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Monthly Archives: September 2012
Love Story: Review Roundup
The U.S. premiere of Love Story, the musical based on Erich Segal’s 1970 novel and film that premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2010 before an Olivier-nominated West End limited run, has opened at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theatre to mixed … Continue reading
Posted in Regional US, Shows
Tagged book adaptation, British premiere, Erich Segal, film adaptation, Howard Goodall, Love Story, one-act, Walnut Street
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Pipe Dream: Album Reviews
Ghostlight Records has released the live 2012 Encores! concert revival cast recording of Pipe Dream, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s 1955 musical adaptation of John Steinbeck’s 1954 novel Sweet Thursday, to strongly positive reviews. The creative team includes Oscar Hammerstein II (book, lyrics), … Continue reading
Allegiance: Review Roundup
The new musical Allegiance, inspired by George Takei’s experiences in the U.S. Japanese internment camps during World War II, has opened to positive-leaning reviews at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater. The creative team includes Jay Kuo (book, lyrics, music), Marc … Continue reading
Posted in Regional US, Shows
Tagged Allegiance, George Takei, Jay Kuo, Old Globe, regional premiere
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Album Reviews
Sony Masterworks has released the 2012 Encores! concert revival cast recording of the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to very positive reviews. The creative team is Anita Loos and Joseph Fields (book), David Ives (book adaptation), Leo Robin (lyrics), Jule … Continue reading
2012 Emmy Awards
Musical theater programming garnered a handful of statues at this year’s Emmy Awards given out by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, both at the 65th annual Primetime ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on Sep. 23 that was broadcast … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, TV
Tagged Adam Schlesinger, David Javerbaum, Emmy Awards, Joshua Bergasse, Memphis, Neil Patrick Harris, Smash, Tony Awards
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Forbidden Broadway: Review Roundup
The long-running Off-Broadway satirical revue Forbidden Broadway, offering its latest incarnation after a three-year hiatus, has opened to strongly positive reviews. The creative team includes Gerard Alessandrini (book, lyrics, direction), Phillip George (addl. dialogue, direction), Philip Heckman (costumes), Megan K. … Continue reading
Broadway or Bust
Broadway or Bust, a new three-part miniseries documenting high school musical hopefuls, premiered on PBS this past Sunday with the episode “The Casting Call.” (If you missed it, you can watch the full episode online.) The program, produced by WGBH … Continue reading
Chaplin: Review Roundup
After thwarted attempts in 1981 (by Ernest Kinoy, Lee Goldsmith, and Roger Anderson) and 1983 (by Anthony Newley and Stanley Ralph Ross) to bring Chaplin’s life to Broadway, a Little Tramp musical has finally arrived on the Great White Way … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, Shows
Tagged Behind the Limelight, Broadway musical, Chaplin, Christopher Curtis, La Jolla, Limelight, musical docudrama, NYMF, regional premiere, Rob McClure
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Spotlight on Broadway
Mayor Bloomberg unveiled Spotlight on Broadway yesterday during the free Broadway on Broadway concert in Times Square. A project of the New York mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, the program will celebrate the history of Broadway by highlighting the … Continue reading
Call Me Madam: Album Reviews
Just in time for the 2012 election season, Sony’s Masterworks Broadway is offering the first digital release of the 1950 political satire Call Me Madam, which has been out of print since 1956, except for a brief LP pressing in … Continue reading