The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home
It's time for Broadway to embrace what's most joyous about songbook shows. Not biography, not coherence, but excess. Even "Moulin Rouge!" doesn't quite get it right.
Today is Friday, May 29, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Melanie Janine Brown Manley Pope Matthew Porretta Roger Kachel Adrian Paul Rupert Everett Annette Bening Karla DeVito Cotter Smith Gary Brooker Kevin Conway Pearl Lang Herb Shriner Gordon Dilworth T. H. White Bob Hope Beatrice Lillie F. Hugh Herbert Ruth Shepley Ludmilla Toretzka G.K. Chesterton John Emerson Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Peter Lang David Burtka Robert Elston Kristen Alderson Rachel Tucker Melissa Etheridge Ron Milner Carl Toms Clifton James Inga Tidblad Max Brand