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Tag Archives: Merrily We Roll Along
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
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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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1 to 5 Musical Theatre Month: Sondheim’s Post-Prince Shows
Even though it has been more than 30 years since Merrily We Roll Along flopped on Broadway and put an end to his fruitful collaboration with director-producer Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim has only written five complete and completely new musicals … Continue reading
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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SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM Song List
With opening night here, the time has come when the set list of songs for Sondheim on Sondheim is finally frozen and any and all rumours about what will be replaced or reallocated can be put to rest. Here is … Continue reading →