Remember when I said I was going to investigate “whether the numbers in which original, underdog musicals make it to Broadway are actually changing for the worse”? Well, I did, and I’m…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:31AMEver since I wrote my previous post on theater and rap, I’ve had song titles swirling around my head. I decided to put them all in an ordered, to get a more big-picture chronological view …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:06AMLately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the intersection of theater and rap. You might be surprised to hear this, if you know me in real life, because I don’t listen to popular rap at all…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:18AMLast week, in an attempt to make small talk, a visiting friend of my parents’ announced to me that as of this week, there would be no straight plays running on Broadway. Sounds crazy, righ…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:39AMHi, everybody! Lyric Lens is back! You know what else is back? Shaksepeare in the Park, and I’m so excited. Much Ado About Nothing is one of my favorite Shakespeare comedies, and the produ…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:43AMLast year my cousin Joseph, the other big theatre fan in our family, turned 16. As his self-proclaimed mentor and teacher of all things theatrical, I wanted to get him an amazing gift, and a…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMThe last three shows that I saw on Broadway, Violet, The Bridges of Madison County, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, have some interesting things in common. All three were produced on Broadway…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMHave you ever listened to a song over and over again because there was one line you just couldn’t quite hear? It’s happened to me more than once. Sometimes, it only takes a day or two of…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMWelcome back to Lyric Lens! For the first edition back after a bit of a hiatus, I’ll be looking at a song called “52,” by Joe Iconis. This song is not yet for sale online, though a bun…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMA couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine invited me to join her for lunch with two friends of hers I didn’t yet know. “They’re great. They’re musical theater people, too,” she s…
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