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Monday, May 25, 2015

TALKIN' BROADWAY'S GREAT WHITE WAYBACK MACHINE: CONGA! by Laura Frankos

Betty Comden and Adolph Green helped evoke the thirties in their lyrics for "Conga!" in Wonderful Town (1953).

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:58PM

The Great White Wayback Machine by Laura Frankos

Immigrants in Musicals, Part One: The Early Years, 1870-1910

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:58PM
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Football Fight Songs in Musicals by Laura Frankos

In honor of the new season, the Great White Wayback Machine travels from 1917 to the present day, looking at football fight songs written for musicals.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:52AM
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Book-lovers in Musicals by Laura Frankos

As a confirmed book-lover, I always appreciate seeing fellow bibliophiles in musicals. Here's a compilation of musical theatre's all-time readers, couples who bond over literature, character…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:14AM
Thursday, October 27, 2011

J.P. Morgan, Musical Robber Baron by Laura Frankos

The Great White Wayback Machine now takes you on a brief tour of Morgan's career, to see better how history and musicals come together.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:48AM
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Great White Wayback Machine: Musical Theatre Museum by Laura Frankos

The Great White Wayback Machine now takes you on a tour of the Musical Theatre Museum! The exhibits of the MTM contain items illuminating art, history, culture, and social life, as in any go…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:46PM
Monday, July 11, 2011

Cows in Musicals Part Two by Laura Frankos

Last time, we looked at famous and not-so-famous cow characters in musicals. Here we'll look at those bovines mentioned in song and story, as well as millkmen and milkmaids.

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:36AM
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