Tag Archives: Finian’s Rainbow

The Saturday List: Which Loesser Offers More?

Posted on June 29, 2024 by David Fick

Frank Loesser’s legacy in musical theatre is nothing short of monumental, his creations being a testament to the power of wit, melody and drama. As we toast the man behind some of the most memorable scores ever to grace this best of all possible theatre districts, let’s rank his five Broadway shows. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged Abe Burrows, Adam Guettel, Alan Jay Lerner, Anderson Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Barbra Streisand, Brandon Thomas, Brigadoon, Burton Lane, Charley's Aunt, Craig Lucas, Daniel Radcliffe, Darren Criss, E.Y. Yip Harburg, Edna Ferber, Faith Prince, Finian's Rainbow, Frank Loesser, Frank Sinatra, Fred Saidy, Frederick Loewe, George Abbot, Giant, Greenwillow, Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Jack Weinstock, Jo Swerling, John Larroquette, Judy Garland, Laura Benanti, Lesser Samuels, Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Visage, Nathan Lane, Nick Jonas, obert Morse, Pleasures and Palaces, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Macchio, Ray Bolger, Show Boat, Shuler Hensley, Stephen Sondheim, Stonewall, The Light in the Piazza, The Most Happy Fella, The Music Man, Tony Awards, Walter Cronkite, Where's Charley, Willie Gilbert | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Tony Award-winning Leading Actresses Who’ve Never Appeared in a Best Musical Nominee

Posted on June 15, 2024 by David Fick

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 →

Posted in The Saturday List | 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 | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Five Fascinating Facts from the First Tony Awards

Posted on April 6, 2024 by David Fick

Today, 6 April, is the anniversary of the very first Tony Awards ceremony – a mindboggling 77 years ago! Let’s celebrate that event in today’s Saturday List! Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Agnes de Mille, American Theatre Wing, Another Part of the Forest, Antoinette Perry, Ariana DeBose, Arthur Miller, Billy Gilbert, Bloomer Girl, Brian Sullivan, Brigadoon, Broadway, Brock Pemberton, Burns Mantle, Call Me Mister, Carousel, Cyrano de Bergerac, Danny Daniels, David Brooks, David Wayne, Dora Chamberlain, Elia Kazan, Ethel Waters, Finian's Rainbow, Frances McCann, Fredric March, Happy Birthday, Helen Hayes, Howard Keel, If the Shoe Fits, Ingrid Bergman, Ivy Withers, Joan of Lorraine, John Loves Mary, José Ferrer, Jules Leventhal, June Knight, Keith Andes, Kurt Weill, Lee Sullivan, Lucinda Ballard, Mary Hatcher, Meyer Davis, Michael Kidd, Mickey Rooney, Mr and Mrs Ira Katzenberg, Norman Cordon, Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, P. A. MacDonald, Patricia Neal, Robert Shackleton, Street Scene, Sweethearts, Swingin' the Dream, The Chocolate Solider, Tony Awards, Vera Allen, Vincent Sardi Sr, Years Ago | 4 Comments

Musical Theatre Sunday School: In the Beginning…

Posted on August 24, 2014 by David Fick

In the beginning, there was music and there was drama, and musical theatre was without form. Broadway was in darkness. And Henry Jarrett and Harry Palmer moved upon the face of the district, by arrangement with William Wheatley. “Let there be light,” they said: and there was THE BLACK CROOK. Continue reading →

Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School | Tagged Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Babes in Arms, Babes in Toyland, Bloomer Girl, Brigadoon, Carousel, Cole Porter, Dearest Enemy, Die Lustige Witwe, DuBarry Was a Lady, Ethel Merman, Finian's Rainbow, Floradora, Florenz Zeigfeld, Follies, Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway, Franz Lehar, George Gershwin, George M. Cohan, George Washington Jr, George White, Girl Crazy, Harry Palmer, Harry Tierney, Henry Jarrett, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, It Happened in Nordland, Jerome Kern, John Murray Anderson, Joseph McCarthy, Kiss Me Kate, Kurt Weill, Lady in the Dark, Leave it to Jane, Leave it To Me, Little Johnny Jones, Little Nemo, Lorenz Hart, Miss Dolly Dollars, Moss Hart, Musical Comedy, Naughty Marietta, No No Nanette, Noël Coward, Of Thee I Sing, Oh Boy!, Oh Kay!, Oh! Lady! Lady!, Oklahoma!, On the Town, On Your Toes, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pal Joey, Princess Theatre, Richard Rodgers, Scandals, Set to Music, South Pacific, Strike Up the Band, Sunny, The Black Crook, The Greenwich Village Follies, The Merry Widow, The Red Mill, The Song of Norway, The Third Little Show, The Vagabond King, The Wizard of Oz, Tonight at 8:30, Victor Herbert, Vincent Youman, William Wheatley | Leave a comment

Monday Meditation: I’m Over People Who Repeat Themselves (and Never Take the Time to Back Up What They’re Saying)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by David Fick

If you’re reading this post and you’re a fan of musical theatre, chances are that you belong to a message board or Facebook group about musical theatre. And you’ll know that in that group there is somebody whose threads are … Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Meditation | Tagged BroadwayWorld, Finian's Rainbow, Follies, My Fair Lady, Shirley MacLaine, Stephen Sondheim | Leave a comment

Double Take December: FINIAN’S RAINBOW

Posted on December 9, 2011 by David Fick

It’s Double Take December at Musical Cyberspace! Every musical pretty much has something one likes and something one doesn’t in it. This month I’ll be listing one of each for a range of musicals, a different one each day. Finian’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Burton Lane, EY Harburg, Fred Saidy | Tagged Burton Lane, EY Harburg, Finian's Rainbow, Fred Saidy | Leave a comment

2010 Drama Desk Awards

Posted on May 24, 2010 by David Fick

The Drama Desk Awards were presented last night in a ceremony hosted by Patti LuPone. Memphis won 4 awards, including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Montego Glover tied with Catherine Zeta-Jones), Outstanding Music and Orchestrations. La Cage aux … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, Musicals, Off Broadway, Tony Awards | Tagged A Little Night Music, Acme Sound Partners, Alex Timbers, American Idiot, Basil Twist, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Christopher Fitzgerald, Daryl Waters, David Bryan, Douglas Hodge, Drama Desk Awards, Everyday Rapture, Finian's Rainbow, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Julian Crouch, Katie Finneran, La Cage aux Folles, Matthew Wright, Memphis, Michael Mayer, Montego Glover, Patti LuPone, Phelim McDermott, Promises Promises, Ragtime, Sondheim on Sondheim, The Addams Family, The Scottsboro Boys, Tony Awards, Twyla Tharp, Yank! | 2 Comments

FINIAN’S RAINBOW: Back to Broadway

Posted on July 18, 2009 by David Fick

Following an announcement on Playbill that an expanded version of the Finian’s Rainbow concert would transfer to Broadway in that season that the Americans so charmingly call “the fall”, casting has been announced (also at Playbill) for the Broadway run … Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, Movies, Musicals, Uncategorized | Tagged Broadway, Cast Recordings, Finian's Rainbow, Movies, Musicals | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Finian’s Rainbow

The Saturday List: Which Loesser Offers More?

The Saturday List: Tony Award-winning Leading Actresses Who’ve Never Appeared in a Best Musical Nominee

The Saturday List: Five Fascinating Facts from the First Tony Awards

Musical Theatre Sunday School: In the Beginning…

Monday Meditation: I’m Over People Who Repeat Themselves (and Never Take the Time to Back Up What They’re Saying)

Double Take December: FINIAN’S RAINBOW

2010 Drama Desk Awards

FINIAN’S RAINBOW: Back to Broadway

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