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The Saturday List: Top 10 Musicals That Explore the Human Conscience

Posted on April 5, 2025 by David Fick

Today is the International Day of Conscience, the fifth anniversary of this global day of awareness established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2019 and first observed in 2020. In honour of this remarkable day, Musical Cyberspace is curating a list of ten musicals that delve deep into the moral and ethical dilemmas that individuals and societies face. After all, if we accept that musical theatre is a medium capable of exploring complex themes, is any theme more profound at this moment in history than the human conscience as people worldwide grapple with their own values and the complexities of what’s right and what’s wrong. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged Adam Lambert, Alain Boublil, Angels in America, Avenue Q, Benj Pasek, Cabaret, Caroline or Change, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Dear Evan Hansen, Donald Trump, Duncan Sheik, Fred Ebb, Haymitch Abernathy, Herbert Kretzmer, Hugh Masekela, Hugh Wheeler, Into the Woods, James Lapine, Jean-Marc Natel, Jeanine Tesori, Joe Masteroff, John Conrad, John Kander, Joshua Logan, Justin Paul, Katniss Everdeen, Lencia Kebede, Les Misérables, Li Jun Li, Martin Luther King Jr, Matthew Morrison, Mbongeni Ngema, Noxolo Dlamini, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Sarafina!, Show Boat, South Pacific, Spring Awakening, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Levenson, Steven Sater, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Hunger Games, The Wizard of Oz, Tony Kushner, Wicked, Winnie Holzman | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Don’t Talk, Just Kiss – Ten Great Musical Moments of Love and Longing

Posted on July 6, 2024 by David Fick

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 →

Posted in The Saturday List | 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 | Leave a comment

The Saturday List: Tony Award-winning Leading Actresses Who’ve Never Appeared in a Best Musical Nominee

Posted on June 15, 2024 by David Fick

In today’s Saturday List, we dive into some Broadway trivia and take a look at some exceptional talents who have won Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical at the Tony Awards over the years – but who have never graced the stage in a production that clinched a nomination for Best Musical. Continue reading →

Posted in The Saturday List | Tagged 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 42nd Street, A Little Night Music, A Streetcar Named Desire, Angel in the Wings, Bebe Neuwirth, Bette Midler, Broadway at the Bowl, Cabaret, Carnival in Flanders, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago, Chita Rivera, Cynthia Erivo, Darling of the Day, David Wayne, Delores Gray, Eden Espinosa, Fiddler on the Roof, Finian's Rainbow, Flora the Red Menace, Follies, Gayle Rankin, Gone With the Wind, Grace Hartman, Gypsy, Hello Dolly!, Hugh Button Shows, It Shoulda Been You, Lempicka, Liza Minnelli, Love Life, Maleah Joi Moon, Mr President, Natalia Makarova, Natasha Richardson, On Your Toes, Patricia Routledge, Sweet Charity, The Act, The Addams Family, The Color Purple, The Colour Purple, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Pajama Game, The Rink, Tovarich, Tyne Daly, Vivien Leigh, Wicked | 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’m Over the Closing Night Blues

Posted on June 15, 2015 by David Fick

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 | Leave a comment

Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration

Posted on August 31, 2014 by David Fick

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 | Leave a comment

30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Overrated Musical

Posted on April 4, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song demonstrating how overrated you think a musical is. Wicked has its moments. Sure, the book lacks focus and the second act is a complete mess-up story-wise, but part of the score is on the right track. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Stephen Schwartz, YouTube | Tagged Adam Lambert, Rachel Gonzalez, Stephen Schwartz, Wicked, YouTube | Leave a comment

30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Underrated Musical

Posted on April 3, 2011 by David Fick

Post a song demonstrating how underrated you think a musical is. The choice today is an easy one: Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild Party. That this brilliant, devastating show lost the Tony Award for Best Score to Aida is unforgivable. … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Lippa, Fun Stuff, Michael John LaChiusa | Tagged Andrew Lippa, Eartha Kitt, Mandy Patinkin, Michael John LaChiusa, The Wild Party, Toni Collette, Wicked, YouTube | Leave a comment

NEWSFLASH: ANNIE Remake: Will + Willow + Jay-Z

Posted on January 20, 2011 by David Fick

Will Smith is discussing the possibility of producing a remake of ANNIE with Sony. Continue reading →

Posted in Newsflash | Tagged Anika Noni Rose, Annie, Audra McDonald, Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Beyonce Knowles, blaxploitation, Charles Strouse, Gulf War, Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly!, Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Martin Charnin, Pearl Bailey, Queen Latifah, Raymond Williams, The Phantom of the Opera, Thomas Meehan, Ving Rhames, Wicked, Will Smith, Willow, Willow Smith | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Wicked

The Saturday List: Top 10 Musicals That Explore the Human Conscience

The Saturday List: Don’t Talk, Just Kiss – Ten Great Musical Moments of Love and Longing

The Saturday List: Tony Award-winning Leading Actresses Who’ve Never Appeared in a Best Musical Nominee

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’m Over the Closing Night Blues

Musical Theatre Sunday School: Divine Integration

30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Overrated Musical

30 Musicals in 30 Days: An Underrated Musical

NEWSFLASH: ANNIE Remake: Will + Willow + Jay-Z

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