musicals | musicals
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Feb.17.2013
Last night I was listening to The Jordan Rich Show on WBZ News Radio 1030, as I do every weekend. The show starts at midnight Friday/Saturday and again at midnight, Saturday/Sunday. The CBS Boston Affiliate Station has a long reach but it can also, of course, be heard on the internet. Always...
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Jan.26.2013
On January 24th, a new production of Rodgers' and Hammerstein's Cinderella went into previews at New York's Broadway Theater.
What better way to celebrate the event, then to present a bit of the musical's history....
Full post and videos here.
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Oct.04.2012
My colleague Kate Krake, of vividscribe.com, wrote an essay on the topic of metamodern movie musicals, for example, High Fidelity.* I illustrated it as a comic and it is now available for digitial download here, free for a limited time! You will get something out of this comic regardless of how...
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Nov.30.2011
Stephen Sondheim is a genius and I soar with his musicals. From his "Weekend in the Country" {watching little things grow} to those most tasty of fresh meat pies, he is craftsman par excellence. And - yes - I would buy a hat from him.
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Stephen Sondheim...
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Nov.19.2011
I'm annoyed that, despite my best intentions, I forgot to mark the tenth anniversary on November 6th of what is still my favorite single hour of television, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode "Once More With Feeling." I've watched it dozens of times, talked about it endlessly with friends...
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Nov.10.2011
Stephen Sondheim is an artistic genius and I bow to his work. He has released his second compilation of lyrics and observations, discussing art as well as creating it. In his "review"Adam Kirsch offers searing insights into genius and art and the resulting interaction. In describing Sondheim's...
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Oct.08.2010
Finally, my story, The Two Jacks, about two University of California music school graduates has been published. It's a story that takes place in 1974, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since the narration involves a musical, sheet music and lyrics are in the book, (The song, I Profess My Love...
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Sep.27.2010
Still cutting it at 80: Stephen Sondheim interviewStephen Sondheim, who revolutionised the musical with hits such as Sweeney Todd and A Little Night Music, has lost none of his edge
By Mick Brown
Stephen Sondheim Photo: Ethan Levitas
Early for my appointment with Stephen Sondheim on a sultry New...
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Sep.04.2010
"Dreamgirls" is featured at the Curran Theatre during September 2010. My review appears at http://sidewalkstv.com/blog.
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Apr.30.2010
Sounds permeate the world, the sounds of electric and electronic machines and components that hum, whir and buzz in the background. It's the sound of electricity. There is also the sound of air moving through furnace ducts and the rustle of papers in the air's path. Phones ring, buzz and jingle,...
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