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Tag Archives: Jeanine Tesori
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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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs, Part 1
A list of colourful songs to celebrate the South Africa revival of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Part one of a three-part series. Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alexander Borodin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bianca le Grange, Bobby Darin, Brian Crawley, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Duane Alexander, Earl Gregory, EY Harburg, Frank Wildhorn, Galt MacDermot, George Forrest, Gerome Ragni, Hair, Harold Arlen, Herbert Kretzmer, Irving Caesar, James Rado, Jeanine Tesori, Jerry Leiber, Jonathan Roxmouth, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kismet, L Frank Baum, Les Misérables, Louis Zurnamer, Lynn Ahrens, Michael Park, Mike Stoller, Nan Knighton, No No Nanette, Otto Harbach, Paul Warwick Griffin, Pieter Toerien Productions, Prince Igor, Ragtime, Really Useful Group, Robert Wright, Smokey Joe's Café, Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, The Beach Boys, The Drifters, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Wizard of Oz, The Yearling, Tim Rice, Vincent Youmans, Violet
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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
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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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Disney’s New ALICE IN WONDERLAND Musical
So word on the street – first reported in an exclusive from Playbill – is that Disney has a new idea for their next big stage production: an adaptation of their most recent version of Alice in Wonderland. Linda Woolverton … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH: SHREK Coming to London
Shrek, the monsterous musical adaptation of the DreamWorks film franchise, with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, has its sights set on London. This would be the next step in “montetizing” – the fancy term … Continue reading
Posted in David Lindsay-Abaire, Jeanine Tesori
Tagged David Lindsay-Abaire, Dreamworks, Jeanine Tesori, Musicals, Shrek, Sister Act
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Shrek: the Musical
Shrek the Musical: Shrek is a show that really doesn’t interest me. I guess its pleasant enough, but for me it’s one to file with the Mel Brooks musicals (OK, haha, we get it, ooh silly rude puns, put it … Continue reading
ET: an extra-terrestrial musical
Following the success of Shrek, Dreamworks has announced a musical adaptation of the classic Spielberg film ET: the Extra-Terrestrial. Playbill reports: “Looking back at the films we’ve made over the years, [i]ET[/i] seems a natural choice. It reached such a … Continue reading
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Tagged David Lindsay-Abaire, Dreamworks, ET, Jeanine Tesori, Julie Andrews, Shrek, Steven Spielberg
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Michael John LaChiusa and the “Faux Musical”
Opera News published a super article by Michael John Lachiusa about the state of musical theatre. Entitled “The Great Grey Way”, the article is essential reading for anyone interested in musicals and how they are developing in this new century. … Continue reading →