Tag Archives: Richard Rodgers

May Madness: The Scariest Song in Musical Theatre

Posted on May 4, 2011 by David Fick

May is a mad month. A month of random musings about various topics related to musical theatre. Feel free to share your thoughts on each topic in the comment box below. The Scariest Song in Musical Theatre When I think … Continue reading →

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May Madness: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “I Want” Songs

Posted on May 3, 2011 by David Fick

May is a mad month. A month of random musings about various topics related to musical theatre. Feel free to share your thoughts on each topic in the comment box below. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “I Want” Songs The “I Want … Continue reading →

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May Madess: Are Darker Musicals Better?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by David Fick

May is a mad month. A month of random musings about various topics related to musical theatre. Feel free to share your thoughts on each topic in the comment box below. Are Darker Musicals Better? I have heard plenty of … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: A Song with the Best Music

Posted on April 17, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song from a musical with the best music. After a great deal of thought, I thought I would choose “This Nearly Was Mine” from South Pacific. It’s a beautiful piece of music, a heartbreaking waltz from Richard Rodgers, … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: A Familiar Musical

Posted on April 9, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song from a musical of which you know all (or nearly all) the lines. There are certainly a few of these. The Sound of Music is one – and I sing through all of the songs while I’m … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: Your First Musical

Posted on April 1, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song from your first musical. The first musical to which I was exposed was Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s The Sound of Music, which my grandmother used to put on the record player in the afternoons when … Continue reading →

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JUMBO: the SPIDER-MAN of 1935

Posted on January 24, 2011 by David Fick

I just read a rather interesting article by Michael Sommers of the New Jersey Newsroom comparing the follies of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s Jumbo with those of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the show that has caused such a … Continue reading →

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Ethel Merman sings “Ten Cents a Dance”

Posted on September 4, 2010 by David Fick

Here’s a video of Ethel Merman singing Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s “Ten Cents a Dance” from Simple Simon. I pity the tough guy who would try to ‘tear her gown’. She looks like she’d deck him and do some … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on THE BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

Posted on June 20, 2010 by David Fick

I went to see the 14:00 show Ben Elton and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Boys in the Photograph today. What follows are my thoughts on the show, a revised version of the 2000 musical The Beautiful Game. I shall also … Continue reading →

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Deconstructing Disney: AIDA Part 5

Posted on May 7, 2010 by David Fick

This is Part 5 in a series of posts that examines Disney’s Aida in detail. Aida has a book by Linda Woolverton, David Henry Hwang and Robert Falls, lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Elton John. Act 1 Scene … Continue reading →

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