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Tag Archives: David Thompson
Monday Meditation: I’ll Never Get Over (Trying to Understand) Michael John LaChiusa
Is there any theatremaker working in musical theatre today who is as divisive as Michael John LaChiusa? Some people think his work is amazing, diverse and complex while others think he writes musicals that are unmemorable, one-note and pretentious. I’m in the former category. Continue reading
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Tagged Anyone Can Whistle, Company, David Thompson, Disney, Disney Theatricals, First Lady Suite, Follies, Fred Ebb, Hello Again, John Kander, Marc Shaiman, Marie Christine, Michael John LaChiusa, Shirley MacLaine, Stephen Sondheim, Sybille Pearson, The Wild Party
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Musical Theatre Haiku Month: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
The Scottsboro Boys The truth of the past Revealed by Bones and Tambo; The future unclear Want to write your own The Scottsboro Boys haiku? Head to the comment box and give it a try!
Posted in David Thompson, Fred Ebb, Fun Stuff, John Kander
Tagged David Thompson, Fred Ebb, Haiku, John Kander, The Scottsboro Boys
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Musical Notes: 20 May 2010
The Scottsboro Boys Sets Broadway Dates The Scottsboro Boys, the new John Kander-Fred Ebb-David Thompson musical based on the infamous Scottsboro case in the 1930s, will open on Broadway at the Lyceum theatre on 31st October 2010, following a preview … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Shapiro, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben West, Bessie Smith, Bobby Steggert, Darryl Rueben Hall, David Thompson, Dorothy Loudon, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Fats Waller, Frank Widhorn, Fred Ebb, Gary Holmes, Glee, Jannie Jones, JC Johnson, Jekyll and Hyde, John Kander, John Kurzynowski, Jonathan Burke, Lyceum Theatre, Over the Rainbow, Pilin Anice, Prostate UK, Ragtime, Randy Donaldson, The BBC Performing Arts Fund, The Civil War, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Scottsboro Boys, The Wizard of Oz, Trav'lin', Vanessa A. Jones, Yank!, York Theatre Company
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NEWSFLASH: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS Recording
The original cast recording of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s newest musical, The Scottsboro Boys, was recorded today for Jay Records. With a book by David Thompson, the show deals with the infamous Scottsboro case from the 1930s, in which … Continue reading
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Tagged David Thompson, Fred Ebb, John Kander, The Scottsboro Boys
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PHOTOS: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
With the show having opened Off-Broadway last night, it’s time for us to see what The Scottsboro Boys looks like for ourselves. Here’s a gallery of photographs by Carol Rosegg and Richard Termine. With a book by David Thompson, The … Continue reading
Posted in David Thompson, Fred Ebb, John Kander
Tagged Assassins, Brandon Victor Dixon, Broadway, Carol Rosseg, Christian Dante White, Cody Ryan Wise, Colman Domingo, David Thompson, Derrick Cobey, Forrest McClendon, Fred Ebb, John Cullum, John Kander, Josh Breckenridge, Julius Thomas III, KendRick Jones, Richard Termine, Rodney Hicks, Sean Bradford, Sharon Washington, Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
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NEWSFLASH: Previews start for THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
The new Kander and Ebb musical (with book by David Thompson), The Scottsboro Boys, begins previews today Off-Broadway in the Vineyard Theatre. The show deals with the famous “Scottsboro” case of the 1930s, in which a group of young African … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH: Full Production for THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
The Vineyard Theatre has announced that The Scottsboro Boys, the John Kander-Fred Ebb-David Thompson musical that received an invitation-only reading in June, will have its debut as a fully-staged production at their Off-Broadway theatre in 2010. Susan Stroman will direct … Continue reading
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Tagged David Thompson, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys
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NEWSFLASH: A “New” Kander and Ebb Musical
The Vineyard Theatre has announced that it will host a reading of John Kander, Fred Ebb and David Thompson’s The Scottsboro Boys on June 26 at 15:00. The subject matter of the show – the 1930s “Scottsboro case”, which saw … Continue reading
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THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS on Broadway Next Season
There may be two theatres opening up on Broadway next next week – the Circle in the Square Theater and the Henry Miller’s Theater – but Off-Broadway’s The Scottsboro Boys won’t make the transfer to the Great White Way this … Continue reading →