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Tag Archives: Follies
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: A Final Sense of Genius in Sondheim’s HERE WE ARE
The release of the cast album of HERE WE ARE, the final new musical to feature music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, seamlessly integrated into a book by David Ives, marks the end of an era. This week’s Saturday List explores how Sondheim’s sense of genius is seen in his last original cast album. Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Gray, Anyone Can Whistle, Assassins, Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, David Ives, Denis O’Hare, Finishing the Hat, Follies, Griffin Theatre, Here We Are, Jeremy Shamos, Jesse Green, Jin Ha, Joe Mantello, Luis Buñuel, Micaela Diamond, Passion, Rachel Bay Jones, Steven Pasquale, Steven Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Exterminating Angel, The New York Times, The Shed, The Wizard of Oz, Tracie Bennett, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: The Crown Julies
In today’s Saturday List, we’re looking at “The Crown Julies,” the five Broadway and off-Broadway stage appearances of Julie Andrews. Continue reading
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Tagged A Little Night Music, Alan Jay Lerner, Blake Edwards, Camelot, Cinderella, Follies, Frank Wildhorn, Frederick Loewe, Henry Mancini, Julie Andrews, Leslie Bricusse, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Oscar Hammerstein II, Putting It Together, Richard Burton, Richard Rodgers, Rob Marshall, Robert Goulet, Sandy Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, The Boy Friend, Tony Awards, Victor/Victoria
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The Saturday List: The Kelli O’Hara Countdown!
Today is Broadway darling Kelli O’Hara’s birthday. To celebrate we’re counting down five of her greatest stage appearances. Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas, Elizabeth Spencer, Follies, Frank Loesser, George Abbott, Jason Robert Brown, Jerry Ross, Joshua Logan, Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, Kiss Me Kate, Marsha Norman, Oscar Hammerstein II, Paulo Szot, Richard Adler, Richard Bissell, Richard Rodgers, South Pacfiic, The Bridges of Madison County, The King and I, The Light in the Piazza, The Magic Flute, The Merry Widow, The Pajama Game
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The Saturday List: 10 Times the Musical Challenged Its Dismissal as a Relevant Art Form
Although many people dismiss the musical as a relevant form of artistic expression, the musical can easily hold its own alongside any form of theatre you might care to mention. So I thought that today, I might put together a Saturday list of just ten times musicals have been completely in step with the world around them. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Andrew Lippa, Betty Comden, Blood Brothers, Camp David, David Kramer, District Six, Dreamgirls, Edward Said, Elliot Norton, Follies, Fun Home, George C. Wolfe, Gone With the Wind, Harvey Milk, Henry Krieger, Idi Amin, James Goldman, James Michener, Jeanine Tesori, Jerome Kern, John Weidman, Kat and the Kings, Leonard Bernstein, Lisa Kron, Michael John LaChiusa, Musical Theatre, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific Overtures, Richard Rodgers, Show Boat, Sono Osato, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, Taliep Petersen, The Wild Party, Tom Eyen, Trevor Nunn, Watergate, Willy Russell
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Monday Meditation: I’m Over the Closing Night Blues
Some thoughts on closing nights, following the shuttering of THE VISIT. Continue reading
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Tagged Follies, Fred Ebb, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Graciela Daniele, Jerome Robbins, John Kander, La Cage aux Folles, Peter Gennaro, Revisals, Revivals, Shirley MacLaine, Terrence McNally, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera, The Visit, Tony Awards, West Side Story, Wicked
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The Saturday List: My Junk is SPRING AWAKENING
Get ready to journey back to the groundbreaking world of SPRING AWAKENING, a modern musical where the show tunes are as haunting as the themes are daring! In today’s Saturday List, we revisit just five of the most creative ideas that helped to solidify this show’s place in musical theatre history. Continue reading →