Tag Archives: Show Boat

The Saturday List: Five Bees-Knees Musicals of the 1920s

Posted on July 30, 2022 by David Fick

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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The Saturday List: 10 Times the Musical Challenged Its Dismissal as a Relevant Art Form

Posted on January 15, 2022 by David Fick

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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The Saturday List: 10 Reprehensible Responses to the NYGASP “MIKADO” Fiasco

Posted on September 19, 2015 by David Fick

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

Posted on August 26, 2011 by David Fick

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!

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 5

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

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 →

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LOVE NEVER DIES: Track by Track – Part 4

Posted on March 10, 2010 by David Fick

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 →

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RIP Kathryn Grayson

Posted on February 18, 2010 by David Fick

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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New Minimalist Production of CAMELOT

Posted on December 19, 2009 by David Fick

The trend towards pared down productions that somehow supposedly enhance the audience’s insight into the show continues; this time with a new production of Camelot by the Pasadena Playhouse. From Playbill: “David Lee…has a fresh and exciting take on the … Continue reading →

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Theatre Reads

Posted on August 26, 2009 by David Fick

I’m busy reading two books on musicals at the same time: Show Boat: the Story of a Classic American Musical and Everything Was Possible: the Birth of the Musical Follies. Both are brilliant and I hope that everyone who visits … Continue reading →

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