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Tag Archives: Gypsy
The Saturday List: 1958 in Musical Theatre
Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1958 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading
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Tagged 1958, Abbe Lane, Academy Awards, Bobby Fischer, Captain!, Damn Yankees, David Henry Hwang, Domenico Modugno, Don Ameche, Dwight Eisenhower, Elaine Stritch, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello!, Flower Drum Song, Gerald Holtom, Gigi, Goldilocks, Gypsy, Harold Prince, Jean Kerr, Jerry Bock, Joan Ford, Joseph Stein, La Plume de Ma Tante, Miyoshi Umeki, My Fair Lady, NASA, Oh Captain!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Redhead, Richard Rodgers, She Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Body Beautiful, The Captain's Paradise, The Everley Brothers, The Pajama Game, West Side Story, Will Glickman
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The Saturday List: In Good Faith
It’s Faith Prince’s 65th birthday today, and there’s no better time to celebrate her fabulous Broadway appearances than today. Continue reading
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Tagged A Catered Affair, A Leap of Faith, Adolph Green, Annie, Bells are Ringing, Betty Comden, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Disaster!, Faith Prince, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Harvey Fierstein, High Button Shoes, Jason Alexander, John Bucchino, Jule Styne, Little Me, Mame, Martin Short, Neil Simon, Nick & Nora, The King and I, The Little Mermaid, Tony Awards
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’!
I could show you my favourite obsession…. Well, it isn’t THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. That’s not a forgotten musical. On the other hand, LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’! is, one that is so charming that it would be churlish not to shine the spotlight on it here. Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Laurents, Fiddler on the Roof, George Abbott, Good News, Gypsy, Hugh Martin, Jerome Lawrence, Jerome Robbins, Look Ma I'm Dancin'!, Mame, Meet Me in St Louis, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Robert Edwin Lee, THe Rocky Horror Show, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: A Jerome Robbins Countdown!
Today is the anniversary of the opening of JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY. To commemorate this anniversary, this week’s Saturday List takes a look at the five best Robbins shows, all of which were featured in this iconic production. Continue reading
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Tagged A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Adolph Green, Arthur Laurents, Bells are Ringing, Betty Comden, Billion Dollar Baby, Bob Fosse, Call Me Madam, Ethel Merman, Fiddler on the Roof, George Abbout, Gypsy, High Button Shoes, Jerome Robbins, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, Jule Styne, Leonard Bernstein, Look Ma I'm Dancin'!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein II, Peter Pan, Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Sondheim, The King and I, The Pajama Game, Tony Awards, West Sides Story
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The Saturday List: Ten Great Musical Theatre Dates
Nobody I know enjoys dating. But experience tells us that there are good dates to be had. And so do musicals. So let’s take a look at ten great musical theatre dates – just in time for Valentine’s Day! Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Benj Pasek, Carousel, Dogfight, Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Harvey Schmidt, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Jule Stye, Justin Paul, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, RENT, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Fantasticks, The King and I, Tim Jones, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs, Part 2
Last week, I looked at the first dozen colours that appear in “Joseph’s Coat”, the song in Joseph and the Amazing The second part of a three-part list naming show tunes for each of the colours in “Joseph’s Coat” from JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arms and the Man, B.G. DeSylva, Bea Arthur, Bianca le Grange, Bye Bye Birdie, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Duane Alexander, Earl Gregory, Ferenc Martos, Fergus O'Farrell, George Bernard Shaw, Glen Hansard, Gypsy, Harry Graham, Ivor Novello, Jermone Robbins, Jerome Kern, Jerry Bock, Joe Masteroff, Jonathan Roxmouth, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jule Styne, Leopold Jacobson, Lilac Time, Louis Zurnamer, Markéta Irglová, Miksa Bródy, Nunsense, Once, Oscar Straus, Paul Warwick Griffin, Perchance to Dream, Pieter Toerien Productions, Really Useful Group, Rudolf Bernauer, Sally, She Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Sondheim, Sybil, Sybill, Tallulah Bankhead, The Chocolate Soldier, Tim Rice, Tony Awards, Victor Jacobi, Ziegfeld Follies, Zip Goes a Million
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Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration
There are three separate elements of divine integration in musical theatre: the book, the music and the lyrics. Continue reading
Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, George Gershwin, Gypsy, Ira Gershwin, Lady Be Good, Lorenz Hart, lyrics, Musical Theatre, musical theatre technique, Oh Kay!, Pal Joey, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Schwartz, The Wild Party, Wicked
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The Saturday List: 5 Cookin’ Musicals of the 1950s
What’s buzzin, cuzzins? This is a list of 5 of my favourite musicals of the 1950s.
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Tagged Abe Burrows, Alan Jay Lerner, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Laurents, Frank Loesser, Frederick Loewe, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Jule Styne, Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein, My Fair Lady, Sandy Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, The Boy Friend, Tim Rice, West Side Story
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High School Musicals, or “Is Show X Appropriate for My Students?”
This question of which shows are appropriate for high school productions is a popular one on musical theatre forums and in Facebook groups about musicals, and has even been the subject of a few stories that have captured the attention of the press and websites. Continue reading →