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Tag Archives: Harold Prince
Musical Theatre Hot Takes
Hot takes are all over the Internet these days – and hot takes on musicals are no exception. Here’s my attempt at a few. Continue reading
Posted in Monday Missive
Tagged A Chorus Line, Aida, Alan Jay Lerner, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Audra McDonald, Benjamin Britten, Cats, David Yazbek, Follies, Frederick Loewe, George Bernard Shaw, Gypsy, Harold Prince, Jamie Lloyd, Legally Blonde, Marie Christine, Merrily We Roll Along, Michael John LaChiusa, My Fair Lady, Nicole Scherzinger, Stephen Sondheim, Sunset Boulevard, The Colour Purple, The Wild Party, The Woman in White
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The Saturday List: Ranking Sondheim’s Post-Prince Shows
In the four decades since Merrily We Roll Along flopped on Broadway, effectively bringing Stephen Sondheim’s prolific collaboration with director-producer Harold Prince to a painful end, Sondheim wrote only six new musicals for the stage: Sunday in the Park with … Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Addison Mizner, Ariana Grande, Assassins, Bounce, Brandon Uranowitz, Company, David Ives, Ettore Scola, Follies, Georges Seurat, Harold Prince, Here We Are, Into the Woods, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Lapine, Joan Marcus, Joe Mantello, John Weidman, Jonathan Bailey, Luis Buñuel, Marc Brenner, Maria Friedman, Martha Swope, Merrily We Roll Along, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michael Ball, Moisés Kaufman, New York City Center, Passion, Passione d’Amore, Raúl Esparza, Road Show, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Exterminating Angel, Tristram Kenton, Wilson Mizner
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“Hal, It’s About Cats”: Who Decides What Musicals Mean?
Who decides what a musical really means? This Musical Cyberspace Monday Missive reflects on the question of who ultimately determines meaning in musical theatre: the writers, the directors, the performers – or the audience. Continue reading
Posted in Monday Missive
Tagged Andrew Lloyd Webber, Avenue Q, Cameron Mackintosh, Cats, Damon Daunno, Daniel Fish, Emma Brockes, Evita, Harold Prince, Into the Woods, John Gay, Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Rebecca Naomi JonesDamon Daunno, Stephen Sondheim, T.S. Eliot
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The Saturday List: ROUND IN FIFTY
Pack your bags and buckle up, fellow travellers, as we embark on a whirlwind adventure inspired by the classic novel, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS to celebrate the opening of its musical sequel, ROUND IN FIFTY! Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged A Chorus Line, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Aladdin, Alain Boublil, Alec Kellaway, Alun Armstrong, An American in Paris, Angela Lansbury, Annaleigh Ashford, Around the World in Eighty Days, Arthur Kopit, Arthur Laurents, Baker Street, Beauty and the Beast, Benj Pasek, Broadway, Can-Can, Carol Lawrence., Chita Rivera, Chu Chem, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Clifford Harris, Cole Porter, Colm Wilkinson, David BUrt, Dear Evan Hansen, Derek Klena, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dogfight, Eugene Lee, Flower Drum Song, Frances Ruffelle, George Robey, Hamilton, Harold Prince, Herbert Kretzmer, Herman Finckby, Isaac Powell, Ivo Van Hove, Jas W. Tate, Jean-Marc Natel, Julian Wylie, Justin Paul, Kinky Boots, Larry Kert, Lauri Wylie, Lea Salonga, Len Cariou, Leonard Bernstein, Les Misérables, Liliane Gilbert, Liliane Montevecchi, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lindsay Mendez, Lute Song, Mary Martin, Mary Poppins, Matilda, Maury Yeston, Michael Ball, Mrs Doubtfire, music, Musical, Musicals, My Fair Lady, Newsies, Norm Lewis, Oliver!, On the Town, Passion, Patti LuPone, Peter Duchan, Philip Quast, Ramin Karimloo, Raul Julia, Rebecca Caine, Roger Allam, Round in Fifty, Ruthie Henshall, Sax Rohmer, SHereen Pimentel, Sophie Tucker, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Jane Janner, Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, The Phantom of the Opera, theater, theatre, West Side Story, Wonderful Town
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: Don’t Leave THE BODY BEAUTIFUL Well Enough Alone!
This Friday’s Forgotten Musical takes us back in time to THE BODY BEAUTIFUL, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s debut Broadway musical as a songwriting team. Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Musicals Friday
Tagged Amber Ruffin, Casey Nicholaw, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello!, George Abbott, Harold Prince, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, Marc Shaiman, Matthew López, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Scott Wittman, Sheldon Harnick, Some Like it Hot, Stephen Sondheim, The Body Beautiful, Will Glickman
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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
Posted in The Saturday List
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: 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
Posted in The Saturday List
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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EVITA: the “Montage”
Is the “Montage” that takes us from Eva’s final collapse through to her deathbed “Lament” is really a satisfying moment dramatically. Continue reading →