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Tag Archives: Passion
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
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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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The Saturday List: A Final Sense of Genius in Sondheim’s HERE WE ARE
The release of the cast album of HERE WE ARE, the final new musical to feature music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, seamlessly integrated into a book by David Ives, marks the end of an era. This week’s Saturday List explores how Sondheim’s sense of genius is seen in his last original cast album. Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Gray, Anyone Can Whistle, Assassins, Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, David Ives, Denis O’Hare, Finishing the Hat, Follies, Griffin Theatre, Here We Are, Jeremy Shamos, Jesse Green, Jin Ha, Joe Mantello, Luis Buñuel, Micaela Diamond, Passion, Rachel Bay Jones, Steven Pasquale, Steven Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Exterminating Angel, The New York Times, The Shed, The Wizard of Oz, Tracie Bennett, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: ROUND IN FIFTY
Pack your bags and buckle up, fellow travellers, as we embark on a whirlwind adventure inspired by the classic novel, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS to celebrate the opening of its musical sequel, ROUND IN FIFTY! Continue reading
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Tagged A Chorus Line, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Aladdin, Alain Boublil, Alec Kellaway, Alun Armstrong, An American in Paris, Angela Lansbury, Annaleigh Ashford, Around the World in Eighty Days, Arthur Kopit, Arthur Laurents, Baker Street, Beauty and the Beast, Benj Pasek, Broadway, Can-Can, Carol Lawrence., Chita Rivera, Chu Chem, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Clifford Harris, Cole Porter, Colm Wilkinson, David BUrt, Dear Evan Hansen, Derek Klena, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dogfight, Eugene Lee, Flower Drum Song, Frances Ruffelle, George Robey, Hamilton, Harold Prince, Herbert Kretzmer, Herman Finckby, Isaac Powell, Ivo Van Hove, Jas W. Tate, Jean-Marc Natel, Julian Wylie, Justin Paul, Kinky Boots, Larry Kert, Lauri Wylie, Lea Salonga, Len Cariou, Leonard Bernstein, Les Misérables, Liliane Gilbert, Liliane Montevecchi, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lindsay Mendez, Lute Song, Mary Martin, Mary Poppins, Matilda, Maury Yeston, Michael Ball, Mrs Doubtfire, music, Musical, Musicals, My Fair Lady, Newsies, Norm Lewis, Oliver!, On the Town, Passion, Patti LuPone, Peter Duchan, Philip Quast, Ramin Karimloo, Raul Julia, Rebecca Caine, Roger Allam, Round in Fifty, Ruthie Henshall, Sax Rohmer, SHereen Pimentel, Sophie Tucker, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Jane Janner, Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, The Phantom of the Opera, theater, theatre, West Side Story, Wonderful Town
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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1990s Musicals
The 1990s. The next decade to be the subject of a Saturday List. Continue reading
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Tagged A New Brain, Aida, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Assassins, Beauty and the Beast, Cameron Mackintosh, Elton John, Genn Close, Hello Again, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Liza Minnelli, Marie Christine, Martin Guerre, Maury Yeston, Parade, Passion, Patti LuPone, Ragtime, RENT, Songs for a New World, Sunset Boulevard, The Life, The Lion King, The Secret Garden, Tim Rice, Titanic, Whistle Down the Wind, 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
Double Take December: PASSION
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. Passion … Continue reading
Posted in James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim
Tagged James Lapine, Passion, Stepehn Sondheim
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RIP Tom Aldredge
American television, film and stage actor Tom Aldredge has passed away from lymphoma at the age of 83. A wildly prolific actor, he will always be remembered by musical theatre fans for originating the roles of the Narrator and Mysterious … Continue reading
Posted in Obituaries
Tagged Into the Woods, Obituaries, Passion, Theoni V. Aldredge, Tom Aldredge
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“Showtunes” – an all-encompassing term?
A recent discussion on Musicals.net that debated the terminology that could be used to classify songs from musicals caught my attention. Thinking about it carefully, I realised that I do not feel that “Broadway” or “showtune” function well as an … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, International, Musicals, Theory and Practice, West End
Tagged Anyone Can Whistle, Aspects of Love, Broadway, Funny Girl, Hello Dolly!, Musicals, Passion, Theory and Practice
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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 →