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30 Musicals in 30 Days: My Favourite Musical

Posted on April 30, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song from your favourite musical. Gypsy is my favourite musical and I think it is appropriate to post the song the appears close to the top of the show that got me hooked: “Some People”. A great piece … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: Love at First Note

Posted on April 13, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song from a musical that you loved from hearing the first note. Today I am going to post a song from one of my big musical obsessions: Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim’s Gypsy. Gypsy begins with one of … Continue reading →

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Ethel Merman sings “Ten Cents a Dance”

Posted on September 4, 2010 by David Fick

Here’s a video of Ethel Merman singing Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s “Ten Cents a Dance” from Simple Simon. I pity the tough guy who would try to ‘tear her gown’. She looks like she’d deck him and do some … Continue reading →

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Review Roundup: SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM

Posted on April 24, 2010 by David Fick

Broadway’s new Sondheim revue, Sondheim on Sondheim, has opened to a mixed set of reviews. Some performances are praised (Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams, other slated (Tom Wopat); many critics lament the reduced arrangements of the songs that Roundabout pimped as … Continue reading →

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