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Tag Archives: Kismet
The Saturday List: Five Best Musical Tony Winners That Have Aged the Worst
Although the Tony Awards represent the pinnacle of each Broadway season’s theatrical presentations, some recipients of the award for Best Musical haven’t stood the test of time. Sometimes, an undeserving musical edges out a show that is otherwise recognised as being absolutely brilliant; at other times, an older show is out of step with the way we see the world today. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Alan Weeks, Alexander Borodin, Alfred Drake, American Theatre Wing, Arabian Nights, Arthur Laurents, Ben Brantley, Betty Comden, Can-Can, Chad Kimball, Clifton Davis, Contact, David Bryan, Elvis Presley, Follies, Galt MacDermot, George C. Wolfe, George Forrest, Grease, Hallelujah Baby, Joan Diener, Joe DiPietro, John Guare, José Ferrer, Joseph Moncure March, Jule Styne, Kismet, Lemuel Ayers, Leslie Uggams, Mel Shapiro, Memphis, Michael John LaChiusa, Montego Glover, Raúl Juliá, Robert Wright, The Book of Mormon, The Scottsboro Boys, The Wild Party, Tony Awards, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton, Winston DeWitt Hemsley
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The Saturday List: 1953 in Musical Theatre
Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1953 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading
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Tagged Abe Burrows, Alexander Borodin, Antoine Galland, Betty Comden, Bob Hilliard, Can-Can, Carnival in Flanders, Charles Lederer, Cole Porter, Damn Yankees, Edmund Hilary, Edward Knoblock, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, George Forrest, Gwen Verdon, Harry Belafonte, Hazel Flagg, Hermione Gingold, James H. Street, Jerome Chodorov, Jerry Ross, John Murray Anderson's Almanac, Johnny Burke, Joseph A. Fields, Joseph Stalin, Jule Styne, Kismet, Korean War, Leonard Bernstein, Lorenz Hart, Luther Davis, Me and Juliet, Michael Ball, Michael Kidd, One Thousand and One Nights, Oscar Hammerstein II, Peter Pan, Preston Sturges, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard Adler, Richard Rodgers, Robert Wright, Sandy Wilson, Tenzing Norgay, The Arabian Nights, The Boy Friend, The Pajama Game, Timbuktu!, Tony Awards, Walter Winchell, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, Wonderful Town
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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs
A list of colourful songs to celebrate the 2016 South African revival of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alexander Borodin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angela Lansbury, Arms and the Man, Arthur Dove, B.G. DeSylva, Bea Arthur, Belle Baker, Betsy, Betty Buckley, Bianca le Grange, Bobby Darin, Borrah Minevitch, Brian Crawley, Bye Bye Birdie, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Duane Alexander, Earl Gregory, Edith Bradford, EY Harburg, Ferenc Martos, Fergus O'Farrell, Frank Wildhorn, Funny Face, Galt MacDermot, George Bernard Shaw, George Forrest, Gerome Ragni, Glen Hansard, Grey Gardens, Gypsy, Hair, Harold Arlen, Harry Graham, Herbert Kretzmer, Irving Berlin, Irving Berlin’s Music Box Revue, Irving Caesar, Ivor Novello, James Rado, Jeanine Tesori, Jermone Robbins, Jerome Kern, Jerry Bock, Jerry Leiber, Joe Masteroff, Jonathan Roxmouth, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jule Styne, Kismet, L Frank Baum, Leopold Jacobson, Les Misérables, Lilac Time, Lorenz Hart, Louis Zurnamer, Lynn Ahrens, Markéta Irglová, Michael Park, Mike Stoller, Miksa Bródy, Nan Knighton, No No Nanette, Nunsense, Once, Oscar Straus, Otto Harbach, Paul Warwick Griffin, Perchance to Dream, Pieter Toerien Productions, Prince Igor, Rachel York, Ragtime, Really Useful Group, Richard Rodgers, Robert Wright, Rudolf Bernauer, Sally, She Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, Smokey Joe's Café, Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Sanders, Sweeney Todd, Sybil, Sybill, Tallulah Bankhead, The Beach Boys, The Chocolate Soldier, The Color Purple, The Drifters, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Wizard of Oz, The Yearling, Tim Rice, Tony Awards, Victor Jacobi, Vincent Youmans, Violet, White Christmas, Ziegfeld Follies, Zip Goes a Million
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NEWSFLASH: School Cancels KISMET for 9/11 Anniversary
Playbill is reporting that a Western Pennsylvania School is canceling their production of Kismet in the wake of the anniversary of 9/11. This follows ‘concerns raised by community members over staging the Baghdad-set musical about a Muslim street poet so … Continue reading
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