Tag Archives: Lorenz Hart

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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Forgotten Musicals Friday: LIDO LADY

Posted on February 11, 2022 by David Fick

it’s time to take a look at another of the forgotten musicals created by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart during the 1920s.This week it’s time to look over LIDO LADY. Continue reading →

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE GIRL FRIEND

Posted on February 4, 2022 by David Fick

If THE GARRICK GAIETIES, which was featured in last week’s Forgotten Musicals Friday, was an important stepping stone for Richard Rodgers and Lorenza Hart, THE GIRL FRIEND cemented them in the public consciousness of 1920s America. Continue reading →

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: DEAREST ENEMY

Posted on January 28, 2022 by David Fick

With a book by Herbert Fields, direction by John Murray Anderson, direction of the libretto by Charles Sinclair and Harry Ford and dance and ensemble direction by Carl Hemmer, DEAREST ENEMY ran for 286 performances. Continue reading →

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE GARRICK GAIETIES

Posted on January 21, 2022 by David Fick

THE GARRICK GAIETIES was an important stepping stone in the career of Rodgers and Hart owing to its introduction (by Sterling Holloway and June Cochrane) of what was arguably their first runaway hit, “Manhattan”. Continue reading →

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: POOR LITTLE RITZ GIRL

Posted on January 14, 2022 by David Fick

POOR LITTLE RITZ GIRL was the first Broadway show that showcased Rodgers and Hart’s talents to any great extent. Continue reading →

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: FLY WITH ME

Posted on January 7, 2022 by David Fick

For the first Forgotten Musicals Friday of 2022, we’re jumping back in time more than 100 years to take a look at an early Rodgers and Hart show, one that had some of the first Rodgers and Hammerstein songs thrown in for fun: FLY WITH ME. Continue reading →

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Monday Meditation: I am Not Over the Old Masters

Posted on September 21, 2015 by David Fick

Sometimes its easy to forget just how far musicals have come; it’s also easy to dismiss how much the ground-breakers were doing at the time. Continue reading →

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Forgotten Musicals Friday: ALL AMERICAN

Posted on October 10, 2014 by David Fick

It’s not often that you look back at a forgotten musical, even when it comes to many of the most notorious flops, and can see very clearly why it is has been forgotten, why it flopped – or both. ALL AMERICAN is precisely such a musical. Continue reading →

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Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration

Posted on August 31, 2014 by David Fick

There are three separate elements of divine integration in musical theatre: the book, the music and the lyrics. Continue reading →

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