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All About Musicals
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- Author: jtwrites
- Listed in: Arts & Entertainment Music
- Tags: theatre Plays musicals broadway musical theatre musical theater
- Added on: Apr 17th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Covering all things musical theatre and film related.
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Rent granted eviction extension!
Rentheads’ (a.k.a. diehard Rent fans) voices have been heard: the hit Broadway musical has been granted an extension, and will close September 7, 2008. This is an extension of approximately 3 months. (Previously a closing date of June 1 had b...
Xanadu’s Cheyenne Jackson to star in “Shifting the Canvas”
Cheyenne Jackson, star of Broadway’s surprise hit musical Xanadu, will be starring in the new film “Shifting the Canvas,” directed by Chuck Griffith. Don’t worry, Xanadu fans — the filming will not interfere with his Xan...
Los Angeles production of Wicked closing in January 2009
The Los Angeles non-touring production of Wicked, now playing at the Pantages Theatre, will play its final performance on Jan. 11, 2009. Producer Marc Platt said, “Wicked has been one of the biggest hits in Los Angeles theatre history and we ar...
South Pacific revival opened April 3
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical South Pacific opened on April 3 at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont theatre. (Previews began March 1.) It garnered nine Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize when it debuted more than ...
Autism: The Musical on HBO, March 25
I learned of this from a health site that I work with, WEGO Health, and just had to post it here, as it fits the musical theatre spectrum. Tune in to HBO this evening, March 25, at 8 p.m. to see the premiere of this incredible award-winning documenta...
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This blog is currently rated a 7.60 out of a possible 10 based on 5 comments.
"Tempest" Said:
Heya...found this on youtube. Thought you might find it amusing. I was a bit scared, to tell you the truth!
Mary Poppins...for Halloween.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic
"Tempest" Said:
Fantastic blog!
I invite you to come and review my show, set to hit stage in a few years..."Espoir de l'Amour".
Keep an eye on my site, as well as www.espoirdelamour.com for detales!
Keep up the fantastic blogging!
Pax et Bonum!
Sheryl Mandel Said:
Those who attended Chess benefit (in Los Angeles) for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS expecting “just a concert” were in for a dazzling surprise. What
had been advertised as “Chess in Concert” turned out to be a fully staged, fully choreographed, fully off-book production of the 80s Broadway hit. And
what a production it was!
Starting with the orchestra—27 musicians led by musical director extraordinaire Dan Redfeld. And the choir—17 glorious voices. The overture
(music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus) sounded absolutely gorgeous, and that was only the beginning.
Next, there was the spectacular cast, led by Kevin Earley (in his usual best-there-is voice) and Cindy Robinson (singing in a voice three times her size) as,
respectively, Anatoly, the Russian chess champ and Florence, the woman who steals his heart away from his wife Svetlana (top billed Susan Egan, who made
us wait till Act 2 to hear her Broadway pipes, but it was worth the wait.)Earley clearly was having a ball playing Russian and not his usual All American good guy. Robinson and Egan’s duet of I Know Him So Well, the show’s best known ballad, brought the house down, and had audience members reaching for their Kleenex. Completing the lead quartet was Ty Taylor as Freddie, the American chess champ, who added an R&B quality to his numbers, and a
chiseled physique to boot.
Broadway hottie/heartthrob Matthew Morrison (as the tournament ref) won a huge ovation for his
singing/dancing/sizzling The Arbiter. Tom Schmid (Walter)
and Thomas Ian Griffith (Molokov) did fine work as well, and were in fine voice.
The biggest surprise of the evening was AC Ciulla’s spectacular choreography (and this was advertised as a “concert”), especially in the two chess ballets.
With dancers garbed half in black and half in white (snaps to costumer Vandy Scoates for leaving the males bare-torsoed), the two chess matches featured
balletic and acrobatic moves that had the audience gasping, and cheering.
Credit all of this to the brilliant direction of Brian Michael Purcell, who turned what even the cast members thought would be a simple concert staged
reading of Chess into a production which could (with the addition of sets)easily transfer to the Ahmanson or Pantages.
With its sensational lead performances, amazingly voiced ensemble, and dazzling dancers, Chess (not really in concert) proved to be among the most
memorable of evenings, ever!
Chess In Concert--Ford Amphitheatre, Hollywood. September 17, 2007--Steven Stanley
Tyler Said:
I love your blog. Huge fan of music theatre!
Patty Said:
John Travolta tries to act like such a good dad. What about his autistic son. Ella Blue/Jett 2 children. Quit trying to hide him...
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