Musical Theatre Archives - Page 10 of 15

“Be More Chill” Brings Broadway Viral, Rewiring The High School Musical

Posted by Michael Appler | 14th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences, United States of America

The high school musical’s calling card has always been the “be yourself” thematic. A nerdy,...

Invigorated By A New Cast, “My Fair Lady” Continues to Enchant Broadway

Posted by Michael Appler | 8th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Lincoln Center has reissued its mandate for Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 classic, casting off whatever creative anxiety earlier dogged the production and staging a decidedly lighter, exuberant My Fair Lady.

At Roundabout, Can “Merrily” Still Roll Along, Reimagined?

Posted by Michael Appler | 5th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Fiasco Theater has dared to tempt fate yet again with Merrily, staging a buoyant, light-on-its-feet reimagining that’s stripped the musical of its original clutter, aiming, instead, for the story’s thematic heart.

Guilty Pleasures, Escapism, And The Greatest Hits Of ABBA Abound In TUTS’s “Mamma Mia!”

Posted by Trevor Boffone | 26th Feb 2019 | Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

Confession. I love ABBA. For years I kept my Abba-session private. No one needed to know nor did I...

Meshuggah, Nein? “Fiddler” In Yiddish

Posted by Abigail Weil | 24th Feb 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

In 2004, Gwen Stefani, lately of the band No Doubt, released a song called Rich Girl which sampled...

“Super Vocal,” Chinese TV Talent Contest For Opera Singers And Musical Performers, Scores Top Ratings

Posted by Jinnie Wei | 17th Feb 2019 | China, Musical Theatre, News, Theatre and Opera

Step aside pop stars and idols. A new televised singing contest in China that showcases the vocal...

The “King” Returns And Theaters Look To Russia For 2019 – Theatre in Japan

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 12th Feb 2019 | Japan, Musical Theatre, News, Transcultural Collaborations

Whether it’s a regular theatre that gets you going these days—or you’re skipping along more to...

Gilded in Glitter, How Much Jukebox Inferno Can “The Cher Show” Take?

Posted by Michael Appler | 2nd Feb 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Cher, the Academy, Grammy and Emmy Award winning superstar, could never be contained in a Broadway...

How “Six” Became The Biggest New Musical Since “Hamilton”

Posted by Sarah Carson | 23rd Jan 2019 | London, Musical Theatre, News, United Kingdom

Writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss discuss their hit musical about the wives of King Henry VIII...

“The Hindu” Notes On 2018 Indian Musicals

Posted by Vikram Phukan | 15th Jan 2019 | India, Musical Theatre, Review

If broadsheets and banners are to be taken into account, this has been another fertile year for...

“Anna Karenina Musical” At The Moscow Operetta Theatre

Posted by Emily Couch | 3rd Jan 2019 | Musical Theatre, News, Russia

Anna Karenina at the Moscow Operetta Theatre is an original musical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s...

2018 Was The Year In Japan That Saw The Stage Sing, While Contemporary Drama Barely Made A Squeak

Posted by Nobuko Tanaka | 22nd Dec 2018 | Japan, Musical Theatre, News, Transcultural Collaborations

Musicals have flourished in 2018, with many young stars also helping to sell out straight plays in...

“Breath And Imagination”: The Rediscovery Of Roland Hayes

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 18th Dec 2018 | Boston, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

Breath And Imagination is a musical, composed and written by Daniel Beaty, largely based on the...

“On the Town” and the Long March for Civil Rights in Performance

Posted by Carol J. Oja | 8th Dec 2018 | Essay, Musical Theatre, New York, Theatre and Politics, United States of America

In this blog post, Carol J. Ola, author or Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time...

“Fun Home”: An Extraordinary Musical

Posted by Jane Baldwin | 19th Nov 2018 | Boston, LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, Review, United States of America

Fun Home, the multi-Tony award winning musical is making its Boston début at SpeakEasy and a fine...

“The Prom” Is a Celebratory Trumpian Footloose When We Need It Most

Posted by Michael Appler | 15th Nov 2018 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Maybe “The Prom’s” greatest success, in all of its glitter and be gay, is a validation that splashy, garish musical comedies, themselves no champion of political correctness, can still be made from scratch. “The Prom,” exceptionally original yet cradled by tradition, is proof that bursting into jazz hands when someone puts you down is still a worthy prescription for joy.