David Yazbek: The Master of Adapting Films into Musicals. An Exclusive Interview
Dedicated to the composer’s 25th Broadway anniversary David Yazbek burst onto Broadway a...
Read MoreLisa Monde is a writer, playwright, director, actress, and singer. Holds a PhD in Musical Theatre. Lisa is the author of nine original plays and eight musicals (music, book, and lyrics), most of which have been produced and staged in the US and other countries. Lisa has been working as a theatre critic for the past fifteen years, writing news blocks, reviews, essays, and interviews for various specialized magazines (in four European languages). The works based on Lisa's research are published in multiple scientific journals. Lisa teaches acting and musical theatre performance to future theatre and film actors and specializes in TV Hosting. She created an original masterclass on musical theatre history. Multi-award winner of different theatrical contests and playwriting competitions. Her published books: “I Know All Save Myself Alone. The Play,” “Saint Francis: Religion of Love,” “Dracula: Finding of a Shadow,” and “Teach Me How to Die. A Novella and Other Stories” have acquired multiple literary awards. Lisa's plays “Dracula: Finding of a Shadow,” “Dali’s Dream,” and “L.O.V.E. Extraterrestrial Extravaganza,” the musical, won Broadway World Awards (2023, 2024, 2025/ Central New York, Off-Broadway). In 2025, a series of Lisa’s publications with The Theatre Times— “Anniversaries of Legendary Musicals Around the World”—received a Gold Medal and won the LIT Advertising Awards. A year later, recognition continued when Lisa became the Silver Winner of the NY Digital Awards 2026 for her series of articles, “Legendary Musicals Around the World: Creation and Evolution,” in the category of Individual Achievement/Website & Mobile Sites/Art, Performing Arts.
Posted by Lisa Monde | 2nd Apr 2026 | Interview, Musical Theatre, United States of America
Dedicated to the composer’s 25th Broadway anniversary David Yazbek burst onto Broadway a...
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For American audiences, the musical The Devil Wears Prada, anticipated to premiere on Broadway in...
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The Queen of Versailles. A New Musical will officially open on Broadway, at the St. James Theatre...
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Dedicated to the 145th anniversary of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera “The Pirates of Penzance;...
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Dedicated to the 40th Anniversary of World Rock Day and the 71st Anniversary of World Rock and...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 16th May 2025 | Interview, Musical Theatre, Spain, United Kingdom
For the first part of the interview go here. From the earliest musicals, one can trace the...
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In November 2024, the world premiere of a new musical by composer Iván Macías, The Pillars of the...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 7th Feb 2025 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Musical Theatre, United States of America
The first part of this interview is available here. Tim Rice has been lucky to work with many...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 30th Dec 2024 | Dramaturgy, Interview, Musical Theatre, United States of America
In November 2024, the British songwriter, lyricist, and author, a man whose contribution to the...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 9th Dec 2024 | Interview, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, New York, United States of America
One of the main achievements of DRAG: The Musical, which premiered at the New World Stages in New...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 14th Nov 2024 | Europe, Germany, Interview, Musical Theatre, Review
Dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the first original production of the musical Starlight...
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Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the musical Mozart! Contains fragments of the exclusive...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 23rd Aug 2024 | Interview, Musical Theatre, United States of America
Everyone knows Alan Menken – the composer, author of the famous animated films released by...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 21st Jul 2024 | France, Interview, Musical Theatre, Review
In 1979 the very first French iconic rock opera – Starmania, created by Michel Berger...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 4th Jul 2024 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America
Everyone knows that musical is a synthetic genre in which a story is being told by means of...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 21st May 2024 | France, Interview, Musical Theatre
Dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the musical Miss Saigon, an exclusive interview with the...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 22nd Feb 2024 | Interview, Musical Theatre, New York, United States of America
Tim Rice became interested in the biography of Eva Perón – the wife of the famous dictator Juan...
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Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the first publication and production of Jean Genet’s unique...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 7th Dec 2023 | Interview, Musical Theatre, New York, United States of America
Little Shop of Horrors is a famous rock musical by Alan Menken, with the book and lyrics written...
Read MorePosted by Lisa Monde | 9th Nov 2023 | Interview, Musical Theatre, United Kingdom, United States of America
The musical Wicked premiered on Broadway twenty years ago and quickly earned the title of the very...
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