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Tag Archives: Merrily We Roll Along
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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The Saturday List: 5 Ways FUN HOME Still Rings True at 10
Ten years ago today, Fun Home opened on Broadway. Although it had already hit a home run Off-Broadway, the transfer of this memory-fuelled chamber musical to the Main Stem reminded us of something important: an innovative and intimate musical could … Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List, Uncategorized
Tagged A Strange Loop, Alison Bechdel, Beth Malone, Emily Skeggs, Fun Home, Jeanine Tesori, Judy Kuhn, Kimberly Akimbo, Kinky Boots, Lisa Kron, Matilda, Maybe Happy Ending, Merrily We Roll Along, Michael Cerveris, Once, Sam Gold, Sydney Lucas, The Band’s Visit, The Book of Mormon, The Last Five Years, Tony Awards
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The Saturday List: Brilliance and Resilience at the 2024 Tony Awards
Ah, the Tony Awards – a night meant to celebrate the dazzling world of Broadway with all the glitz and glamour one can muster. This week’s Saturday List recaps the highs of this year’s ceremony. Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Alicia Keys, Angels in America, Appropriate, Audra McDonald, Branden Jacob Jenkins, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk, Broadway, Carole Rothman, Caroline, CJay Philip, Company, Contact, Daniel Radcliffe, David Zinn, Dede Ayite, Follies, George C. Wolfe, Hana S. Kim, Hell's Kitchen, Illinois, Into the Woods, Jack O'Brien, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Jay-Z, Jonathan Groff, Jonathan Tunick, Julianne Hough, Justin Peck, Kecia Lewis, Linda Cho, Lindsay Mendez, Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along, Musical, Nine, or Change, Pacific Overtures, Passion, Pulitzer Prize, Putting It Together, Road Show, Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Simon Evans, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, The Frogs, The Normal Heart, The Outsiders, The Wild Party, theatre, Tony Awards, Utkarsh Ambudkar
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March Monikers: “Bobby and Jackie and Jack”
March 2022 at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. How many names can you spot in “Bobby and Jackie and Jack?” Continue reading
The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1980s Musicals
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
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arthur Laurents, Aspects of Love, Baby, Cats, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Dreamgirls, Elaine Paige, George Hearn, Griffith Frank, Harold Prince, Howard Ashman, Into the Woods, Jerry Herman, John Kander. Fred Ebb, Julia Murney, La Cage aux Folles, Lea Salonga, Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors, Liza Minnelli, Merrily We Roll Along, Miss Saigon, Nine, Raul Julia, Starlight Express, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Fantasticks, The Phantom of the Opera, The Rink, Woman of the Year, YouTube
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NEWSFLASH: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG at Encores!
I think most musical theatre fans know that Merrily We Roll Along will be receiving an Encores! production in February 2012. Directed by James LaPine, the show will star Colin Donnell as Frank, Celia Keenan-Bolger as Mary, Lin-Manuel Miranda as … Continue reading
Musical Theatre Haiku Month: MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Merrily We Roll Along Looking back in time Songs and old friends and money Evasive rich joy Want to write your own Merrily We Roll Along haiku? Head to the comment box and give it a try!
Posted in Fun Stuff, George Furth, Stephen Sondheim
Tagged Broadway, George Furth, Haiku, Merrily We Roll Along, Musicals, Stephen Sondheim
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30 Musicals in 30 Days: Long Time No See
Post a song from a musical that you haven’t listened to (or seen) in a while. There are many of these. Which should I choose? I think I’ll go with Merrily We Roll Along, the musical flop that basically ended … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, George Furth, Stephen Sondheim, YouTube
Tagged George Furth, Harold Prince, Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim, YouTube
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Crazy Concepts for Classic Shows: the Sondheim Edition
Sometimes “crazy concepts” – ideas that attempt to breathe new life in to classic musicals – make it all the way into production. Although some of these concepts are not necessarily “crazy”, but merely unconventional, here are a couple done … Continue reading
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Tagged Company, Crazy Concepts, Merrily We Roll Along, Musicals, Stephen Sondheim
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