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Tag Archives: Stephen Sondheim
THE SATURDAY LIST: Five Favourite “Small Cast” Shows
For today’s Saturday List, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some “small cast” shows. By their very nature, these shows are more intimate than the big musicals that play the biggest houses on Broadway, in the West End and internationally. Some are introspective, others are side-splittingly funny – but many are just as moving as their classic, big, blockbuster counterparts. Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Story, A Grand NIght for Singing, Adam Gwon, Benj Pasek, Craig Lucas, Dear Evan Hansen, Dogfight, Edges, Gregg Edelman, Jason Robert Brown, Justin Paul, Marry Me a Little, Martin Vidnovic, Mrs Dalloway, Norman René, Ordinary Days, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, The Greatest Showman, The Last Five Years, Virginia Woolf, Walter Bobbie
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THE SATURDAY LIST: Happy Birthday, “Sunday”!
Does anyone still finish a hat? Come and celebrate the Broadway birthday of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Musical Cyberspace. Continue reading
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Tagged James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George
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The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs
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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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alexander Borodin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angela Lansbury, Arms and the Man, Arthur Dove, B.G. DeSylva, Bea Arthur, Belle Baker, Betsy, Betty Buckley, Bianca le Grange, Bobby Darin, Borrah Minevitch, Brian Crawley, Bye Bye Birdie, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Duane Alexander, Earl Gregory, Edith Bradford, EY Harburg, Ferenc Martos, Fergus O'Farrell, Frank Wildhorn, Funny Face, Galt MacDermot, George Bernard Shaw, George Forrest, Gerome Ragni, Glen Hansard, Grey Gardens, Gypsy, Hair, Harold Arlen, Harry Graham, Herbert Kretzmer, Irving Berlin, Irving Berlin’s Music Box Revue, Irving Caesar, Ivor Novello, James Rado, Jeanine Tesori, Jermone Robbins, Jerome Kern, Jerry Bock, Jerry Leiber, Joe Masteroff, Jonathan Roxmouth, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jule Styne, Kismet, L Frank Baum, Leopold Jacobson, Les Misérables, Lilac Time, Lorenz Hart, Louis Zurnamer, Lynn Ahrens, Markéta Irglová, Michael Park, Mike Stoller, Miksa Bródy, Nan Knighton, No No Nanette, Nunsense, Once, Oscar Straus, Otto Harbach, Paul Warwick Griffin, Perchance to Dream, Pieter Toerien Productions, Prince Igor, Rachel York, Ragtime, Really Useful Group, Richard Rodgers, Robert Wright, Rudolf Bernauer, Sally, She Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, Smokey Joe's Café, Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, Steve Sanders, Sweeney Todd, Sybil, Sybill, Tallulah Bankhead, The Beach Boys, The Chocolate Soldier, The Color Purple, The Drifters, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Wizard of Oz, The Yearling, Tim Rice, Tony Awards, Victor Jacobi, Vincent Youmans, Violet, White Christmas, Ziegfeld Follies, Zip Goes a Million
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Monday Meditation: I’m Over Being Concerned About What Musicals I Should Like
Have you ever read one of those polls on a musical theatre forum asking what your guilty pleasures are? I always struggle to participate in threads like those because I really do find worth in even the worst musicals. Continue reading
The Saturday List: 5 Cookin’ Musicals of the 1950s
What’s buzzin, cuzzins? This is a list of 5 of my favourite musicals of the 1950s.
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Tagged Abe Burrows, Alan Jay Lerner, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Laurents, Frank Loesser, Frederick Loewe, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Jule Styne, Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein, My Fair Lady, Sandy Wilson, Stephen Sondheim, The Boy Friend, Tim Rice, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1980s Musicals
Choosing ten favourite songs from 1980s musicals was considerably easier than choosing songs for similar lists from the 1960s and 1970s. There just weren’t as many great shows with great scores in the 1980s. Ranking the songs is another story. Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arthur Laurents, Aspects of Love, Baby, Cats, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Dreamgirls, Elaine Paige, George Hearn, Griffith Frank, Harold Prince, Howard Ashman, Into the Woods, Jerry Herman, John Kander. Fred Ebb, Julia Murney, La Cage aux Folles, Lea Salonga, Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors, Liza Minnelli, Merrily We Roll Along, Miss Saigon, Nine, Raul Julia, Starlight Express, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Fantasticks, The Phantom of the Opera, The Rink, Woman of the Year, YouTube
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Dumbed Down Discourse: Challenges Facing Artists, Audiences and the Arts
Something’s been bubbling under for a long time. And IT has starting to erupt. IT started brewing a long time ago, and I’m only now realising what IT is… Continue reading →