-
Join 550 other subscribers
-
Search Musical Cyberspace:
Musical Cyberspace Archives
Recent Comments
- steph1965c3a1244291 on Musical Comedy vs. Musical Play
- Ron on The Saturday List: Ranking all Seven of Lerner and Loewe’s Broadway Musicals
- Ron on The Best CAMELOT Recording?
- David Fick on The Saturday List: Four Robot Musicals to Reprogramme Your Soul
- David on The Saturday List: Four Robot Musicals to Reprogramme Your Soul
- Abe Burrows
- A Chorus Line
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Alan Menken
- A Little Night Music
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Angela Lansbury
- Arthur Laurents
- Audra McDonald
- Beauty and the Beast
- Ben Elton
- Broadway
- Cabaret
- Camelot
- Carousel
- Cast Recordings
- Chicago
- Cole Porter
- Commentary
- Company
- Disney
- Elton John
- Evita
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Follies
- Frank Loesser
- Fred Ebb
- Frederick Loewe
- Glenn Slater
- Guys and Dolls
- Gypsy
- Haiku
- Hairspray
- Harold Prince
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Into the Woods
- James Lapine
- Jeanine Tesori
- Jerry Herman
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- John Kander
- Jule Styne
- La Cage aux Folles
- Legally Blonde
- Leonard Bernstein
- Les Misérables
- Liza Minnelli
- Lorenz Hart
- Love Never Dies
- Maury Yeston
- Michael John LaChiusa
- Movies
- Musicals
- My Fair Lady
- Oklahoma!
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Patti LuPone
- Promises Promises
- Ragtime
- RENT
- Richard Rodgers
- South Pacific
- Stephen Sondheim
- Sunday in the Park With George
- Sweeney Todd
- The King and I
- The Lion King
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Sound of Music
- Tim Rice
- Tony Awards
- West End
- West Side Story
- Wicked
- YouTube
Categories
30 Day Challenges Animation Broadway Cast Recording Reviews Commentary Concept Albums Concerts Disney Forgotten Musicals Friday Fun Stuff General News International March Monikers Movies Musicals Newsflash Off Broadway Oscar Hammerstein II Photo Calls Regional Richard Rodgers Stephen Sondheim Television Theatremaking Theory and Practice The Saturday List Tony Awards Uncategorized West End YouTubeBlogroll
- 5th Judge
- Adrian's Blog
- All That Chat
- Andrew Keenan-Bolger's Blog
- Bugaboo Musings
- Dickie and Butch
- Finishing the Chat
- Follies Fixing
- In the Now
- Les Misérables
- Lorenz Hart
- Megan's Head
- Mission Musical Theatre
- New Musical Theatre
- Playbill
- Pony Roach Theatre Reviews
- Real Review
- Sarah Taylor Ellis
- Story Teller
- Trekkie Trading
- WordPress.com
- WordPress.org
- Writing Studio
Meta
Tag Archives: Nine
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
Leave a comment
THE SATURDAY LIST: Musical Theatre Related Things that Get Me Excited
It’s time for another “Saturday List” and today I thought I would share some musical theatre related things that get me excited. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged A Chirstmas Story, A Family Affair, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Benj Pasek, Bernarda Alba, BroadwayWorld, BroadwayWorld South Africa, Carrie Underwood, Chicago, Christian Borle, Dogfight, Dreamgirls, Edges, Grease, Hello Again, Into the Woods, iTunes, James and the Giant Peach, Justin Paul, Laura Benanti, Lucky Stiff, Marie Chrisine, Michael John LaChiusa, Nine, Opera News, Oscars, Peter Pan, Rob Ashford, Roland Perold, Shirley MacLaine, The Last Five Years, The Music Man, The Snow Queen, The Sound of Music, The Wild Party, You Bet Your Life!, YouTube
2 Comments
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
3 Comments
Double Take December: NINE
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. Nine … Continue reading
The “Guido” Conundrum
After giving my 1992 Concert Cast Recording of Nine another spin, I find myself wondering yet again whether there will ever be a Guido as effective as Raul Julia. Take this album for instance: closer to complete than any other … Continue reading
Posted in Cast Recording Reviews, Musicals, West End
Tagged Cast Recordings, Jonathan Pryce, Nine, Raul Julia
1 Comment
Oscar Nominations…
This past year, the musical was represented on screen by the adaptation of Nine and Disney’s first traditionally animated film musical in a long time, The Princess and the Frog. Both have picked up a couple of nominations for the … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Commentary, Disney, Movies, Musicals, Oscars
Tagged Academy Awards, Animation, Marion Cotillaird, Maury Yeston, Nine, Oscars, Penélope Cruz, Randy Newman, The Princess and the Frog
Leave a comment
New NINE to Include Film Songs
The Westchester Broadway Theatre will present a new production of Nine, starring Robert Cuccioli as Guido with Jonathan Stahl taking the seemingly inseparable director-choreographer task of staging the show. What’s the real news? Well, the website says that one or … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Movies, Musicals
Tagged Maury Yeston, Movies, Musicals, Nine, Titanic
Leave a comment
NEWSFLASH: Seth Rudetsky Interviews Maury Yeston
Seth Rudetsky has written about NINE in his latest “Onstage and Backstage” column. Continue reading
Musical Cyberspace 
TITANIC: the Broadway Musical vs the Blockbuster Movie
In 1997, two different versions of the “Titanic” story were told in two different styles in two different mediums. The film a fictional love story set against the backdrop of the ill-fated ship of dreams, while the musical used the stories of the real life Titanic passengers as a basis for its tale.
Continue reading →