Zoot Suit by Luis Valdez, was the first and only Chicano play to ever make it to Broadway. This happened back in 1979. Although many people may argue that Zoot Suit is a musical, it isn’t; it is a play with music, and …
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Theatre historians considered the musical Oklahoma! (1943) as the work that epitomized the “book musical.” In fact, it is often said that the history of musical theatre is divided into everything before Oklahoma! and everything after Oklahoma! Although, enough time has passed to have other musicals …
I knew that attending a musical about Cuban music was going to be contagiously fun and entertaining. I also knew that the new broadway musical, Buena Vista Social Club was going to be a story about the musical group’s history and their …
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Another visit to NYC and another round of Broadway musicals to enjoy, well, at least that is the hope. The first show to see this week was the musical SMASH, which is based or inspired, or whatever, on the hit …
As someone who teaches musical theatre and has dedicated his last 10 years of teaching to centering people of color within the theatre world, I have talked about George C. Wolfe and other African American theatre artist who have tried …
This musical is based on the 1967 book written by S. E. Hinton and the 1983 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The musical’s book is by Adam Rapp and Justin Levine and music and lyrics by Jonathan Clay & …
Before I start my review on this Broadway revival, let me be very transparent about one thing: I DO NOT LIKE ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’S MUSIC. I find it simplistic, repetitive (read boring), and from a whole musical theatre composition one …
Death Becomes Her is a new musical based on the 1992 film starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis. And while I have not been a strong fan of musicals based on films because, well, the musical is just retelling …
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