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Tag Archives: Fred Ebb
The Saturday List: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!
One way of measuring success in musical theatre is the length of a musical’s Broadway run. Of course, that’s just one measure of success and it certainly doesn’t always take craft and artistry into account. Continue reading
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Tagged A Chorus Line, ABBA, Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Beauty and the Beast, Bob Fosse, Catherine Johnson, Cats, Charles Hart, Cher, Chicago, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Edward Kleban, Elton John, Fred Ebb, Gregory Maguire, Hans Zimmer, Harold Pinter, Harold Prince, How Musicals Work, Howard Ashman, Jacques Levy, James Kirkwood, John Kander, Jules Feiffer, Julian Woolford, Julie Taymor, Kenneth Tynan, Lebo M, Linda Woolverton, Mamma Mia!, Marvin Hamlisch, Nicholas Dante, Oh! Calcutta!, Peter Schickele, Richard Stilgoe, Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden, Stephen Schwartz, T. S. Eliot, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Tim Rice, Wicked, Winnie Holzman
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The Saturday List: Multiple Best Actress in a Musical Tony Winners
Today, there is something of a diva-off at Musical Cyberspace. For this week’s Saturday list, we’re going to rank the multiple-Tony Award winners in the Best Actress in a Musical category, mentioning and sharing video clips of some favourite performances. Continue reading
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Tagged 42nd Street, Angela Lansbury, Annie, Bella Spewack, Bernadette Peters, Blythe Danner, Camelot, Charles Strouse, Chita Rivera, Christine Ebersole, Cole Porter, Donna Murphy, Faith Prince, Fred Ebb, Grease, Grey Gardens, Gwen Verdon, Harrigan and Hart, I Do! I Do!, John Kander, Kelli O'Hara, LaChanze, Lauren Bacall, Leave it To Me, Lee Adams, Les Misérables, Little Women, Liza Minnelli, Love Thy Neighbor, Marla Schaffel, Mary Martin, Oklahoma!, On the Twentieth Century, Patti LuPone, Peter Pan, Randy Graff, Sam Spewack, Shrek, South Pacific, Sutton Fost, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tony Awards, Violet, Young Frankenstein
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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
Posted in Monday Meditation
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: Ten Best Moments at the 69th Tony Awards
The 69th Annual Tony Awards took place last Sunday, so with almost a week to reflect on how the ceremony landed, it’s time to share my list of the ten best moments at this year’s ceremony. Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged 59 Productions, Alex Sharp, An American in Paris, Anna Wintour, Bill Elliot, Bob Crowley, Brandon Uranowitz, Broadway's Lost Treasures, Chita Rivera, Christian Borle, Christopher Austin, Christopher Wheeldon, Debra Messing, Don Sebesky, Follies, Fred Ebb, Fun Home, George Gershwin, Grand Hotel, Ira Gershwin, Jeanine Tesori, Jennifer Grey, Joel Grey, John Kander, Josh Groban, Judith Light, Kelli O'Hara, Lisa Kron, Max von Essen, Michelle Veintimilla, My One and Only, Natasha Katz, On the Town, Radio City Music Hall, Rita Wilson, Simon Stephens, Singin' in the Rain, Something Rotten, Sydney Lucas, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, The Visit, The Will Rogers Follies, Tommy Tune, Tony Awards, Tony Yazbeck
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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
Posted in Monday Meditation
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 Theatre Advent Calendar: THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
Today’s musical is something of a Christmas event. It is playing on Broadway now and it will be gone in January. Nope, it’s not Elf. It is The Scottsboro Boys, the new John Kander and Fred Ebb musical, that transferred … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, Fun Stuff, Musicals, Off Broadway, Theory and Practice
Tagged Elf, Fred Ebb, John Kander, Michael John LaChiusa, The Scottsboro Boys, Wicked
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2010 Drama Desk Awards
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!
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