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Monday, June 30, 2014

Where are all the Sci-Fi Shows? by Sean Havrilla

With all of the great science fiction out there, from literature, to film, to television, why hasn’t this awesome genre made its mark on Broadway? Or even Off-Broadway, for that matter? Th…

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Siding with Pulitzer by Sean Havrilla

My husband, Matthew, came home the other day with a gift for me. One of those “for no reason” gifts that you just kind of happen upon. He brought me home a book, The Orphan Master’s So…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AM
Monday, June 2, 2014

“Who’s That Woman?”: Ambiguous Villainy in Sondheim by Sean Havrilla

We all love a sadistic villain. We can’t get enough of those delicious creatures of the night, giving so many stories a shadow to cast over our heroes as they trek through hell and high wa…

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Open-Intention/Open-Perception by Sean Havrilla

At a completely fundamental level, there are two kinds of participants in art: there are the artists, and there are the observers. Artists have the gift of intention, the ability to say wha…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AM
Thursday, April 24, 2014

Dr. Composer by Sean Havrilla

Artists are a community, an enormous community from infinitely different backgrounds and disciplines. It always makes me incredibly sad to see someone in this community question the legitima…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AM
Thursday, April 10, 2014

When Theatre Gets Real — small by Sean Havrilla

I had the privilege, recently, of seeing Ryan Scott Oliver and Hunter Foster’s Jasper in Deadland. It was a great piece of writing, in words and music. Clever and funny. And it was perform…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AM
Monday, March 31, 2014

Political Figures Are Musical Comedy by Sean Havrilla

Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) has a new show coming to The Public, and apparently it’s mind blowing. I, for one, can’t wait to see this one. A two-and-a-half-hour rapped-through mu…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AM

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