Tag Archives: Jerry Herman

Forgotten Musicals Friday: Blithely Broadway with HIGH SPIRITS

Posted on April 7, 2023 by David Fick

This Friday, we’re heading to the legendary Broadway season of 1963-1964. The show we’re celebrating as today’s Forgotten Musical opened on 7 April 1964, 58 years ago to the day of this column: Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray’s HIGH SPIRITS Continue reading →

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The Saturday List: Celebrating Ethel Merman

Posted on July 9, 2022 by David Fick

Today in 1930, Variety gave Ethel Merman a breakthrough review ahead of what would become a breathtaking musical theatre career. Today, we celebrate some of her biggest shows. Continue reading →

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March Monikers: “Mame”

Posted on March 14, 2022 by David Fick

This month at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. Today: “Mame!” Continue reading →

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: PEGGY-ANN

Posted on February 18, 2022 by David Fick

Another Friday, another forgotten Rodgers and Hart gem from the 1920s. This week, it’s all about Peggy-Ann, one of the six shows that would credit Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart as composer and lyricist respectively in 1926. Continue reading →

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THE SATURDAY LIST: Open a New Window on MAME!

Posted on May 23, 2020 by David Fick

The legendary Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee musical Mame opened for the first time on Broadway in May 1966. Who could lead a revival as the show heads towards its diamond anniversary? Continue reading →

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Monday Meditation: I’m Over Being Concerned About What Musicals I Should Like

Posted on September 8, 2014 by David Fick

Have you ever read one of those polls on a musical theatre forum asking what your guilty pleasures are? I always struggle to participate in threads like those because I really do find worth in even the worst musicals. Continue reading →

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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1980s Musicals

Posted on March 30, 2013 by David Fick

Choosing ten favourite songs from 1980s musicals was considerably easier than choosing songs for similar lists from the 1960s and 1970s. There just weren’t as many great shows with great scores in the 1980s. Ranking the songs is another story. Continue reading →

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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1960s Musicals

Posted on March 16, 2013 by David Fick

Today’s list features some of my favourite songs from musicals of the 1960s. A tough decade to whittle down to just 10 songs, but here goes. Continue reading →

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A Chain of Musicals: MAME

Posted on January 4, 2012 by David Fick

In January, Musical Cyberspace is going to work through a chain of musicals. This is how it works: each day I will discuss, in brief, a musical linked to the previous day’s musical by some kind of common ground. It … Continue reading →

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Double Take December: PARADE

Posted on December 23, 2011 by David Fick

It’s Double Take December at Musical Cyberspace! Every musical pretty much has something one likes and something one doesn’t in it. This month I’ll be listing one of each for a range of musicals, a different one each day. Parade … Continue reading →

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