Dedicated to the composer's 25th Broadway anniversary David Yazbek burst onto Broadway a quarter century ago with the musical "The Full Monty" and immediately gained recognition as a compose…
For American audiences, the musical The Devil Wears Prada, anticipated to premiere on Broadway in 2026, will become the sixth musical theatre creation featuring the music by Sir Elton John, …
The Queen of Versailles. A New Musical will officially open on Broadway, at the St. James Theatre on November 9th, after several weeks of previews. The show is based on the life stories of D…
Dedicated to the 145th anniversary of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera "The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty." The creative duo of librettist William S. Gilbert and composer Arth…
Dedicated to the 40th Anniversary of World Rock Day and the 71st Anniversary of World Rock and Roll Day. Â Â April 13th and July 13th " are the two dates of annual holidays that are di…
For the first part of the interview go here. Â From the earliest musicals, one can trace the creators' desire to look for ideas for the story among literary works. There are more than a h…
In November 2024, the world premiere of a new musical by composer Iván MacÃas, The Pillars of the Earth, took place at the Teatro EDP Gran VÃa in Madrid. The book, written by …
The first part of this interview is available here. Tim Rice has been lucky to work with many talented composers and musicians throughout his long creative life. In addition to Andrew Lloyd …
In November 2024, the British songwriter, lyricist, and author, a man whose contribution to the development of world musical theatre cannot be overestimated, celebrated his 80th birthday. En…
One of the main achievements of DRAG: The Musical, which premiered at the New World Stages in New York, is that it redefined the place of drag queens in the narrative. If in the famous Broad…
 Dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the first original production of the musical Starlight Express The 40th anniversary of the West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Starl…
Dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the musical Mozart! Contains fragments of the exclusive interviews with the creators of the show " Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay  The premiere of…
Everyone knows Alan Menken " the composer, author of the famous animated films released by the Walt Disney Animation Studios " The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, …
In 1979 the very first French iconic rock opera " Starmania, created by Michel Berger (composer) and Luc Plamondon (librettist), premiered at the Paris Congress Centre / Le Palais des Congr…
Everyone knows that musical is a synthetic genre in which a story is being told by means of acting, singing, and dancing. One of the main specifics in training for a musical theatre perfo…
  Dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the musical Miss Saigon, an exclusive interview with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg. This year the West End production of the musical Mis…
Tim Rice became interested in the biography of Eva Perón " the wife of the famous dictator Juan Perón " in the early 70s of the past century. Most of the musical's book, Tim wrote whil…
Dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the first publication and production of Jean Genet's unique play " The Maids. "I renounce the world that renounces me." Jean Genet The original version o…
Little Shop of Horrors is a famous rock musical by Alan Menken, with the book and lyrics written by Howard Ashman, based on the horror comedy film directed by Roger Corman (1960) " and in 20…
Up to the present moment a debate has been going on " whether the demon-barber of Fleet Street had a real-life prototype. For the very first time, a character under the name of Sweeney Todd …
It has become a beautiful annual tradition: welcoming the musical Notre Dame de Paris at New York City's Lincoln Center in July. Daniel Lavoie, who originated the part of Frollo in the music…
Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the very first publication of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's fairy tale "The Little Prince" and the 20th anniversary of the musical of the same name. "T…
Dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the first publication of the play by Jean Poiret  La Cage Aux Folles and the 30th anniversary of the musical of the same name. This essay includes par…
Ðn Exclusive Interview with James Paterson who was part of the original cast of the legendary musical The Phantom of the Opera, later on, the resident director at Her Majesty's Theatre on…
Dedicated to the 35th anniversary of the Broadway musical "The Phantom of the Opera." It is known that the construction of the Grand Opera or the Palais Garnier in Paris inspired Gaston Lero…