Tag Archives: Barbra Streisand

March Monikers: “Adelaide’s Lament”

Posted on March 2, 2022 by David Fick

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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Forgotten Musicals Friday: ONE TOUCH OF VENUS

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Tjaart van der Walt

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 →

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THE SATURDAY LIST: So Much “Happiness,” So Much PASSION!

Posted on May 9, 2020 by David Fick

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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Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE YEARLING

Posted on September 12, 2014 by David Fick

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 →

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Musical Theatre Advent Calendar: THE SOUND OF MUSIC

Posted on December 2, 2010 by David Fick

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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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 3

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

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 →

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