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Tag Archives: Cabaret
The Saturday List: Top 10 Musicals That Explore the Human Conscience
Today is the International Day of Conscience, the fifth anniversary of this global day of awareness established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2019 and first observed in 2020. In honour of this remarkable day, Musical Cyberspace is curating a list of ten musicals that delve deep into the moral and ethical dilemmas that individuals and societies face. After all, if we accept that musical theatre is a medium capable of exploring complex themes, is any theme more profound at this moment in history than the human conscience as people worldwide grapple with their own values and the complexities of what’s right and what’s wrong. Continue reading →
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Tagged Adam Lambert, Alain Boublil, Angels in America, Avenue Q, Benj Pasek, Cabaret, Caroline or Change, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Dear Evan Hansen, Donald Trump, Duncan Sheik, Fred Ebb, Haymitch Abernathy, Herbert Kretzmer, Hugh Masekela, Hugh Wheeler, Into the Woods, James Lapine, Jean-Marc Natel, Jeanine Tesori, Joe Masteroff, John Conrad, John Kander, Joshua Logan, Justin Paul, Katniss Everdeen, Lencia Kebede, Les Misérables, Li Jun Li, Martin Luther King Jr, Matthew Morrison, Mbongeni Ngema, Noxolo Dlamini, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Sarafina!, Show Boat, South Pacific, Spring Awakening, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Levenson, Steven Sater, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Hunger Games, The Wizard of Oz, Tony Kushner, Wicked, Winnie Holzman
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The Saturday List: Tony Award-winning Leading Actresses Who’ve Never Appeared in a Best Musical Nominee
In today’s Saturday List, we dive into some Broadway trivia and take a look at some exceptional talents who have won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards over the years – but who have never graced the stage in a production that clinched a nomination for Best Musical. Continue reading →
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Tagged 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 42nd Street, A Little Night Music, A Streetcar Named Desire, Angel in the Wings, Bebe Neuwirth, Bette Midler, Broadway at the Bowl, Cabaret, Carnival in Flanders, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago, Chita Rivera, Cynthia Erivo, Darling of the Day, David Wayne, Delores Gray, Eden Espinosa, Fiddler on the Roof, Finian's Rainbow, Flora the Red Menace, Follies, Gayle Rankin, Gone With the Wind, Grace Hartman, Gypsy, Hello Dolly!, Hugh Button Shows, It Shoulda Been You, Lempicka, Liza Minnelli, Love Life, Maleah Joi Moon, Mr President, Natalia Makarova, Natasha Richardson, On Your Toes, Patricia Routledge, Sweet Charity, The Act, The Addams Family, The Color Purple, The Colour Purple, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Pajama Game, The Rink, Tovarich, Tyne Daly, Vivien Leigh, Wicked
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The Saturday List: Top Tony Award Award-winning Roles – Ranked!
Want to win a Tony Award? Well, as with anything else in life, there are no guarantees – but if you play one of the roles featured in today’s Saturday List, your odds will improve considerably. Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Cumming, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Ben Vereen, Bernadette Peters, Betty Buckley, Betty White, Cabaret, Carol Channing, Carousel, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Radcliffe, Darren Criss, Donna Murphy, Douglas Hodge, Eddie Redmayne, Ethel Merman, Etherl Merman, Ezio Pinza, Fantasia Barrino, Gayle Rankin, George Hearn, Gertrude Lawrence, Glynis Johns, Gypsy, Hello Dolly!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Joel Grey, Jonathan Groff, Judi Dench, Katie Finneran, Kelli O'Hara, La Cage aux Folles, LaChanze, Lindsay Mendez, Marian Mercer, Mary Martin, Matthew Broderick, Musicals, Nathan Lane, Nick Jonas, Patina Miller, Patti LuPone, Paulo Szot, Pearl Baily, Pippin, Promises Promises, Robert Morse, South Pacific, Steven Skybell, The Color Purple, The King and I, Tony Awards, Tyne Daly, Zero Mostel
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The Saturday List: A Fine, Fine Life for I’D DO ANYTHING’s Nancies
Where are they now? A look at where the 12 musical theatre performers who competed for the role of Nancy in I’D DO ANYTHING, the 2008 BBC talent show cum reality series that searched for performers to play Oliver and Nancy in the 2009 London revival of the show, are today. Continue reading →
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Tagged A Little Night Music, A Taste of Honey, Academy Awards, Alice Playten, Amélie, Amy Booth-Steel, Andrew Lippa, Ashley J Russell, Barry Manilow, Bend it Like Beckham, Betty Blue Eyes, Boy George, Bruce Prochnik, Bugsy Malone, Cabaret, Can't Smile Without You, Caroline or Change, Chernobyl, Chicago, City of Angels, Cleo Royer, Come From Away, Davy Jones, Dick Whittington, Dirty Dancing, Dreamboats and Petticoats, Eddie Redmayne, Fargo, Footloose, Francesca Jackson, From Here to Eternity, Frozen, Georgia Brown, Hugh Wheeler, I'd Do Anything, Jessie Buckley, Jodie Prenger, john & jen, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Judy, Keisha Amponsa-Banson, Les Misérables, Lionel Bart, Little Shop of Horrors, Love Never Dies, Mamma Mia!, Million Dollar Quartet, Monty Python's Spamalot, Musical Theatre, Niamh Perry, Oliver!, Once, Oscars, Pobol Y Cwm, Pretty Woman, Rachel Tucker, Rhonda Graam, Robin Hood, Samantha Barker, Sarah Lark, School of Rock, Shakespeare, Shirley Valentine, Shrek, Sister Act, Snow White, Stand Tall: A Rock Musical, Stephen Sondheim, Sting, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd, Taboo, Tara Bethen, The Beautiful Game, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Last Ship, The Light Princess, The Lion King, The Little Prince, The Lost Daughter, The Pajama Game, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, The Woman in White, Tina the Musical, Tina Turner, Tom Greenwald, Tori Amos, We Will Rock You, Wicked, Women's Month
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The Saturday List: Go GREASE(d) Lightnin’ / No GREASE(d) Lightnin’
It may be almost a week since the much-hyped GREASE: LIVE hit the small screen, but that’s given the dust (and the fankids) a little time to settle. This week’s Saturday List takes a looks at some of the strengths and weaknesses that have revealed themselves since last Sunday. Continue reading →
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Tagged Alex Rudzinski, Barry Gibb, Barry Pearl, Boyz II Men, Brian Yorkey, Cabaret, Did Conn, Disney Channel, Elle McLemore, Fox, Grease, Grease: Live, Haneefah Wood, Harper Finkle, I Have Confidence, Jessie J, Jonathan Tolins, Julianne Hough, Kether Donohue, Louis St. Louis, Noah Robbins, Olivia Newton-John, Robert Cary, Scott Simon, The Sound of Music, The Wizards of Waverly Place, Thomas Kail, Tom Kitt
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The Saturday List: The Marvin Hamlisch Musicals Countdown
The Marvin Hamlisch story is the subject of a brand new show, I’M PLAYING YOUR SONG. In today’s “Saturday List”, Musical Cyberspace takes a look at Hamlisch’s five greatest musicals. Continue reading →
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Tagged A Chorus Line, Alan Swerdlow, Bernard Jay, Bethany Dickson, Bianca le Grange, Blood Brothers, Bob Crowley, Cabaret, Carole Bayer Sager, Chicago, Christopher Wheeldon, Craig Carnelia, Craig Urbani, David Kramer, David Zippel, Dean Balie, Don Black, Drama Desk Awards, Edward Kleban, Every Little Step, Grant Almirall, Howard Ashman, I’m Playing Your Song, Jean Seberg, Joan Brickhill, Joburg Theatre, Jodi Benson, John Guare, Jonathan Roxmouth, KickstArt Theatre Company, Little Shop of Horrors, Louis Burke, Marloe Scott-Wilson, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Kidd, Mike Huff, Mixing Bowl Productions, Montecasino, Neil Simon, Nicholas Hytner, Orpheus in Africa, Pieter Toerien Productions, Samuel French, Sharon Spiegel-Wagner, Shrek, Singin' in the Rain, Sister Act, Smile, Sne Dladla, Steven Stead, Sweeney Todd, Sweet Smell of Success, The Goodbye Girl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Nutty Professer, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Way We Were, Theatre on the Bay, They're Playing Our Song, Toni Jean Erasmus, Tony Awards
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THE SATURDAY LIST: My 5 Current Musical Theatre Obsessions
For today’s edition of the “Saturday List” on Musical Cyberspace, I thought I would share my 5 current musical theatre obsessions, the things that I am finding most fascinating in the world of musical theatre – right here, right now. Continue reading →
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Tagged Andrew Lippa, Annie Get Your Gun, Brokeback Mountain, Cabaret, Colonel Buffalo Bill, Contact, Dawson's Creek, Dorothy Fields, Ethel Merman, Fred Ebb, Herbert Fields, I Remember Mama, Irving Berlin, John Kander, Joseph Moncure March, Marc Shaiman, Martin Charnin, Megan Hilty, Michael John LaChiusa, Michelle Williams, Native American, Native Americans, Peter Stone, Raymond Jessel, Richard Rodgers, Scott Wittman, Smash, The Wild Party, Thomas Meehan, YouTube
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The Saturday List: 6 Sweet Musicals of the 1960s
Ready to take five, dude? This is a list of 6 of my favourite musicals of the 1960s. Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Jay Lerner, Cabaret, Camelot, Fiddler on the Roof, Fred Ebb, Frederick Loewe, Georgia Brown, Hair, Harold Prince, Jerome Robbins, Jerry Bock, John Kander, Joseph Stein, Lionel Bart, My Fair Lady, Oliver!, Paul Warwick Griffin, Ron Moody, Sheldon Harnick, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Fantasticks, The Sound of Music, Tony Awards, University of Cape Town
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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1960s Musicals
Today’s list features some of my favourite songs from musicals of the 1960s. A tough decade to whittle down to just 10 songs, but here goes. Continue reading →
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Tagged A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Bye Bye Birdie, Cabaret, Dear World, Funny Girl, Hair, Hello Dolly!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jerry Herman, Mack and Mabel, Mame, Man of la Mancha, Oliver!, Stephen Sondheim, Stop the World - I Want to Get Off, Sweet Charity, The Fantasticks, YouTube
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INTERVIEW: Lenora Nemetz in THE EXAMINER
Here’s an interesting interview with Lenora Nemetz, the actress who originated the role of Fritzie in Cabaret, who understudied and then went on to replace both Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in Chicago, who understudied Liza Minnelli in The Rink … Continue reading →
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Tagged Cabaret, Chicago, Chita Rivera, Gwen Verdon, Gypsy, Lenora Nemetz, Liza Minnelli, The Rink
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