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Tag Archives: The Wild Party
The Saturday List: Brilliance and Resilience at the 2024 Tony Awards
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
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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
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The Saturday List: 5 Enchanting AIDA Songs That Aren’t Just Passing Through
Today is the anniversary of the opening of Disney’s AIDA. In today’s Saturday List, we’re taking a look at the five best songs in the score, those that give audiences more than a sense of “Enchantment Passing Through.” Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Pascal, Aida, Beauty and the Beast, Contact, David Henry Hwang, Disney, Disney Theatricals, Dru Hill, Elton John, George C. Wolfe, Heather Headley, Kelly Price, LeeAnn Rimes, Linda Woolverton, Michael John LaChiusa, music, Musical, Robert Falls, Sherie Rene Scott, The Lion King, The Wild Party, Tim Rice
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The Saturday List: 10 Times the Musical Challenged Its Dismissal as a Relevant Art Form
Although many people dismiss the musical as a relevant form of artistic expression, the musical can easily hold its own alongside any form of theatre you might care to mention. So I thought that today, I might put together a Saturday list of just ten times musicals have been completely in step with the world around them. Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Green, Andrew Lippa, Betty Comden, Blood Brothers, Camp David, David Kramer, District Six, Dreamgirls, Edward Said, Elliot Norton, Follies, Fun Home, George C. Wolfe, Gone With the Wind, Harvey Milk, Henry Krieger, Idi Amin, James Goldman, James Michener, Jeanine Tesori, Jerome Kern, John Weidman, Kat and the Kings, Leonard Bernstein, Lisa Kron, Michael John LaChiusa, Musical Theatre, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Oscar Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific Overtures, Richard Rodgers, Show Boat, Sono Osato, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, Taliep Petersen, The Wild Party, Tom Eyen, Trevor Nunn, Watergate, Willy Russell
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THE SATURDAY LIST: Open a New Window on MAME!
The legendary Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee musical Mame opened for the first time on Broadway in May 1966. Who could lead a revival as the show heads towards its diamond anniversary? Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Adams, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Carmen Cusack, James Lapine, Jerome Lawrence, Jerry Herman, Katrina Lenk, Mame, Michael John LaChiusa, Michael Korie, Oscars, Robert Edwin Lee, Scott Rudin, Stephanie J. Block, Sutton Foster, The Wild Party, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tom Kitt, Toni Collette, Tony Awards
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Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration
There are three separate elements of divine integration in musical theatre: the book, the music and the lyrics. Continue reading
Posted in Musical Theatre Sunday School, Theatremaking, Theory and Practice
Tagged A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, George Gershwin, Gypsy, Ira Gershwin, Lady Be Good, Lorenz Hart, lyrics, Musical Theatre, musical theatre technique, Oh Kay!, Pal Joey, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Schwartz, The Wild Party, Wicked
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THE SATURDAY LIST: Musical Theatre Related Things that Get Me Excited
It’s time for another “Saturday List” and today I thought I would share some musical theatre related things that get me excited. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Continue reading
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Tagged A Chirstmas Story, A Family Affair, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Benj Pasek, Bernarda Alba, BroadwayWorld, BroadwayWorld South Africa, Carrie Underwood, Chicago, Christian Borle, Dogfight, Dreamgirls, Edges, Grease, Hello Again, Into the Woods, iTunes, James and the Giant Peach, Justin Paul, Laura Benanti, Lucky Stiff, Marie Chrisine, Michael John LaChiusa, Nine, Opera News, Oscars, Peter Pan, Rob Ashford, Roland Perold, Shirley MacLaine, The Last Five Years, The Music Man, The Snow Queen, The Sound of Music, The Wild Party, You Bet Your Life!, YouTube
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Monday Meditation: I’ll Never Get Over (Trying to Understand) Michael John LaChiusa
Is there any theatremaker working in musical theatre today who is as divisive as Michael John LaChiusa? Some people think his work is amazing, diverse and complex while others think he writes musicals that are unmemorable, one-note and pretentious. I’m in the former category. Continue reading
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Tagged Anyone Can Whistle, Company, David Thompson, Disney, Disney Theatricals, First Lady Suite, Follies, Fred Ebb, Hello Again, John Kander, Marc Shaiman, Marie Christine, Michael John LaChiusa, Shirley MacLaine, Stephen Sondheim, Sybille Pearson, The Wild Party
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Single-Song Showstopper: “My New Philosophy”
Today’s single-song showstopper is “My New Philosophy” from YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN. Come and discuss the song with us on Musical Cyberspace! Continue reading
May Madness: Musicals That Didn’t Win Tony Awards
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. Musicals That Didn’t Win Tony Awards What do Gypsy, … Continue reading
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