“The Mad Men Musical.”That’s a good way to advertise your upcoming production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. No, the 1961-62 Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical isn’t a true adaptation of the acclaimed AMC ...
If the audience at the Imperial Theater on May 19 seems younger than usual, there’s good reason. It’s 10:30 in the morn and students from 13 lucky New York City schools and academies will each perform a number on the same stage where the original ...
“The first thing I had to do,” says Marcy Heisler, “was to find a way to get rid of all the horses.”Yes, that is the problem for a bookwriter-lyricist when adapting a film in which equine beings literally run rampant. The era that Ever ...
Michael Presser, Executive Director of Inside BroadwayWhen Michael Presser was a wee student in junior high (which is what we used to call middle school), he opened up the newspaper and saw a full-page ad for the then-new musical HOW TO SUCCEED ...
On March 8, 1971, Stephen Schwartz – making all of $22.50 a week thanks to one of his songs -- agreed to provide music and some additional lyrics for an upcoming off-Broadway show.Never mind that he had to have everything ready in thirty-four ...
It may very well be the most valuable and enriching musical a school can possibly do.And although it’s been around for decades, you may not be familiar with it.What’s made FAME a too-well-kept secret is that it’s never played on Broadway. ...
Mary Martin and the Darling Children in Peter PanGo ahead. Name a star entrance that’s greater than Peter Pan’s.Try to name one that’s more certain to get applause.You can’t, can you?Of course, such PETER PAN stars as Mary ...
Spencer Lau was quite proud of his pride of lions, his cackle of hyenas and every other group of animals he’d put on stage.For Lau -- the music director at Woodruff School in Seabrook, New Jersey – is one of the first directors to bring ...
Kurt Vonnegut If you were in college in the ’60s and ’70s, you were probably reading Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. even during the time you’d earmarked for physical science or calculus.The Baby Boomer generation was intoxicated with everything that ...
