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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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Tagged 1998, A New Brain, Alfred Uhry, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Audra McDonald, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Clinton, Brandy, Brent Carver, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Carolee Carmello, Disney, Donmar Warehouse, Falsettos, Fosse, Frank Galati, Gale Edwards, Graciela Daniele, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, High Society, International Year of the Ocean, James Lapine, Janet Jackson, Jason Robert Brown, Jim Steinman, Kat and the Kings, Leo Frank, Lynn Ahrens, Malcolm Gets, Michael Arden, Monica, Mulan, New York City Center, Olivier Awards, Parade, Paul Simon, Penny Fuller, President Suharto, Ragtime, Saturday Night Fever, Savage Garden, Stephen Flaherty, Terrence McNally, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Beautiful Game, The Capeman, The Lion King, The Troubles, The Woman in White, Tony Awards, Whistle Down the Wind, William Finn
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: LOST IN THE STARS
Disney Theatricals may have hit the big time when BEAUTY AND THE BEAST opened on Broadway in 1994, but the animated feature that started it all, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, was adapted for the stage a quarter century before that auspicious calendar event. Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, Anne Francine, Beauty and the Beast, Broadway, Bruce Sherman, Charles Hall, Disney, Disney Theatricals, Disneyland, Frank Churchill, Frank Wagner, Jay Blackton, Joe Cook, Larry Morey, Mary Jo Salerno, Radio City Music Hall, Richard Bowne, Snow White An Enchanting Musical, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Muny, Thomas Ruisinger, West End, Yolande Bavan
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: SNOW WHITE
Disney Theatricals may have hit the big time when BEAUTY AND THE BEAST opened on Broadway in 1994, but the animated feature that started it all, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, was adapted for the stage a quarter century before that auspicious calendar event. Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Musicals Friday
Tagged Academy Awards, Anne Francine, Beauty and the Beast, Broadway, Bruce Sherman, Charles Hall, Disney, Disney Theatricals, Disneyland, Frank Churchill, Frank Wagner, Jay Blackton, Joe Cook, Larry Morey, Mary Jo Salerno, Radio City Music Hall, Richard Bowne, Snow White An Enchanting Musical, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Muny, Thomas Ruisinger, West End, Yolande Bavan
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The Saturday List: Ten Great Musical Theatre Dates
Nobody I know enjoys dating. But experience tells us that there are good dates to be had. And so do musicals. So let’s take a look at ten great musical theatre dates – just in time for Valentine’s Day! Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Benj Pasek, Carousel, Dogfight, Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Harvey Schmidt, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Jule Stye, Justin Paul, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, RENT, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Fantasticks, The King and I, Tim Jones, West Side Story
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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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Tagged A Chorus Line, ABBA, Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Beauty and the Beast, Bob Fosse, Catherine Johnson, Cats, Charles Hart, Cher, Chicago, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Edward Kleban, Elton John, Fred Ebb, Gregory Maguire, Hans Zimmer, Harold Pinter, Harold Prince, How Musicals Work, Howard Ashman, Jacques Levy, James Kirkwood, John Kander, Jules Feiffer, Julian Woolford, Julie Taymor, Kenneth Tynan, Lebo M, Linda Woolverton, Mamma Mia!, Marvin Hamlisch, Nicholas Dante, Oh! Calcutta!, Peter Schickele, Richard Stilgoe, Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden, Stephen Schwartz, T. S. Eliot, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Tim Rice, Wicked, Winnie Holzman
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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1990s Musicals
The 1990s. The next decade to be the subject of a Saturday List. Continue reading
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Tagged A New Brain, Aida, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Assassins, Beauty and the Beast, Cameron Mackintosh, Elton John, Genn Close, Hello Again, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Liza Minnelli, Marie Christine, Martin Guerre, Maury Yeston, Parade, Passion, Patti LuPone, Ragtime, RENT, Songs for a New World, Sunset Boulevard, The Life, The Lion King, The Secret Garden, Tim Rice, Titanic, Whistle Down the Wind, YouTube
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Character Discussion: Scar, Villains and Patrick Page
Patrick Page did an interview with BroadwayWorld that deals mostly with his transformation into the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, but in which he also mentions his work for Disney Theatricals in Beauty and the Beast as Lumiere … Continue reading
May Madness: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “I Want” Songs
May is a mad month. A month of random musings about various topics related to musical theatre. Feel free to share your thoughts on each topic in the comment box below. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “I Want” Songs The “I Want … Continue reading
Posted in Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers
Tagged Aladdin, Alan Menken, Allegro, Beauty and the Beast, Bob Fosse, Carousel, Cinderella, Flower Drum Song, Howard Ashman, Me and Juliet, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pipe Dream, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, State Fair, The King and I, The Little Mermaid, The Sound of Music
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Disney’s New ALICE IN WONDERLAND Musical
So word on the street – first reported in an exclusive from Playbill – is that Disney has a new idea for their next big stage production: an adaptation of their most recent version of Alice in Wonderland. Linda Woolverton … Continue reading