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Tag Archives: Dorothy Fields
Essential Film Musicals: Top Hat
“When Hollywood revived musical films three years ago, dancing was monopolized by director Busby Berkeley,” Newsweek magazine noted in its 1935 review of Top Hat. “Thanks more to Fred Astaire than any other single influence, the character of musicomedy in … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Astaire & Rogers, Dorothy Fields, Hermes Pan, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Pinocchio, Swing Time, Top Hat
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Essential Musicals: Oklahoma!
I called Show Boat the most influential American musical, but historian Thomas Hischak argues, “Not only is Oklahoma! the most important of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, it is also the single most influential work in the American musical theater.” … Continue reading
Making Musicals: The Rhymes
Rhyming is using similar sounds among words. A song doesn’t have to rhyme, but it will help people remember your music — and your message. One-syllable rhymes are called “masculine” rhymes, such as “glad / sad” and “today / sleigh.” … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged Cole Porter, Dorothy Fields, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ralph Blane, Shaiman & Wittman, Stephen Schwartz, W.S. Gilbert
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