On Broadway, “Ain’t Too Proud” Runs Away with The Temptations
The jukebox musical isn’t so named merely for its carousel of beloved pop tunes. It also puts to...
Read MorePosted by Michael Appler | 13th Apr 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America
The jukebox musical isn’t so named merely for its carousel of beloved pop tunes. It also puts to...
Read MorePosted by Vikram Phukan | 9th Apr 2019 | India, Musical Theatre, News
The term ‘musical theatre’ might conjure up visuals of the Broadway-style extravaganza and its...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Kalb | 9th Apr 2019 | Canada, Musical Theatre, Review
Come From Away, a relentlessly peppy new musical by the Canadian husband-wife team David Hein and...
Read MorePosted by Maria Jovita Zárate | 3rd Apr 2019 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, Musical Theatre, Philippines, Review, Theatre and Politics
“CHAROT” is gay slang, one of the many fluid terms generated by popular lingo, often used as an...
Read MorePosted by Nicole Birmann Bloom | 27th Mar 2019 | France, Interview, Musical Theatre
The four American actors (Alex, Nadia, Whit, and Ben) of Olivier Py’s musical The Young Girl, The...
Read MorePosted by Michael Appler | 19th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America
Anyone who tells you that Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate isn’t, or can’t be, a kick in the teeth to...
Read MorePosted 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,...
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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.
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
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