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The Saturday List: Brilliance and Resilience at the 2024 Tony Awards

Posted on June 22, 2024 by David Fick

Ah, the Tony Awards – a night meant to celebrate the dazzling world of Broadway with all the glitz and glamour one can muster. This week’s Saturday List recaps the highs of this year’s ceremony. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Alicia Keys, Angels in America, Appropriate, Audra McDonald, Branden Jacob Jenkins, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk, Broadway, Carole Rothman, Caroline, CJay Philip, Company, Contact, Daniel Radcliffe, David Zinn, Dede Ayite, Follies, George C. Wolfe, Hana S. Kim, Hell's Kitchen, Illinois, Into the Woods, Jack O'Brien, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Jay-Z, Jonathan Groff, Jonathan Tunick, Julianne Hough, Justin Peck, Kecia Lewis, Linda Cho, Lindsay Mendez, Maria Friedman, Merrily We Roll Along, Musical, Nine, or Change, Pacific Overtures, Passion, Pulitzer Prize, Putting It Together, Road Show, Shuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, Simon Evans, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, The Frogs, The Normal Heart, The Outsiders, The Wild Party, theatre, Tony Awards, Utkarsh Ambudkar | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: ROUND IN FIFTY

Posted on March 16, 2024 by David Fick

Pack your bags and buckle up, fellow travellers, as we embark on a whirlwind adventure inspired by the classic novel, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHT DAYS to celebrate the opening of its musical sequel, ROUND IN FIFTY! Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Chorus Line, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Aladdin, Alain Boublil, Alec Kellaway, Alun Armstrong, An American in Paris, Angela Lansbury, Annaleigh Ashford, Around the World in Eighty Days, Arthur Kopit, Arthur Laurents, Baker Street, Beauty and the Beast, Benj Pasek, Broadway, Can-Can, Carol Lawrence., Chita Rivera, Chu Chem, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Clifford Harris, Cole Porter, Colm Wilkinson, David BUrt, Dear Evan Hansen, Derek Klena, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Dogfight, Eugene Lee, Flower Drum Song, Frances Ruffelle, George Robey, Hamilton, Harold Prince, Herbert Kretzmer, Herman Finckby, Isaac Powell, Ivo Van Hove, Jas W. Tate, Jean-Marc Natel, Julian Wylie, Justin Paul, Kinky Boots, Larry Kert, Lauri Wylie, Lea Salonga, Len Cariou, Leonard Bernstein, Les Misérables, Liliane Gilbert, Liliane Montevecchi, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lindsay Mendez, Lute Song, Mary Martin, Mary Poppins, Matilda, Maury Yeston, Michael Ball, Mrs Doubtfire, music, Musical, Musicals, My Fair Lady, Newsies, Norm Lewis, Oliver!, On the Town, Passion, Patti LuPone, Peter Duchan, Philip Quast, Ramin Karimloo, Raul Julia, Rebecca Caine, Roger Allam, Round in Fifty, Ruthie Henshall, Sax Rohmer, SHereen Pimentel, Sophie Tucker, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Jane Janner, Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, The Phantom of the Opera, theater, theatre, West Side Story, Wonderful Town | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Schoeman Smit’s Stupendous Showstoppers!

Posted on February 3, 2024 by David Fick

In today’s “Saturday List,” we fete the South African musical theatre performer Schoeman Smit as he celebrates another trip around the sun! Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged 10. The Nose: A Preposterous Family Musical, Alan Jay Lerner, Alexander Bar and Theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anex Theatre Productions, Artscape, Audra McDonald, Bram Stoker, Camelot, Cape Town Opera, Charon Williams-Ros, Claire Taylor, Craig Urbani, Dal Segno Theatre, Devil Song, Earl Gregory, Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, Eva Peron, Evita, Frederick Loewe, Geoffrey Chaucer, Gisele Turner, Harold Prince, Howard Lindsay, Ian Bothma, IOL, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jonathan Roxmouth, Karen Rutter, Kit Goldstein Grant, Lyle Buxton, Lynn Ahrens, Margot Wood, Masego Panyane, Melissa George, Michael Polese, music, Musical, Musical Theatre, Natasha van der Merwe, Neels Clasen, Nikolai Gogol, PG Wodehouse, Picture Incomplete, Pieter Toerien Productions, review, Richard White, Robyn Cohen, Rock of Ages, Schoeman Smit, Sinbad the Sailor, singing teacher, Steven Stead, Sweeney Todd, Tara Notcutt, Teatro at Montecasino, Terence Bridgett, The Outlore, The Sound of Music, theatre, Tim Rice, Tobie Cronje, Trent Armand Kendall, vocal coach, VR Theatrical, Weekend Special, Widaad Albertus, William Shakespeare, Zak Hendricks, Zankel Hall | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Lloyd Webber – Act II

Posted on January 20, 2024 by David Fick

Hold onto your top hats and chandeliers, musical theatre enthusiasts, because we’re about to embark on a musical journey through the second act of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s illustrious career. Continue reading →

Posted in Broadway, The Saturday List | Tagged Alexander Hanson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Aspects of Love, Bad Cinderella, Ben Elton, Benjamin Britten, Broadway, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Cats, Charlotte Blackledge, Cinderella, David Zippel, Don Black, E.Y. Yip Harburg, Emerald Fennell, Evita, Frederick Forsyth, George Abbott, Glenn Slater, Hannah Waddingham, Harold Arlen, Jesus Christ Superstar, Julian Fellowes, Justin Collette, Laura Michelle Kelly, Love Never Dies, Maria Friedman, Michael Ball, Musical, Oscar Hammerstin II, Phantom of the Opera, Ramin Karimloo, Richard Rodgers, School of Rock, Sierra Boggess, Stephen Ward, Sweeney Todd, The Beautiful Game, The Boys in the Photograph, The Phantom of the Opera, The Wizard of Oz, theatre, Tim Rice, Victoria Hamilton Barritt, West End | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: A Fine, Fine Life for I’D DO ANYTHING’s Nancies

Posted on March 12, 2022 by David Fick

Where are they now? A look at where the 12 musical theatre performers who competed for the role of Nancy in I’D DO ANYTHING, the 2008 BBC talent show cum reality series that searched for performers to play Oliver and Nancy in the 2009 London revival of the show, are today. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Little Night Music, A Taste of Honey, Academy Awards, Alice Playten, Amélie, Amy Booth-Steel, Andrew Lippa, Ashley J Russell, Barry Manilow, Bend it Like Beckham, Betty Blue Eyes, Boy George, Bruce Prochnik, Bugsy Malone, Cabaret, Can't Smile Without You, Caroline or Change, Chernobyl, Chicago, City of Angels, Cleo Royer, Come From Away, Davy Jones, Dick Whittington, Dirty Dancing, Dreamboats and Petticoats, Eddie Redmayne, Fargo, Footloose, Francesca Jackson, From Here to Eternity, Frozen, Georgia Brown, Hugh Wheeler, I'd Do Anything, Jessie Buckley, Jodie Prenger, john & jen, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Judy, Keisha Amponsa-Banson, Les Misérables, Lionel Bart, Little Shop of Horrors, Love Never Dies, Mamma Mia!, Million Dollar Quartet, Monty Python's Spamalot, Musical Theatre, Niamh Perry, Oliver!, Once, Oscars, Pobol Y Cwm, Pretty Woman, Rachel Tucker, Rhonda Graam, Robin Hood, Samantha Barker, Sarah Lark, School of Rock, Shakespeare, Shirley Valentine, Shrek, Sister Act, Snow White, Stand Tall: A Rock Musical, Stephen Sondheim, Sting, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd, Taboo, Tara Bethen, The Beautiful Game, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Last Ship, The Light Princess, The Lion King, The Little Prince, The Lost Daughter, The Pajama Game, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, The Woman in White, Tina the Musical, Tina Turner, Tom Greenwald, Tori Amos, We Will Rock You, Wicked, Women's Month | 2 Comments

The Saturday List: Best ‘Memories’ of Elaine Paige

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Tjaart van der Walt

Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the most well known leading ladies of the modern musical theatre era, Elaine Paige. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged ABBA, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anything Goes, Barbara Dickson, Benny Andersson, Betty Buckley, Björn Ulvaeus, Cats, Chess, Elaine Paige, Evita, Follies, Howard McGillin, Olivier Awards, Patti LuPone, Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd, The King and I, Tim Rice, West End | Leave a comment

March Monikers: “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd”

Posted on March 1, 2022 by David Fick

March 2022 at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. Today: “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd!” Continue reading →

Posted in 30 Day Challenges, March Monikers | Tagged Dee Snyder, Eleri Ward, Lea Delaria, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs, Part 1

Posted on April 30, 2016 by David Fick

A list of colourful songs to celebrate the South Africa revival of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Part one of a three-part series. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged Alain Boublil, Alexander Borodin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bianca le Grange, Bobby Darin, Brian Crawley, Charl-Johan Lingenfelder, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Duane Alexander, Earl Gregory, EY Harburg, Frank Wildhorn, Galt MacDermot, George Forrest, Gerome Ragni, Hair, Harold Arlen, Herbert Kretzmer, Irving Caesar, James Rado, Jeanine Tesori, Jerry Leiber, Jonathan Roxmouth, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kismet, L Frank Baum, Les Misérables, Louis Zurnamer, Lynn Ahrens, Michael Park, Mike Stoller, Nan Knighton, No No Nanette, Otto Harbach, Paul Warwick Griffin, Pieter Toerien Productions, Prince Igor, Ragtime, Really Useful Group, Robert Wright, Smokey Joe's Café, Stephen Flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, The Beach Boys, The Drifters, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Wizard of Oz, The Yearling, Tim Rice, Vincent Youmans, Violet | 2 Comments

The Saturday List: The Marvin Hamlisch Musicals Countdown

Posted on December 19, 2015 by David Fick

The Marvin Hamlisch story is the subject of a brand new show, I’M PLAYING YOUR SONG. In today’s “Saturday List”, Musical Cyberspace takes a look at Hamlisch’s five greatest musicals. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Chorus Line, Alan Swerdlow, Bernard Jay, Bethany Dickson, Bianca le Grange, Blood Brothers, Bob Crowley, Cabaret, Carole Bayer Sager, Chicago, Christopher Wheeldon, Craig Carnelia, Craig Urbani, David Kramer, David Zippel, Dean Balie, Don Black, Drama Desk Awards, Edward Kleban, Every Little Step, Grant Almirall, Howard Ashman, I’m Playing Your Song, Jean Seberg, Joan Brickhill, Joburg Theatre, Jodi Benson, John Guare, Jonathan Roxmouth, KickstArt Theatre Company, Little Shop of Horrors, Louis Burke, Marloe Scott-Wilson, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Kidd, Mike Huff, Mixing Bowl Productions, Montecasino, Neil Simon, Nicholas Hytner, Orpheus in Africa, Pieter Toerien Productions, Samuel French, Sharon Spiegel-Wagner, Shrek, Singin' in the Rain, Sister Act, Smile, Sne Dladla, Steven Stead, Sweeney Todd, Sweet Smell of Success, The Goodbye Girl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Nutty Professer, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Way We Were, Theatre on the Bay, They're Playing Our Song, Toni Jean Erasmus, Tony Awards | Leave a comment

TITANIC vs RAGTIME…

Posted on December 24, 2013 by David Fick

Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s TITANIC features one of the best musical theatre scores of the 1990s – but so does Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s RAGTIME. Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Theatremaking | Tagged Annie Get Your Gun, Assassins, Audra McDonald, Bloomer Girl, Carousel, Floyd Colins, Floyd Collins, Les Misérables, Lynn Ahrens, Maury Yeston, Oklahoma!, Parade, Peter Stone, Ragtime, Stephen Flaherty, Sweeney Todd, Terrence McNally, The Phantom of the Opera, Titanic | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Sweeney Todd

The Saturday List: Brilliance and Resilience at the 2024 Tony Awards

The Saturday List: ROUND IN FIFTY

The Saturday List: Schoeman Smit’s Stupendous Showstoppers!

The Saturday List: Lloyd Webber – Act II

The Saturday List: A Fine, Fine Life for I’D DO ANYTHING’s Nancies

The Saturday List: Best ‘Memories’ of Elaine Paige

March Monikers: “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd”

The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs, Part 1

The Saturday List: The Marvin Hamlisch Musicals Countdown

TITANIC vs RAGTIME…

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