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Tag Archives: Stephen Schwartz
The Saturday List: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!
One way of measuring success in musical theatre is the length of a musical’s Broadway run. Of course, that’s just one measure of success and it certainly doesn’t always take craft and artistry into account. Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged A Chorus Line, ABBA, Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Beauty and the Beast, Bob Fosse, Catherine Johnson, Cats, Charles Hart, Cher, Chicago, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Edward Kleban, Elton John, Fred Ebb, Gregory Maguire, Hans Zimmer, Harold Pinter, Harold Prince, How Musicals Work, Howard Ashman, Jacques Levy, James Kirkwood, John Kander, Jules Feiffer, Julian Woolford, Julie Taymor, Kenneth Tynan, Lebo M, Linda Woolverton, Mamma Mia!, Marvin Hamlisch, Nicholas Dante, Oh! Calcutta!, Peter Schickele, Richard Stilgoe, Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden, Stephen Schwartz, T. S. Eliot, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Tim Rice, Wicked, Winnie Holzman
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The Saturday List: Lights, Camera, Action! Ten Movie Musicals on the Way to the Silver Screen
Who doesn’t love a great movie musical? OK, there are loads of people who don’t. But I do, and it’s devastating when one doesn’t live up to its potential. On this week’s Saturday List, I’m taking a look at ten upcoming movie musicals to which I’m looking forward. Some of these are nowhere near opening day, but here’s hoping! Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Movies, The Saturday List
Tagged Alain Boublil, Alan Jay Lerner, Alan Menken, Anna Karenina, Arthur Schnitzler, Atonement, Audra McDonald, Bob Fosse, Bob Weinstein, Brad Pitt, Cameron Mackintosh, Cannes, Carey Mulligan, Cheyenne Jackson, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Cory Krueckeberg, Craig Zadan, Dan Stevens, Danny Boyle, David Hare, Disney, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Frederick Loewe, George Clooney, Harvey Weinstein, Hello Again, Howard Ashman, In the Heights, James Ponsoldt, Joe Wright, John Madden, Keira Knightly, Kenny Ortega, La Ronde, Lee Daniels, Les Misérables, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Madama Butterfly, Marc Klein, Martha Plimpton, Michael John LaChiusa, Miramax, Miss Saigon, My Fair Lady, Neil Meron, Newsies, Paula Wagner, Pippin, Pride and Prejudice, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Rex Harrison, Rob Marshall, Roger O. Hirson, Stephen Chbosky, Stephen Schwartz, T.R. Knight, The Blue Room, The Weinstein Company, Tim Rice, Tom Gustafson, Universal
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Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration
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
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30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Overrated Musical
Post a song demonstrating how overrated you think a musical is. Wicked has its moments. Sure, the book lacks focus and the second act is a complete mess-up story-wise, but part of the score is on the right track. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff, Stephen Schwartz, YouTube
Tagged Adam Lambert, Rachel Gonzalez, Stephen Schwartz, Wicked, YouTube
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Photos: WICKED’s New Elphaba
There’s a new witch in Wicked now that Mandy Gonzalez has taken over the role of Elphaba on Broadway and thanks to some photographs by Joan Marcus of the current New York cast of Wicked, we get to see what … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, Musicals, Photo Calls
Tagged Alex Brightman, Andy Karl, Broadway, Gregory Maguire, Jenny Fellner, Joan Marcus, Joe Mantello, Katie Rose Clarke, Mandy Gonzalez, Musicals, P.J. Benjamin, Photographs, Rondi Reed, Stephen Schwartz, Timothy Britten Parker, Wayne Cilento, Wicked, Winnie Holzman
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NEWSFLASH: GODSPELL Revival on Broadway?
Playbill and Variety are reporting that the oft-rumoured Godspell revival is aiming for a 2010-2011 season Broadway bow. The show was last making its way to Broadway (for the first time since 1977) in 2008, but that was canceled because … Continue reading
Posted in John-Michael Tebelak, Stephen Schwartz
Tagged Godspell, John-Michael Tebelak, Stephen Schwartz
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Bernstein’s MASS gets lyrics by Schwartz
The Northwestern University performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass starts tonight at the Cahn Auditorium and will run until November 15th. In consultation with Jamie Bernstein, new lyrics for Mass have been created by Stephen Schwartz. Featuring an eclectic mix of … Continue reading
Posted in Classical Music, Concerts, Grammy Awards, Regional
Tagged Classical Music, Concerts, Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Mass, Regional, Stephen Schwartz
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