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Category Archives: The Saturday List
The Saturday List: Ranking Sondheim’s Post-Prince Shows
In the four decades since Merrily We Roll Along flopped on Broadway, effectively bringing Stephen Sondheim’s prolific collaboration with director-producer Harold Prince to a painful end, Sondheim wrote only six new musicals for the stage: Sunday in the Park with … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Addison Mizner, Ariana Grande, Assassins, Bounce, Brandon Uranowitz, Company, David Ives, Ettore Scola, Follies, Georges Seurat, Harold Prince, Here We Are, Into the Woods, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Lapine, Joan Marcus, Joe Mantello, John Weidman, Jonathan Bailey, Luis Buñuel, Marc Brenner, Maria Friedman, Martha Swope, Merrily We Roll Along, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Ball, Moisés Kaufman, New York City Center, Passion, Passione d’Amore, Raúl Esparza, Road Show, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Exterminating Angel, Tristram Kenton, Wilson Mizner
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The Saturday List: Five Best Musical Tony Winners That Have Aged the Worst
Although the Tony Awards represent the pinnacle of each Broadway season’s theatrical presentations, some recipients of the award for Best Musical haven’t stood the test of time. Sometimes, an undeserving musical edges out a show that is otherwise recognised as being absolutely brilliant; at other times, an older show is out of step with the way we see the world today. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Alan Weeks, Alexander Borodin, Alfred Drake, American Theatre Wing, Arabian Nights, Arthur Laurents, Ben Brantley, Betty Comden, Can-Can, Chad Kimball, Clifton Davis, Contact, David Bryan, Elvis Presley, Follies, Galt MacDermot, George C. Wolfe, George Forrest, Grease, Hallelujah Baby, Joan Diener, Joe DiPietro, John Guare, José Ferrer, Joseph Moncure March, Jule Styne, Kismet, Lemuel Ayers, Leslie Uggams, Mel Shapiro, Memphis, Michael John LaChiusa, Montego Glover, Raúl Juliá, Robert Wright, The Book of Mormon, The Scottsboro Boys, The Wild Party, Tony Awards, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, Winston DeWitt Hemsley
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The Saturday List: 5 Songs That Turn Youthful Anthems Into a Movement
It’s a tough time in the world right now. When it feels easier to keep your head down, musical theatre reminds us how powerful it can be when we speak up, find each other and take a stand. Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Ben Platt, Benj Pasek, Bye Bye Birdie, Caitlin Kinnunen, Chad Beguelin, Charles Strouse, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Dear Evan Hansen, Herbert Kretzmer, Jack Feldman, Justin Paul, Lee Adams, Les Misérables, Matt Shingledecker, Matthew Sklar, Newsies, Seize the Day, The Prom, Unruly Heart, You Will Be Found
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The Saturday List: All the Things Oscar Hammerstein II’s Lyrics Are
Today, we celebrate the birthday of musical theatre legend Oscar Hammerstein II. Born into a family who were already notable in theatre history, he would become the most renowned of the Hammerstein clan, not only because of his contributions to musical theatre as a lyricist and librettist but also as a practitioner who pushed the boundaries of what musical theatre could accomplish as an art form. Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Drake, Allegro, Aretha Franklin, Audra McDonald, Brittany Smith, Brooklyn Bridge, Carousel, Carrie Underwood, Cinderella, Craig Urbani, Dorothy Hammerstein, Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Presley, Ferenc Molnár, Flower Drum Song, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Green Grow the Lilacs, Gretha Boston, James Michener, Jerome Kern, Jessie Mueller, John Kerr, Josh Groban, Joshua Henry, Liliom, Lonette Mckee, Lynn Riggs, Marcus Mumford, Mary Martin, Michel Bell, Nina Simone, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Patti LaBelle, Paul Robeson, Paulo Szot, Pipe Dream, Rebecca Luker, Renee Fleming, Richard Rodgers, Rose-Marie, Rudolf Friml, Show Boat, SIgmund Romberg, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Desert Song, The King and I, The Sound of Music, Very Warm for May
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The Saturday List: Without a Hurt, the Heart is Hollow – or, Five Things I Learned from THE FANTASTICKS
Today marks the anniversary of THE FANTASTICKS opening Off-Broadway in 1960. It became the world’s longest-running musical – and, for me, a creative turning point. In this week’s Saturday List, I reflect on five things I learned while assistant directing and choreographing a 2002 production of the show at UCT – lessons that still shape how I make theatre and live life. Continue reading
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Tagged A (Sorta) Love Story, Adam du Plessis, Affirmation, Amy Trout, Brennan Holder, Candice van Litsenborgh, Charles Tertiens, David Fick, Edmond Rostand, Evita, Fun Home, Geoffrey Hyland, Harvey Schmidt, Jacqui Kowen, Jacqui Meskin, Jerry Orbach, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Les Misérables, Mandi Manson, Marie-Louise Honeyman, Maybe Happy Ending, Over the Rainbow, Rita Gardner, Snow White, The Jungle Book, The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz, Tom Jones
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