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The Saturday List: Don’t Talk, Just Kiss – Ten Great Musical Moments of Love and Longing
Happy International Kissing Day! In celebration of the simple pleasures associated with kissing, let’s take a trip through some of the most memorable, passionate and significant kisses in musical theatre for this week’s Saturday List. These moments capture the essence of love, longing and sometimes, sheer awkwardness. Pucker up! Continue reading
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Tagged Allee Willis, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arthur Laurents, Brenda Russell, Charles Hart, Fun Home, Hamilton, Howard Lindsay, Jeanine Tesori, John Logan, Jonathan Larson, Joshua Logan, Leonard Bernstein, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lisa Kron, Marsha Norman, Moulin Rouge, Oscar Hammerstein II, RENT, Richard Rodgers, Richard Stilgoe, Russel Crouse, South Pacific, Stephen Bray, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, Wicked, Winnie Holzman
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The Saturday List: ROUND IN FIFTY
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
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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
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The Saturday List: Ten Best Anti-Love Songs
Nobody I know enjoys dating. But experience tells us that there are good dates to be had. And so do musicals. So let’s take a look at ten great musical theatre dates – just in time for Valentine’s Day! Continue reading
The Saturday List: Broadway’s 10 Longest-Running Musicals Ranked!
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
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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
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Monday Meditation: I’m Over the Closing Night Blues
Some thoughts on closing nights, following the shuttering of THE VISIT. Continue reading
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Tagged Follies, Fred Ebb, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Graciela Daniele, Jerome Robbins, John Kander, La Cage aux Folles, Peter Gennaro, Revisals, Revivals, Shirley MacLaine, Terrence McNally, The Color Purple, The Phantom of the Opera, The Visit, Tony Awards, West Side Story, Wicked
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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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TITANIC vs RAGTIME…
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 →