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The Saturday List: Five Best Musical Tony Winners That Have Aged the Worst
Although the Tony Awards represent the pinnacle of each Broadway season’s theatrical presentations, some recipients of the award for Best Musical haven’t stood the test of time. Sometimes, an undeserving musical edges out a show that is otherwise recognised as being absolutely brilliant; at other times, an older show is out of step with the way we see the world today. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Alan Weeks, Alexander Borodin, Alfred Drake, American Theatre Wing, Arabian Nights, Arthur Laurents, Ben Brantley, Betty Comden, Can-Can, Chad Kimball, Clifton Davis, Contact, David Bryan, Elvis Presley, Follies, Galt MacDermot, George C. Wolfe, George Forrest, Grease, Hallelujah Baby, Joan Diener, Joe DiPietro, John Guare, José Ferrer, Joseph Moncure March, Jule Styne, Kismet, Lemuel Ayers, Leslie Uggams, Mel Shapiro, Memphis, Michael John LaChiusa, Montego Glover, Raúl Juliá, Robert Wright, The Book of Mormon, The Scottsboro Boys, The Wild Party, Tony Awards, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, Winston DeWitt Hemsley
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The Saturday List: Brilliance and Resilience at the 2024 Tony Awards
Ah, the Tony Awards – a night meant to celebrate the dazzling world of Broadway with all the glitz and glamour one can muster. This week’s Saturday List recaps the highs of this year’s ceremony. Continue reading
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Tagged A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Alicia Keys, Angels in America, Appropriate, Audra McDonald, Branden Jacob Jenkins, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk, Broadway, Carole Rothman, Caroline, CJay Philip, Company, Contact, Daniel Radcliffe, David Zinn, Dede Ayite, Follies, George C. Wolfe, Hana S. Kim, Hell's Kitchen, Illinois, Into the Woods, Jack O'Brien, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Jay-Z, Jonathan Groff, Jonathan Tunick, Julianne Hough, Justin Peck, Kecia Lewis, Linda Cho, Lindsay Mendez, Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along, Musical, Nine, or Change, Pacific Overtures, Passion, Pulitzer Prize, Putting It Together, Road Show, Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Simon Evans, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, The Frogs, The Normal Heart, The Outsiders, The Wild Party, theatre, Tony Awards, Utkarsh Ambudkar
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The Saturday List: 5 Enchanting AIDA Songs That Aren’t Just Passing Through
Today is the anniversary of the opening of Disney’s AIDA. In today’s Saturday List, we’re taking a look at the five best songs in the score, those that give audiences more than a sense of “Enchantment Passing Through.” Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Pascal, Aida, Beauty and the Beast, Contact, David Henry Hwang, Disney, Disney Theatricals, Dru Hill, Elton John, George C. Wolfe, Heather Headley, Kelly Price, LeeAnn Rimes, Linda Woolverton, Michael John LaChiusa, music, Musical, Robert Falls, Sherie Rene Scott, The Lion King, The Wild Party, Tim Rice
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: Way Back to MARIE CHRISTINE
Join as us we delve into December’s Forgotten Musical: MARIE CHRISTINE. Continue reading
May Madness: Musicals That Didn’t Win Tony Awards
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. Musicals That Didn’t Win Tony Awards What do Gypsy, … Continue reading
Michael John LaChiusa and the “Faux Musical”
Opera News published a super article by Michael John Lachiusa about the state of musical theatre. Entitled “The Great Grey Way”, the article is essential reading for anyone interested in musicals and how they are developing in this new century. … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, Commentary, Dance, Musicals, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged ABBA, Adam Guettel, Avenue Q, Beach Boys, Ben Brantley, Billy Joel, Broadway: The American Musical, Brooklyn, Caroline or Change, Contact, Dance of the Vampires, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dracula, Elton John, Ever After, George C. Wolfe, Good Vibrations, Hairspray, Jeanine Tesori, John Weidman, Jonathan Larson, Jule Styne, Little Women, Mamma Mia!, Michael John LaChiusa, Movin’ Out, Of Thee I Sing, Plato, Polly Pen, RENT, simulacra, Spamalot, Sunday in the Park With George, Susan Stroman, Sweeney Todd, The Happiest Corpse I’ve Ever Seen, The Light in the Piazza, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, The Sopranos, Tony Kushner, Twyla Tharp, Urinetown, West Side Story, Wicked
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iSONDHEIM becomes SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM
According to the Roundabout Theatre Blog, the project that was once known as iSondheim will now be produced as Sondheim on Sondheim on Broadway later this season. Conceived and directed by James Lapine, the ‘new original Broadway musical’ will star … Continue reading →