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Tag Archives: Forbidden Broadway
2022 BroadwayWorld Awards
BroadwayWorld has announced the winners of its inaugural BroadwayWorld Off/Off-Off Broadway Awards, which celebrate productions across New York City that had their first performances between October 1, 2019, and September 30, 2021, in an Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, or streaming venue. The … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Online, Stage
Tagged A Soulful Christmas, Anna Karenina, Cady Huffman, Dreamgirls, Forbidden Broadway, Love Quirks, Marguerite, Rathskeller, Seesaw, Stranger Sings!, The Last Boy
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Today in Musical History: Forbidden Broadway
The original version of the long-running revue Forbidden Broadway opened Jan. 15, 1982, at Palsson’s Supper Club in New York City. It upgraded from Off-Off-Broadway to Off-Broadway status on May 4 and ran for 2,332 more performances at the venue. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Reference
Tagged Forbidden Broadway, Gerard Aleesandrini, Nora Mae Lyng
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Best of 2012: Top 10 New Musicals
Musical theater was “alive and kicking” this year, with debuts from new writers and comebacks from veteran scribes. Below is my list of the Top Ten new pieces of musical theater that debuted in the past 12 months – with … Continue reading
Posted in Best of the Year, Reference
Tagged Bring It On, Broadway musical, Christmas Story, Civil War Christmas, Dogfight, Forbidden Broadway, Giant, Hunchback Variations, Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet, Newsies, Off-Broadway musical, Off-Off-Broadway musical, Old Man & the Old Moon, Pasek & Paul
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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
Playlist: iPod Favorites
Every year after the Tony Awards, I review and update my MP3 list of favorites. The following are the show tunes that have earned the highest play counts on my iPod over the past year. Each of these songs hits … Continue reading
Posted in Playlists, Reference
Tagged Ahrens & Flaherty, Altar Boyz, Ben Vereen, Bernadette Peters, Chicago, Chita Rivera, Chorus Line, City of Angels, Craig Carnelia, Cy Coleman, Diamonds, Dreamgirls, Ellen Greene, Forbidden Broadway, Galt MacDermot, Gary Adler, Gerard Alessandrini, Hair, Into the Woods, Is There Life After High School, Jason Robert Brown, Jennifer Holliday, Jerry Herman, Juilliard, Kander & Ebb, Len Cariou, Les Miserables, Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, Lonny Price, Mack and Mabel, Marin Mazzie, Marvin Hamlisch, Menken & Ashman, Merrily We Roll Along, Pippin, Priscilla Lopez, Ragtime, Randy Graff, Schonberg & Boublil, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd, Tyler Maynard, Wall to Wall Sondheim, Working
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