The title of Lucas Hnath’s 2013 play is unwieldy. In fact, if it weren’t in italics, we weren’t sure whether it was a play title or a press release description. A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney succinctly describes the premise, but once we got past the revelation that this was the actual title …
In Author, Cary Ginell
Broadway Musicals: Show By Show features a wealth of statistics and inside information, plus critical reception, cast lists, pithy commentary about each show, and numerous detailed indexes that no Broadway will want to be without. Since its original publication in 1985, Broadway Musicals has proved to be an indispensable addition to any Broadway aficionado’s library.
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Long before Mamma Mia! and Jersey Boys put the pop into pop musicals, a…
Halloween is once again upon us and with that, you can expect another visit…
In Author, Cary Ginell
07/03/2022
When we first saw Jonalyn Saxer, it was 2010. Jonalyn was an eighteen-year-old senior,…
Summer is here and what better way to spend the week of the Fourth…
If you were a five-year-old girl going to see her first musical, Agoura High…
America was a different place in 1949 when Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific made…
In Author, Cary Ginell
03/21/2022
American Theatre Guild’s current national tour of South Pacific brings Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most…
In the 2013 Tony Awards, the big winner was “Kinky Boots,” a musical version…
The life and writings of Emily Dickinson, one of America’s most treasured poets, comes…
