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Tag Archives: Richard Rodgers
The Saturday List: The Crown Julies
In today’s Saturday List, we’re looking at “The Crown Julies,” the five Broadway and off-Broadway stage appearances of Julie Andrews. Continue reading
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Tagged A Little Night Music, Alan Jay Lerner, Blake Edwards, Camelot, Cinderella, Follies, Frank Wildhorn, Frederick Loewe, Henry Mancini, Julie Andrews, Leslie Bricusse, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Oscar Hammerstein II, Putting It Together, Richard Burton, Richard Rodgers, Rob Marshall, Robert Goulet, Sandy Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, The Boy Friend, Tony Awards, Victor/Victoria
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The Saturday List: The Kelli O’Hara Countdown!
Today is Broadway darling Kelli O’Hara’s birthday. To celebrate we’re counting down five of her greatest stage appearances. Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Guettel, Craig Lucas, Elizabeth Spencer, Follies, Frank Loesser, George Abbott, Jason Robert Brown, Jerry Ross, Joshua Logan, Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, Kiss Me Kate, Marsha Norman, Oscar Hammerstein II, Paulo Szot, Richard Adler, Richard Bissell, Richard Rodgers, South Pacfiic, The Bridges of Madison County, The King and I, The Light in the Piazza, The Magic Flute, The Merry Widow, The Pajama Game
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The Saturday List: A Jerome Robbins Countdown!
Today is the anniversary of the opening of JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY. To commemorate this anniversary, this week’s Saturday List takes a look at the five best Robbins shows, all of which were featured in this iconic production. Continue reading
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Tagged A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Adolph Green, Arthur Laurents, Bells are Ringing, Betty Comden, Billion Dollar Baby, Bob Fosse, Call Me Madam, Ethel Merman, Fiddler on the Roof, George Abbout, Gypsy, High Button Shoes, Jerome Robbins, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein, Jule Styne, Leonard Bernstein, Look Ma I'm Dancin'!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein II, Peter Pan, Richard Rodgers, Sheldon Harnick, Stephen Sondheim, The King and I, The Pajama Game, Tony Awards, West Sides Story
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The Saturday List: Ten Great Musical Theatre Dates
Nobody I know enjoys dating. But experience tells us that there are good dates to be had. And so do musicals. So let’s take a look at ten great musical theatre dates – just in time for Valentine’s Day! Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Benj Pasek, Carousel, Dogfight, Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Harvey Schmidt, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Jule Stye, Justin Paul, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, RENT, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Fantasticks, The King and I, Tim Jones, West Side Story
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: LIDO LADY
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
Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE GIRL FRIEND
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
Forgotten Musicals Friday: DEAREST ENEMY
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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Tagged Carl Hemmer, Charles Sinclair, Crazy for You, Dearest Enemy, Forgotten Musicals Friday, George Gershwin, Harry Ford, Herbert Fields, Ira Gershwin, John Murray Anderson, Lorenz Hart, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Richard Rodgers, The Garrick Gaieties
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE GARRICK GAIETIES
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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Tagged A Lonely Romeo, Arthur Sullivan, Benjamin Kaye, Calvin Coolidge, Dudley Digges, Edith Meiser, Herbert Fields, Howard Green, June Cochrane, Lorenz Hart, Mana Zucca, Morrie Ryskind, Philip Loeb, Poor Little Ritz Girl, Richard Rodgers, Sam Jaffe, Scopes trial, Sterling Holloway, The Garrick Gaieties, Theatre Guild
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The Saturday List: 10 Times the Musical Challenged Its Dismissal as a Relevant Art Form
Although many people dismiss the musical as a relevant form of artistic expression, the musical can easily hold its own alongside any form of theatre you might care to mention. So I thought that today, I might put together a Saturday list of just ten times musicals have been completely in step with the world around them. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Andrew Lippa, Betty Comden, Blood Brothers, Camp David, David Kramer, District Six, Dreamgirls, Edward Said, Elliot Norton, Follies, Fun Home, George C. Wolfe, Gone With the Wind, Harvey Milk, Henry Krieger, Idi Amin, James Goldman, James Michener, Jeanine Tesori, Jerome Kern, John Weidman, Kat and the Kings, Leonard Bernstein, Lisa Kron, Michael John LaChiusa, Musical Theatre, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific Overtures, Richard Rodgers, Show Boat, Sono Osato, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, Taliep Petersen, The Wild Party, Tom Eyen, Trevor Nunn, Watergate, Willy Russell
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