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Category Archives: Theory and Practice
Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration
There are three separate elements of divine integration in musical theatre: the book, the music and the lyrics. Continue reading
Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, George Gershwin, Gypsy, Ira Gershwin, Lady Be Good, Lorenz Hart, lyrics, Musical Theatre, musical theatre technique, Oh Kay!, Pal Joey, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Schwartz, The Wild Party, Wicked
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Dumbed Down Discourse: Challenges Facing Artists, Audiences and the Arts
Something’s been bubbling under for a long time. And IT has starting to erupt. IT started brewing a long time ago, and I’m only now realising what IT is… Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged Carrie Underwood, critcs, criticism, Department of Education, dumbing down, excellence, hypocrites, ignorance, integrity, journalism, Lara Foot, Lara Foot Newton, marketing, Michael John LaChiusa, publicists, racism, sexism, social media platforms, standards, Stephen Sondheim, the rape question, The Sound of Music, Thsepang
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Musical Theatre Advent Calendar: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
Today’s musical is something of a Christmas event. It is playing on Broadway now and it will be gone in January. Nope, it’s not Elf. It is The Scottsboro Boys, the new John Kander and Fred Ebb musical, that transferred … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, Fun Stuff, Musicals, Off Broadway, Theory and Practice
Tagged Elf, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Michael John LaChiusa, The Scottsboro Boys, Wicked
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Musical Comedy vs. Musical Play
Following my 2010 redux blog on “Genres of Musical Theatre“, I received a message from Hans Anders Elgvang, a regular visitor of this site, asking: ‘What are, in your opinion, the differences between the form categories musical comedy and musical … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Musicals, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Babes in Arms, Carousel, Crazy for You, Girl Crazy, Musical Comedy, Musical Plays, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma!, Ragtime, Silk Stockings, South Pacific, The King and I, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice, West Side Story
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“Showtunes” – an all-encompassing term?
A recent discussion on Musicals.net that debated the terminology that could be used to classify songs from musicals caught my attention. Thinking about it carefully, I realised that I do not feel that “Broadway” or “showtune” function well as an … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, International, Musicals, Theory and Practice, West End
Tagged Anyone Can Whistle, Aspects of Love, Broadway, Funny Girl, Hello Dolly!, Musicals, Passion, Theory and Practice
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Genres of Musical Theatre Redux: the 2010 edition
In a discussion around different kinds of musical theatre, I think the first step is to define the terrain of musical theatre. Musical theatre does not include all theatre that uses music. Musical theatre excludes – for example – opera, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Dance, Musicals, Plays, Revues, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged Ballet, Bio-musicals, Burlesque, Concept Musical, Dance, Dramatic, Epic, Funny Girl, Gypsy, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jukebox Musicals, Lyric, Mamma Mia!, megamusical, Minimalist Theatre, Musical Comedy, Musical Play, Musicals, Opera, Operetta, Plays, Revues, Rock Opera, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice, Vaudeville
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Defending Theory and Practice
Every now and then, I’ll get a nasty little message implying that discussions around musical theatre practice, debates around musical theatre terminology and so on are petty and worthless. Let me go on record saying that I do not think … Continue reading
Posted in Musicals, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged Musicals, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
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Rhyme in Musical Theatre Lyrics
Here is an interesting question that I’d like people to consider: why do we expect musical theatre to make use of pure rhyme or celebrate lyrics that are crafted using pure rhyme more readily than those that employ other kinds … Continue reading
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Tagged Musical Theatre Practice, Musicals, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
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O/T: Brecht and Didactic Theatre
I was recently reading a rather mundane series of posts around the issue of adaptation at Musicals.net, which then delved into the realm of Bertolt Brecht and his vision of theatre. Here’s the bit that I found interesting: Hans wrote: … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Off Topic, Plays, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged A Clockwork Orange, A Doll's House, Adaptations, Bertolt Brecht, Commentary, Epic Theatre, Mother Courage and her Children, Plays, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Lord of the Rings, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
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The Saturday List: My Junk is SPRING AWAKENING
Get ready to journey back to the groundbreaking world of SPRING AWAKENING, a modern musical where the show tunes are as haunting as the themes are daring! In today’s Saturday List, we revisit just five of the most creative ideas that helped to solidify this show’s place in musical theatre history. Continue reading →