153 stories by "Mark Robinson"
When the groundbreaking composing team of Rodgers and Hammerstein came to
an end with Hammerstein's death in 1960, Rodgers spent the balance of his
career trying to find a lyricist with wh…
Jule Styne was a one of the great composers for the Broadway musical stage,
having penned the melodies for such classic scores as Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes, Bells Are Ringing, Gyps…
Musicals about the black experience were not unheard of in the early years
of the Golden Age of Broadway, despite a society that didn't exactly
embrace black culture. Shows like Porgy &…
The Broadway composing team of Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick were behind
some of Broadway's most beloved musical scores, having crafted the
character-driven showtunes for musicals such as…
The composing team of Rodgers and Hart had more than their share of hits
throughout their prolific career as composer and lyricist (respectively)
writing for the musical theatre. One of th…
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The composing team of Robert Wright and George Forrest were attracted to
taking the music of other composers and adapting it into scores for
musicals. They did this this with the musical o…
Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber often gravitates toward writing musicals that
are both family friendly and that will ignite the curiosity of the kid in
us all. Joseph and the Amazing Techn…
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Autumn turns the city's parks into an artist's palette
An old school musical comedy that was not only a perfect star vehicle for
an over-the-top leading lady, but also a fine example of a lost art of
comedy filled with melody, romance, and pur…
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Most musical theatre fans think of Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux
Folles when they hear the name Jerry Herman. For this beloved
composer-lyricist of the Great White Way, the…
The musical western isn't exactly a commonplace subgenre of the Broadway
musical. Only a handful of westerns have been crafted for the musical
stage, with varying results. The best known i…
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It's that time of year again, that three-day weekend celebration
commemorating the That unofficial end of summer and officially celebrates
hardworking labor in America. That's right, it is…
A musical that we rarely see anything written about, but one that has
always fascinated me as a concept is A Day In Hollywood/A Night in the
Ukraine. Each act of this clever, lightheart…
Fall 2019 on Broadway will be full of family-friendly fare
Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, particularly when he was paired with
director Harold Prince, moved and shaped musical through bold experiments
that challenged audiences while uneart…
'Hadestown' and 'Hercules' are the latest musicals inspired by myths
A musical that was plagued with troubles during its gestation, that seemed
to solve most of them before officially opening on Broadway, only to fold
after approximately five months, was th…
Some musicals you just know are going to bomb from the moment they are
announced. It's just clear that it is half-baked idea that is going to
struggle. Something just doesn't feel right ab…
Broadway showtunes rarely get the exposure that music from the world of pop
music enjoys. However, everyone once and a while someone with mass exposure
records a song from a Broadway music…
Some musical are period pieces, written with the intention of telling a
story in another and place. Other musicals are written as contemporary
stories, starting out relevant and feeling ed…
Long before there was a film called The Greatest Showman, Broadway had its
own musical version of the life of P.T. Barnum. This show, simply calledÂ
Barnum, featured a score with musi…
