It is not uncommon for musicals to borrow inspiration from other works of art. Often times, they even result in something more concrete—they become adaptations. Such is the case for many well-known musicals of all time, like RENT and Miss Saigon, inspired by the operas La Boheme and Madame Butterfly respectively; Catch Me If You Can and Ghost from […]
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It’s a good time for Shakespeare adaptations. Correction: It’s always been a good time for Shakespeare adaptations. West Side Story! Ten Things I Hate About You! Both the movie and the short-lived ABC Family television series! (Shut up, I loved the short-lived ABC Family television series.) Many of Shakespeare’s plays themselves were adaptations and retellings […]
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I thought about starting this blog with a play on a eulogy, mourning the loss of the overture a la La Vie Boheme, but I became so excited to talk about overtures I didn’t want to take the time for an intro. Let’s just jump right in. I love new musical theatre, as evidenced by […]
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Hey all! Last time you heard from me, we took a look at why you need to get the rights to copyrighted source material when writing a musical. But what if you’re dying to adapt something but can’t deal with copyright? Well, you’re in luck! There are so many great stories out there in the […]
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With all of the great science fiction out there, from literature, to film, to television, why hasn’t this awesome genre made its mark on Broadway? Or even Off-Broadway, for that matter? They come around every once in awhile, as farce or some ridiculous comedy (and those are delightful, don’t get me wrong), but there hasn’t […]
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When NewMusicalTheatre.com asked Drew and me to write a blog post about our upcoming concert and the associated Fresh Pens contest, we decided it would be best to sort of interview each other in a back and forth Q&A style-session. Below is the end result. Your cool key: DO = Drew Overcash; BP = Blake […]
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Since my last NMT post about the ins and outs of a good musical book, I’ve been thinking… where are the articles about dream pairings of composers/lyricists and amazing playwrights/book writers? After all, music and lyrics are only two-thirds of the puzzle. Can’t think of any? Neither can I… So let’s remedy that. Below, you’ll […]
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Being into musical theatre isn’t all that different from being into comic books. Everyone has their favorite Green Lantern (John Stewart) or Mama Rose (Patti LuPone), there’s always something to nitpick when the movies come out, epic costumes are crucial to your daily survival, and normal people never know what you’re talking about. I can’t […]
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Let me take a moment to say how excited I am for the return of the musical Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 this season, this time pitching their tent closer to Times Square in the empty lot by 45th and 8th Ave. The thing about this show I find incredibly thoughtful is that it […]
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