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Tag Archives: Ethel Merman
Broadway on Jeopardy!
This week, “Broadway Musicals” was the category for the Final Jeopardy! round on the long-running game show. The clue was “Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman & Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters … Continue reading
Posted in Shows, TV
Tagged Annie, Annie Get Your Gun, Ethel Merman, Jeopardy!, Sarah Jessica Parker
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Broadway Legends: Jimmy Durante
Few performers have had as much success in as many media as Jimmy Durante, whose 50-year career spanned from vaudeville to TV. Born in New York’s Lower East Side on Feb. 10, 1893, Durante began working at age 6 in … Continue reading
History of Musicals: Broadway Goes Bust
Broadway’s Roaring Twenties came to a roaring close with the rise of Hollywood’s “talkies” and the fall of the stock market. The subsequent exodus of talent posed a serious challenge for stage musicals. In 1929, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern … Continue reading
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Tagged Americana, Anything Goes, As Thousands Cheer, Cole Porter, Ethel Merman, Ethel Waters, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, George Abbott, George Gershwin, Hellzapoppin, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, John Houseman, Kaufman & Hart, Knickerbocker Holiday, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein, Marilyn Miller, Maxwell Anderson, Of Thee I Sing, Olsen & Johnson, Orson Welles, Otto Harbach, Pal Joey, Pins and Needles, Roberta, Rodgers & Hart, Schwartz & Dietz, The Band Wagon, The Cradle Will Rock, The Threepenny Opera, Victor Moore, Vivienne Segal, Walter Huston, William Gaxton, Yip Harburg
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Essential Musicals: Gypsy
New York Times critic Ben Brantley believes Gypsy “may be the greatest of all American musicals.” He is not alone. Previous Times critic Frank Rich considers the show to be “Broadway’s own brassy, unlikely answer to King Lear.” The Lear … Continue reading
Making Musicals: Workshops and Productions
After a series of private, closed, and open readings, you will probably be anxious to see your musical on stage. Before you rush to book a theater, though, it’s a good idea (creatively and financially) to take one more step … 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