 by David Fick

Following the success of the hit movie musical Hairspray, based on the smash stage show of the same name, New Line Cinema has asked John Waters – the man behind the original non-musical film that inspired both of these hits … Continue reading →

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Broadway Revival for PAL JOEY

Posted on June 20, 2008 by David Fick

Word is that the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s 1940 musical comedy, Pal Joey, will be revived on Broadway in a limited engagement in December this year. Christian Hoff will star in the titular role, with Stockard Channing as Vera … Continue reading →

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SOUTH PACIFIC Review Roundup

Posted on April 14, 2008 by David Fick

Broadway’s revival of South Pacific has opened to a set of excellent reviews. Here’s a roundup of what the critics are saying about the show: Raves Ben Brantley at The New York Times: For this South Pacific recreates the unabashed, … Continue reading →

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SOUTH PACIFIC: the Next Generation

Posted on April 7, 2008 by David Fick

Lillian Ross has written a super article in The New Yorker about watching the revival with the daughters of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Mary Rodgers Guettel and Alice Hammerstein Mathias. Some of the highlights: About the Orchestra in … Continue reading →

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