Category Archives: YouTube

30 Musicals in 30 Days: Favourite Female Singer

Posted on April 7, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song sung by your favourite female singer in a musical. The name that immediately springs to mind is Audra McDonald. Bernadette Peters arrives next, but McDonald was here first and she really is, at this point in time, … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: A Song That Makes You Sad

Posted on April 6, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song that makes you sad or teary. The song I have chosen today is “We Do Not Belong Together” from Sunday in the Park with George, which features a score by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: A Song That Makes You Happy

Posted on April 5, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song that makes you happy. So many people write off Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach’s Legally Blonde as a musical. I admit I rolled my eyes when the show was announced and thought it would be … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Overrated Musical

Posted on April 4, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song demonstrating how overrated you think a musical is. Wicked has its moments. Sure, the book lacks focus and the second act is a complete mess-up story-wise, but part of the score is on the right track. It’s … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: Your Latest Musical Obsession

Posted on April 2, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song from your latest musical obsession. It hasn’t been a very obsessive obsession and it’s pretty much over, but I have been listening to Brigadoon quite a bit lately, mainly – I admit – to figure out what … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: Your First Musical

Posted on April 1, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song from your first musical. The first musical to which I was exposed was Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s The Sound of Music, which my grandmother used to put on the record player in the afternoons when … Continue reading →

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Musical Theatre Advent Calendar: A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

Posted on December 9, 2010 by David Fick

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum really has nothing to do with Christmas. Well, I suppose certain aspects of Christmas could be described as jolly and this is a very jolly musical. There we go. Tenuous … Continue reading →

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Musical Theatre Advent Calendar: A CHORUS LINE

Posted on December 7, 2010 by David Fick

Michael Bennett’s work on the musical A Chorus Line might just be one of the greatest pieces of musical theatre staging ever. Take the number in the clip, for example: “At the Ballet”. It seems pretty simple, doesn’t it? Just … Continue reading →

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RIP Jerry Bock

Posted on November 4, 2010 by David Fick

Jerry Bock, the composer of the musicals Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello! and She Loves Me, passed away yesterday at the age of 81. Born in 1928, Bock wrote his first musical in high school (My Dream) and then collaborated … Continue reading →

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Oprah’s SOUND OF MUSIC Reunion

Posted on October 30, 2010 by David Fick

Yesterday, Oprah reunited the cast members who played the Von Trapp family in THE SOUND OF MUSIC for the first time in many years. What’s your favourite THE SOUND OF MUSIC memory? Continue reading →

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