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Tag Archives: Show Boat
The Saturday List: All the Things Oscar Hammerstein II’s Lyrics Are
Today, we celebrate the birthday of musical theatre legend Oscar Hammerstein II. Born into a family who were already notable in theatre history, he would become the most renowned of the Hammerstein clan, not only because of his contributions to musical theatre as a lyricist and librettist but also as a practitioner who pushed the boundaries of what musical theatre could accomplish as an art form. Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Drake, Allegro, Aretha Franklin, Audra McDonald, Brittany Smith, Brooklyn Bridge, Carousel, Carrie Underwood, Cinderella, Craig Urbani, Dorothy Hammerstein, Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Presley, Ferenc Molnár, Flower Drum Song, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Green Grow the Lilacs, Gretha Boston, James Michener, Jerome Kern, Jessie Mueller, John Kerr, Josh Groban, Joshua Henry, Liliom, Lonette Mckee, Lynn Riggs, Marcus Mumford, Mary Martin, Michel Bell, Nina Simone, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Patti LaBelle, Paul Robeson, Paulo Szot, Pipe Dream, Rebecca Luker, Renee Fleming, Richard Rodgers, Rose-Marie, Rudolf Friml, Show Boat, SIgmund Romberg, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Desert Song, The King and I, The Sound of Music, Very Warm for May
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The Saturday List: Five Bees-Knees Musicals of the 1920s
How’s tricks, everyone? Today’s “Saturday List” takes a look at my top five musicals from the 1920s. Continue reading
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Tagged Bea Arthur, Bertolt Brecht, Bitter Sweet, Clifford Grey, Dearest Enemy, Dorothy Donnelly, Edmund Purdom, Edna Ferber, Fifty Million Frenchmen, Funny Face, George Gershwin, Gertrude Lawrence, Greatrex Newman, Guy Bolton, Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Jo Sullivan, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, Mario Lanza, Miles Kreuger, Mr Cinders, National Theatre, Nicholas Brodzsky, No No Nanette, NT Live, Oh Kay!, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, P. G. Wodehouse, Paul Francis Webster, Richard Myers, Rufus Norris, Show Boat, SIgmund Romberg, Simon Stephens, Strike Up the Band, The Desert Song, The Girl Friend, The Musicals Collection, The New Moon, The Student Prince, The Threepenny Opera, Vivian Ellis
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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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The Saturday List: 10 Reprehensible Responses to the NYGASP “MIKADO” Fiasco
My Saturday List would normally consist of a light-hearted collection of observations about musical theatre, but after reading some of the reprehensible responses to the fiasco surrounding the The New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players’ cancelled production of THE MIKADO, I felt that I had to address these in some way. Continue reading
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Musical Theatre Haiku Month: SHOW BOAT
Show Boat Make-believe lovers Believe loving makes the man; Rivers roll along Want to write your own Show Boat haiku? Head to the comment box and give it a try!
LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 4
Part 4 of this track-by-track Love Never Dies commentary deals with our introduction to Christine, Raoul and the new addition to their family three months after the Phantom sent for Christine under his ‘Mr Y’ pseudonym. (Mister Y = Mystery, … Continue reading
RIP Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson was an American actress, best known for her work in film musicals during the 1950s and on stage, mainly in opera, in the 1960s, although she certainly had a career in film and on television on either side … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchors Aweigh, Camelot, Julie Andrews, Kathryn Grayson, Kiss Me Kate, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, Obituaries, Show Boat
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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 5
The fifth part of my track-by-track Love Never Dies commentary gets us back on track with the the idea of a displaced formula, which was displaced in the previous sequence of scenes by further exposition. In tracks 13-15 on the … Continue reading →