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The Saturday List: 1998 in Musical Theatre

Posted on January 14, 2023 by David Fick

Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1998 on musical theatre stages in New York and London! Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged 1998, A New Brain, Alfred Uhry, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Audra McDonald, Beauty and the Beast, Bill Clinton, Brandy, Brent Carver, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Carolee Carmello, Disney, Donmar Warehouse, Falsettos, Fosse, Frank Galati, Gale Edwards, Graciela Daniele, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, High Society, International Year of the Ocean, James Lapine, Janet Jackson, Jason Robert Brown, Jim Steinman, Kat and the Kings, Leo Frank, Lynn Ahrens, Malcolm Gets, Michael Arden, Monica, Mulan, New York City Center, Olivier Awards, Parade, Paul Simon, Penny Fuller, President Suharto, Ragtime, Saturday Night Fever, Savage Garden, Stephen Flaherty, Terrence McNally, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Beautiful Game, The Capeman, The Lion King, The Troubles, The Woman in White, Tony Awards, Whistle Down the Wind, William Finn | Leave a comment

Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE JUNGLE BOOK Look

Posted on July 22, 2022 by David Fick

We’re almost through THE JUNGLE BOOK for Forgotten Musicals Friday. This week, we’re taking a look at how the show came to life through its scenic design and costumes Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Musicals Friday | Tagged Dan Ostling, Disney, Julie Taymor, Mara Blumenfeld, Mary Zimmerman, Newsies, Rudyard Kipling, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Thomas Schumacher | 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: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!

Posted on January 29, 2022 by David Fick

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 | Leave a comment

Monday Meditation: I am Not Over the Old Masters

Posted on September 21, 2015 by David Fick

Sometimes its easy to forget just how far musicals have come; it’s also easy to dismiss how much the ground-breakers were doing at the time. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Meditation | Tagged Babes in Toyland, Cole Porter, Dearest Enemy, Disney, Disney Theatricals, Fifty Million Frenchmen, Glen MacDonough, Hamilton, Herbert Fields, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lorenz Hart, Oh Kay!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Sara Bareilles, Sunny, The Lion King, The Red Mill, The Wizard of Oz, Victor Herbert, Waitress, Watch Your Step | Leave a comment

Lost Songs: “Warthog Rhapsody” from THE LION KING

Posted on October 11, 2013 by David Fick

Before there was “Hakuna Matata”, there was “Warthog Rhapsody”. Thankfully, the song was replaced by the time THE LION KING was released. Continue reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged Disney, Disney Theatricals, Elton John, Rhythm of the Pridelands, The Lion King, The Lion King 1½, Tim Rice | Leave a comment

Musical Cyberspace: This Week’s Cover

Posted on October 7, 2013 by David Fick

Headlines for the week: Review Roundup: BLOOD BROTHERS in South Africa / Six Sweet Musicals of the 1960s / Lost Songs: “Warthog Rhapsody” Continue reading →

Posted in Covers | Tagged Blood Brothers, South Africa, The Lion King | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1990s Musicals

Posted on April 6, 2013 by David Fick

The 1990s. The next decade to be the subject of a Saturday List. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged A New Brain, Aida, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Assassins, Beauty and the Beast, Cameron Mackintosh, Elton John, Genn Close, Hello Again, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Liza Minnelli, Marie Christine, Martin Guerre, Maury Yeston, Parade, Passion, Patti LuPone, Ragtime, RENT, Songs for a New World, Sunset Boulevard, The Life, The Lion King, The Secret Garden, Tim Rice, Titanic, Whistle Down the Wind, YouTube | 1 Comment

Character Discussion: Scar, Villains and Patrick Page

Posted on October 30, 2011 by David Fick

Patrick Page did an interview with BroadwayWorld that deals mostly with his transformation into the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, but in which he also mentions his work for Disney Theatricals in Beauty and the Beast as Lumiere … Continue reading →

Posted in Disney Theatrical Productions, Irene Mecchi, Roger Allers | Tagged Beauty and the Beast, Disney Theatricals, Hamlet, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Irene Mecchi, Patrick Page, Richard III, Roger Allers, The Lion King | Leave a comment

Musical Theatre Haiku Month: THE LION KING

Posted on August 8, 2011 by David Fick

The Lion King Listen: the grass sings Shakespeare for a younger crew. Zoo puppets go wild! Want to write your own The Lion King haiku? Head to the comment box and give it a try!

Posted in Elton John, Fun Stuff, Hans Zimmer, Irene Mecchi, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, Lebo M, Marc Mancina, Roger Allers, Tim Rice | Tagged Broadway, Elton John, Haiku, Hans Zimmer, Irene Mecchi, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, Lebo M, Marc Mancina, Musicals, Roger Allers, The Lion King, Tim Rice | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: The Lion King

The Saturday List: 1998 in Musical Theatre

Forgotten Musicals Friday: THE JUNGLE BOOK Look

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

The Saturday List: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!

Monday Meditation: I am Not Over the Old Masters

Lost Songs: “Warthog Rhapsody” from THE LION KING

Musical Cyberspace: This Week’s Cover

The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1990s Musicals

Character Discussion: Scar, Villains and Patrick Page

Musical Theatre Haiku Month: THE LION KING

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