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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

PUTIN'S ANTIGAY CABARET by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

When a modern day setting rings a little too close to an era gone by, show off the parallels in a musical By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) A production of the musical Cabaret is s…

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

WHAT'S YOUR PERFECT MUSICAL THEATRE SEXYTIME SOUNDTRACK? by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Brought to you by a Musical Theatre composer near you By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) The Romantic "Say It Somehow" from Light in The Piazza: ideal for those idealists who imagin…

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

MUSICAL THEATRE INSPIRED ICE CREAM FLAVORS by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Perhaps the only proper way to celebrate National Ice Cream Month By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) First off, did anyone else realize that we have a month dedicated to ice cream? …

SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:06AM

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

WHAT DOES YOUR FAVORITE SONDHEIM MUSICAL SAY ABOUT YOU by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Find out why nobody/everybody/somebody loves you By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) There's a little Sondheim inside of us all, and there's a few of us inside of Sondheim. Sweeney T…

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

WHAT HAS TWO ARMS, TWO LEGS AND ONE FABULOUS WIG by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Before Broadway went Kinky, this lady took over the boards. Now she's back. By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) Hedwig's coming back to Broadway - the news of which sent many a cult-…

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

A MUSICAL THAT'S LARGER THAN LIFE by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Sorry War Horse, there's a new puppet in town By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) One that literally takes 13 people to maneuver - ten on the ground, three running animatronics from …

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

SHAKESPEARE WAS A VEGETARIAN by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Modern insight into how the Bard happened upon his most famous lines. By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) Ever curious about how Shakespeare came up with the pivotal and oft-quoted l…

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

WHAT HAPPENS TO A SHOW THAT DEBUTS BEFORE ITS TIME by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

A show from space! That may have been just a galaxy or two away from a hit. By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) Time: early 1970s. Broadway's embracing all kinds of new and provocati…

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

FOR THOSE EARLY-ADOPTERS OF MUSICAL THEATRE by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

What happens when Songs for a New World meets NPR's This American Life meets Paris Je T'aime meets contemporary musical theatre? By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) You get a wonderf…

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

HOW THEATRE CAN INSTANTLY MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

For the moment when another family member asks you why you chose the life By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should…

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

OH THAT'S WHY SHE HAS A TONY ON HER SHELF by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Just in case you forgot for a half-second that Sara Ramirez has a fierce belt By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) Was reminded this morning by this rendition pumping out of my radio[…

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BROADWAY CAST by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

We know what you're up to Broadway... By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) What do the following photos have in common: Talented folks? Assuredly. Veterans of stage/screen? Without a …

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

ASK ALAN CUMMING: NEW ADVICE COLUMN FOR THE NEW YEAR by Joanna Syiek (director/producer/blogger)

Entirely real questions matched with entirely real things that Alan Cumming has...at one point...said. The Dear Abby for the new generation. By Joanna Syiek (Director/Producer/Blogger) You m…

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