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Tag Archives: Barbra Streisand
The Saturday List: Which Loesser Offers More?
Frank Loesser’s legacy in musical theatre is nothing short of monumental, his creations being a testament to the power of wit, melody and drama. As we toast the man behind some of the most memorable scores ever to grace this best of all possible theatre districts, let’s rank his five Broadway shows. Continue reading →
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Tagged Abe Burrows, Adam Guettel, Alan Jay Lerner, Anderson Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Barbra Streisand, Brandon Thomas, Brigadoon, Burton Lane, Charley's Aunt, Craig Lucas, Daniel Radcliffe, Darren Criss, E.Y. Yip Harburg, Edna Ferber, Faith Prince, Finian's Rainbow, Frank Loesser, Frank Sinatra, Fred Saidy, Frederick Loewe, George Abbot, Giant, Greenwillow, Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jack Weinstock, Jo Swerling, John Larroquette, Judy Garland, Laura Benanti, Lesser Samuels, Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Visage, Nathan Lane, Nick Jonas, obert Morse, Pleasures and Palaces, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Macchio, Ray Bolger, Show Boat, Shuler Hensley, Stephen Sondheim, Stonewall, The Light in the Piazza, The Most Happy Fella, The Music Man, Tony Awards, Walter Cronkite, Where's Charley, Willie Gilbert
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The Saturday List: Art Isn’t Easy – and Artists are Bizarre!
Musicals about artists and their artworks can be fascinating. This week’s Saturday List celebrates shows about artists, especially LEMPICKA, which closes on Broadway next weekend. Continue reading →
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Tagged Amber Iman, Anastasia, Art Deco, Barbra Streisand, Broadway, Carson Kreitzer, Dionne Warwick, Don Johnson, Eden Espinosa, Edgar Degas, Eric Schaeffer, Feliz Rey, Francisco de Goya, Georges Seurat, Gloria Estefan, Goya, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Lapine, Jason Danieley, Jennifer Rush, John Strand, Judy Kuhn, Kennedy Center, Kyle Harris, Lempicka, Little Dancer, Lynn Ahrens, Marc Kudisch, Marie van Goethem, Matt Gould, Maury Yeston, Michael John LaChiusa, Peter NIgrini, Plácido Domingo, Ragtime, Raja Feather Kelly, Signature Theatre, Simone BIttencourt de Oliveira, Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, The Highest Yellow, Tyler Peck, Vincent van Gogh
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The Saturday List: 1937 in Musical Theatre
Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1953 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading →
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Tagged A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Adolf Hitler, Alfred Drake, Amelia Earhart, Arnold B. Horwitt, Arthur Arent, Babes in Arms, Barbra Streisand, Bertolt Brecht, Bing Crosby, Broadway Melody of 1938, Busby Berkeley, Charles Friedman, Columbia Records, David Gregory, Douglas Furber, Emmanuel Eisenberg, Federal Theatre Project, Goddard Lieberson, Hamilton, Harold Rome, Hindenburg, Hooray For What!, Howard Hughes, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, John Latouche, Joseph Schrank, Judy Garland, L. Arthur Rose, Lorenz Hart, Lupino Lane, Marc Blitzstein, Me and My Girl, Mickey Rooney, Mike Ockrent, Mitzi Green, New Deal, Nietzsche, Noel Gay, Pepper Mill, Pins and Needles, Ray Heatherton, Richard Rodgers, Second Sino-Japanese War, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Spanish Civil War, Stephen Fry, The Boy Friend, The Cradle Will Rock, The Threepenny Opera, TikTok, Urinetown, Walt Disney, White House, World War II
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: Blithely Broadway with HIGH SPIRITS
This Friday, we’re heading to the legendary Broadway season of 1963-1964. The show we’re celebrating as today’s Forgotten Musical opened on 7 April 1964, 58 years ago to the day of this column: Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray’s HIGH SPIRITS Continue reading →
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Tagged 110 in the Shade, Anyone Can Whistle, Barbra Streisand, Bea Lillie, Beatrice Lillie, Blithe Spirit, Cicely Courtneidge, Daddy-Long-Legs, Dear World, Funny Girl, Hamilton, Hello Dolly!, High Spirits, Hugh Martin, Jerry Herman, Love From Judy, Meet Me in St Louis, Meet Me in St. Louis, Moulin Rouge, Noël Coward, She Loves Me, Stephen Sondehim, Timothy Gray
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March Monikers: “Adelaide’s Lament”
March 2022 at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. Today: “Adelaide’s Lament!” Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbra Streisand, Faith Prince, Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls, Jessie Mueller, Megan Mullally, Viviane Blaine
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: ONE TOUCH OF VENUS
Another Friday, another forgotten Rodgers and Hart gem from the 1920s. This week, it’s all about Peggy-Ann, one of the six shows that would credit Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart as composer and lyricist respectively in 1926. Continue reading →
THE SATURDAY LIST: So Much “Happiness,” So Much PASSION!
Today is the day in 1994 that Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Passion began its 280-performance run. Celebrate its anniversary with on Musical Cyberspace. Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbra Streisand, James Lapine, Passion, Patrick Wilson, Stephen Sondheim
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE YEARLING
My choice for today’s “Forgotten Musicals Friday” is a musical that, for no obvious reason, captured my imagination: THE YEARLING. As it has no commercial recording and even though Barbra Streisand was a champion of the score in the early years of her career, one doesn’t really read much about the show in general – so I thought it was time to dedicate a column to it. Continue reading →
Musical Theatre Advent Calendar: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
I don’t know whether I could get through the lead-up to Christmas without mentioning The Sound of Music. It’s a classic family musical – with a film version that almost immeasurably improves upon its stage source – and I love … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbra Streisand, The Sound of Music
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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 3
The third part of this track-by-track commentary of Love Never Dies deals with tracks 6-8, during which the Phantom is introduced to the audience and in which we find out just how he got to be in this place, so … Continue reading →