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Tag Archives: West Side Story
The Saturday List: What’s in a Name, Mr Sondheim?
For this week’s Saturday List, I thought it might be fun to take a look at songs with people’s names in the title from shows where Stephen Sondheim wrote lyrics were set to other composers’ music. Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Tveit, Angela Lansbury, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Arthur Laurents, Audra McDonald, Colm Wilkinson, Do I Hear a Waltz, Elizabeth Allen, Everybody Loves Leona, Gypsy, Jeremy Jordan, Jerome Robbins, Jule Styne, Larry Kert, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Bonanni, Matt Doyle, Michael Ball, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, Suffs, Sunday in the Park With George, The Beggar's Opera, Tony Kushner, West Side Story
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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: A Final Sense of Genius in Sondheim’s HERE WE ARE
The release of the cast album of HERE WE ARE, the final new musical to feature music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, seamlessly integrated into a book by David Ives, marks the end of an era. This week’s Saturday List explores how Sondheim’s sense of genius is seen in his last original cast album. Continue reading
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Tagged Amber Gray, Anyone Can Whistle, Assassins, Bobby Cannavale, David Hyde Pierce, David Ives, Denis O’Hare, Finishing the Hat, Follies, Griffin Theatre, Here We Are, Jeremy Shamos, Jesse Green, Jin Ha, Joe Mantello, Luis Buñuel, Micaela Diamond, Passion, Rachel Bay Jones, Steven Pasquale, Steven Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Exterminating Angel, The New York Times, The Shed, The Wizard of Oz, Tracie Bennett, West Side Story
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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: 1958 in Musical Theatre
Today’s Saturday List takes a look at the highs and lows of 1958 on musical theatre stages. Continue reading
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Tagged 1958, Abbe Lane, Academy Awards, Bobby Fischer, Captain!, Damn Yankees, David Henry Hwang, Domenico Modugno, Don Ameche, Dwight Eisenhower, Elaine Stritch, Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello!, Flower Drum Song, Gerald Holtom, Gigi, Goldilocks, Gypsy, Harold Prince, Jean Kerr, Jerry Bock, Joan Ford, Joseph Stein, La Plume de Ma Tante, Miyoshi Umeki, My Fair Lady, NASA, Oh Captain!, Oscar Hammerstein II, Redhead, Richard Rodgers, She Loves Me, Sheldon Harnick, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Body Beautiful, The Captain's Paradise, The Everley Brothers, The Pajama Game, West Side Story, Will Glickman
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Forgotten Musicals Friday: LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’!
I could show you my favourite obsession…. Well, it isn’t THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. That’s not a forgotten musical. On the other hand, LOOK MA, I’M DANCIN’! is, one that is so charming that it would be churlish not to shine the spotlight on it here. Continue reading
Posted in Forgotten Musicals Friday
Tagged Arthur Laurents, Fiddler on the Roof, George Abbott, Good News, Gypsy, Hugh Martin, Jerome Lawrence, Jerome Robbins, Look Ma I'm Dancin'!, Mame, Meet Me in St Louis, Oklahoma!, On the Town, Robert Edwin Lee, THe Rocky Horror Show, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: Ten Great Musical Theatre Dates
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
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Tagged Alan Menken, Beauty and the Beast, Benj Pasek, Carousel, Dogfight, Frank Loesser, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Harvey Schmidt, Howard Ashman, Jonathan Larson, Jule Stye, Justin Paul, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, RENT, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Stephen Sondheim, The Fantasticks, The King and I, Tim Jones, West Side Story
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The Saturday List: The Best WEST SIDE STORY on Record
To mark the release of Steven Spielberg’s new film and its accompanying motion picture soundtrack, Musical Cyberspace is revisiting a favourite topic: just which recording of West Side Story is ‘the gold-medal kid with the heavyweight crown? Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, Cast Recording Reviews, The Saturday List
Tagged Ansell Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Arthur Laurents, Broadway, Carol Lawrence, Caroline O'Connor, Cast Recordings, Chita Rivera, David Newman, Gustavo Dudamel, Jerome Robbins, Jim Bryant, Larry Kert, Leonard Bernstein, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marni Nixon, Mike Faist, Rachel Ziegler, Rita Moreno, Stephen Sondheim, Tony Kushner, West Side Story
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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
Posted in Monday Meditation
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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NEWSFLASH: Musicals in South Africa in 2013 – a Retrospective
A look back at the musicals seen on stage in South Africa in 2013. Continue reading
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