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Tag Archives: Betty Comden
The Saturday List: In Good Faith
It’s Faith Prince’s 65th birthday today, and there’s no better time to celebrate her fabulous Broadway appearances than today. Continue reading
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Tagged A Catered Affair, A Leap of Faith, Adolph Green, Annie, Bells are Ringing, Betty Comden, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Disaster!, Faith Prince, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Harvey Fierstein, High Button Shoes, Jason Alexander, John Bucchino, Jule Styne, Little Me, Mame, Martin Short, Neil Simon, Nick & Nora, The King and I, The Little Mermaid, Tony Awards
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The Saturday List: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN and Other Screen-to-Stage Floparoos
If it was a smash on screen, why wouldn’t it be a smash on stage? The answer to this question seems to have evaded many a musical theatre producer – so let’s take a look at some of the greatest screen-to-stage flops! Continue reading
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Tagged 42nd Street, Adolph Green, Arthur Freed, Betty Comden, Debby Boone, Don Correin, Frank Rich, Hugh Martin, Hugh Wheeler, Judy Garland, Mary D'Arcy, Meet Me in St Louis, Nacio Herb Brown, Peter Slutsker, Ralph Blane, Roger Edens, Singin' in the Rain, Twyla Tharp
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The Saturday List: A Jerome Robbins Countdown!
Today is the anniversary of the opening of JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY. To commemorate this anniversary, this week’s Saturday List takes a look at the five best Robbins shows, all of which were featured in this iconic production. Continue reading
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Tagged A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Adolph Green, Arthur Laurents, Bells are Ringing, Betty Comden, Billion Dollar Baby, Bob Fosse, Call Me Madam, Ethel Merman, Fiddler on the Roof, George Abbout, Gypsy, High Button Shoes, Jerome Robbins, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, Jule Styne, Leonard Bernstein, Look Ma I'm Dancin'!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein II, Peter Pan, Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Sondheim, The King and I, The Pajama Game, Tony Awards, West Sides Story
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The Saturday List: 10 Times the Musical Challenged Its Dismissal as a Relevant Art Form
Although many people dismiss the musical as a relevant form of artistic expression, the musical can easily hold its own alongside any form of theatre you might care to mention. So I thought that today, I might put together a Saturday list of just ten times musicals have been completely in step with the world around them. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Andrew Lippa, Betty Comden, Blood Brothers, Camp David, David Kramer, District Six, Dreamgirls, Edward Said, Elliot Norton, Follies, Fun Home, George C. Wolfe, Gone With the Wind, Harvey Milk, Henry Krieger, Idi Amin, James Goldman, James Michener, Jeanine Tesori, Jerome Kern, John Weidman, Kat and the Kings, Leonard Bernstein, Lisa Kron, Michael John LaChiusa, Musical Theatre, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific Overtures, Richard Rodgers, Show Boat, Sono Osato, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, Taliep Petersen, The Wild Party, Tom Eyen, Trevor Nunn, Watergate, Willy Russell
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Musical Theatre Haiku Month: ON THE TOWN
On the Town Uptown or downtown, But where’s my lady’s chamber? Sailors take their leave. Want to write your own On the Town haiku? Head to the comment box and give it a try!
Posted in Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Fun Stuff, Leonard Bernstein
Tagged Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Broadway, Haiku, Leonard Bernstein, Musicals, On the Town
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5 Smashing Musicals of the 1940s
This is a list of 5 of my favourite musicals of the 1940s. Anyone who is even vaguely interested in musical theatre should know about these shows and if you don’t… well, there’s no better time than the present to … Continue reading
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