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The Bad Boy of Musical Theatre
Author, lyricist, composer, director, historian, and musical theatre fanboy.
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We Are the Champions, My Friends
The Bohemians have left the building.
It's a Kind of Magic
Not since Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera has a show been such a huge disappointment and a worldwide hit as We Will Rock You. (Interesting that both are British mega-musicals.) We Will Rock You (WWRY) is further burdened with the extra baggage of being a “jukebox musical,” almost as ripe and regular a target for mockery as Lloyd Webber musicals.
The Bullets Rip to the Sound of the Beat
Not long ago, I came across a terrific blog called Leading Creatively, written by Chad Bauman.
We Will, We Will Rock You!
Every year, our associate artistic director Chris Moore upends my plans for the following season.
And For Those Who Have No Cake, There's Plenty of Bread
When I turned twenty-one, my mom wrote to a bunch of theatre and movie people (without me knowing it!) and asked them to send me birthday greetings up at college.
All is Well in the City
I almost can't believe it.
Transvest! Impersonate!
There are few things more fun for me than discovering a musical that I didn't know, or at least didn't know well.
But Me, I See Everything
In my last post, I wrote about the off off Broadway scene where Promenade was born.
I Know What Madness Is
Michael Smith, theatre critic at the Village Voice, wrote in 1963 about the new theatre alternative, “Off Off Broadway is decidedly clubby.