I’ve talked a little bit before about looking forward to what “the future” of musical theatre might be, and with the new crop of this season’s shows already opening out of town and on Broadway, it seems timely to explore the different ways in which this ever-changing art form might evolve. I’ve split this up […]
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They say you should never work with children or animals; fortunately, Broadway is generally speaking not exactly replete with fauna, but the modern musical is increasingly becoming the home of frustratingly talented nippers. Let’s take a look at some recent showcases for plucky youngsters with dazzling smiles and better CVs than you or I will […]
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Lately I have been thinking a lot about the ladies of musical theatre – not just the belters and the sopranos, but the composers, the lyricists, the librettists. Well I’ve been trying to, but doing so always ends up being incredibly upsetting. Representation of female writers in theatre is woefully inadequate (as documented and combatted […]
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There are two important forces in the world of new musical theatre that I would like to talk about a little bit today. These folks are the heart and soul of the industry and the art, though their careers have taken them to rather different places: one of them is rapper, writer, papa and In […]
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The end of last month brought London the glitz, glamour and ennui that is the Olivier Awards. It’s always a long, trying evening, and this year’s lather, step and repeat culminated in Kevin Spacey (!) singing (!!) Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (!!!) with Beverley Knight (!!!!) and Kev on harmonica (?). Anyway, […]
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Much has been written about the modern obsession and fascination with high belting, and there is no need for me to rehash it fully here. In short, musical theatre has gone from having a lady’s money note be a solid, chesty B flat to a throat-shredding F. People are divided on the merits of this […]
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This is a (highly subjective and entirely subject to change at my own whim) list of what I consider to be the ‘best’ songs from Broadway and Off-Broadway from the past five years. These songs are such terrific showcases of craft and technique that they stand up equally as plot movers within their respective shows […]
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