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Interview with Michael Salvatore Commendatore, Projection Designer for Disney’s Frozen at Children’s Theatre Company
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In November 2024, the world premiere of a new musical by composer Iván Macías, The Pillars of the...
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Show/Boat: A River Slashes Open an Old Classic
“The singing is nice, but the staging is atrocious.” So remarked the couple sitting behind me at...
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The first part of this interview is available here. Tim Rice has been lucky to work with many...
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We Live in Cairo, written by The Lazours, is a historical musical set in Egypt during the Arab...
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One of the main achievements of DRAG: The Musical, which premiered at the New World Stages in New...
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Dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the first original production of the musical Starlight...
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