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Monday, February 13, 2023

For Burt Bacharach, ‘Promises, Promises’ Was One Broadway Hit Too Many by Laurence Maslon

The perfectionist composer was content with being a one-hit musical-theater wonder, calling the experience the hardest thing he had ever done.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Hollywood Star Gives Broadway a Much-Needed Boost. Sound Familiar? by Laurence Maslon

A Broadway comeback is a box-office triumph: Parallels abound between two starry shows, more than 80 years apart.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

How ‘Oklahoma!’ Revolutionized the Cast Album by Laurence Maslon

It took decades for the full Rodgers and Hammerstein score to be available. But even abbreviated, the show helped build a whole new audience for Broadway music.

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The "S" Is for Show Tune: The Story Behind the Superman Musical by Laurence Maslon

Clark Kent and Lois Lane sing in the satiric and swingin' 1960s musical It's a Bird…It's a Plane…It's Superman, being revived in an Encores! concert. Learn how …

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