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Tag Archives: The Greatest Showman
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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Some Bite-Sized Thoughts on THE LOST BOYS
Four advance tracks from THE LOST BOYS reveal a polished, accessible pop score with flashes of greater dramatic substance. But “Superpower” raises a more troubling question: can a song borrow the language and structure of queer self-recognition while its creators hesitate to commit to the meaning they have clearly invoked? Continue reading →