| 单词 | musical theater |
| 例句 | The school offers three levels—Theater 1, 2, and 3—along with a class in musical theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Good at baseball, spelling, musical theater, drawing manga. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z If you were a recruiter at a nearby college with some kind of fancy musical theater program, wouldn’t you know about that? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The closest thing we’ve had to a gang war was when the musical theater kids and the dance kids tried to out-flash-mob each other. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Volpe’s classroom is filling up with a musical theater section, so they adjourn to a nearby empty classroom. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “I was told that if I wanted to do musical theater, because of how I looked, I would be typically cast in the ensemble, and I needed to get my dancing up,” Harwood said. A Young Actor Steps Out of School and Into the High Heels of ‘Jamie’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The musical theater students do as much acting as the actors. Carnegie Mellon cheers 'bumper crop' of Tonys 2013-06-14T12:50:10Z For more than three decades, Broadway treated him — and by extension, us, the misfits who have always loved and been drawn to the romance, spectacle and heart of musical theater — as stars. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z This year, through June 26, it features more than 50 productions and 150 performances that emphasize discipline crossovers, modern and non-classical contemporary music and new forms in musical theater. In Transit Blog: Stars from Robert Wilson to Wagner at Holland Festival 2012-06-04T14:20:18Z Did you have any previous experience with musical theater before you started performing in “American Idiot”? ArtsBeat: Welcome to a New Kind of Tension: Billie Joe Armstrong on His 'American Idiot' Role 2011-01-09T23:31:43Z The Joel Hirschhorn Award for outstanding achievement in musical theater goes to 3-D Theatricals. L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award nominations announced 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z “One of the reasons I stopped trying to do straight musical theater or straight stand-up and why I’m more attracted to cabaret is that it’s not perfect,” she said. ?Never Sleep Alone? Leads to Audience Relationships 2011-11-30T22:45:03Z The first theatrical run, in 1979, lasted only a month, and the last full stage production in France — a country where musical theater isn’t especially popular — was back in the 1990s. France Cheers for a Musical It Loves but Hasn’t Watched 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Camp is both a musical theater devotee and a big horror film fan. “Hopefully you love to hate me”: Anna Camp on her "wickedly fun" villain past and new horror film 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Broadway of late has had a modest record minting male musical theater stars. He?s Not an Impostor; He Plays One Onstage 2011-03-20T02:26:58Z “What I set out to do was make an experimental musical theater,” she told The Times in 1991. Elizabeth Swados, Creator of Socially Conscious Musicals, Is Dead at 64 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Even Mark Sanchez, the quarterback of the New York Jets and a musical theater aficionado, put in an appearance to introduce a production number from “Memphis.” ?Red? and ?Memphis? Win Top Tony Awards 2010-06-14T04:10:00Z In musical theater land these days, you can do a lot worse than pretty. Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s new musical is pretty big on pretty 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z You hardly need opposable thumbs to grasp that children’s musical theater is bananas. Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z President and CEO Jonelle Procope says they will help guide the vision, programming and fundraising of the legendary musical theater in Harlem. Uggams, 'Babyface' join Apollo Theater board 2010-12-09T16:41:00Z Their circle narrowed further when Ms. Walker, who had come to Chicago to train as an opera singer, decided to instead pursue musical theater. A Union Built in and on Stages 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Letellier knows the road to wider acceptance of French musical theater may be long. With ‘Oliver Twist,’ a French Musical Aims Higher 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Departing from the usual static setup of musical theater, Grease: Live will film across multiple sound stages. Kether Donohue on Why 'Grease: Live' Will Be 'Epic' 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z But “The Flash” and “Supergirl” and the DC Comics family of shows have something those other programs don’t — casts that have an unusually high proportion of musical theater stars. Can Superheroes Sing? The Flash and Supergirl Give It a Whirl 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z At 15, she joined the Italia Conti stage school in London, thinking she would train for musical theater, and found her first job, in the West End musical “I and Albert,” a year later. Lesley Manville as the Unhappy Heroine of ‘Ghosts’ 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z There will be stories, to be sure, and songs she’s pulled from her musical theater past, but, alas, no details on that shower with Brando. Tammy Grimes Begins New Cabaret Show 2010-06-21T22:34:00Z The New York Times called him “a promising newcomer to our talent-hungry musical theater.” Ten Years Later, Adam Gwon Is Looking to Kill 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Wright is a New Jersey native, with an MFA in directing from Temple University and many credits in musical theater. News from ArtsWest, Balagan Theatre 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Mr. McAnuff and Wayne Coyne, the band’s lead singer, collaborated on the story, which is unquestionably a challenging one for musical theater. Critic’s Notebook: Make-Believe at Geffen Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse 2012-12-19T23:07:37Z The first rule of loving music theater was that you didn't talk about loving musical theater, not to people who didn't also live, breathe and sleep it. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z On a Tuesday night in a cemetery, the Roxane Gay crowd managed to span the crossover between musical theater and gender studies — an interesting Venn diagram for any event, literary or otherwise. Roxane Gay and Randa Jarrar talk Twitter, 'Difficult Women' and kink in L.A. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Commenting on the spate of Broadway musical revivals, McDonald spoke ardently about the imperative of supporting contemporary musical theater composers and lyricists, something she’s done throughout her career. Audra McDonald soars in her stirring tour through the American musical 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Rethinks can be welcome, even necessary in musical theater — Daniel Fish’s production of “Oklahoma!,” now touring the country, is one especially successful example. ‘The Life’ Review: Turning More Than a Few New Tricks 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z At Harvard, she majored in psychology and wrote three musicals, thinking she would pursue a graduate degree in musical theater writing. Glad scientist: Megan Amram’s unique brand of comedy But these productions are valiant, often valid attempts to reconcile musical theater and the pop format. The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Where else in musical theater is the desperate optimism of youth frozen so ecstatically, so movingly? Review | ‘A Chorus Line’ is back, and you’ll enjoy the new spring in its step. 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z He was a young father when he started in the show and now his son is off in college — studying musical theater. Actor L. Steven Taylor is the king behind ‘The Lion King’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “She said to me a year and a half ago, ‘I love musical theater, but I’m going into law,’” her high school’s music director, Marty Gregory, said. A Boot Camp for Broadway’s Starry-Eyed Fledglings 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z He also dabbled in musical theater, writing music for Off Broadway companies. Chasing the Scent of a Brooklyn Fragrance Lover 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z And lyrically, the duo is clumsy, approaching musical theater at their best, and rarely even that; “Shorty Don’t Wait” is the sort of song Jason Mraz would toss for being too simple. New Music: A Great Big World and Linnea Olsson Release Albums 2014-01-20T23:07:13Z Fans of musical theater will have to wait a bit longer to hear casting for the Bowl’s annual staged musical, “Mamma Mia!” Hollywood Bowl's 2017 lineup: 'Harry Potter,' Misty Copeland, 'Mamma Mia!' and more 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z “The ethos and energy behind commercial musical theater feels like it is really about the product,” he explained. Ato Blankson-Wood on Playing a Hamlet Who ‘Leads With Love’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z She chronicles her life as a 1980s musical theater performer, watching hundreds of her theater friends die of AIDS. How ‘Blackish’ star Jenifer Lewis became ‘the mother of black Hollywood’ 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Arnold, Bernstine-Mitchell and Nichols gathered on Zoom to talk about to talk about the dancing in “Spirited,” diversity in musical theater and choreographing for the stars. Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance! 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z In the semiannual BC Beat showcase, dancers step into the spotlight and reimagine the possibilities for dance in musical theater. Dance Listings for Nov. 7-13 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It offers eight periods of drama per day with classes in acting, directing, technical theater, production, design and musical theater. Drama teacher at Seattle's Roosevelt High named one of nation's best 2012-09-17T00:42:04Z Mr. Blake has spent five seasons with the company, although he got his start in musical theater outside the festival, playing Simba in “The Lion King.” In Praise of Repertory Theater: Macbeth at the Matinee, Miller at Night 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Luckily for aspiring musical theater performers in New York, it’s not unusual for big Broadway names to offer encouraging, tough-love-based 10-minute apprenticeships to singers who don’t mind looking silly in front of strangers. Inside a Master Class: Breathe, Punctuate, Forget Led Zeppelin 2011-07-21T20:24:06Z But then "Dog Days" is about as far from conventional as contemporary opera gets — a post-apocalyptic scenario melded into the form of musical theater, with a good dose of reverse canine anthropomorphism. L.A. Opera broadens scope with post-apocalyptic 'Dog Days' at REDCAT 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Before Larson, I enjoyed musical theater but underestimated its depth; I now attend musicals with an open mind and, as hopelessly saccharine as it may seem, with an open heart. How Jonathan Larson Taught Me to Become a Better Critic 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z If you play his melodies on a piano, they sound like Golden Age musical theater songs. ‘The Cool Guy’: Pop and Theater Stars Celebrate the Composer of ‘Hair’ 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z A Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano is one of only a few instrumental works by Gian Carlo Menotti, who composed dozens of operas and musical theater and choral works. Music Review: ChamberFest Lets Juilliard Students Show Off Skills 2014-01-14T22:32:14Z It really did feel like the end of an era, like it was giving the lie to the idea of musical theater as pure entertainment with sunny values. ?Follies? Memories; a Revival With Bernadette Peters 2011-08-26T12:00:01Z The show’s cast recording took the award for best musical theater album. Kendrick Lamar Sweeps Rap Field at Grammys; Taylor Swift Wins Best Album 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z She also confirms her position as one of the most exquisitely expressive stars in musical theater. Theater Review: ‘Bridges of Madison County’ Brings Iowa to Broadway 2014-02-21T03:00:02Z This mommy knows quite a few of George12’s secrets, like— something that would surprise his famously conservative, Armenian, limo-driving dad—his penchant for musical theater. Mommy has anger issues! My daughters are pre-adolescent, I’m pre-menopausal 2014-05-10T23:00:00Z Taking up the challenge of the classic works of musical theater, this sci-fi folk-blues musical by Andrew R. Butler aimed to update the formal expressiveness of songs as narrative. The Best Theater of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z But athletics will meet arias when Ardea Arts presents “Bounce,” a free musical theater performance that is inspired by the myth of Icarus and takes place on a basketball court. Spare Times for Children Listings for June 24-30 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z "Growing up, we were the weird ones," said Edward Cohen, 30, of Montreal, who trained in musical theater and works in a doctor's office. ‘Growing up, we were the weird ones’: The wizarding, mermaiding, cosplaying haven of Epic Nerd Camp 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z When I taught at Emerson College in Boston in the early 1980s, the school had a thriving musical theater division, but nothing approaching a traditional classical music department. When a Critic Put on the ‘Best of All American Operas’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z “Porgy and Bess” is a landmark in American musical theater any way you look at it and any way you present it. Critic?s Notebook: ?Gershwins? Porgy and Bess? on Broadway Is More for Theater Fans 2012-01-21T01:16:06Z Ghee, 33, worked as a drag performer before finding success in musical theater, with key roles on Broadway in “Kinky Boots” and “Mrs. Doubtfire” before “Some Like It Hot.” In Historic Night for Nonbinary Performers, J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell Win Tony Awards 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z According to the school, it will be just the second independent conservatory in the country with a musical theater degree option. Manhattan School of Music to Offer Musical Theater Degree 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Purdum sketches this necessary background in two brief chapters before diving with gusto into the oft-told story of how “Oklahoma!” transformed musical theater and launched an industry-dominating entity soon known simply as “R&H.” Review | The secret to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s remarkable partnership 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z A reasonably expansive definition of musical theater would embrace this show, even if Ms. Barrio, eloquent in Antigona’s anger and sorrow, is just about the only performer who’s doing as much acting as dancing. Review: ‘Antigona,’ From Noche Flamenca, Pairs Rhythmic Dance With Greek Drama 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z At his performing arts high school — where he was the mascot, a bewigged Alexander Hamilton — he gravitated toward musical theater, discovering almost by chance that he liked directing. Even Billy Eichner Likes This Guy 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z At Oberlin, which he entered in 1984, he majored in classical piano, not because he had given up on musical theater, but because he wasn’t sure he could make a living at it. Seth Rudetsky, Broadway’s Go-To Guy, Flirts With ‘Disaster!’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z I doubt that will happen, but “Come From Away” administers a healing dose of musical theater uplift that in these politically fractious times has found a grateful audience. And the winner is ... a tie? Why this year's Tony Awards are so impossible to predict 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z To assist me in figuring out the confusing strap of my quiver, there was CJ DiOrio, a recent New York University musical theater graduate, for whom this gig was his biggest yet. What It’s Like to Perform at the Met With No Opera Experience 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z There are only so many “I want” numbers and charm songs — two of the templates in the musical theater handbook — a show can support before a crisis had better step forward. Review: ‘Trevor’ Is a Musical That Dare Not Speak Its Theme 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z He was also a prolific arranger who adapted musical theater scores for the big screen, winning Oscars for "Porgy and Bess" as well as "Gigi" and "My Fair Lady." Andre Previn's 'Streetcar' opera will play L.A., but without him 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The ecological outrage and anxiety at the core of “Solastalgia” were also central to “Welcome to Paradise Lost,” a musical theater work that might best be described as an immersive environmental agitprop Gesamtkunstwerk. Plays of Helplessness, and Hope, as the Planet Burns 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The Carlyle show included seven original songs, two of which came from a musical theater work in progress tentatively titled “Meantime.” Music Review: Actor Shows His Burly Singer-Songwriter Side 2011-03-18T21:54:53Z Think of Bechdel, too, when you want to experience the buoyant, poignant directions that musical theater is taking. Review | ‘Fun Home’ is pure musical satisfaction 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z And from the vantage point of musical theater, the WNO’s exceedingly somber “Lost in the Stars” comes across as more noble than compelling. ‘Lost in the Stars’ falls short as compelling musical drama 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Beginner Theater is recommended for those with two to five years of dance or musical theater experience. Urban Athlete: Chorus-Line Calisthenics 2010-09-02T21:17:00Z Now he is placing a bold bet on musical theater. Four Musicals on Three Continents: An Australian Company’s Big Bet 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Today it is a staple of American musical theater. Thomas Meehan, Who Wrote the Books for Broadway Hits, Dies at 88 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z And after a try at folk rock, I placed myself in musical theater. Carly and Lucy Simon on Music, Fame, Sibling Rivalry and, Yes, James Taylor 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Thinking, feeling, mourning are not usually the stuff of dynamic musical theater. ‘Trails’ a cross between love triangle, buddy road trip 2013-03-18T21:40:23Z Moreover, Mr. Stone and Mr. Parker said the reading deepened their appreciation for the musical theater form. Arts & Leisure: The Twisty Road to Uganda and Broadway 2011-05-13T12:35:30Z With the impending arrival of , the seasoned and musical theater director who will take over in September, comes the promise of fresh energy and change that extends even to the name of this venerable organization. Music Review: Mozart, Puccini, Handel and Copland at Glimmerglass 2010-08-09T22:43:00Z “With Spotify cast albums, high schoolers these days in musical theater latch on to anything and everything,” Cooley said when I asked how he chose “Tuck,” which lasted only a month after opening on Broadway. Meet the 19-Year-Old ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Actor Who’s Charming Broadway 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z For someone who is a rock star to then be on a sitcom to then do musical theater, these are not things that rock stars do even now. Rock legend Suzi Quatro on the secret to her success: "I never, ever did gender" 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z It also beat out Stephen Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George" in 1984 for best musical, to the shock of some musical theater purists. No Obvious Front-Runner in Tony Race 2010-05-04T18:24:00Z Maybe the return of Ziva, the character played by Cote de Pablo, who left the show this season and who studied musical theater in college? Critic’s Notebook: Using Song to Break the TV Episodic Monotony 2013-12-08T22:36:42Z “I had a very negative view of musical theater,” he said. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z But isn’t it splendid when a work of musical theater is absolutely both? ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Sondheim took a little blame for helping “Evening Primrose” make the rounds of the musical theater underground for so long. ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z Ms. LaLonde, who at Harvard was awarded the Radcliffe Doris Cohen Levi Prize for excellence in musical theater by the university’s Office of the Arts, was continuing to work as an actress. At a Surprise Party, a Surprising Romantic Overture 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z “Sweeney Todd” is one of the strongest works of musical theater written in the latter half of the 20th century. Va. Opera’s ‘Sweeney Todd’ rides on operatic voices, despite miking A starry revival of “Merrily We Roll Along,” one of musical theater’s most beloved flops, will transfer to Broadway next fall, hoping to right the show’s oxymoronic reputation once and for all. ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Will Transfer to Broadway Next Fall 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z And back in its natural habitat — Broadway — where musical theater has long been king, it’s now also queen, crown prince and virtually all the other royals. Give them a hand! Musicals stage a comeback. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z With no dancing and a slim plot, there was little of musical theater convention in the show, but, as Frank Rich wrote in The Times, it was startlingly original and deeply satisfying. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z But it’s a testament to his skills that the discards and remnants from which this show was stitched are more beguiling than so much of what passes for contemporary musical theater. Theater Review: ‘Marry Me a Little,’ Sondheim Songs, at Clurman Theater 2012-10-04T20:43:21Z Cook embodied the spirit of the American musical theater. Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z That’s how impatient the show is to get going — and how impatient Bernstein was to bring what he knew about musical theater to Broadway in 1957. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z “Some of the initial numbers were thinking about tropes of Western musical theater and how to make that through a lens of a South Asian American college student,” Lew said. Bhangra Is Big on Campus. Now It’s Inspiring a Musical. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The so-called “I want” song is a convention — if not a rule — of musical theater scores. Eleri Ward Captures the Longing at the Heart of Sondheim’s Work 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z He recounts his childhood in Ohio; his parents’ divorce; his mother’s subsequent marriages, divorces and emotional troubles; and his unlikely origins as a musical theater nerd. The Unreality of Being a Celebrity 2011-05-16T11:00:17Z By the late 1960s and early 1970s, youth musical theater classes were offered by dance studios and music conservatories. Out of the Spotlight, Still a Star: The ‘Backstage Diva’ 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z I was raised in a musical theater sphere of this business, and playing a superhero in front of a green screen is a beast compared to that. Melissa Benoist: Playing Supergirl Taught Me 'Not to Take Any Crap' 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Elaine Stritch, the Broadway musical theater actress who was best known for her salty personality and and star power even into old age, died Thursday in Birmingham at 89. Elaine Stritch, Great Dame of Broadway, Dead at 89 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Werner is a skilled pop-country songwriter, and probably a better choice for the material than a seasoned musical theater composer. ‘Bull Durham,’ a Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Movie 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The bride, 39, is a musical theater writer who wrote “How Deep Is the Ocean?” Pia Cincotti, Michael Herzenberg 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Despite tepid reviews from many critics, and despite winning zero Tony Awards, the show has been a huge hit, reflecting Jackman’s enormous popularity among musical theater fans, as well as affection for the show itself. Broadway’s ‘Music Man’ Revival Will End Run on Jan. 1 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z In eighth grade, a teacher started a year-round musical theater class, and that’s when I started to fit in. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Taking care of the music in musical theater turned into an unexpected career for the classically trained Kalbfleisch. Jon Kalbfleisch tunes up ‘A Little Night Music’ 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Some programs added one musical theater workshop or dance class, while others expanded their offerings more broadly and became comprehensive performing arts schools. Out of the Spotlight, Still a Star: The ‘Backstage Diva’ 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Christian Soto was an ace trumpeter in high school, raised in a family that delights in musical theater. Falling for the Lure of the Stage. The Backstage. 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z And as one of the few musical theater composers to write his own lyrics successfully, he gives singing actors something to act. Review: A Pageant of Love and Antisemitism, in ‘Parade’ 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z "One of the students asked where they could stage a musical," said Ashton Byrum, coordinator of Columbia's musical theater program. Starving artists find Web meal ticket 2011-03-09T23:30:00Z At Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, she starred in plays directed by visiting drama students from the nearby University of Michigan, where she majored in musical theater. She Was a Star Before ‘Emily in Paris’ 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “I always wanted to be a musical theater performer,” she said. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: 'The songs are the heart of the show' 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z But musical theater doesn’t live by dance alone. ‘Little Dancer’ at the Kennedy Center, with the accent on ‘dancer’ The conclusion of the show will free up its home, the Broadway Theater, a prime musical theater house; there was no word on Wednesday about its next tenant. 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' to Close on Broadway 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z And in a move that a number of opera companies are experimenting with, but which is eyed warily by purists, the company plans to mount productions of musical theater. ArtsBeat: Mike Leigh to Direct ‘Pirates of Penzance’ for English National Opera 2014-04-29T14:56:31Z In “Kiss Me, Kate,” Mr. Carlyle’s throwback to classic musical theater spotlights a lengthy number, “Too Darn Hot.” There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a mixture of straight pathos, a little bit of clowning and beautiful musical theater showmanship.” ?La Cage? Imports Douglas Hodge, a Pinter Regular 2010-04-14T15:24:00Z “Their songs are all the voices of a generation — not just out in the world but in the musical theater, too,” she declares. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul swing for the fences with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Hanford High School was the big winner this year at the annual 5th Avenue Awards ceremony honoring high-school musical theater around the state. Hanford High big winner at 5th Avenue Awards 2011-06-07T18:38:04Z With instincts that lean demonstrably toward the commercial — and which these days almost invariably mean musical theater — Finn has favored projects reflecting a Broadway sheen. Perspective | How the Kennedy Center’s theater chief sniffs out Broadway-worthy winners 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z TIME: Obviously there are a lot of stereotypes about musical theater people. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z But there was one thing that didn’t come naturally to Miranda, even if he’s known as a musical theater pioneer — the choreography. Lin-Manuel Miranda calls ‘Mary Poppins’ sequel role a dream 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Elliott, 42, who won for most promising musical theater librettist, also lives in New York. ArtsBeat: Adam Gwon and Michelle Elliott Win Musical-Theater Writing Prizes 2011-05-13T18:26:20Z “Sweeney Todd” may be a musical theater piece, but Stephen Sondheim’s score has more sophistication than many contemporary operas. Mozart, Made New: This Week’s 8 Best Classical Music Moments 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Scenes from "Star Wars the Musical" Forget "Glee": In 1996, three high school students from California decided that they were going to do some really epic musical theater. Scenes from "Star Wars the Musical" 2011-03-25T15:26:00Z With musical theater “we try to take out the lower resonance to brighten the voice to make it more understandable.” Opera Star Tries Doin? What Comes Natur?lly 2011-07-14T22:16:30Z They charmingly dedicated their best song award to “musical theater nerds everywhere.” The Best and Worst of the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z A love of those stories was something they all shared — including Ms. deBessonet, who traces her affection for musical theater back to watching Disney cartoons as a child in Baton Rouge. How Do You Stage Disney’s ‘Hercules’? Invite Everyone 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z And to generations of musical theater fans, Galt MacDermot was the guy who looked out of place in a picture on the back of the “Hair” cast recording. ‘The Cool Guy’: Pop and Theater Stars Celebrate the Composer of ‘Hair’ 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z A two-time Tony-nominated actor, Karl has long been a prized musical theater stud with a sleek voice and a sneaky gift for slapstick. With a heroic performance by its injured star, 'Groundhog Day' limps through opening night 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Charming and small-scale, with no chorus or other signs of Golden Age grandeur, “Saturday Night” exemplified the changing texture of musical theater — or would have, had its lead producer not died. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Have you ever considered the humorous self-parody of many of your videos as an invitation to people who are skeptical of musical theater? Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z He earned a B.F.A. in musical theater from Syracuse University, but this, in his slightly overstated words, is “the first time I’m putting it to use.” ‘Camelot,’ Beloved but Befuddling, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Though known as an uncompromising serialist, Babbitt in his youth was immersed in musical theater and even his most complex, thorny scores cook with spiky American rhythms. Classical & Opera Listings for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “Empire” has generally avoided kitschy musical theater tropes in its performance segments, but Laura serenading a crowded plaza, backed by an invisible band, and winning the hearts of felt like a scene out of “Glee.” ‘Empire’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘True Love Never’ 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z In any event, Wolfe remained interested in exploring what might be termed the negative space in musical theater — what’s been omitted over time from our artistic heritage. George C. Wolfe: A theater man on a mission to do a forgotten show justice 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z In the days since the unexpected death of one of the most important writers in the history of musical theater, interest in his work has surged. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z How to salvage a musical theater piece from all this material? ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’: An affectionate comic opera look at the high court 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Before her decline, however, Ms. Forrester appeared in musical theater productions, especially enjoying a run as Bloody Mary in a production of “South Pacific” in Edmonton. Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79 2010-06-18T03:55:00Z He studied musical theater at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he roomed with fellow “Book of Mormon” alum Josh Gad. Rory O'Malley's comic road to King George in 'Hamilton' started in Burbank 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Over 28 years, “Miss Saigon” has turned into one of the most successful hits in musical theater — as well as one of the most polarizing and most protested. The Battle of ‘Miss Saigon’: Yellowface, Art and Opportunity 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Bolin is the music director of Story Pirates, which makes musical theater for children based on their own writings. ‘Found,’ a Musical Based on Literary Detritus 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z While Broadway is mostly built on nostalgia and happy endings, “Hair” was a takedown of the establishment that basically ruined musical theater for the next 20 years. Show me the money: La La Land and the loving lap of capitalism 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z It showed me that there’s a way to combine classic musical theater and cutting-edge rock ‘n’ roll. ‘The Cool Guy’: Pop and Theater Stars Celebrate the Composer of ‘Hair’ 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Gyllenhaal, although best known as a film star, wowed musical theater fans last summer with his star turn in an Encores! Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Concert Production of ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Despite the grueling rehearsal schedule, Stephanie Styles of Houston hopes to pursue a career as a musical theater actress. HS students compete for top music theater awards 2010-06-28T20:28:00Z To be a musical theater kid in the days before "The Phantom of the Opera" was a dark time. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z “He would get really into one form of creation and take it to some level: stop-motion animation, puppets, musical theater, improv, regular theater,” Ms. Lee said. In Search of the Meaning of Life? Meet Me at the Monkey Bars. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z A hugely successful musical theater version still runs on New York’s Broadway and in London. Beyonce leads red carpet stars as 'The Lion King' roars back to life 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Much of older musical theater suffers from the problem outlined here, and it mostly comes from timewarp. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The production won the 2011 Molière Award for best musical theater. The Week Ahead: July 3 ? 9 2011-07-01T18:34:09Z How do you translate the emotional highs of live musical theater — where so much drama is communicated through the songs and performance — into prose? ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Goes From Stage to Page 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z One ballet star who has managed of late to more successfully balance the technical and emotional demands of musical theater is Robert Fairchild, Tiler’s husband and Megan’s brother. Misty Copeland brings star power to ‘On the Town’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z When did you start planting the seeds for a turn to musical theater? Jennifer Nettles Had Sung ‘She Used to Be Mine.’ But Not While Crying. 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Writing in The New York Times earlier this month, Charles Isherwood called it “an occasion of transporting artistry” and “an indelible moment in the history of musical theater.” Bernadette Peters, Learning in ?Night Music? 2010-08-15T23:15:00Z Accepting his special award for contributions to musical theater, Mr. Rice joked that New York critics had been more favorable to the two shows than they were at their original openings decades earlier. ArtsBeat: 'Matilda' Wins Record-Setting Seven Olivier Awards 2012-04-16T18:52:24Z “Follies” is every musical theater nerd’s favorite casting puzzle. Casting a ‘Follies’ of the Future, With Beyoncé and Ben Platt 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, "Oklahoma!," which debuted in 1943, is often credited with reinventing musical theater — although "Showboat," from 1927, is invariably mentioned in the same sentence. 'Oklahoma!' sweeps audience back to prairie in lush show 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z "What's funny about musical theater is that it's such a mutt of an art form," he said. Salsa and rap musical 'In the Heights' ? coming to 5th Avenue ? lifted creator to early stardom 2010-09-23T20:24:00Z It gives the audience an insider's view of musical theater. Review: Village Theatre's '42nd Street' lights up the stage 2010-05-27T20:19:00Z He loves musical theater for the same reasons. Benjamin Scheuer and a life told in heartbreaking song at the Geffen 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z But for all her success in the opera house, Ms. Lewis said, it was musical theater she loved best. Brenda Lewis, Versatile American Soprano, Is Dead at 96 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z Latouche’s lyrics, Mr. Pollack said, have a dramatic instinct that Wilbur, with little experience in musical theater, couldn’t quite compete with. Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z And “Sunday in the Park,” with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine, is one of the most beloved shows in the musical theater canon. Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Concert Production of ‘Sunday in the Park With George’ 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “Séance” has already produced grumbling about the increasingly blurry line between opera and musical theater. Spring Performance: Music : Donizetti and Schwartz Fill Out Opera Program 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z Yes, he was one of the greatest lyricists in the history of musical theater. Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z We’re a musical theater company with a live orchestra, 8 to 10 pieces. Wanda Sykes to Watch Over Orphans 2010-08-11T17:16:00Z You know he cares about it, but now you see the Damian within a musical theater structure who loves musical theater. Finding New Meaning in ‘Mean Girls’ 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z But if you’re curious about the future of musical theater, you might consider joining. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for August 2018 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Movies aside, singing and musical theater are a large part of his life, and will possibly be even larger in the future. Lambert Wilson: A Man of New Faith 2010-12-06T14:30:00Z The work is as much musical theater as oratorio, and the two leads are spoken roles. Music Review: Baltimore Symphony?s ?Joan of Arc,? at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-21T23:30:10Z In any case, ambitious musical theater would never be the same; we would not have “Fun Home” or “Hamilton” or “Dear Evan Hansen” without “Follies” hovering behind them, the most beautiful ghost of all. What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z “It’s like a time capsule in that way. That style of musical theater has moved on.” Perspective | The Rockettes, still kicking after 85 years. Here’s why we love them. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Musical A terrifying creature from science fiction lays waste to the world of musical theater in this satire. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 2-9: 'Much Ado About Nothing' and more 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Patrick Wilson was once the up-and-coming musical theater leading man who broke through with the most recent Broadway revival of “Oklahoma!” and sang as he disrobed in “The Full Monty.” ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: Stage Stars From the Comfort of Your Couch 2011-09-22T19:20:43Z “For the first time in musical theater history, we had to make a character smaller for the stage,” he added. Dating 6 Men at 68: The Woman Behind the Musical ‘Curvy Widow’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z His outfit quickly took a back seat to their conversation, including their passion for musical theater growing up, he in New York and she in London from ages 10 to 18. A Reassuring Sign Before A Walk Down the Aisle 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z With their link to the drama severed, and the drama in any case attenuated, the songs cease to function as they normally do in musical theater and collapse into a concert. Review: In ‘KPOP,’ Korean Pop and Broadway Meet (Too) Cute 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Jasperse, who grew up in Rockville, Md., started out on a much different path: As a teenager, he wanted to go into musical theater. John Jasperse Hopes ‘Remains’ Lasts After the Dancing Stops 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z American and Brazilian musical theater productions have been staged in Brazil for decades, but ticket sales began to rise after a 2001 production of “Les Miserables” in São Paulo, producers said. Broadway Musicals, Big Draw in Brazil for a Decade, Lose Their Audience 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Born in Germany and raised in England, de Waal was always obsessed with musical theater. Jeanna de Waal Has Already Forgotten About That ‘Diana’ Film 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Getting to play Cinderella in a Broadway revival of “Into the Woods” sounds like a young musical theater performer’s dream, until you break your neck doing the pratfalls built into the role. Shutting the Door on the Hard-Knock Life 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “He changed the face of musical theater,” Chenoweth said in an email. Carol Burnett Leading Campaign to Rename Theater for Hal Prince 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z They show Purcell forging a path for English musical theater. Review: Purcell’s Elaborate Scores, Elegantly Executed at Carnegie Hall 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Born in Queens, he danced as a child, learning tap and jazz, attending the School of the Performing Arts and landing roles in musical theater. These 18 movie stars are also amazing dancers. That’s their real superpower. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z It feels mildly out of place in the slightly sordid milieu of Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, but the musical theater lovers basking in the audience are not likely to complain. Theater Review: ?Pipe Dream,? From Rodgers and Hammerstein, at Encores! 2012-03-29T21:28:11Z The book writer is usually one of musical theater's unsung heroes, often getting the blame when a musical doesn't succeed and receiving little of the credit when a show is a hit. 'Fiddler on the Roof' writer Stein, 98, dies in NY 2010-10-26T00:51:00Z It mixes fun, candy-coated musical theater crowd-pleasers like “Food, Glorious Food” and “Consider Yourself” with darker Dickensian themes including poverty and domestic violence. ‘Oliver!’ Returns, With Darker Twists Intact 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z We looked warily upon musical theater, regarding it as an antiquated art form kept on life support via revivals and an aging audience. Cultural Studies: The Glee Generation 2010-06-11T19:20:00Z Mr. Strobl, by contrast, was more interested in singing in alternative-rock bands until an audience member at a show encouraged him to give musical theater a shot. A Boot Camp for Broadway’s Starry-Eyed Fledglings 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z For five years, this musical theater giant gave him invaluable insights into the art form. Why You’ll Probably Never Hear a Sondheim Concerto 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “Younger,” a pacey comedy set in the world of Manhattan publishing, often relies on musical theater stars to deliver its zingers. When Covid Dropped the Curtain on Broadway Actors, TV Kept the Lights On 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z Naturally, to give the material a reason to sing, the Cavendishes had to be made into musical theater royalty. Review: ‘The Royal Family of Broadway,’ This Time in Song 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Now, just two months after retiring from the company to try his luck in musical theater, he finds himself contorting his body to become one of the world’s most famous monsters. Robert Fairchild: From God to Monster (and Choreographer) 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z The duo — along with the director Bailey Williams — also wrote the show, which the venue’s website describes as a mix of “Broadway musical theater, the YouTube comment section and Hallmark greeting cards.” Comedy Listings for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The ones I enjoyed most — Come Fly Away, American Idiot, Fela! — depended on recycled music and fell a little short as fully realized musical theater. Kansas City Rap 'Venice' Production: Year's Best Musical 2010-05-14T19:55:00Z Few composers are as interested in, or as gifted at, exploring the transitions and the middle ground between speaking and singing, which gives Soper’s works a familial relationship to book-based musical theater. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z With an easygoing candor, Sting waxed poetic about his songwriting process, admitted a love for country music and musical theater and shared the conception story of many songs. Sting strips down his sound, melts crowd 2011-12-06T19:36:03Z How marvelous that musical theater could do this for Washington on such a solemn occasion. Perspective | A Broadway musical on the National Mall opens hearts to memories of 9/11 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z That is essentially the same as musical theater, or the same as multicamera comedy. How to Squeeze a Feminist Farce Into an English Country House 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z But McPhee, now 27, is back in a role that seems tailor made for the former musical theater student. A Minute With: Katharine McPhee star of "Smash" 2012-02-01T10:10:42Z Bongile, as someone whose background is mostly in musical theater, how did your prepare for this role, which is a departure for you. A Word With: Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai: The ‘Mies Julie’ Stars, Hilda Cronje and Bongile Mantsai 2012-11-26T23:05:04Z Hunter agreed that women are now somewhat more visible in musical theater. ‘The Doors Didn’t Open Easily’ on Her Path to ‘Cinderella’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z If the voices in the main were good, not great, "Hair" is the kind of show that doesn't need exceptional musical theater prowess to work. This 'Hair' makes it easy to be heartened 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z I wasn’t a musical theater guy desperate to see this version of that, I just wanted to see something great that moved me, and most of the time, that would be new work. Hugh Jackman Is Having Fun Playing as ‘Arrogant as You Possibly Can’ 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z She is from a family of musicians, so singing in an ensemble, she said — whether it was musical theater or show choir — meant learning to breathe with others and sound like one voice. Ashley Nicole Black Is Her Own Competition 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z In musical theater, there is nothing like a dame, a star of great voice, astonishing presence and dazzling wattage. A divine showing of divas put the ‘broad’ in Broadway 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “I didn’t think I would miss it as much as I did,” said Zabinski, who brought her son Zak, a musical theater student at the University of Miami. Bruce Springsteen marks the return of live shows on Broadway 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z Did you pay much attention to musical theater in your early days in Detroit? Motown creator Berry Gordy charts his musical trajectory 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z And then there’s that exciting build to the singular sensation “One,” the musical theater equivalent of a fireworks display. Still a singular sensation: 'A Chorus Line' at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z It purports to be a paean to the great librettist Oscar Hammerstein II, whose work with the composers Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers revolutionized musical theater. Review: ‘Sincerely, Oscar’ Is Some Embarrassing Evening 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The question bears asking as Britain’s defining musical theater composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, starts previews on Broadway of his latest show, “Bad Cinderella.” These 2 Productions Bring a Jolt of Energy to British Musicals 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z He was intrigued by the beauty of Mr. Warner’s music, he said, and drawn to Mr. Wulp’s vision for the piece, which hearkens to an earlier era of musical theater. For ‘Red Eye of Love’ Musical, Curtain Will Finally Rise 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z In musical theater, the Kennedy Center is developing a new production of Henry Krieger and Bill Russell's "Side Show," with La Jolla Playhouse - the first major revival since the musical's original 1997 run on Broadway. Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014 2013-03-05T16:55:17Z He’s actually the young William Shakespeare, and this production from the school’s musical theater program draws its characters and script from the plays he created as an adult. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z The protean actress ventures into musical theater, trying on for size the poignant role of Desiree Armfeldt in this Signature Theatre revival. Perspective | Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the theatrical sun 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Initially, I was terrified and intimidated because I'm going to throw myself into the deep end of doing this musical theater situation which I've never done before, with the uppermost echelon of people involved. Mae Whitman on being your Y2K dream girl in musical rom-com "Up Here": "I'm such a '90s fanatic" 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z The sound of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new memoir, “Unmasked,” is the sound of history’s most successful musical theater composer laughing his way to the bank. Review | Andrew Lloyd Webber sings a happy tune in his memoir, ‘Unmasked’ 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z At times funny, at times heartbreaking, and from quirky start to haunting finish a feast of entrancing visual allurements, this exquisite show is among the most original musical theater works I’ve seen in years. Theater Review: ‘Red-Eye to Havre de Grace,’ a Musical About Edgar Allan Poe 2012-09-17T21:50:52Z My own love and experience in musical theater started young. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z It also gives musical theater buffs another chance to see why these young songwriters are going places. Musical ‘Dogfight’ has bite, while ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ lacks affection 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Now in its fifth year, this series of Off Broadway classics in semi-staged productions is always among the musical theater highlights of the summer. 5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z At first, it seemed odd to a lot of people that two rock stars would turn to musical theater. Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z Mr. Cook, a shy piano player from Kansas City, Mo., had recently moved to the city to explore musical theater. A Union Built in and on Stages 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Like most important works of musical theater set in high schools, “Gary Goldfarb: Master Escapist” has a social message, and there it is. ArtsBeat: New York Musical Theater Festival Report: ‘Gary Goldfarb, Master Escapist’ 2013-07-22T21:15:19Z In his acceptance speech, Mr. Moreno, who will study musical theater at the University of Arizona in the fall, reflected on the previous week. Heard of the Jimmys? It’s the Tonys, for Teenagers 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z The same might be said for "West Side Story," but Bernstein's pinnacle achievement as a musical theater composer cries out to be seen as well as heard. 'Candide' is revisited in a playfully imaginative staging by Long Beach Opera 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z In the world of musical theater, Harold Prince, who died Wednesday at 91, was a big tent all by himself. Perspective | Thank you, Hal Prince, for giving me some of the most transcendent nights of theater I’ve ever known 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The youngest of three children in a family of vegans, Ware started dancing at 4 and doing musical theater at 6. They Finally Get to Dance on Broadway 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Over nearly four decades, the show has raked in billions of dollars, been celebrated in a US postage stamp and reinvented the modern image of musical theater — and musical theater audiences. "Cats" is a mesmerizing laser pointer for your brain 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z It was always good, of course, one of the gleaming artifacts and loveliest scores of the Golden Age of American musical theater — a canon now being contested, with cause, for its unenlightened sexual politics. Review: Whose ‘Fair Lady’? This Time, Eliza’s in Charge 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z But given just how many talented musical theater performers there are out there—and in the cast!—it was perplexing to find the center of the story so bland. “Grease: Live”‘s technical triumph: A dazzling production almost makes up for lackluster leads 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z It was led by Bert Williams, a Black singer and comedian who also created pioneering musical theater productions. Let There Be Light, and Art, in the Moynihan Train Hall 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The Wagnerian veteran’s expansive presence suited this role better than it did Sweeney Todd, to cite Mr. Terfel’s other recent foray into the realm of musical theater. One Musical Knockout After Another 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z As someone who thinks a lot about the musical component of musical theater, I wrote an Arts & Leisure piece offering my impressions of some scores from recent shows in New York. A Critic Picks Songs of the Broadway Season 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University’s musical theater program, Mr. Marshall headed for New York, where he was quickly cast in “Cats.” Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z Perhaps even more welcome, for reasons of novelty, were staples of the Sondheim musical theater stable in gratifyingly unanticipated hands. Review: Old Favorites, With New Tricks 2010-08-10T14:33:00Z A likable stage presence equipped with a sure, strong voice, Mr. Xavier possesses the ready élan that was once the musical theater’s stock-in-trade. Musical Revivals Offer Mixed Rewards 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z It was Mr. Finn, the composer of “Falsettos,” who first fostered “The Burnt Part Boys” in a 2006 incarnation in the musical theater lab at Barrington Stage Company. Mining Deaths Sharpen ?The Burnt Part Boys? 2010-05-22T06:47:00Z It showcases classical music as well as jazz and musical theater. James Conlon to quit post with Chicago Symphony's Ravinia Festival 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z In musical theater, though, nothing is as easy as it looks. Arts & Leisure: Matthew Broderick in ?Nice Work if You Can Get It? 2012-04-05T15:10:22Z Twenty years on, I’m amazed at how audiences are still discovering her, still seeing the boldness and freshness in one of the most outrageous characters ever to headline in musical theater. Decades later, ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ is still bold and fresh 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Later in the decade he started writing songs, and that led to his work in musical theater. Monty Norman, Who Wrote 007’s Memorable Theme, Dies at 94 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Much of the show inhabited the treacherous territory where musical theater, karaoke and television collide, often to the detriment of musical theater as the competitive imperatives of talent contests like “American Idol” outweigh dramatic coherence. ‘Breaking Character,’ Jeremy Jordan’s Club Act at 54 Below 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z In “Hamilton,” Miranda, who has written the book, music and lyrics, establishes more profoundly than ever before the credentials of rap as a conveyance for musical theater. History as you’ve never heard it before 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z When it comes to Lloyd Webber’s musical audacity, it can sometimes feel as if it’s not just rock snobs that underrate “Superstar,” but also self-professed musical theater lovers. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Does musical theater allow for a serious discussion of tough issues? Michael Jackson Musical Creators: ‘We’re Not Judge and Jury’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z In high school at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts, and later at the University of Florida, she majored in musical theater. They Finally Get to Dance on Broadway 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z And taking this route allowed Mr. Gordon to invite singers from musical theater into the cast, like the amazing Victoria Clark, who sang Ma Joad. Music Review: Collegiate Choral, With Jane Fonda, in a Concert Version 2010-03-23T22:18:00Z Michele: Rachel was me when I was younger and working in musical theater. Lea Michele has Justin Timberlake on her mind 2010-08-12T06:14:00Z It’s a self-conscious nod, from Guettel and Lucas, to their uncommon fusion of operatic melodrama with the psychological realism of contemporary musical theater. ‘The Light in the Piazza’ Review: Outside, Looking In at Love 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z But athletics will meet arias on Sunday, when Ardea Arts and the City Parks Foundation present “Bounce,” a musical theater performance and basketball workshop for children ages 10 to 16 at Coney Island. Spare Times: For Children, for Sept. 12-18 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Amplification has long been standard practice in musical theater. Music Review: Frank Loesser?s ?Most Happy Fella,? at Dicapo Opera 2012-03-10T00:57:23Z The Hollywood Reporter said while Radcliffe "doesn't quite pop as a musical theater performer, the 'Harry Potter' star does a capable job of singing and dancing in the revival." Daniel Radcliffe charms critics in Broadway musical 2011-03-28T17:41:17Z It includes a new holiday opera for families entitled "The Lion, the Unicorn and Me," with a score by musical theater composer Jeanine Tesori. Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014 2013-03-05T16:55:17Z She was bitten by the musical theater bug in high school. ‘Wicked’ welcomes a pioneering good witch, Brittney Johnson 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z It's ridiculous and predictable but also just a ton of fun, so you may as well give up and give in to your inner musical theater geek. Review: `Pitch Perfect' is infectiously catchy 2012-09-26T19:21:12Z Along with directing the chorus, he taught musical theater at Roosevelt High School for 12 years. Dennis Coleman: Concerts need 'a laugh, a tear and a chill' 2012-11-20T22:14:15Z “We have taken the kind of liberty that you take in musical theater,” Weidman told The Washington Post at the time. Sondheim’s ‘Road Show’ on the rebound at Signature 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z He was always, as he puts it, “a guy with a guitar and a microphone,” rather than someone formally trained in musical theater. A millennial Hedwig? Darren Criss talks about a new generation rocking to this 'Angry Inch' 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “I think there is more diversity in musical theater, and you can tell complex stories without being simplistic.” New Musicals That Strike a Somber Chord 2010-03-02T22:40:00Z Two New York shows are exciting critics and audiences this summer by challenging preconceived notions about popular musical theater. Natasha, Pierre, Imelda Marcos and you: Immersive new Off-Broadway musicals 2013-07-11T19:25:59Z I’m in musical theater and Tim is into plays and film and TV. To Love, Honor and Co-Star: Making Room for Two on Zoom 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z And for a musical theater desperately in need of leaders of every stripe, it couldn’t be a more timely ascension. ‘Hamilton’ director Thomas Kail, at the height of his powers 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z He moved to Austin after receiving a scholarship to study musical theater at the University of Texas. How a ‘Hamilton’ Super Fan Got Cast in the Broadway Show 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The “La Cage” score is on the weaker end of the house’s musical theater repertory, which includes “Kiss Me, Kate,” “West Side Story” and “Fiddler on the Roof.” Review: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ Brightens Up Berlin 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z I was always kind of struggling, but when I was around 15 I decided to leave musical theater behind and put all my efforts into pop music. | Britain’s R&B Wunderkind (And This Weekend’s ‘SNL’ Guest) Sam Smith 2014-03-25T18:55:16Z Countering this rap, the Manhattan School of Music announced that in fall 2016 it would begin to offer a degree program in musical theater. Manhattan School of Music to Offer Musical Theater Degree 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z I’d been listening to him since the 1970s, and he’s a staple among great jazz and pop musicians, but he had no presence in the world of musical theater.” Get-up-and-dance ‘Fela!’ coming to Seattle May 28-June 2 2013-05-22T23:12:41Z The Lido’s reinvention as a musical theater venue — under a new owner, the hotel conglomerate Accor, and a somewhat silly new name, Lido2Paris — is clearly an attempt to lure back local crowds. A Paris Cabaret Makes Way for ‘Cabaret’ 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Although American stardom eluded him, he went on to establish himself as a top-of-the-line musical theater performer in his homeland while continuing to pay visits to the United States. Music Review: Broadway Cowboy of Australia 2010-12-01T05:15:00Z At that moment in my life I wasn’t the biggest fan of musical theater. Sheik navigates Broadway, pop worlds 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z She fell in love with musical theater, dance and Etta James, which explains everything. The women of Thunderpussy want to talk music, not feminism 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z “Zero to Hero” — “possibly the most fabulous musical theater number known to humanity,” Ms. deBessonet declared — will still be a spectacle. How Do You Stage Disney’s ‘Hercules’? Invite Everyone 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Life took her to musical theater and now she's found herself singing one of musical theater's best anthems - "Defying Gravity." 'This is the top' _ Dutch singer on Broadway debut 2013-03-04T12:46:09Z The show reunites two gifted musical theater veterans who have profitably collaborated in the past. | 'Little Miss Sunshine': Taking Dysfunction on a Road Trip 2011-03-08T16:48:24Z She imitated the voices of the original singers, a skill that paid off later when she entered a competition with categories for classical repertory, then chansons and musical theater. A Shape-Shifting Opera Singer, With a Debut to Match 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Performances in “Les Misérables” in 10th grade and “Sunday in the Park with George” in her senior year convinced her that musical theater was what she wanted to do. ‘Wicked’ welcomes a pioneering good witch, Brittney Johnson 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z But what it was like for you, specifically, growing up as a musical theater kid? Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z SAT Showcase and fundraiser for Nathan Hale's spring musical, "Hairspray," with show preview and performers including students, alumni, teachers and local musical theater professionals, 6:30 p.m. Community calendar 2012-03-07T21:12:07Z And McAnally had recently become a musical theater convert after seeing his first Broadway show, “The Book of Mormon.” ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z “There’s a lot of drilling, more than in regular musical theater,” said Mr. Tam, who has been on Broadway in “A Chorus Line,” among other shows. Broadway Training, Gangnam Style 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z “We were a bunch of rambunctious punk kids that loved musical theater but maybe didn’t quite fit into the quintessential musical theater mold,” Mr. Tam said. The Guy Behind ‘Be More Chill’ Is Keeping It in the Family 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z After Harvard, where he wrote Hasty Pudding musicals, he got a degree from New York University’s graduate program in musical theater composition. David Javerbaum’s ‘An Act of God’ Adapts Tweets to Broadway 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Top of mind for both artists, however, is another musical theater collaboration to showcase the plethora of talented, older female entertainers they know. 'Kinky Boots' creators Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein kick back 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Below, Mr. Landrieu discusses the differences between writing a book and writing a speech, how musical theater helped shape his view of the world and more. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Mayor of New Orleans on Rethinking Southern History 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Shows don’t run forever, and musical theater actors are regularly adrift — between roles, we say — seeking ways to continue to work and spread the faith. The Stage Door at Sea: A Broadway Star on Her First Fan Cruise 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z It is among the best known, most popular and most staged shows in the history of musical theater, and it is hard to overstate its significance to the American Jewish imagination. ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Gets a Debated Update 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s destined to be one of those works of historically minded American musical theater, like “Oklahoma!” or “Fiddler on the Roof,” that will be perpetually revived and eventually reinvented as the times change. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Fans of musical theater may also be interested to learn that there’s a new podcast devoted entirely to local performers talking about musical theater. Olney, musicians union finally achieve harmony after 16 months of negotiations 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z “So that the little girl that’s sitting in Queens, New York, who maybe wants to do musical theater, does see herself.” Aneesa Folds, Back on Broadway, Is Still Getting Used to This 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The musician, the brother of musical theater composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, said Tuesday the baby will be the "best birthday present in the world." Musician Julian Lloyd Webber to be dad again 2011-01-04T13:23:07Z “There’s a more porous relationship now between popular music, rock music and musical theater,” Mr. Eustis said. Cultural Studies: The Glee Generation 2010-06-11T19:20:00Z “Twenty years ago, you couldn’t find this amount of actors and actresses in Spain,” for musical theater, he said. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Yet she never set sights on the New York conservatories, opting instead to study musical theater at Penn State. Locally grown ‘Evita’ star travels the long road to the Kennedy Center “Broadway Musicals” was “devoured by a generation of kids getting into musical theater,” Michael Riedel, the theater columnist for The Post, said in an interview on Friday. Martin Gottfried, Theater Critic and Author, Dies at 80 2014-03-08T02:15:02Z The atmosphere at the matinee was more like that of a rock concert than a typical musical theater outing; soft rock perhaps, but the enthusiasm was raucously hard core. 'Into the Woods' reunion shows Sondheim can still cast a spell 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z In doing so, it married rock and musical theater, ushering in Broadway’s British invasion of the 1970s and 1980s and paving the way for shows like “Les Misérables” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at 50: What Was the Buzz? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The show is a self-referential musical comedy about a Black gay musical theater writer trying to write a musical about a Black gay musical theater writer. ‘A Strange Loop’ Won the Pulitzer. Now It’s Coming to Broadway. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z I went to musical theater college and graduated with honors and it’s nice to put that to use now. Mark Ballas on why 'Jersey Boys' was his destiny: 'I had seen the show 12 times when I auditioned' 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z In musical theater, I’m too old to play some of these roles. An Opera Diva and a Broadway Star Trade Places, and Advice 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Its 1947 premiere ran nine months — respectable enough in itself but a fraction the engagement of its pioneering predecessors; the title has languished since largely as a musical theater footnote. Theater Review: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Allegro’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z One of the founding goals of the Encores! series is panning for gold, if you will, in the history of the musical theater. Review: ‘Paint Your Wagon,’ Starring Keith Carradine, Opens at Encores! 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z These aren't characters we are accustomed to meeting on today's musical theater stage, and the situation they find themselves in requires a bit of explanation for an inoculated audience booking flights on their smart phones. Michael John LaChiusa's musical 'Rain' is just too outdated to remain relevant 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Surely musical theater is last on the list of mediums suited to agitprop. Review: In ‘The Cradle Will Rock,’ Labor Gets Belabored 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z He had to be reminded that Ms. Adams had some musical theater in her background and hired her mostly because she is a movie star with three Oscar nominations on her résumé. Amy Adams and Donna Murphy in ‘Into the Woods’ 2012-07-26T12:00:00Z And musical theater went out the window as soon as I started doing stand-up. Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z Army Special Forces soldier, Nathan grew up thinking he would join the military, but lately, he’s been thinking more seriously about a career in dance and musical theater. D.C. dancers tapped for ‘Brothers of the Knight’ national tour “Spirited” aims to charm musical theater skeptics by poking gentle fun at the genre’s oddities. Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance! 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Broadway — though she starred last spring in the Encores! production of “I Married an Angel,” which was choreographed and directed by her husband, Joshua Bergasse, who works in musical theater. Sara Mearns, an Explorer Way Beyond Ballet 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z There is a shelf worth of albums he helped make — from a punk album to a musical theater show for Meat Loaf — that flopped or were shelved. Steven Van Zandt explores his fascinating and unlikely life 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The opera is a singspiel — the German genre of works, usually comic, that incorporate spoken dialogue — and is therefore a genetic ancestor of modern-day musical theater. Music Review: Schubert?s ?Verschworenen? at Manhattan School of Music 2012-04-01T21:50:30Z “I thought, ‘This show will be produced Off Broadway, it will be well received, it will go to Broadway, and this is how I will enter into the musical theater world,’” he said. The Guy Behind ‘Be More Chill’ Is Keeping It in the Family 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Recasting a play with stars for the screen used to be the rule; I need only say the words “Lucille Ball is Mame” to set musical theater fans’ teeth rattling. Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Adams, thrice nominated for Oscars, demonstrates that the musical theater is her true home. Into the Woods in Central Park: al Fresco Enchantment 2012-08-10T21:45:00Z Last year's Grammy winner in the musical theater category was "Kinky Boots." Grammys 2015: Carole King musical 'Beautiful' wins 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Nonprofits have become more significant players in musical theater development in the years since Mr. Drabinsky was last active in the business, and Berkeley is a prestigious theater with experience doing such work. The Producer Has a History. So Does This Civil War-Era Musical. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Had you trained in dancing or musical theater? Chadwick Boseman and His James Brown Exorcism 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z She spent two years in dance training at a musical theater school before enrolling at Cambridge. The Making of ‘Six’: How Tudor Queens Turned Into Pop Stars 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z After past musical theater dates, the decade’s most infamous protest punks come to Seattle on what’s being billed as their first North American tour. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for March 2018 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Creating characters and learning the mandates of musical theater allowed Sting to step outside his usual songwriting self — only to realize, much later, that his own story was still being told. Sting Frees Himself With the Writing of ‘The Last Ship’ 2013-09-12T12:00:01Z Mr. Goldstein, 40, won the prize for the most promising musical theater librettist. Musical-Theater Writers Awarded Kleban Prizes 1453-08-13T05:00:00Z There were a lot of moments and lines in the show that Arthur considered too cutesy, or too typically musical theater. 'West Side Story': A classic revived 2012-01-08T04:11:44Z But opera and especially musical theater are art forms with specific needs and challenges. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z The theater dedication is just the latest tribute celebrating the birthday of a man who reshaped America's musical theater. Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z “Professional musical theater was largely inaccessible to our community for the most part until our production of ‘Big River’ was staged in bigger houses in L.A. and N.Y.,” ‘CODA’ Is Being Developed Into a Stage Musical by Deaf West 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z But the idea that the events were the stuff of musical theater seemed, at best, far-fetched to many. A 9/11 Parable, Resurrected in Newfoundland 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z In this way the performative aspect of musical theater is diverted from the characters into the narration, finessing the problem of musical theater kids. Review: Reviving a ‘Really Rosie’ That’s Hard-Candy Cute 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z “I thought I needed to face facts: The musical theater right now is not where I am going to flower,” he said. One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z It brought me back to my Broadway musical theater days. What I Wore: From Retro Glamour to the Librarian Look 2011-06-17T19:58:29Z The hearty baritone Robert Kerr began his career in musical theater, and that experience showed in his performance of Falstaff. Music Review: ‘Falstaff,’ Part of Prelude to Performance at Kaye Playhouse 2012-07-15T21:49:41Z Cambridge’s musical theater society brought the show to the festival in 2017, where it was discovered by commercial producers. Divorced. Beheaded. Broadway. 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z David J's fascination with the dark and sinister has led him into the world of musical theater. Former Bauhaus bassist David J to play Tractor Tavern 2012-05-31T22:58:48Z Since when were Mormons such popular fodder for new musical theater? Summer Stages 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z So the actor, who also flirted with becoming a Harlem Globetrotter, turned to something he had always enjoyed but hadn't seriously considered as a possible profession: musical theater. James Monroe Iglehart releases the genie inside 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z There is always a Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook on the coffee table and impromptu games of musical theater “Jeopardy.” Review | Actress Alexandra Silber reflects on loss and solace in ‘White Hot Grief Parade’ 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The new Broadway musical “Bridges of Madison County,” based on a best-selling novel and starring an acclaimed musical theater performer, Kelli O’Hara, opened on Thursday to generally favorable reviews, including some raves. ArtsBeat: Slow Start for Newly Opened ‘Bridges of Madison County’ 2014-02-24T22:02:12Z A New Jersey native, she auditioned at an open call in New York after spending two semesters studying musical theater in Los Angeles. ‘The Wiz,’ With Added Street Cred, Heads for TV and Broadway 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Iglehart credits his parents for his musical theater chops — his father is blaxploitation film veteran James Iglehart and his mother worked as a music teacher. James Monroe Iglehart releases the genie inside 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z “I’m trying to do as much as I can of everything, and I’m equally split between plays, musical theater and opera right now.” Strathmore is singing a new tune 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z I thought it had the makings of an amazing musical theater piece. Green Day's "American Idiot" hits Great White Way 2010-04-17T03:25:00Z “The fear is that I can’t move as quickly as others, that the lines of my body will look different in a traditional musical theater ensemble, or that I’ll disrupt the spacing.” Solving the 6 Biggest Mysteries of This Broadway Season 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z But the “Rent” juggernaut signaled a generational shift and locked a merger whose success has had everything to do with a younger generation of performers weaned on rock and schooled in musical theater. Review: In ‘Acoustically Speaking,’ a ‘Rent’ Duo Returns 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z I used to write more songs, but now I mostly listen to old timey stuff — rhythm and blues, some musical theater. David Alan Grier on Navigating the Art World as a Black Collector 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z “Michael has trouble directing actors,” Mr. LuPone said in an interview on the website of the Muny, the musical theater in St. Louis, when it staged “A Chorus Line” in 2017. Robert LuPone, Actor Who Became a Behind-the-Scenes Force, Dies at 76 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The contrasts and similarities in the 1957 “West Side Story” and the 2015 “Hamilton” reveal how durable national identity is as a matter for the musical theater. Who is an American? Look to the current crop of musicals to tell you. 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z And in musical theater it’s the same thing: you identify with the songs immediately, the good ones anyway.” ArtsBeat: Billie Joe Armstrong Considers Film and Theater Projects 2011-01-10T18:30:23Z It was all too easy, then, to turn “American Idiot” into musical theater. Green Day: Rock’s saddest joke 2012-07-16T21:10:00Z That’s what it can feel like at this festival, an annual gathering of the musical theater tribe where industry people and fervent fans alike traipse from one work in progress to the next. Review: The Gently Funny ‘Newton’s Cradle’ at New York Musical Festival 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z “The singers danced, the dancers sang, and everyone played instruments. In that sense it was more like today’s musical theater.” ‘Everyone Danced in France’: A Baroque Bourrée Comes to BAM 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Audiences will hear "Show Boat" next season, "Oklahoma!" in 2013 and other American musical theater classics on an annual basis thereafter. What's next for Lyric Opera? 2011-04-27T13:19:00Z Cameron Mackintosh is one of the most successful producers in musical theater history. ‘The World Has Changed’: Cameron Mackintosh on Closing ‘Phantom’ 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The network said Friday the effort to launch stand-alone musical theater programs will begin this month with a pilot group of 20 schools nationwide. NBC announces musical theater program for schools 2012-01-06T18:38:15Z "The Red Shoes": Classic fairy tales are often fodder for musical theater. Musicals from movies, TV, history try to find footing on slippery Broadway 2010-12-18T01:22:59Z Then I started doing musical theater and fell in love with that. | Britain’s R&B Wunderkind (And This Weekend’s ‘SNL’ Guest) Sam Smith 2014-03-25T18:55:16Z But Michael Otremba, the chief executive of Hamburg’s tourism agency, said musical theater serves an important audience. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z And my obsession with musical theater is growing. Sophie Hannah: By the Book 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “We have a progression from singing, to adding dance, and then adding acting, which is what we do in musical theater,” Ms. Stifelman said of the concert’s format. Spare Times for Children for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z And a few songs he sang alone, with only a keyboard behind his light and earnest voice — “Home” and “But Not Tonight” — could have come from recent musical theater. Music Review: Depeche Mode’s Tour Stops at the Barclays Center 2013-09-08T21:46:59Z Before he was famous he was traveling in musical theater, and he rented a room in a tenement with a family that took a liking to him. ‘X-Files’ Writers Recall the Show’s Most Disturbing Episode 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Broadway seems to be defying the cultural odds: An ancient art form in the digital age, it is strengthening thanks to an ever-increasing influx of tourists and a resurgent enthusiasm for musical theater. Broadway Defies the Odds With Another Record-Breaking Season 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Stoic, unforthcoming, introspective, he isn’t minted from any of the molds in which star characters of musical theater are traditionally made. ‘Marley’ at Baltimore’s Center Stage offers up the music but not the man 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z She first graced television screens in the 1950s following a role in the musical "Carousel" in 1949 and other musical theater hits including "South Pacific" and the title role in "Fanny." 'Brady Bunch' mom Florence Henderson dies aged 82 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Deimoni Brewington, 17, is taunted at his Las Vegas high school and even by some relatives for choosing musical theater over macho pursuits like football. A Boot Camp for Broadway’s Starry-Eyed Fledglings 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Evans, who was born Harvey Hohnecker, grew up in Cincinnati and fell in love with musical theater after seeing a touring production of “Song of Norway.” Harvey Evans, actor in Broadway’s golden years, dies at 80 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Q. You were studying musical theater in college. Shanice Williams on Her Road to Dorothy and ‘The Wiz Live!’ 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Still, the new show “Falling for Eve,” which recounts the early days of biblical creation in alternately jokey and sentimental fashion, makes for a numbingly bland 90 minutes of musical theater. | 'Falling for Eve': Joe DiPietro?s Look at Eden by York Theater Company 2010-07-16T03:54:00Z “I leapt at the chance, because sometimes musical theater actors get pigeonholed.” A party becomes a serendipitous encounter for a young composer 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Burton, 30, was raised in the San Fernando Valley and grew up singing in church, then moved on to musical theater. Black Pumas grab Grammy attention with fusion of rock, soul 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z I realized it needed to be a little bit more in a play box with the musical theater people invading it. At ‘The Prom’ on Broadway, It’s Time to Dance (and Flip) 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z You might think you know a thing or two about musical theater, but director and impresario Brandon Ivie has tricks up his sleeve. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for August 2018 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “String” has been developed at New Dramatists, where it received the Frederick Loewe Award for new musical theater work. Festival of New Musicals Announces Its Roster 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Curious about your thoughts on the top musical theater directing programs for non-performance majors. Answers to Your Questions About College Theater Programs 2010-08-11T22:04:00Z Mr. Lieberson, who studied with the modernists Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen, wrote early works in the 12-tone idiom and was also influenced by late Stravinsky, Minimalism, jazz and musical theater. ?Peter Lieberson: 'Red Garuda,' Rilke Songs, Bagatelles, Piano Quintet? 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z The wit of the conception and the execution — the songs are a slick blend of pop grooves, tight lyrics and old-fashioned musical theater craft — goes a long way toward keeping the show from sagging. Review: In ‘Six,’ All the Tudor Ladies Got Talent 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z But in opera, music is the driving force; in musical theater, words come first. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z “Tales From Soprano Isle” is the autobiographical “Cinderella”-like story of high school misfit obsessed with musical theater who escaped captivity to realize her Broadway dreams. Review: Laura Benanti Shows Range With Songs and Stories 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Cook, who died at her home in New York on Tuesday at age 89, treated musical theater songwriters as playwrights. Barbara Cook, a Broadway singer who revealed the great American songbook in a new light 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z “Our core audience does not feel a departure from what we do,” Jennings says of the once-a-season segue to musical theater. Perspective | Sure Lancelot is dreamy, but ‘Camelot’ owes its success to a wistful audience 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Before “Smash” started filming in September, Mr. Bergasse was a journeyman choreographer and dancer for musical theater whose highest profile gig was in the company of “Hairspray” on Broadway. Arts & Leisure: Joshua Bergasse, Choreographer for NBC?s ?Smash? 2012-02-11T06:07:04Z “If you come from a musical theater background, you’re used to being very correct and precise, but that’s not how rap works,” he said. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The still-to-be-staged musical is called “Some Lovers” and Broadway Records has released its clutch of songs just in time for the collection to be eligible for this year’s Grammy for best musical theater album. Burt Bacharach, Steven Sater album attracts Broadway stars 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Tysen added, “I don’t think there is a lot of serious musical theater that tackles loss, and people are hungry for that in musical theater.” New Musicals That Strike a Somber Chord 2010-03-02T22:40:00Z “Paramour” will incorporate elements of musical theater — narrative storytelling by trained actors — but will not be a full-scale musical. Cirque du Soleil Show Is Broadway Bound 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the unconventional logistics at “See Rock City” surround a fairly conventional work of musical theater. | 'See Rock City & Other Destinations': Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias?s Musical at the Duke 2010-07-26T02:22:00Z In the 1980s, Ms. Simon took a stab at musical theater, working on an effort to make a musical out of the “Little House on the Prairie” stories. Lucy Simon, Singer and Broadway Composer, Dies at 82 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z I’m not a musical theater guy in my history — it’s not something that I’ve been introduced to until the last few years, really. Andrew Garfield Can’t Remember Who He Was Before ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Kean began a decades-long career of music and comedy at 16, when she appeared in her first Broadway show and worked for years in musical theater. Jane Kean, Star of “Honeymooners” Revival, Dies 2013-11-28T19:42:22Z In my seat, I could feel the tug on my sleeve from 24 years ago of my 5-year-old, on whom I was bestowing the gift of musical theater. Perspective | ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Wicked’ return to Broadway — and it’s the heart that sings 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Long before he raised you up with several albums of operatic pop, Josh Groban had his eye on another career path: musical theater. Watch Josh Groban Tell the Ultimate Dad Joke 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Their picket line has attracted support and visits from congressmen, mayoral candidates, musical theater performers and the musicians’ own maestro, renowned Italian conductor Riccardo Muti. Chicago Symphony musicians’ strike over wages, pension 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z He graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, studying acting and musical theater. Christopher Jackson shines in Tupac musical 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Momma Rose may not be the most lovable character in musical theater, but at least she has a sense of humor and a steamer trunk full of galvanizing songs to perform. | 'The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World': Three Sisters, a Deluded Dad and Some Wretched Rock 2011-06-08T02:15:25Z For positive, empowering messages, Sheketoff prefers to play her kids Disney songs or musical theater soundtracks. Kidz Bop is the go-to of tot music. But do we really need to replace ‘tattoo’ with ‘hairdo’? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The creators of “My Lai,” a musical theater work given its premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday evening, suggest otherwise in the case of Hugh Thompson. Review: Kronos Quartet Revisits Vietnam Horror in ‘My Lai’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z I highly recommend this show especially if you are an old fashioned musical theater fan. ‘Can-Can’ Revisits Montmartre at Paper Mill Playhouse 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z At the Met, on the other hand, you are likely to see at least one first-rate interpretation of a musical theater role every week. Spidey Syndrome Invades the Opera 2011-05-21T23:00:26Z “She’s one of the great characters of the American musical theater canon, one of the best parts ever written,” Ashford said. In ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Annaleigh Ashford Puts It All Together 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Fosse, who died in 1987, transformed musical theater with his brand of jazz choreography that celebrated a kind of sleek and sensual angularity in shows like “Sweet Charity” and “Chicago.” One Night. One Chance. One Liza (With a ‘Z’). 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “He understands musical theater so well that he’s able to instinctively bend the rules,” Mr. Warchus said by phone. Tim Minchin Puts Emotion on Broadway. Just Don’t Call Him Sentimental. 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z TV shows like “Glee”and “Smash” now celebrate musical theater, and since the success of “Chicago” movie musicals are enjoying a resurgence. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Betty Buckley on Why She Took on 'American Idol' 2012-02-24T15:11:42Z After he graduated he hit the road doing musical theater in shows like “Oklahoma!” and “A Christmas Carol.” Arts & Leisure: ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ Scott Aukerman 2012-05-30T15:31:35Z I and a lot of other musical theater lovers would disagree. Review: Whose ‘Fair Lady’? This Time, Eliza’s in Charge 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z After high school, Lee attended Northwestern University in the hopes of going into musical theater. How to Be a Star by Not Giving Your All 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Compare opera to musical theater, where a new Broadway production of “Gypsy,” one of the great musicals, comes along infrequently and each time is treated like a major event. Anna Netrebko, Consider New Opera. Please. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z I was a fat, closeted teenager who loved musical theater and hated my body, so hearing my father say any of this felt like a violation of the Geneva Conventions. Talking Sex With Dad (in the Ford Taurus) 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Hopkins-Greene, 32, began dancing at the Orange School of Performing Arts, a small studio in Virginia that her uncle, who loved musical theater, took over when she was a child. Another Dancer Gets to Dream, Baby, Dream in ‘Oklahoma!’ 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z They and others like them are the future of musical theater. Review: Joe Iconis and Family Join in Effervescent, Talky Tunes 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z If you say you hate musical theater, I’m going to question our friendship, because I don’t believe that you’ve gone to see good enough musical theater. Jessie Ware Centers Herself With ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z In a dozen words: two lives, infinite loss, and a devastating coda to an immortal work of musical theater. An Appraisal: Scrappy Papa of the Ultimate Stage Momma 2011-05-06T22:19:02Z “It was then that I decided that I could see myself doing musical theater instead of opera, which I studied in high school,” Courtney said. For Lorna Courtney of ‘& Juliet,’ New York Has Always Been Her Stage 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Make a beeline for the Nederlander Theater, where the show, with a score by a musical theater newcomer, Christopher Smith, and a book by Mr. Smith and Arthur Giron, opened on Thursday. Review: ‘Amazing Grace,’ the Story of a Slave Trader’s Moral Awakening 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z It was the day after “Hamilton” won a Grammy for musical theater album, and Luwoye was going for the roles of Hercules Mulligan/James Madison. Michael Luwoye: Once a theater outsider, now he's Alexander Hamilton — in L.A., and soon on Broadway 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z But it has taken longer for the nation’s entertainment machinery to find ways to integrate musical theater back into the mainstream consumer’s diet. Give them a hand! Musicals stage a comeback. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “I think a lot of musical theater is boring and unsurprising,” she said. A ‘Barbie From Outer Space’ Touches Down on a New Stage 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The twilight golden years of the Golden Age of musical theater, which archaeologists date from about 1959 to 1981, produced three great lyricists. Sheldon Harnick, Musical Theater’s Great Marriage Broker 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z A cheerleader and debutante, she showed a strong interest in musical theater and was invited to join Up With People, the motivational music troupe, according to a local news item. She’s a minister, motivational speaker, debate coach … and Bill Cosby’s lawyer 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Niedo said French musical theater emerged from a tradition built upon 19th- and 20th-century operettas, whose popularity began waning in the late 1950s as tastes shifted. With ‘Oliver Twist,’ a French Musical Aims Higher 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z They were probably unemployed musical theater actors hired to sing basic harmonies while wearing velvet costumes. Shooing Carolers Away for a Love That Stays 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z For whatever reasons, original musical theater has not flourished on television, but this production reminds us that it can be done, and done well. TV Picks: 'The Chair,' 'Cinderella,' 'NOVA: Vaccines,' 'Doctor Who' 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z This hourlong adaptation is presented by Kids Company, a musical theater program for ages 6 through 14 at the West Side Y.M.C.A. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 30-Dec. 6 2012-11-29T23:33:06Z “When it goes there for the musical theater sound, it really goes there as well. I don’t know that there’s any kind of music that really went to: ‘Oh, this is 1776.’” ‘Hamilton’ Is Known For Its Music, but What Did Alexander Hamilton Listen To? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z He had discovered the joy of musical theater at a private high school in England, and he later attended Harvard, where he studied English. Benjamin Scheuer and a life told in heartbreaking song at the Geffen 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z In 2001, producers asked her to take over the lead in a revival of “Annie Get Your Gun,” though she had no musical theater experience and had never seen the show. Reba McEntire never needed to be the best. She simply had to want it most. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z To show the world in a few minutes what I enjoy, being a musical theater person, to be able to sing on “Mad Men.” Robert Morse on Bert Cooper's musical 'Mad Men' send-off 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Stylistically, Gaga and Bennett didn’t always gel — he was gallant and reserved, she went full musical theater kid. Judging albums by their cover (songs) 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z And it’s here that Hytner really scores, fielding a company of players — including several newcomers to musical theater — that mines the twin love affairs on view for all their emotional heft. Review: A Mobile Audience for a Moving ‘Guys and Dolls’ 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z I had worked in musical theater a bit, had seen some ballet, some dance on television, but almost nothing contemporary. When a Spice Girl Met a Contemporary Dancer 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z The setting will be Merkin Concert Hall, where the Kaufman Music Center will present the first program in this season’s Broadway Playhouse, a series introducing children to the classics of musical theater. Spare Times for Children Listings for Jan. 8-14 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Rodgers required a relapse into a Golden Age style that no longer suited the ambitious young Sondheim — or the musical theater he was about to change forever. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z After leaving the Met as a result of creative differences with its famously autocratic general manager, Rudolf Bing, Ms. Wilson turned to musical theater. Dolores Wilson, Met Soprano, Dies at 82 2010-10-05T00:10:00Z After his discharge from the army, he peddled tofu in impoverished postwar South Korea before joining a traveling musical theater troupe, in which he sang and performed in variety shows. Song Hae, Who Survived War and Poverty to Become a Beloved TV Host, Dies at 95 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z “That was the show that made me feel like, OK, they’re changing musical theater,” she said. Aneesa Folds, Back on Broadway, Is Still Getting Used to This 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Broadway musical theater is one of our few genuinely indigenous American art forms, with a proud and distinguished history. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Betty Buckley on Why She Took on 'American Idol' 2012-02-24T15:11:42Z To anyone who might suggest musical theater has hit a creative dead end, the actor-songwriter unfolds a spectacularly persuasive counterargument in the myriad melodious masterstrokes of “Hamilton.” History as you’ve never heard it before 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z A second-year student at a musical theater school in London, he introduced himself and said where he was from. A Young Actor Steps Out of School and Into the High Heels of ‘Jamie’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z She prepared him for his audition at the University of Miami, where he was admitted into the musical theater program and met his wife, who lived across the hall. Joshua Henry Does Whatever It Takes, in ‘Carousel’ and as a Father 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z In general, this staging of “Company,” peopled with actors from television as well as the musical theater, was less interested in outstanding vocal performances than in sustaining dramatic credibility. Music Review: A Bachelor, Five Couples and All Their Tuneful Discontents 2011-04-08T23:21:13Z The other major roles are filled by actors who have spent their share of time doing musical theater, in addition to their film and TV work. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z It is no picnic, of course, to be old-school musical theater songwriters in an era when the latest names on Broadway are Carole King and Sting. From ‘Ragtime’ to ‘Rocky’ to ‘Dancer’: Flaherty and Ahrens, together 30 years She graduated from Tufts, and received two master's degrees, one in music from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Boston, and the other in musical theater writing from N.Y.U. Their Meeting Was Music to Her Ears 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z “The Broadway audience has always been white, middle-aged, and upper-middle class,” Riedel notes, and with its core population drastically reduced, the musical theater world was foundering. ‘Razzle Dazzle’ review: Michael Riedel pulls back the curtain on for Broadway 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Writer-performer Mark C. Reis imagines what his life would have been like as a woman in the musical theater in this solo show. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Sept. 10-17: 'Runaway Home,' Ain't Misbehavin'' and more 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z “It was taking two strong reference points, from South Asian culture and American musical theater, and intersecting them. The palette is wide.” Bhangra Is Big on Campus. Now It’s Inspiring a Musical. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z The British composer, you’ll recall, was once the hot new thing in musical theater. Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita: One Sings, the Other Doesn't 2012-04-10T12:00:32Z And it is a story by Karen Russell, created for a new dance-driven musical theater production, “The Night Falls,” which has its premiere on Feb. 9 at Peak Performances in Montclair, N.J. A Song and Dance Collaboration, Straight Outta Swamplandia 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Hamburg has emerged, somewhat improbably, as a commercial theater destination — the third biggest city for musical theater in the world, after New York and London — with a sizable market of German-speaking tourists. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z In the Anatomy of a Number video series, musical theater makers talk about the elements that inspired a song from their show. Anatomy of a Number: 'Found' 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z This is a highly stylized genre of musical theater that dispenses with realism to convey beauty and truth through pantomime, acrobatics and costume drama. Mei Lanfang Jingju Troupe Begins a Rare Tour 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “I teach him to all of my students, of course. He is the history of American musical theater in one person.” Impromptu Sondheim Wakes Fill Piano Bars With Tears and Tunes 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z She put together a wish list of songwriters who had never written for the musical theater. Sara Bareilles Takes Her Slice of Broadway With ‘Waitress’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The unlikely host and artistic director, the gifted conductor and musical theater archivist Rob Fisher, was not the person you would expect to oversee such a project. Music Review: ?In Perfect Harmony? in Lyrics & Lyricists at 92nd Street Y 2012-03-25T21:32:16Z Understanding the musical theater aspect of her role — where there are no camera close-ups at an actor’s disposal — helped her make peace with it. ‘Almost Famous’ Heads to Broadway, Purple Aura Intact 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z “We laugh at the same things but often for different reasons. And besides, he has such passion for musical theater that it’s contagious.” Seth Rudetsky, Broadway’s Go-To Guy, Flirts With ‘Disaster!’ 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z This proved particularly beneficial for the Rotterdam-based collective Club Gewalt, whose nutty brand of musical theater swings wildly between opera, punk and pop references from one project to the next. Venice Has a Biennale for Theater, Too 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Cirque said it would look for another home for the show, which combines musical theater with acrobatics, in New York, Europe, or Asia. Broadway Home Looks Likely for ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z The commentary was launched from my fingertips — a ritual on these annual musical theater tele-gatherings — but even my most visceral reactions rose up from somewhere much deeper. Perspective | ‘Rent’ and I, we’ve been going together for 23 years. And not even ‘Rent: Live’ could break us up. 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Moving to predominantly white Des Moines, Iowa, where he earned degrees in musical theater and public relations at Drake University, and encountered racism on the street, was a shock to the system. Taking Over Victory Gardens to Make a ‘Theater for All’ 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z “But this is so much a part of what City Center does,” she said, “it seems unlikely they would hire someone who doesn’t have a strong interest in supporting dance and musical theater.” Arlene Shuler to Step Down as President of New York City Center 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z “I love Broadway stuff and musical theater,” he said. Backstage: Famous for a role be never played 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z No matter what the format is, whether it’s musical theater comedy or whether it is absent of music, there’s still music to it. How to Squeeze a Feminist Farce Into an English Country House 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Over the past two decades, Madrid has emerged as the musical theater capital of the Spanish world. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z It is a prescription for chaos that instead turns into delightful musical theater created only as Strauss could have done. Strauss' 'Ariadne,' Puccini's 'Boheme' both please 2012-08-06T23:01:05Z ARLINGTON, Va. — The cross-pollination of the mystery and the musical theater does not have a fertile history. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Boy Detective Fails? and ?The Hollow? at Signature Theater 2011-09-30T23:30:21Z As someone who listens to and talks with opera singers regularly, I am continually fascinated by what the finest musical theater performers reveal about the art of singing. A Big Belter Who Found a True Voice 2011-05-13T23:00:44Z Most of my friends are comedians who are not necessarily musical theater fans. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z For nearly three decades, the Encores! concert series at New York City Center has upheld a specific mission — excavating the hidden gems of American musical theater, burnishing them to a fully orchestrated shine. ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Some Enchanted Evening 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z I chose to go into musical theater after having gotten an opera degree. Kelli O'Hara talks 'Merry Widow,' 'Peter Pan Live' and 'King and I' 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z He and Paul, a Connecticut native, met in the musical theater program at the University of Michigan. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul swing for the fences with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Now, I am not suggesting that staying true to a words-first tradition of musical theater means a composer cannot stretch musically. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z Concord Music earlier this year acquired Tams-Witmark, a musical theater licensing organization with titles including “A Chorus Line,” “Cabaret” and “Hello, Dolly!” Concord Music Acquires Samuel French in Big Push Into Theater Business 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The rock superstar’s first venture into musical theater is a semi-autobiographical story set in the English shipbuilding town where he grew up. 10 Reasons for Theater Lovers to Leave New York in 2014 2014-01-08T17:28:02Z Some objected: The composer Stephen Sondheim cried foul about their plans, calling the work’s characters “as vivid as any ever created for the musical theater.” The Complex History and Uneasy Present of ‘Porgy and Bess’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Here’s catnip for musical theater lovers who are into “Into the Woods” in specific and Stephen Sondheim in general. Sondheim, Bernadette Peters going into 'Woods' again in one-nighter 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z But you know, I’m not 25 anymore, and I have always said musical theater in particular is a young person’s game. Arts & Leisure: Elaine Paige Returns to the Stage in ?Follies? 2011-11-20T02:02:17Z Mr. Buffett’s previous foray into musical theater, a collaboration in the 1990s with the writer Herman Wouk called “Don’t Stop the Carnival,” was critically and commercially unsuccessful and never arrived on Broadway. Jimmy Buffett’s ‘Margaritaville’ Musical Is Broadway Bound 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z “The word of mouth has gone out: This is a game changer in musical theater history.” ‘Hamilton’ Heads to Broadway in a Hip-Hop Retelling 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Opera’s truly wonderful quality — that it’s a wildly dramatic medium without the jazz-hand annoyances of musical theater — is a woefully well-kept secret, and it’s on full display here. Orpheus and Eurydice get a feminist re-imagining in Seattle Opera’s intimate ‘O+E’ 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Talent is evident, great ingenuity has been expended to shape challenging material into satisfying form, and still the results fail to stir the kind of excitement that musical theater can ignite. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Boy Detective Fails? and ?The Hollow? at Signature Theater 2011-09-30T23:30:21Z He invited readers to share their thoughts on other musical theater actresses of the moment. ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Theater? 2011-01-31T12:00:14Z Campbell was brought up in the classical world, as a piano student bound for the concert hall stage; but she was also attracted to different types of music — especially musical theater. A Conductor Arrives at Encores! With a Jerry Herman Rarity 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z When Ebb died in 2004 at age 76, he stipulated that his foundation award $50,000 each year to a musical theater songwriter or team who had yet to achieve significant commercial success. Award will reveal what local songwriters are composed of 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Fisher’s contribution was small; this was an evening of musical theater rather than dance. Review: Meredith Monk and Anne Waldman, in Playful Collaboration 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z "To see the origin story of our country, in musical theater form, inspires people to think about what our country should be, and so we're just kind of playing that out in 2016." 'Hamilton' creator Lin-Manuel Miranda urges people to vote 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z There are dozens of existing books on the history of musical theater. ArtsBeat: In Praise of a Bernstein Flop And Other Answers to Your Musicals Questions 2010-12-07T22:19:00Z As theaters reopened, Diaz ended up making another right turn — this time, into musical theater. A Swiss Army Knife of a Dancer, Making a Virtue of Versatility 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z That might be a chronic problem for television that tries to be musical theater. ‘Galavant’ Musical on ABC Has Some Naughty Laughs 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z And on Monday, Prototype, a festival of avant-garde opera and musical theater, largely spiked its 10th anniversary celebration that was meant to open on Jan. 7. Coronavirus Is Surging. Avant-Garde Arts Festivals Are Closing. 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z The event will also feature musical theater excerpts from the 92nd Street Y, as well as the popular Illustrator Smackdown, a live drawing contest for seven artists. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In the decades since, she’s become a leader in dance and musical theater education. D.C. dancers tapped for ‘Brothers of the Knight’ national tour As good as those ballets are, the highlight is when the musical theater dancers and the muscular ballet dancers face off in the title tune. Review: Ballet meets hoofing in fun 'On Your Toes' 2013-05-09T17:12:08Z “He was sort of like the cool musical theater person, you know?” he said. ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Has Magic to Do. And Undo. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Harrison’s Cold War vision involved an acropolis of the performing arts, which, to Moses, Rockefeller and their social circles, meant western classical music, musical theater, opera and ballet. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z His journalistic skills are evident in this affectionate tribute to the team that rewrote the rules for American musical theater. Review | The secret to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s remarkable partnership 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z “We used to describe Austin as ‘Mama Rose meets King Lear’ when we were trying to cast it,” said Kent Nicholson, Playwrights Horizons’ director of musical theater/literary associate. Sad and Haunted Girls Who Couldn?t Play Worth a Lick 2011-05-22T00:45:25Z He was, after all, the man who wrote those feelings into a beautiful “Company” song — “Sorry-Grateful” — and, in so doing, introduced ambivalence at an almost cellular level to the American musical theater. Review: In a Gender-Flipped Revival, ‘Company’ Loves Misery 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “Bernstein was a unique composer in terms of his relationship to musical theater,” says Shawn, who attended a 1958 revival of “Wonderful Town,” with Russell returning as Ruth, an aspiring journalist. Seattle Symphony to perform ‘Wonderful Town’ in honor of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z “It’s getting more like Hollywood and musical theater,” Mr. Mirshak said. Top Notes That Shatter The Glass Ceiling 2011-03-11T15:32:57Z Her parents separated when she was a year old, and she lived mostly with her mother, who supported her early love of dance and musical theater. With ‘Surface,’ Gugu Mbatha-Raw Steps Into New Territory 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Riley performs the great service of giving us the history before the history, of Fred and Adele, the biggest vaudeville and musical theater stars of their time. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z Granted, they’re the most iconic songs ever written for the musical theater. David Pittsinger?s Busy Day: ?South Pacific? and ?Hamlet? 2010-03-18T00:00:00Z “Hamilton” also brought back the idea that musical theater can be fresh and tell you a story in a new way. 'Spamilton' creator on loving Lin-Manuel Miranda and spoofing his musical at the same time 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z The annual ceremony centers musical theater, hoping that razzle-dazzle song and dance numbers will inspire viewers to get up off their couches and come visit Broadway. How America’s Playwrights Saved the Tony Awards 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Cue a song, “What If I Like It,” that mimics the classic “I want” song of traditional musical theater. ‘Pretty Filthy,’ a Behind-the-Scenes Musical about Pornography Stars 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z “When she called to tell me she got the role, there was a certain rightness in the world,” Brent Wagner, who recently retired as chairman of the University of Michigan’s musical theater department, said. New Star of ‘The Prom’ Sees a Chance to Make L.G.B.T.Q. Characters Visible 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z But my job in musical theater is not to sing a song. Donna Migliaccio hits her stride 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Signature has already billed it as “chilling,” but musical theater buffs will want to risk it for a first look at anything new from the legendary Kander. ‘Kid Victory,’ new musical from legendary John Kander, to premiere at Signature 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The important thing is: musical theater brings everybody together eventually and the inn is saved. From “White Christmas” to GoFundMe: The plucky American fantasy of only needing to put on a show 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Forty-seven songs; more than 20,000 words; fast-paced lyrics, abundant wordplay, complex rhyming patterns, plus allusions not only to hip-hop and musical theater but also to arcane aspects of early American history. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z A life in musical theater leads to, as your washed up counselor could tell you, "waitressing jobs and bitterness and the obsessive, pointless collecting of out-of-print original cast albums." 'Smore, 'smore, 'smore: Cinema's greatest summer camps 2011-07-01T14:01:00Z “He was creating this musical theater that felt like foreign film to me,” Gordon said in a recent interview. One Opera Opening Would Make Any Composer Happy. He Has Two. 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z “The Toxic Avenger” is hardly a great musical, awash in false rhymes and schlock, the musical theater tropes seldom rising above pastiche as in, say, “Urinetown.” The laughter is contagious at Hollywood Fringe Festival's 'Toxic Avenger' 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It was hailed as ushering in a new chapter in American opera, one that shared roots in Mozart’s politically astute Singspiel, Weimar Republic agitprop musical theater and the Broadway musical. Race, justice, power: Finding new relevance in Kurt Weill's 'Lost in the Stars' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z “Whether they become musical theater artists or not, we hope this just empowers them to find their creative voices,” Reiner said of the competition, now in its third year. Government support for a song? How seven teens won their own piece of the American Dream. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Mieka Dovey, 28 a musical theater actress born in Denmark, said she and her friends take artistically styled and composed shots but don’t send them to married people. The Selfie That Dares to Go There 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z What musical theater buff paging through Ron Chernow's biography of Hamilton would have come to the end of the book and exclaimed, "This has got to be a hip-hop musical!" Tonys 2015: Meet the biggest hit maker on Broadway 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z I just moved to New York in May from the University of Michigan, where I studied musical theater. Her first job out of college: the lead in 'West Side Story' at the Hollywood Bowl 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z A touching documentary from Ruby Yang about the transformational power of musical theater for a group of Hong Kong teenagers. Movie Listings for Aug. 28-Sept. 3 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Yet there’s still that musical theater itch to end on a hopeful note. Olney Theatre Centre’s production of ‘Avenue Q’ offers politically incorrect laughs While other German and Austrian theaters often stage operetta as cozy nostalgia, Mr. Kosky’s work is more snazzy musical theater — less Johann Strauss II than Cole Porter. Offenbach’s ‘Fabulous Nonsense’ Hits Salzburg, With Cancan 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z “Cabaret” was a turning point in the musical theater form at a time when the relevance of Broadway was at a low ebb. Hal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Zambello is a respected director in both opera and musical theater. Zambello advises National Opera as Domingo departs 2011-05-25T15:06:10Z But tell her that musical theater appears to have been very good to her, and she agrees. Arts & Leisure: Elaine Paige Returns to the Stage in ?Follies? 2011-11-20T02:02:17Z Influences “My mother is a huge musical theater enthusiast, so I grew up going to see Broadway shows.” Meet the Next Generation of Cabaret Showstoppers 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Even aside from Mr. Freedman’s sharp rhymes — and the sinuous, sulfurous music by Scott Frankel — “The Cookie Crumbles” checks off all the boxes of what great musical theater songs should do. Review: ‘The Flamingo Kid,’ a Musical Not Yet in Flight 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The original trovadores were migrant troubadours who also dabbled in bolero and bufo, a kind of satirical musical theater, gradually incorporating Afro-Cuban rhythms. The Soaring Legacy of Pablo Milanés 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The show they collaborated on in 1987, “Into the Woods,” has become a much-loved and oft-performed classic of contemporary musical theater, and last year was made into a film starring Meryl Streep. Members of Original 'Into the Woods' Cast to Reunite 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z One thing I only just recently learned about you is that some of your earliest acting was onstage, in musical theater. ArtsBeat: Jonathan Banks of ‘Breaking Bad’ on Sunday’s Episode 2012-08-27T16:17:51Z And I know that he can do more than musical theater. David Fincher Knows Exactly Why We’re All So Obsessed With True Crime 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z I’m thinking about pursuing a master’s degree in musical theater, but it’s difficult to find schools to have such a specific program. Answers to Your Questions About College Theater Programs 2010-08-11T22:04:00Z Upon moving to New York with a musical theater degree, Mr. Swain, 24, tried to focus on acting. Executive Realness: 3 ‘Pose’ Stars on Dancing and Being Seen 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Madonna’s slinky “Sooner or Later” may have won the Academy Award, and “More” may be more chockablock with musical theater Easter eggs. 20 Stephen Sondheim Songs to Listen to Right Now 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z By any reckoning, writing, rehearsing, choreographing, scoring and performing a piece of musical theater in 24 hours is an insane undertaking. Ben Folds Gets a Workout at ‘24 Hour Musicals’ 2013-04-30T22:14:27Z “What we really did stylistically with ‘West Side Story’ was take every musical theater technique as far as it could be taken,” Mr. Laurents wrote in a 2009 memoir. Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93 2011-05-06T04:27:34Z It raises musical issues maybe not now prevalent on commercially compromised Broadway but very relevant to modern musical theater. 'Show Boat' keeps rollin' along fine style in San Francisco 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z She continued to appear in nightclubs, television and musical theater, including a stint on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's "Company." Screen siren Jane Russell dies 2011-03-01T15:30:00Z Nothing sang as movingly to me this year — about coming together to celebrate when we can’t actually be together — as this digital tribute in April to musical theater’s greatest genius. Perspective | Best theater of 2020: Sondheim’s birthday, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Mary Neely, ‘The Amen Corner’ and more 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z But they also represented a mission statement of sorts for Ms. Taub, a fiercely political singer-songwriter whose multifarious career in musical theater is taking off even as she rues the state of the nation. Finding Music in Shakespeare, Suffragists and Mitch McConnell 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z It was a bug that she had somehow avoided catching, despite being a Jewish girl obsessed with musical theater. Julie Benko Was the ‘Funny Girl’ No One Had Heard of, Until Now 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z She added, “Broadway is a museum that’s not moving forward, and musical theater should reflect what and how we are now — our pop culture, our political situation.” Elizabeth Swados, Creator of Socially Conscious Musicals, Is Dead at 64 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Ms. McDonald’s crime, if there was one, was her temporary abandonment of musical theater for television. Audra McDonald at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-24T00:22:08Z He graduated from the University of Alabama with degree in musical theater. Timothy McDevitt, Cameron Bartell 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z Getting started After embracing musical theater at a young age, Bartos started competing in lacrosse, but a traumatic brain injury sustained in a bike-riding accident turned him back to the arts. Meet the Kids Who’ll Make ‘Sing Street’ Rock 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z She picked up the piano and the oboe, participated in school plays and did summer community theater; while she enrolled at Northwestern University to focus on the viola, she also explored facets of musical theater. Katrina Lenk Can Quietly Break Your Heart 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z For a few heroic weeks, she was a one-woman incarnation of musical theater itself. Best Theater of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z “On an intellectual level it has a very moral and powerful point of view,” he said of that 1974 film, speaking in the reverent tone that aspiring musical theater composers use when they talk about . New Plays Like ?The Little One? Put Scary Onstage 2010-06-26T02:39:00Z She graduated from the University of Michigan’s musical theater program in 2019 and landed a gig in “Oklahoma!” at Broadway At Music Circus in Sacramento, California, and a Christmas show in Indiana. Emilie Kouatchou makes ‘Phantom’ history on Broadway 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z “I come from a classical theater, but musical theater has been what I’ve done the most — what I love.” Barrington Stage Company Names Alan Paul as Artistic Director 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z I live in Williamstown, Mass., home to the Williamstown Theater Festival, and I’m seeing there what I’m seeing in a lot of theaters: lack of musical theater. What Do You Want From Your Local Theater? Readers Respond 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z A musical theater veteran with nine Tony awards to his name, Mr. Tune has been absent from New York theater stages for at least a decade. ‘Lady, Be Good!,’ an Encores! Version of the Gershwins’ 1924 Hit 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Hewitt and Mr. Cooper, both stalwart musical theater veterans, give forceful renderings of their minimally drawn characters. Review: ‘Amazing Grace,’ the Story of a Slave Trader’s Moral Awakening 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z This wonderful man taught me so much and his mastery of musical theater was without equal.” ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and More: Hal Prince’s Hits Transformed Broadway 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z “But nothing in my life compares with getting a musical theater piece correct, so that at the end of the evening people walk out having rooted for or against compelling characters.” | Red Bank: ?In This House,? Composed by Mike Reid, Is at Two River Theater Company 2012-03-04T17:03:23Z “This was something more delicate, maybe something that required a new kind of musical theater voice.” Sara Bareilles Takes Her Slice of Broadway With ‘Waitress’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “I was eager to choreograph, to learn,” he said, “and this was the place to learn about musical theater.” Bringing Jerome Robbins’s Broadway Home to City Ballet 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z I like musicals with new scores and ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ has some remarkable musical theater writing in it. Tony Award Predictions: Readers (and Boldface Names) Weigh In 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Imminent annihilation plausibly threatening contemporary life as we know it, isn’t usually a subject for popular genres like musical theater — at least it hasn’t been since the Cold War. Apocalypse Anxiety, the Musical 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Instead, “Cleopatra” delivers beats, bass and beefy hooks in a nightclub setting that makes most musical theater feel like ancient history. 6 Immersive Theater Shows to See in New York 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z It’s lasted this long because its numbers, with great music and stunning dancing, come up very quickly, so if you like musical theater, you’re going to love this. ‘Chicago’ Pops the Cork on 25 Years of Razzle Dazzle 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Decades before "Hamilton" dominated musical theater, we had "Assassins," which uses some historical text, including a poem Guiteau wrote the morning of his execution and read aloud at the gallows. “Assassins” is Stephen Sondheim's killer musical that we don’t talk about 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z On the 1974 awards show, Reilly does a hilarious routine about the great moments in musical theater history that took place while he was changing costumes. Theater Talkback: Charles Isherwood on His Favorite Tony Performances 2012-06-07T20:15:02Z Now, her casting in “Little Dancer” takes her full circle, back to acting and musical theater, back into a rehearsal room, too, with Stroman. Tiler Peck, spinning in new directions with the Kennedy Center’s ‘Little Dancer’ It’s easy to imagine her as a Texas teenager, dreaming of a career in musical theater. Carmen Cusack, star of Edie Brickell and Steve Martin’s 'Bright Star,' finds her place in L.A. 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Also a dancer and musical theater devotee, he landed a starring role in his school's production of Guys and Dolls and started wearing a suit and tie to class. Ansel Elgort on Fashion, Baby Driver and Becoming Ansølo 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “Broadway is the gold standard — musical theater was really invented there — and I’m delighted that we are finally going to get our shot on the Great White Way,” Gale said. ‘Back to the Future’ Musical to Open on Broadway Next Summer 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z When Larson introduces himself as “a musical theater writer, one of the last of my species,” the line prods fans to protest that his as-yet-unwritten rock musical would galvanize a generation of creators. ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’ Review: A Bohemian’s Rhapsodies 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Although Marie’s Crisis is sometimes listed among gay bars, it’s much more diverse, its patrons bound principally by their outsize love of the musical theater and their ardent belief that life is indeed a cabaret. The Tipsy Diaries: Getting a Kick From Piano Bars 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z Harris recently directed a brief musical theater run of "Rent" at the Hollywood Bowl. Neil Patrick Harris to direct romantic comedy 2010-10-18T05:18:00Z “These places are bringing in world-class musical theater and world-class chamber work, and I think that these are both options that would bring in a larger audience or a different audience,” Ms. Stickann said. Death Knell for Opera in San Diego After 49 Years 2014-04-13T21:46:55Z “Tick, Tick…Boom!” revived by the Keen Company in an affectionate, emotionally slight production, is a youthful work by a musical theater composer who never got to grow old. Review: ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ Is Jonathan Larson’s Run-Up to ‘Rent’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z “With my entree as a Black, female, cisgender musical theater performer I could easily grab one of those Black female spots, even if it was tokenized,” she told me. After a Long, Starring Run, Will Racism at Last Get the Hook? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Lloyd Webber and Rice became musical theater royalty. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z It was a sparkling performance, but playful too, and when Kuhn sang “Vanilla Ice Cream,” from “She Loves Me,” it reached a pinnacle of musical theater artistry that I hadn’t known I was aching for. After a Midsummer Shiver, Provincetown Proceeds With Care 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z It is not musical theater, it is not a concert and it is not pure theater. Taylor Mac brings 24 decades of delirium and music to Los Angeles 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Animation is different, she figured, and more like musical theater, which she does enjoy. The message that brought Clarkson, Monae to ‘Uglydolls’ 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Billed as a chamber opera, the work, which features a spoken narration, straddles the boundary between musical theater and opera. Review: In ‘The Astronaut’s Tale,’ a Farm Boy Dreams of Flying to Mars 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z And that it couldn’t be too — what’s that word in musical theater? A Hit in Germany, a ‘Rocky’ Musical Aims at Broadway 2012-12-05T17:01:32Z This is not material that, according to the musical theater bible, belongs together. Review: ‘Bubbly Black Girl’ Lets a Smile Be Her Camouflage 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z With a dramaturge’s expert timing, Fierstein saves the most difficult anecdote of his upbringing for near the end, like the classic 11 o’clock number in musical theater. Harvey Fierstein Sings the Song of Himself in ‘I Was Better Last Night’ 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Youth Theater, the musical theater troupe for children. Spare Times for Children for Nov. 20-26 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Gordon’s music combines his deep sympathy for musical theater with his devotion to American song. Music Review: Collegiate Choral, With Jane Fonda, in a Concert Version 2010-03-23T22:18:00Z For the last year and a half he’s been dating Corey Baker, a choreographer from New Zealand he met while teaching at a musical theater summer school there. Jonathan Groff Is a Seymour at Heart 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The musical theater angle, he explained, is a function of location, scholarly interest and the medium’s interdisciplinary, “multi-modal” roots, which are well served by the library’s extensive archives. Editing Wikipedia at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 2011-10-20T22:00:09Z Mr. Pecknold grew up in Seattle, the youngest of three, and performed in musical theater in high school. Music: Less Fleet, but More Mature, Foxes 2011-04-29T18:36:51Z Our ages ranged from 12 to 25, and our interests ranged from musical theater to music. Anna Kendrick: The First Time I Made a Movie (at 16) 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “Who was this guy from musical theater talking to us actors?” Robert LuPone, Actor Who Became a Behind-the-Scenes Force, Dies at 76 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Not exactly a household name, maybe not even in the households of musical theater aficionados, she was nonetheless by some standards a genuine star. Martha Wright, Who Played Leading Roles in Beloved Musicals, Dies at 92 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z "I honestly can't think of any other artist who has done more for musical theater or who deserves this honor more," said Roundabout artistic director Todd Haimes. Stephen Sondheim honored with a Broadway theater 2010-09-16T03:46:00Z But he was willing to let his music blend into the background in a way seldom associated with musical theater artists, who like to stamp their signatures big on a production. Michael Friedman, a Man of Many Voices and a Gift for Prophecy 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Benko’s time as an undergraduate studying musical theater was punctuated by stints on tour. Julie Benko Was the ‘Funny Girl’ No One Had Heard of, Until Now 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z “The Phantom of the Opera” musical theater spectacle will be finishing next year, the production said. ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Broadway’s longest-running show, to end after 35 years 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Still, interviews with over a dozen top musical theater producers in the United States, Europe and Brazil reveal that almost all remain bullish about the theater market in the long term. Broadway Musicals, Big Draw in Brazil for a Decade, Lose Their Audience 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z She played in touring and regional musical theater productions of “Call Me Madam,” “Gypsy,” “Pal Joey” and “Over Here!” Margaret Whiting, Fresh-Faced Singer of Jazz and Pop Standards, Dies at 86 2011-01-12T05:09:19Z British performers tend to do that in musical theater — act on top of the notes instead of through them. When You Switch Up on a (Broadway) Star 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The question seems especially pertinent with a discipline such as musical theater, which is commonly perceived far more as popular entertainment than conscience-probing drama. Ripping tragedies from headlines and making them sing 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The four lead performers talked about their relationships to faith, musical theater and “Superstar” in separate interviews. John Legend and the ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Cast on Faith and Musicals 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z The Absolute Beginner Workshop is for those with no musical theater training whatsoever. Urban Athlete: Chorus-Line Calisthenics 2010-09-02T21:17:00Z But soon he’s hoofing as happily as Mr. Mac, to dance steps by Ms. Stroman that hark back to the early years of American musical theater. Review: ‘The Last Two People on Earth’ Offers Soft-Shoe Après Déluge 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z “At first it was just ‘Bossy’ with an exclamation mark, because of my musical theater background,” he says. Arts & Leisure: Producer, Writer, Star and One Funny Mama 2011-04-13T20:03:14Z The musical tries to maintain that quick-cut effect while also squeezing the material into a traditional musical theater format. Review: In ‘Monsoon Wedding,’ an Arranged Marriage of Musical Styles 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z This year's final four, chosen from 35 applicants, must perform one aria and one musical theater/crossover piece for a panel of judges and the audience. 'Fabulous Four' vocalists square off 2012-08-21T22:01:05Z When I was younger, after Godspell, I didn’t want to get typed into musical theater—I was very conscious of not doing too much of anything in a row. Victor Garber on New Roles and New Fans: 'It's Slightly Daunting' 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Do not seek to know how the musical theater sausage is made. The Princess and the Poconos 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Then there is Andrew Lloyd Webber, the most successful living musical theater composer, who offered his body in an effort to resuscitate his beloved industry. Advocating and Agitating, Connecting and Inventing 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “The Lion King” was an instant hit with audiences around the world when it was released, and a hugely successful musical theater version still runs on New York’s Broadway and in London. Disney's 'Lion King' remake roars to life with new trailer 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But I think the meaning is ultimately quite simple: Robert Morse is an acclaimed musical theater actor, so what better way to send him off? Mad Men Recap: Season 7, Episode 6: "Waterloo" 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z "We hope it gets put on in New York," McHugh said, mentioning the Encores musical theater series at New York City Center as a possibility. British stage makes hay with Broadway duds 2014-05-02T14:58:44Z Heather Christian is among the young writers and performers upending musical theater with hard-to-pin-down works. Theater to Stream: Concert Sets and Reimagined Classics 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z In his first career, though, he was an aspiring composer of musical theater, a Broadway orchestrator and even a sometime singer. David Pogue makes opera debut at Wolf Trap with Google Glass in ‘Carmen’ “I actually am an actor because of musical theater and musical movies,” Banderas, 62, said in an interview the next day. With ‘Company,’ Antonio Banderas Brings Sondheim to Spain 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z For all the complexity of Babbitt’s 12-tone pieces, his music abounds in jostling rhythmic vitality: In his youth, he played jazz piano and composed musical theater songs. Review: Milton Babbitt Inspires a Focus! Festival Tribute 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z She challenged her students to ask: “What are we really trying to do at this place?” said Turner, 39, who is a musical theater composer. Toni Morrison’s former students reflect: ‘She had this physical presence, this voice, that just took up space in this very magical way’ 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z “There are some people who only like musical theater,” he added. ‘Hamilton’ Takes a Road Trip to the White House 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim, the 91-year-old composer and lyricist widely regarded as among the greatest musical theater artists in history, is writing another show and said he hopes that a production will be staged next year. Sondheim Is Writing a New Musical, and Hopes to Stage It Next Year 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The movie, packed with upbeat song and dance, is a treat for kids of all ages, especially those who love musical theater. Holiday movies for kids feature compelling stories new and familiar 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Just as he doesn’t seem to get to the musical theater, he doesn’t seem to get to the gym. Frank Bruni's Blog: ABC's Gay TV Programming 2012-03-08T17:56:02Z I was always a big guy, not necessarily slim and toned," Jones explains, "and I'd gotten away with that in musical theater. Spectrum's dazzling new dancers: Jade Solomon Curtis and Donald Jones Jr. 2012-06-13T20:10:05Z NICOLA: I am just now able to hear these songs without any baggage or context — just hear them as musical theater songs. The Birth of ‘Rent,’ Its Creator’s Death and the 25 Years Since 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Opera stars have happily crossed into the territory of America’s indigenous form of opera, musical theater. Deborah Voigt, Meet Ethel Merman 2010-07-22T19:27:00Z The musical theater sendup merrily pushes the kinkiness and faked clashes of repulsive couples to profane and scatological extremes. Trash TV goes highbrow in ‘Jerry Springer: The Opera’ 2014-01-14T00:50:22Z He, after all, has established himself as a most unusual combo platter: an action-movie hero who is also an established musical theater star. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: 'Les Misérables,' Stage to Screen 2013-01-03T17:53:43Z Flash forward a few years and Stroker is on the cusp of musical theater history, thanks to her amazing voice, acting chops and some unconventional casting decisions. Tony nominee Ali Stroker keeps on breaking Broadway barriers 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Unlike musical theater, opera typically includes a live orchestra playing in time with the singers. Think opera is just for hoity-toity rich people? Not so! Here’s a beginner’s guide to this grand art form. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Right before my junior year, I took a musical theater writing class, through the grad school, and all of the songs I wanted to write were comedic. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z It's a key principle in politics, and apparently in musical theater, too. Review: Politics and old-style humor in 'Fiorello' 2013-02-01T22:16:04Z Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and he continues to direct productions at In Series, a local organization dedicated to opera and musical theater. The Smithsonian hosts its first wedding in D.C. — and vows more 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Being on a musical TV show has reminded me of some of the musical theater that inspired me when I was starting out performing in the chorus of various summer stock productions. Lauren Graham’s Week: Background Binges and Books, Books, Books 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z He was directed to the Urdang Academy, a musical theater training program in London. A Young Actor Steps Out of School and Into the High Heels of ‘Jamie’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The musical theater historian Laurence Maslon charts the waning of the exclamation point to the style of serious musical theater exemplified by the director Harold Prince and the composer Stephen Sondheim. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Monteiro and Emnes have had long careers in musical theater in Germany, but some of the members of the cast are newer to the genre. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z It not only unlocks the potential of dance in musical theater, it expands how a story can be told. ‘MJ’: Dancing the Pain, and Dancing the Pain Away 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Anne Hathaway won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her turn in this adaptation of the musical theater sensation, itself adapted from the novel by Victor Hugo. Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Colleen Harris, a self-described “duet matchmaker,” hosts “Songs at the New World,” an open-mike night with piano accompaniment that caters to musical theater groupies. Weekend Miser: Time Out New York Lounge at New World Stages 2012-03-22T20:57:35Z The first rule of loving music theater was that you didn't talk about loving musical theater. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z McAllister still loves operatic singing, but musical theater parts have been coming at him since he first did “Ragtime” a decade ago at Toby’s Dinner Theater. Perspective | You love theater? So do these 12 D.C. stage dynamos. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z For de Waal, that came from running Broadway Weekends at Home, a remote version of the musical theater camp that she founded with her sister, Dani, a former actor who works for Google. Jeanna de Waal Has Already Forgotten About That ‘Diana’ Film 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z “You didn’t feel you were watching an actor acting. Ultimately, my vision was to bring that quality of truth-telling to musical theater.” Betty Buckley steps into ‘Hello, Dolly!’ to ‘make America happy again’ 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z I was a hybrid: I was a musical theater guy, but I also had a couple friends who were cooler kids in sports. James Marsden: 'The D Train' Plot Twist Isn't a 'Cheap Punch Line' 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z So despite her musical theater background, Cephas Jones rarely goes big and she never pulls focus. In ‘Blindspotting’ Series, Jasmine Cephas Jones Steps Into Full View 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Charles Isherwood’s Theater Talkback post last week, about the dearth of good musical theater voices, was prompted by what he called the “vocally vacuous” concert version of “Company” staged by the New York Philharmonic. ArtsBeat: Curtain Down, Heads Up: Where Are the Voices? 2011-04-18T12:00:41Z “Music does things sometimes that words cannot do, and musical theater can do things that strict drama cannot do,” Mr. Kander said, “which gives it a real capacity to understand and portray human suffering.” New Musicals That Strike a Somber Chord 2010-03-02T22:40:00Z The bride, 29, is a musical theater lyricist and the groom, also 29, is a librettist. Christyn Budzyna, Charles Cohen 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Cook made her career as a musical theater actress on Broadway in the 1950s and ’60s. Celebrating Barbara Cook’s Life With Songs and Stories 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z He also embraced musical theater, considered an Anglo-Saxon genre. Jerome Savary, icon of French theater, dies 2013-03-05T14:20:09Z Now she can add another line to her résumé: musical theater muse. Hillary and Bill Clinton Inspire Musical Theater 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Casting, however, proved to be far more difficult in China, where Broadway-style musical theater is still relatively new. Can You Say ‘Hakuna Matata’ in Mandarin? 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z But the score of Cohan tunes, sung by seasoned Seattle musical theater artists, is full to the brim with toe-tapping, flag-waving standards — also including "It's a Grand Old Flag" and "Over There." Cabaret and a salute to Cohan on Seattle stages 2011-06-02T20:22:05Z But “A Minister’s Wife” seemed a precious piece: either pretentious musical theater or tame quasi-opera; take your pick. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z John Kander is a titan of the musical theater and he deservedly received a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater. Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Though there have been forays into the classics, as in the “Measure for Measure” she was a part of at Shakespeare Theatre Company in 2013, musical theater, and Signature, have been a crucial local anchor. Natascia Diaz approaches ‘West Side Story’s’ Anita with passion 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Especially now, when we’re still essentially starved for musical theater, I do hope it’s something that people can look to as we bridge these next couple of months when stages across the country start opening. Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! No, Really, You Gotta! 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z “To me, the powerful tune has always been the nub, the meat and potatoes of the American musical theater.” Jerry Herman, Composer of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ and Other Broadway Hits, Dies at 88 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z On Friday Michael A. Kerker, director of musical theater at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, will discuss the historical accuracy of musicals like “Scottsboro Boys.” Weekend Miser: A Musical Version of ?Gatsby,? Four Decades Late 2011-09-29T21:43:04Z And I was always drawn to the history of musical theater, Rodgers & Hammerstein and Leonard Bernstein. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Mayor of New Orleans on Rethinking Southern History 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The observation is an especially moving one, coming from the man at the vortex of a team of cyclonic talents that has reminded the world that musical theater is unarguably a great American art form. One key scene helped cement ‘Hamilton’ as a Broadway legend. The team that crafted it explains how. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Writing for musical theater is the hardest thing the Grammy-winning songwriter Mike Reid, of Nashville, has ever done, he says, adding, “I’m not smart enough to know why, but it is.” | Red Bank: ?In This House,? Composed by Mike Reid, Is at Two River Theater Company 2012-03-04T17:03:23Z There was little indication that Mr. Sondheim, one of the greatest songwriters in the history of musical theater, was unwell. Days Before Dying, Stephen Sondheim Reflected: ‘I’ve Been Lucky’ 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Over its 15-year run, its youthful vigor helped resuscitate the moribund theater district, and musical theater in general. Review: ‘A Chorus Line,’ Still High-Stepping but Showing Its Age 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z The polish and drive of the director Gary Griffin’s revival of this familiar piece of serious-minded British musical theater almost make you forget those wince-inducing lyrics, the blunt point making and often sketchy storytelling. Christopher Plummer in Stratford, Ontario 2010-07-09T04:28:00Z When I got to NYU, I was a musical theater major, and I also auditioned for and got on a sketch comedy group. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z To list just a few of them is enough to send most musical theater buffs swooning: "Why Can't You Behave?," Old Globe's 'Kiss Me, Kate' steals a smile if not a heart 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z That’s some great “learning while working experience” and crosses over from Shakespeare to musical theater. Answers to Your Questions About College Theater Programs 2010-08-11T22:04:00Z The same thing is happening with musical theater. Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z "I grew up performing musical theater, but I was also into metal bands like Megadeth," he said in a recent interview. L.A. Opera broadens scope with post-apocalyptic 'Dog Days' at REDCAT 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z On her opera training, and whether or not American musical theater conservatories who can “scream” like her “Wicked” co-star Idina Menzel, but not “sing.” Talking with Kristen Chenoweth: Little package, big voice (and opinions) 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z “It had been a long time since I’d been in that kind of musical theater space, but it felt so familiar,” he said, “like a homecoming.” In ‘Up Here,’ the Song Stuck in Your Head Might Be Your Mean Ex-Crush 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z But when I was 25 I basically gave up on musical theater and moved into North Hollywood, because I was like, "North Hollywood? That's Hollywood, right?" The Scott Aukerman Interrogation Part II: Podcasts and the president 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z It began as an attempt to merge the circus and musical theater, telling the story of a devilish producer who promises a clown fame and fortune. Defiant Showman Demands His ?Wow? 2011-06-03T15:21:47Z A news release about the merger said that the Boston Conservatory’s music, dance and musical theater programs would retain autonomy “within a new Berklee organization.” Berklee College of Music Exploring Merger With Boston Conservatory 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z But a musical theater background must help with that somewhat. Melissa Benoist: Playing Supergirl Taught Me 'Not to Take Any Crap' 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Producing any show in New York City is a gamble that rarely pays off financially, and presenting one at the musical theater festival is among the diciest of such bets. ‘Snow Queen’ Emerges From Defunct San Jose Theater 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Since this is musical theater, it’s not just letters that leap. | 'Matilda': ?Matilda,? by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London 2012-01-31T11:00:00Z Ms. Luftig, 54, won the prize for the most promising musical theater lyricist. Musical-Theater Writers Awarded Kleban Prizes 1453-08-13T05:00:00Z “The musical theater audience in Germany is a little conservative,” Obedekah said. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “It became a lifeline,” said Ms. Coleman, who is also a musical theater writer. Everyone Has Left the Chat 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z And not just any people but people who know their way around a musical theater number. ‘Not Just for Gays’: The Year the Tonys Dared to Go There 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Critics heralded the show as transformative, emblematic of a new age in American musical theater. Where You Can See the Stars of ‘Hamilton’ Now 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The show attracted Rubin-Vega, who usually wasn’t interested in musical theater. La Vie Boheme: ‘Rent’ musical celebrates 25th anniversary 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Were you conscious of how you were contributing to the discourse, which is such a theme in musical theater, about the sociopolitical significance of drag? How an Elvis impersonator-turned-drag queen was born: Playwright Matthew Lopez on 'Georgia McBride' 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Even musical theater titans like Rodgers and Berlin succumbed to harmonic meekness and rhythmic sclerosis as they approached their 70s. John Kander’s Major Chord, Undiminished 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Ms. Carmello, a gloriously gifted singing actress, has never managed to snag a star-making breakout role on Broadway — not all that surprising in these difficult days for musical theater. Theater Review: ‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson’ 2012-11-16T03:00:13Z We begin with joyful ragtime, that musical theater fallback for telling Black stories of the early 20th century. Review: In ‘Intimate Apparel,’ Letting the Seamstress Sing 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z The truth is that women in musical theater still tend to be segregated: romantic innocents or worldly dames. I’m 46. Is That Too Old to Play the Ingénue? 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z This must happen fast, because sketch, like musical theater, is an art of concision. Critic?s Notebook: Harvard Sailing Team Breathes New Life Into Sketch Comedy 2012-01-30T21:58:14Z During his tenure, the college established a comedy studies program as well as degree programs in directing, design, stage management and musical theater. Sheldon Patinkin, Force in Chicago Theater, Dies at 79 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z She took classes in musical theater, tap dancing and ice skating, her mother working two jobs to pay for it all. Martha is back on ‘The Americans,’ and Alison Wright has finally arrived 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The essence of most musical theater hits since “The Producers” has boiled down to corporate recognition, as the current attractions prove. Cast changes in ‘Hamilton’ aren’t like breaking up the band 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But at a matinee of “Elf” and an evening performance of “Annie,” thousands of parents, with children in tow, were clamoring for expensive popcorn, more expensive alcohol and musical theater. Review: ‘Annie’ and ‘Elf: The Musical’ Stay Kid-Friendly 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z “On the Town,” Bernstein’s 1944 foray into Broadway, may be famous for that number, which transcended musical theater to become a city’s anthem. Brash, Confident and Democratic: How Leonard Bernstein Symbolized America 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's work is one of the great achievements of American musical theater: a mash-up of classic fairy tales that's funny, tuneful and refreshingly honest about the impossibility of "happily ever after." 'In the Woods' leaps from musical theater to movie theaters 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z A lot of history is happening in American musical theater right now. Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Student actors are readying their showstopper numbers for the 5th Avenue Theatre's eighth annual awards ceremony honoring excellence in high-school musical theater. 5th Avenue ceremony honors high-school theater excellence 2010-05-27T20:19:00Z If Gershwin had wanted two versions, one for the opera house, another for musical theater, that would have been fine, Mr. Sondheim added. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z “I feel very strongly that musical theater is not a genre, it’s not a style of music, it’s a methodology,” he says. Benjamin Scheuer and a life told in heartbreaking song at the Geffen 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z She is taking the time away from the city to sing for fun and keep her repertoire diverse with “more legit musical theater stuff.” Dancing With Myself: How Artists Stay in Shape Without a Stage 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z It's never been easy to move between musical theater and screen. 'The Last Five Years' feels a bit stage-bound 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Broadway producers will always remain hungry for strong material, even if it pushes the boundaries of musical theater. Closing of ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’ Raises Questions 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z I really felt Lin-Manuel was not just using rap but he was accessing all of musical theater. 'Spamilton' creator on loving Lin-Manuel Miranda and spoofing his musical at the same time 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z One's depressed and struggling to come out and the other is straight with a flamboyantly gay friend in Tiny Cooper, a football star on the hunt for love - and stardom in musical theater. Books with gay themes for young readers take off 2010-06-23T16:58:00Z In a telephone interview, Mr. Fairchild said that with a number of acting and musical theater roles on the horizon, he felt he needed to choose a direction. Robert Fairchild to Leave New York City Ballet 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Still, the pull of the performing arts was strong — he had found his kind of weirdos — so Perrineau said goodbye to Brooklyn to study musical theater at Shenandoah University, in Northern Virginia. Harold Perrineau Finds His Way 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z It remains a fairly difficult process, though, persuading these other branches of the industry to accept the artistic values of musical theater. Give them a hand! Musicals stage a comeback. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Broadway is the birthplace and the brand, but the lifeblood of musical theater is in local venues. Out of the Spotlight, Still a Star: The ‘Backstage Diva’ 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “My Fair Lady” is itself virtually indestructible, musical theater’s gold standard for the integration of melody and story. Review | ‘My Fair Lady’ at the Kennedy Center is sheer melodious pleasure 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Green Day used glockenspiel on “Wake Me Up When September Ends”; it’s an instrument that’s been used really well both in pop and in musical theater. How Broadway Got the Beat: The Go-Go’s in 5 Songs 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z There you have it: the curse of the musical theater star. Cast changes in ‘Hamilton’ aren’t like breaking up the band 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Parental influence “My dad played in a cover band. He gave me the gift of music, and my mother gave me the gift of musical theater — she did community stuff when she was younger.” Meet the Kids Who’ll Make ‘Sing Street’ Rock 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z And it goes beyond not only the rarefied realm of musical theater obsessives, but also partisan use. ‘Hamilton’ Makes a Curious Cameo in Trump Impeachment Trial 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Great directors can cross over from straight plays to musical theater effortlessly. Answers to Your Questions About College Theater Programs 2010-08-11T22:04:00Z No production, including this one, manages completely to resolve the stylistic tensions built into “Candide,” which hovers between opera and musical theater, and strives to be satirical masque and cautionary tale. Review: The Adventures of ‘Candide,’ and of City Opera 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The other swerved through Broadway and Hollywood, producing the choreographed routines of musical theater. Dance Review: Melinda Sullivan Brings ‘Gone’ to Ailey Citigroup Theater 2013-08-06T21:29:18Z The show includes glimpses at Bowie's wide range of influences, from British musical theater to Berlin cabaret; from German Expressionism to Japanese Kabuki; from surrealism to Andy Warhol. Show at London's V&A museum celebrates David Bowie 2013-03-20T15:59:12Z LaChanze and Lewis are also both known as musical theater performers; this season, they are seizing the opportunity to star in plays. Broadway Is Brimming With Black Playwrights. But for How Long? 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z She sought formal education in musical theater at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where her acting teacher observed she was quite complex and wisely encouraged her to join the experimental theater wing. Heather Christian’s Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z One of my favorite pieces of musical theater of recent note is "Finding Nemo: The Musical" that plays at the Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Neil Patrick Harris on hosting the Oscars and good karma 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Later in the week, he was also happy to announce the group’s second season of bringing Broadway performers and local musical theater stars — including several 2015 Helen Hayes nominees — to the concert stage. Circus hand-me-downs get a new life at Signature Theatre 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z For Ms. Brown, there is no hard separation between her work in musical theater and her work for her company. A Storytelling Choreographer Who Listens to Her Audience 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Next season, Prototype will revive his offbeat musical theater piece “The Little Death: Vol. 1.” Prototype: An Opera Festival That Actually Earns Its Name 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The history of musical theater is rich with collaborations between lyricists and composers, who jointly write the songs that power the shows. A Pasek and Paul Primer 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z But "Waterfall" is to Broadway-quality musical theater what an amateur watercolor is to a landscape painting hanging in the Norton Simon Museum. 'Waterfall' plunges over the edge of banality 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Messing wanted to be a musical theater performer, a triple threat. Debra Messing Can Age 90 Years Easily. It’s Baking That’s Hard. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z This satirical and existential piece spoofed opera and, in doing so, broke the rules and pushed the art form of musical theater forward. In This Show, Mack the Knife Is a Woman 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Her mother had done musical theater in high school, but Seehorn was more drawn to the passions of her father, a Vietnam War veteran who loved drawing and painting. Rhea Seehorn Is Getting Away With It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Bernstein draws upon myriad styles here: atonal angst, contemplative Coplandesque harmonies, kinetic musical theater dance music, a trio of jazz vocalists. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z Generations of musical theater composers have integrated rock music into their own scores with a freedom and stylistic flexibility that he helped make possible. ‘The Cool Guy’: Pop and Theater Stars Celebrate the Composer of ‘Hair’ 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z I went to musical theater school, but I don't have the technique of trained dancers. "We have to do it in Spanish": Melissa Barrera on dance-filled "Carmen" reimagining set in Mexico 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Even with their barrage of insider musical theater gags in “Something Rotten!,” the creative team stresses that their goals are not to mock but to praise. Broadway Shows Get the Point! Again! 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z A knockout concert and an occasional meditation on civics and community, David Byrne’s musical theater experience, choreographed by Annie-B Parson, drops its chain curtain for the final time. 12 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Next is “Keeping Score,” about musical theater composers, posterity and restoring lost compositions. 'City Center Encores! Unscripted': A Talk Show About Musical Theater 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Katelyn Prominski, a District native who trained at the Washington Ballet, then transitioned to musical theater and made a remarkable comeback after being diagnosed with diabetes, will portray a fellow Paris Opera dancer. Labor Day is no picnic for Theater J artistic director But creators in musical theater and opera are better off working their native turfs. Opera? Musical? Please Respect the Difference 2011-07-09T03:30:34Z In “With No Fanfare,” a French musical theater production directed by Samuel Achache, it takes a set that literally falls apart to establish the slow process of picking up the pieces. Review: In ‘With No Fanfare,’ Things Fall Apart 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Before long he left opera for musical theater; in the early 1990s, he appeared 300 times in the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” in Hamburg. Peter Hofmann, Singer of Rock, Opera and Musicals. Dies at 66 2010-12-01T05:45:00Z He jumped to musical theater in 1985 with the London National Theatre's production of "Guys and Dolls" and went on to sing roles in "The Secret Garden," "Man of La Mancha" and "My Fair Lady." An Aussie in New York _ Anthony Warlow in 'Annie' 2012-10-29T12:31:10Z This weekend at REDCAT, Morrison is overseeing an early workshop performance of “Artaud in the Black Lodge,” a “Twin Peaks”-inspired musical theater piece by composer David T. Little. 'David Lynch, the Musical'? Not quite, but close, in 'Artaud in the Black Lodge' 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Now she brings her grim imagination to ballet, which she grew up studying in Vancouver, British Columbia, before switching over to musical theater. In ‘Flesh and Bone,’ Moira Walley-Beckett Leaps Darkly Into Ballet 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Mindful of their connection to musical theater and Hollywood, Mr. Owens sang “Some Enchanted Evening,” from “South Pacific.” Eric Owens as Alberich in Wagner?s ?Ring? at the Met 2012-02-18T05:03:04Z “We just never expected, coming from musical theater, that that was even a possibility,” Mr. Lopez said. The Carpetbagger: Beyoncé Doesn’t Faze ‘Frozen’s’ Songwriters 2014-01-28T19:43:49Z Javerbaum studied musical theater at New York University and worked a stint for the Onion satirical newspaper. As God in 'An Act of God,' Sean Hayes has his OMG moment 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Mr. and Ms. Sutherland are veteran musical theater performers with multiple Broadway credits. Theater Review: In ‘A Second Chance,’ Singing New York Lovers 2014-03-31T02:00:01Z This Time It’s the Women Giving the Business You leave few cabaret evenings feeling exhilarated after peering into the souls of more than a dozen musical theater characters, all embodied by the same singer. Music Review: Betty Buckley in ‘The Other Woman,’ at Feinstein’s 2012-10-09T22:33:43Z “But I have many gay stereotypes that I fall into. I love musical theater. I love Barbra Streisand. What am I going to do?” ‘Vicious’ on PBS Follows Two Gay Characters 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Now, as then, it evoked the bright, angular Sondheim-esque musical theater language of a few decades ago. Review: Traces of Anachronism in an All-Steve Reich Evening 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z And this is what’s going to lure male audiences in Vegas, with all its delightful distractions, to musical theater? Why the “Duck Dynasty” musical will be a disaster: Broadway’s weird attempts to expand its demographic appeal 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Schwartz participated in a City Opera panel discussion this month, moderated by the company’s general manager, George Steel, on the topic of what defines opera and musical theater. Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z In college, I was cut from my musical theater program, and though I graduated with a bachelor of fine arts, I couldn’t be satisfied without a theater degree. I was a lying telephone psychic 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The balance of the program was devoted to musical theater, which Ms. Fleming described as an early and lingering passion. Music Review: Ren?e Fleming With Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 2012-04-08T21:51:26Z A musical theater major who once worked at Morgan Stanley to pay her bills while auditioning, she wondered whether artists would need to babysit in European countries with more public financing of culture. Admit One: Sitters Studio, a Service Employing Professional Artists 2013-12-05T21:38:14Z This theatrical think tank, winner of the 2010 regional theater Tony Award, will again foster new work development in its four conferences: for playwrights, musical theater, puppetry, and cabaret and performance. Summer Stages 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z "I'm torn between wanting to see `Spiderman' on Broadway and not wanting to see someone literally die doing musical theater," he said. Broadway 'Spider-Man' stunt double falls to stage 2010-12-21T14:42:21Z He is now studying musical theater at New York University. 62 high school students hopeful of a musical crown 2013-06-29T17:31:45Z “The princess thing … is, more than anything, a catalyst,” said Jones, meaning that for Aida, it’s led to new interests, like musical theater. Seattle stages will soon be packed with princesses. Is that a problem? 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z Theater Latté Da, a musical theater company based in Minneapolis, has been refilling this particular cup of kindness since 2007 before bringing it to the Sheen Center. Review: In ‘All Is Calm,’ Thrilling Song in the Trenches 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z While the movement of the main players, the New York gang, is rooted in musical theater, the young dancers — the teenagers in the town — are grounded, more pedestrian. At ‘The Prom’ on Broadway, It’s Time to Dance (and Flip) 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z And Kristen Bell tries to bring former musical theater stars back to their glory days in “Encore.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘Encore’ 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z “In some way,” he added, “it was the perfect combination, but thinking you were going into musical theater, and you were doing your angsty solo? Just clueless. But actually something in you knows.” John Jasperse Hopes ‘Remains’ Lasts After the Dancing Stops 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z But ballet is a subtle art, compared with the broader demands of musical theater. In ‘Little Dancer,’ Susan Stroman shows the art of perseverance That it follows every rule in the musical theater handbook is actually a problem. Review: ‘Romantics Anonymous,’ a Challenge to Your Sweet Tooth 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Griffin calls de Lappe a link to the original intent of the production, which is often considered a landmark of American musical theater. Choreographer recreates 'Oklahoma!' at age 91 2013-05-02T15:19:10Z Ms. de Mille’s work on the original production, in 1945, is considered an important development in the history of musical theater, advancing the use of narrative dance fully integrated into a show’s storytelling. ‘Carousel’ Revival to Credit Agnes de Mille’s Original Choreography 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Is “Séance” a musical theater work with operatic elements? Opera Review: An Opera Strays Into a Clairvoyant Realm 2011-04-20T15:57:07Z Born in Hong Kong and raised on Staten Island, Ma discovered musical theater in junior high, where he sought acceptance after getting into regular fights with fellow students over his race. ‘Kung Fu’ Rights the Wrongs of Its Ancestor 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Intimidatingly, she is preceded in the role by two of the most beloved stars in musical theater, Mary Martin and Julie Andrews. 'The Sound of Music' at the Ahmanson is fresh and lively 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Then again, for musical theater lovers and history buffs, that’s what this may represent. ‘Hamilton’ is coming to the Kennedy Center 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z As an actor, I wanted songs that were actually hard laughs, and that’s hard to find in musical theater. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Both productions were praised by critics for offering new ways to see, hear and feel two of the most cherished works of the musical theater canon. A Dark ‘Oklahoma!’ and a Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ to Close in January 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Iconis described the crowd as “a thrilling mixture of musical theater nerds, old-time cabaret fans, tourists, intelligent artists, rich people and poor college students.” Broadway’s Beloved Basement Club, Feinstein’s/54 Below, Turns 10 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z For the musical, Andrew has a written a song called ‘Time Stops,’ and it hits you emotionally in a way only musical theater can.” Hollywood’s Big Bet on Broadway Adaptations 2013-08-01T12:00:07Z “We hope it gets put on in New York,” McHugh said, mentioning the Encores musical theater series at New York City Center as a possibility. Things come up roses for some of Broadway’s old stinkers “I had not felt that in musical theater since I can’t remember when. It was like a childlike rapture.” Betty Buckley steps into ‘Hello, Dolly!’ to ‘make America happy again’ 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z “It was essentially musical theater training with studies in singing, dancing and acting,” she said by email on Sunday. ArtsBeat: New Role for Carly Rae Jepsen: Cinderella 2013-12-29T22:15:43Z "High priestess of musical theater, you are the contemporary incarnation of the versatile talent, American-style," he added. France makes Liza Minnelli Legion of Honour officer 2011-07-12T17:52:55Z So Sonnenfeld, who is best known for the “Men in Black” movies, was a curious choice to direct the new Apple TV+ comedy “Schmigadoon!,” a series whose very title screams musical theater spoof. Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! No, Really, You Gotta! 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Rachel had a lot of musical theater stuff and princess narratives that she was looking to deconstruct. ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Plans ‘Our Version of a Happy Ending’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “For a very long time, when musical theater was produced in Germany, it was done in a very safe way,” she added. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z He earned an athletic scholarship to Weber State, where he juggled football and musical theater. Feel Locked Out? Nothing to Tackle? Well, Try Opera 2011-03-16T01:25:13Z But how to adapt those horrors into dance or musical theater, genres seemingly not ready-made for such issues. Review: Making Eloquent Theater From Bleak Facts 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z So you can have one foot in the world of punk rock and other in the world of musical theater at the same time? ArtsBeat: Welcome to a New Kind of Tension: Billie Joe Armstrong on His 'American Idiot' Role 2011-01-09T23:31:43Z “There was a very fertile, exciting, beautiful era of musical theater and ‘Funny Girl’ is right in the middle of it. Beanie Feldstein, Jane Lynch bond backstage at ‘Funny Girl’ 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z “Phantom” is an icon of 1980s Broadway, created by three of the most legendary figures in musical theater history: the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, the director Hal Prince, and the producer Cameron Mackintosh. ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Broadway’s Longest-Running Show, to Close 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z On Sunday, his former orchestra will celebrate the centennial of his birth with a program that includes segments from those two works, as well as other excerpts across opera, musical theater and ballet. What’s on TV Sunday: New Year’s Eve Celebrations and Dave Chappelle 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z And you asked yourself, “Is there anywhere musical theater will not go these days?” New in L.A. theater: 'Herland,' 'Harvey' and the porn musical 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The Grammy Award nominee began performing in musical theater in high school. Carly Rae Jepsen heads to Broadway next year 2013-12-30T14:40:10Z Cast members from Broadway’s biggest shows — “An American in Paris,” “Aladdin,” “On the Town” — perform and share their own choreography in this biannual showcase of innovative musical theater dance. Dance Listings for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Hold Me Closer reads like a musical theater script, full of flamboyant musical numbers, heartfelt stage direction and personality as big as Tiny himself. Top 10 YA Books 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “Now we have musical theater aficionados within our community, and that’s a beautiful thing. I would wager that the art form of signed musical theater is still in its infancy.” ‘CODA’ Is Being Developed Into a Stage Musical by Deaf West 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Opera Orchestra, enhancing the grandeur of this journey through the American musical theater songbook. Audra McDonald soars in her stirring tour through the American musical 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s the sincerity of their interest in musical theater I question. Review: Hot Stuff Turns Cold in ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z “A lot of my heart and passion is in the American songbook, and that includes musical theater,” Frazier said earlier this week. Perfectly in tune, onstage and in the pit 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Sondheim's songs are among the most lyrically, melodically and textually challenging work in American musical theater, and such complexity is best not approached unprepared. Theater review: 'Company' 2011-04-08T20:40:13Z “It’s a real testament to my father’s creativity and ability in the dance world outside of the constructs of musical theater,” she said. Forget About Jazz Hands, This Fosse Show Is About Dancin’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z In both style and content, it accomplishes that incredibly formidable task: launching a piece of musical theater off toward new, imaginative horizons. From Bechdel to Chekhov, literary stars inspire this spring’s D.C. theater choices 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z She inflects her celebrated takes on Rossini with the dazzled wonder of a musical theater actress and delights in programming populist encores like “Over the Rainbow.” Opera’s Miss Congeniality Takes On a Rare ‘Cinderella’ 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But there are signs that Brazil’s musical theater boom is on the wane as the country slips into a deepening recession that began late last year. Broadway Musicals, Big Draw in Brazil for a Decade, Lose Their Audience 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z With little more than a wardrobe full of costumes and a homemade green screen, he transformed his dextrous wit and encyclopedic knowledge of musical theater into a profoundly successful career. Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z Her passion for musical theater tradition was palpable in the way she administered a pop quiz early only, taking special delight in correcting audience members on some of the trickier questions. Audra McDonald soars in her stirring tour through the American musical 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z All in all, Mr. Maxwell, a newcomer to composing musicals, was less influenced by musical theater and more by rock music. Bowie and a Flooded Amusement Park: What Inspired ‘Ride the Cyclone’ 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z It was the first semester of a musical theater class, and one of the students got up and sang “Every Day a Little Death.” Barbra Streisand, James Corden and More on Their Favorite Sondheim Song 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Asians and Asian Americans have been underrepresented onstage, and that has been particularly true in musical theater. Bhangra Is Big on Campus. Now It’s Inspiring a Musical. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Ashford’s musical theater background is evidenced in the leggy female dancers who appear now and again as if on loan from the company of “Chicago.” Review: ‘The Entertainer,’ ‘Unfaithful’ and ‘They Drink It in the Congo’ 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Music, and particularly musical theater, became the bridge — “a salvation,” in his words. He's Lin-Manuel's right-hand man: the 'Hamilton' arranger who hasn't let hearing loss derail the dream 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Founding a magazine that you can’t read online does seem like the kind of thing Max Bialystock would do if he went into publishing instead of musical theater. Titanic Still Afloat: The American Bystander Publishes Second Issue 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Part of the appeal, said Ty Hanes, 29, a musical theater actor who has gone 13 times, is that no two performances are the same. A ‘Titanic’ Parody Show That Draws Fans Near, Far, Wherever They Are 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Nineteen days after they met, Ms. Smith proposed at the musical theater piano bar Marie’s Crisis in the West Village. An Onstage Wedding Brings a Broadway Happy Ending to Life 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. McQueen also tapped into his musical theater history to recruit, for example, Taeler Cyrus, a company dancer in “An American in Paris” on Broadway. Jeremy McQueen's Ballet Collective to Foster Black Works 1457-12-01T05:00:00Z “You have the best musical theater face ever,” he said. That New ‘Mean Girls’ Teacher Has Homework to Do 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The self-described "musical theater geek" from Anaheim, Calif., abandoned normalcy a month ago when her independent music video "Friday" became the one of the most popular - and parodied - songs on the Internet. Rebecca Black works to overcome 'Friday' infamy 2011-04-25T13:35:01Z She started singing in local musical theater productions, and entered Stanford initially as a theater major, then switched to music, studying with an opera teacher. Through Music, Jen Shyu Explores the Unknown, Including Herself 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Brubeck experimented with time signatures and polytonality and explored musical theater and the oratorio, baroque compositional devices and foreign modes. Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 2012-12-05T18:31:41Z After college, she applied to the New York University Tisch School of the Arts musical theater writing program, but abandoned her application when the University of Toronto law school accepted her. Rachel Sklar Tries to Become a Social Media Entrepreneur 2013-05-31T22:35:34Z “Untold Tales,” a multicultural musical theater and dance piece, is scheduled to take place there on Nov. 16. The Rockefeller Family Estate Expands to Include New Artists and Audiences 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z With Wisdom in Her Tunes The British musical theater star Elaine Paige enjoys telling stories on herself. Music Review: Elaine Paige at the Allen Room, Friendly and Confessional 2012-02-13T23:21:13Z Anderson was a sophomore in musical theater at Pace University in New York when she was discovered and thrust onto the world stage as a postulant at an Austrian convent. 'The Sound of Music' at the Ahmanson is fresh and lively 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Stephen Sondheim described them as “the most beautiful and powerful in our musical theater history.” Op-Ed Columnist: In ?Porgy and Bess,? Variations on an Explosive Theme 2012-01-22T04:49:04Z The musical is about a young aspiring musical theater writer who is Black and gay, and who is haunted by a mostly self-critical inner dialogue that springs to life in the show. A ‘Strange’ Wind Blowing: Tony Voters Like ‘Loop’ and ‘Lehman’ 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z The show strikes a fresh, topical note for American musical theater by training a compassionate eye on the struggles of the lower-middle classes. Theater Review: ‘Hands on a Hardbody’ at La Jolla Playhouse 2012-06-05T22:12:18Z “This role is one of the finest ladies of the American musical theater canon,” she said. Josh Groban to Star in ‘Sweeney Todd’ Revival on Broadway 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Lots of acting choices out there, but I am more interested in directing musical theater. Answers to Your Questions About College Theater Programs 2010-08-11T22:04:00Z At 82, Ms. Rivera is a musical theater legend — and very much living. The Indomitable Chita Rivera, Back on Broadway in ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “All of modern musical theater owes practically everything to him.” Towering Broadway director and producer Hal Prince dead 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z The event allows musical theater aficionados — many of them costumed as favorite characters like Elphaba from “Wicked” and Anne Boleyn from “Six” — to meet and take photographs with the stars of their favorite shows. At BroadwayCon, Hillary Clinton Celebrates Women in the Theater 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Commercial pop and musical theater have different kinds of tales to tell and different tools for telling them. Review: With ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ They Finally Fixed the Jukebox 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z He won a prize — outstanding actor in a lead role — at the Blue Star Awards, a musical theater competition for Kansas City-area high school students. Meet the 19-Year-Old ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Actor Who’s Charming Broadway 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s too bad the dancer won’t have time to explore more deeply the matrix of elements that go into inhabiting a character in musical theater. Misty Copeland brings star power to ‘On the Town’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z “The history of modern dance has been mainly written by Americans, and musical theater, like jazz, is at the core of the culture,” she said. Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, the Passionate Formalist 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z If you came from this musical theater background and never pictured yourself doing action, what do you think it was about your audition that got you cast? Melissa Benoist: Playing Supergirl Taught Me 'Not to Take Any Crap' 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z She’s just 29, a performer-composer-lyricist with no Broadway credits to her name, and yet in the small world that is the musical theater industry, she has emerged as a talent now much in demand. Finding Music in Shakespeare, Suffragists and Mitch McConnell 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z “Hamilton” has been the rare production that extends the creative potential of musical theater, provides historical commentary, remakes Broadway’s racial dynamic and, when asked, rises to the political moment. Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced with such palpable force — or such prominent goose bumps — the sense of being present at an indelible moment in the history of musical theater. Peters and Stritch in ?A Little Night Music? 2010-08-02T01:58:00Z Mr. Lamarre said Cirque wanted to avoid putting labels like “Broadway” and “musical theater” on “Banana Shpeel,” so as not to predetermine the shape of the show or the expectations of audience members. When Cirque du Soleil Met Theater: ?Shpeel? Failure 2010-06-26T00:27:00Z It’s the sort of rich, but seemingly effortless score that gives you fresh hope for the possibilities of musical theater — an elixir for an often stodgy and derivative form. Natasha, Imelda and the Great Immersion of 2013 2013-05-20T13:00:23Z Do your parents accept you both as gay and as a musical theater writer? As ‘A Strange Loop’ Ends, Its Creator Looks Back on a ‘Supernova’ 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z That show, he said, “was my college experience, in a lot of ways,” broadening his understanding of musical theater and increasing his appetite for risk. Jonathan Groff Is a Seymour at Heart 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Not the transforming of material from another medium into musical theater: Movies, plays, novels, even nonfiction books have always been useful sources of a proudly hybrid American — even parasitic — form of entertainment. Perspective | ‘Pretty Woman’ is another movie-to-stage dud 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “City Center is a singular performing arts center, not just in New York, but in the U.S., with its combination of dance and musical theater,” Rosenberg said in an interview. New York City Center Taps Veteran Arts Administrator as Its Next Head 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Q: You were in some musical theater productions at Arizona State. Q&A with Bridget Everett: Swimming for Arizona State, singing with a Beastie Boy, and how she got Peter Dinklage and Susan Sarandon in bed 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z The evening of musical theater and gospel music was punctuated with drama and dance — which revolved around the themes of reawakening and reconnection. ‘I Needed It’: A Well-Timed Outdoor Theater Opens on Little Island 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z They have written musical theater of the highest quality — and still, in its own way, more than radical. Review: Harrison Birtwistle’s ‘The Cure’ and ‘The Corridor,’ Myths With a Twist 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z The songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z An actor’s musical theater career should never peak with a high school production of “The Producers.” Young actor gets his big chance to be a song-and-dance man 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Anderson-Lopez became entranced by musical theatre at age four, when she heard the sound of musical theater at a festival near a playground. How to Follow Your Dreams and Burst Into Song 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The production, which runs through July 25, was a chance for Mr. Moriarty to bring together two of his own longtime loves: musical theater and comic books. Superman Musical Revived in Dallas 2010-07-02T08:18:00Z |
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