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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

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1970s Musicals

Posted on March 23, 2013 by David Fick

The Saturday List this week features some of my favourite songs from 1970s musicals. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A Little Night Nusic, Annie, Bruce Kimmel, Chicago, Company, Dick Tracy, Dolly Parton, Dorothy Loudon, Every Little Step, Evita, Follies, Godspell, Grease, Gypsy, Into the Woods, James Lapine, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mack and Mabel, Melba Moore, Pacific Overtures, Pippin, Purlie, Putting It Together, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, Tennessee Williams, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, THe Rocky Horror Show, The Royal Variety Performance, The Wiz, They're Playing Our Song, West Side Story, YouTube | Leave a comment

A Chain of Musicals: GYPSY

Posted on January 3, 2012 by David Fick

In January, Musical Cyberspace is going to work through a chain of musicals. This is how it works: each day I will discuss, in brief, a musical linked to the previous day’s musical by some kind of common ground. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim | Tagged Angela Lansbury, Arthur Laurents, Gypsy, Jule Styne, Patti LuPone, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd | Leave a comment

A Chain of Musicals: SWEENEY TODD

Posted on January 2, 2012 by David Fick

Posted in Hugh Wheeler, Michael John LaChiusa, Stephen Sondheim | Tagged Angela Lansbury, Harold Prince, Hugh Wheeler, Marie Christine, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd | Leave a comment

May Madness: The Scariest Song in Musical Theatre

Posted on May 4, 2011 by David Fick

May is a mad month. A month of random musings about various topics related to musical theatre. Feel free to share your thoughts on each topic in the comment box below. The Scariest Song in Musical Theatre When I think … Continue reading →

Posted in Hugh Wheeler, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim | Tagged Hugh Wheeler, Oklahoma!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Sweeney Todd

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…

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1970s Musicals

A Chain of Musicals: GYPSY

A Chain of Musicals: SWEENEY TODD

May Madness: The Scariest Song in Musical Theatre

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