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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs

Posted on April 30, 2016 by David Fick

A list of colourful songs to celebrate the 2016 South African revival of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Continue reading →

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Monday Meditation: I am Not Over the Old Masters

Posted on September 21, 2015 by David Fick

Sometimes its easy to forget just how far musicals have come; it’s also easy to dismiss how much the ground-breakers were doing at the time. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Meditation | Tagged Babes in Toyland, Cole Porter, Dearest Enemy, Disney, Disney Theatricals, Fifty Million Frenchmen, Glen MacDonough, Hamilton, Herbert Fields, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lorenz Hart, Oh Kay!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Sara Bareilles, Sunny, The Lion King, The Red Mill, The Wizard of Oz, Victor Herbert, Waitress, Watch Your Step | Leave a comment

Forgotten Musicals Friday: ALL AMERICAN

Posted on October 10, 2014 by David Fick

It’s not often that you look back at a forgotten musical, even when it comes to many of the most notorious flops, and can see very clearly why it is has been forgotten, why it flopped – or both. ALL AMERICAN is precisely such a musical. Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Musicals Friday | Tagged All American, Anita Gillette, Bob Merrill, Bye Bye Birdie, Charles Strouse, Cole Porter, Eileen Hurlie, Frank Sinatra, Gower Champion, Joshua Logan, Lee Adams, Leonard Bernstein, Lorenz Hart, Mel Brooks, Michael Stewart, Oklahoma!, Ray Bolger, Richard Rodgers, Robert Lewis Taylor, Ron Husmann, Wonderful Town | 2 Comments

Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration

Posted on August 31, 2014 by David Fick

There are three separate elements of divine integration in musical theatre: the book, the music and the lyrics. Continue reading →

Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice | Tagged A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, George Gershwin, Gypsy, Ira Gershwin, Lady Be Good, Lorenz Hart, lyrics, Musical Theatre, musical theatre technique, Oh Kay!, Pal Joey, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Schwartz, The Wild Party, Wicked | Leave a comment

THE SATURDAY LIST: My 5 Current Musical Theatre Obsessions

Posted on August 30, 2014 by David Fick

For today’s edition of the “Saturday List” on Musical Cyberspace, I thought I would share my 5 current musical theatre obsessions, the things that I am finding most fascinating in the world of musical theatre – right here, right now. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged Andrew Lippa, Annie Get Your Gun, Brokeback Mountain, Cabaret, Colonel Buffalo Bill, Contact, Dawson's Creek, Dorothy Fields, Ethel Merman, Fred Ebb, Herbert Fields, I Remember Mama, Irving Berlin, John Kander, Joseph Moncure March, Marc Shaiman, Martin Charnin, Megan Hilty, Michael John LaChiusa, Michelle Williams, Native American, Native Americans, Peter Stone, Raymond Jessel, Richard Rodgers, Scott Wittman, Smash, The Wild Party, Thomas Meehan, YouTube | Leave a comment

Musical Theatre Sunday School: In the Beginning…

Posted on August 24, 2014 by David Fick

In the beginning, there was music and there was drama, and musical theatre was without form. Broadway was in darkness. And Henry Jarrett and Harry Palmer moved upon the face of the district, by arrangement with William Wheatley. “Let there be light,” they said: and there was THE BLACK CROOK. Continue reading →

Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School | Tagged Annie Get Your Gun, Anything Goes, Babes in Arms, Babes in Toyland, Bloomer Girl, Brigadoon, Carousel, Cole Porter, Dearest Enemy, Die Lustige Witwe, DuBarry Was a Lady, Ethel Merman, Finian's Rainbow, Floradora, Florenz Zeigfeld, Follies, Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway, Franz Lehar, George Gershwin, George M. Cohan, George Washington Jr, George White, Girl Crazy, Harry Palmer, Harry Tierney, Henry Jarrett, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, It Happened in Nordland, Jerome Kern, John Murray Anderson, Joseph McCarthy, Kiss Me Kate, Kurt Weill, Lady in the Dark, Leave it to Jane, Leave it To Me, Little Johnny Jones, Little Nemo, Lorenz Hart, Miss Dolly Dollars, Moss Hart, Musical Comedy, Naughty Marietta, No No Nanette, Noël Coward, Of Thee I Sing, Oh Boy!, Oh Kay!, Oh! Lady! Lady!, Oklahoma!, On the Town, On Your Toes, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pal Joey, Princess Theatre, Richard Rodgers, Scandals, Set to Music, South Pacific, Strike Up the Band, Sunny, The Black Crook, The Greenwich Village Follies, The Merry Widow, The Red Mill, The Song of Norway, The Third Little Show, The Vagabond King, The Wizard of Oz, Tonight at 8:30, Victor Herbert, Vincent Youman, William Wheatley | Leave a comment

CD Reviews: A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER

Posted on April 4, 2014 by David Fick

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is a fantastic addition to the musical theatre collection of any fan of the form. Continue reading →

Posted in CD Reviews | Tagged A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Bryce Pinkham, Cole Porter, Ghostlight Records, Gilbert and Sullivan, Hartford Stage, Israel Rank, Jefferson Mays, Lauren Worsham, Lisa O'Hare, Lorenz Hart, Noël Coward, Richard Rodgers, Robert L. Freeman, Roy Horniman, Steven Lutvak | Leave a comment

NEWSFLASH: Carly Rae Jepsen to Star in CINDERELLA on Broadway

Posted on December 30, 2013 by David Fick

Carly Rae Jepsen, the singer of the catchy pop hit “Call Me Maybe”, will take over the role of Ella in the current Broadway production of CINDERELLA. Continue reading →

Posted in Newsflash | Tagged Carly Rae Jepsen, Carrie Underwood, Cinderella, Douglas Carter Bean, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Rodgers and Hammerstein | Leave a comment

Monday Montage: CINDERELLA

Posted on April 29, 2013 by David Fick

The Monday Montage for today focuses on Cinderella, the new adaptation of the classic Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein television musical by Douglas Carter Beane. The show opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on 3 March 2013. The original score of … Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Montage | Tagged Cinderella, Douglas Carter Beane, Happy Birthday, Main Street to Broadway, Monday Montage, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pinterest, Richard Rodgers, South Pacfic, The Sound of Music | 1 Comment

Musical Theatre Sunday School: THE BOY FRIEND Readathon Part 3

Posted on March 17, 2013 by David Fick

Today’s Musical Theatre Sunday School continues with the readathon of The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson, which we started two weeks ago. We’ve covered the preface, author’s note and first act so far and today’s reading focuses on Act II … Continue reading →

Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School | Tagged Lido Lady, Lorenz Hart, No No Nanette, Richard Rodgers, Sandy Wilson, The Boy Friend, YouTube | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Richard Rodgers

The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs

Monday Meditation: I am Not Over the Old Masters

Forgotten Musicals Friday: ALL AMERICAN

Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration

THE SATURDAY LIST: My 5 Current Musical Theatre Obsessions

Musical Theatre Sunday School: In the Beginning…

CD Reviews: A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER

NEWSFLASH: Carly Rae Jepsen to Star in CINDERELLA on Broadway

Monday Montage: CINDERELLA

Musical Theatre Sunday School: THE BOY FRIEND Readathon Part 3

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