Tag Archives: Andrew Lloyd Webber

The Saturday List: 1998 in Musical Theatre

Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1998 on musical theatre stages in New York and London! Continue reading

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March Monikers: “Simon Zealotes”

March 2022 at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. Let’s head into cameo territory with “Simon Zealotes!”
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March Monikers: “Judas’ Death”

March 2022 at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. Today we take a dark turn with “Judas’ Death.” Continue reading

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The Saturday List: Best ‘Memories’ of Elaine Paige

Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the most well known leading ladies of the modern musical theatre era, Elaine Paige. Continue reading

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March Monikers: “This Jesus Must Die”

March 2022 at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. Today, we take a more serious turn into JESUS CHIST SUPERSTAR’s “This Jesus Must Die.” Continue reading

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The Saturday List: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!

One way of measuring success in musical theatre is the length of a musical’s Broadway run. Of course, that’s just one measure of success and it certainly doesn’t always take craft and artistry into account. Continue reading

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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs, Part 2

Last week, I looked at the first dozen colours that appear in “Joseph’s Coat”, the song in Joseph and the Amazing The second part of a three-part list naming show tunes for each of the colours in “Joseph’s Coat” from JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Continue reading

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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs, Part 1

A list of colourful songs to celebrate the South Africa revival of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Part one of a three-part series. Continue reading

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Monday Meditation: I’m Over Being Concerned About What Musicals I Should Like

Have you ever read one of those polls on a musical theatre forum asking what your guilty pleasures are? I always struggle to participate in threads like those because I really do find worth in even the worst musicals. Continue reading

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EVITA: the “Montage”

Is the “Montage” that takes us from Eva’s final collapse through to her deathbed “Lament” is really a satisfying moment dramatically. Continue reading

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