Tag Archives: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

INTERVIEW: Joanna Gleason on BROADWAYWORLD

Posted on April 6, 2011 by David Fick

Joanna Gleason, the Canadian, Tony Award-winning musical theatre actress who originated the role of the Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods, has just done an interview with BroadwayWorld in which she admits that Into the … Continue reading →

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WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Posted on February 19, 2010 by David Fick

David Yazbek’s latest adaptation of a movie for the musical theatre stage – he’s previously been responsible for the score of The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – will be a reworking of the 1988 Pedro Almodóvar film, Women … Continue reading →

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Michael John LaChiusa and the “Faux Musical”

Posted on August 2, 2005 by David Fick

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 →

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