The path to becoming a Broadway composer, lyricist, or bookwriter isn't well-defined or easy; it takes a tremendous amount of talent, hard work, and luck. For RENT author Jonathan Larson, who wrote all three components of his musicals himself, ...
Before RENT became a cultural phenomenon when it opened on Broadway in 1996, Jonathan Larson was hard at work on another musical: SUPERBIA. A rock adaptation of 1984, George Orwell's dystopian vision of the future (even though Larson was denied the ...
THE WILD PARTY, with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa (JOHN & JEN, THE ADDAMS FAMILY), is based on a poem of the same name by Joseph Moncure March. Published in 1928, the poem was scandalous for the time and often banned due to its ...
Few shows straddle the opera-musical line like Frank Loesser's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. Some musicals, such as LES MISERABLES and RENT, follow the common operatic characteristic of being sung-through. Others, like SWEENEY TODD and Michael John ...
"Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat" from Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows' GUYS & DOLLS is the kind of show-stopping number that audiences eagerly await. Often occuring towards the end of the second act, these numbers are commonly referred to as "11 ...
It's the end of an era. RENT, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson, has been closed on Broadway for over a year, and the tour - starring original cast members Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal - has come to an end. ...
The 1998 romantic comedy THE WEDDING SINGER is a sweet, off-kilter film that has touched audiences since its release. Starring a shy Drew Barrymore as Julia Sullivan and an awkward, humble Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, THE WEDDING SINGER shows that ...
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, an intimate, chamber musical by longtime collaboratators Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally (RAGTIME), addresses a number of universal issues. Friendship, the transformative power of art, and being honest ...
Since the original Broadway production opened in 1998, RAGTIME has given audiences an epic view of New York at the turn of the 20th century. Characters from three groups - the white upper class, the newly arrived immigrants, and the community of ...
This is the eighth in a series looking at the work of Stephen Sondheim.
"Putting it together," states the James Lapine/Stephen Sondheim musical, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, "that's what counts." And it does, for 19th century neo-impressionist ...
