"Hoop-skirts are uncomfortable, ungainly and in a high wind, totally unpredictable!" asserts Evelina Applegate"the feminist heroine of "Bloomer Girl". Instead, she prefers the more liberatin…
There's something magical about a favorite show-tune heard over the airwaves! Fortunately for any fan of terrific Broadway songs there's Sirius XM Radio's "On Broadway"–a station compl…
'was not long ago, in the not-too-far-away land of Fullerton California, that a valiant theatre company called 3-D Theatricals took a giant step forward in their evolution of presenting qual…
Last summer, "Buck-ing Trends" reported on a special concert engagement of an amazing new musical to be unveiled at New York City's renowned "Feinstein's". Now, nearly a year later, "Love So…
In 2008, Writer-Lyricist Brian Yorkey and Composer Tom Kitt gave theater-goers everywhere the prescription for a bold new musical centering around a suburban housewife and mother struggli…
In 1974, Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart and Gower Champion (the team behind the iconic "Hello Dolly") reunited for another musical–this one centering on the bitter-sweet romance…
There's a lot more reasons than simply seven to go see "Seven Brothers For Seven Brothers" at "The La Mirada Theater Of The Performing Arts" where their latest offering, a high-spiri…
Few names in the history of theater are more respected or considered so revolutionary as Sir William S. Gilbert & Sir Arthur Sullivan. Frustratingly however, over time, their works have …
"Ladies and Gentlemen," audiences are greeted upon entering the Chance Theater's intimate auditorium; "Welcome to 'Triassic ParQ'!" Having opened Wednesday, January 30th, "Triassic ParQ"…
"Think about your life, Pippin…" sings the enigmatic Lead Player to "Pippin", Charlemagne's son in Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's musical masterpiece of the same name. Now, to …
"In olden days" (1934 actually,) songwriter Cole Porter along with librettists Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse created a tune-filled tale surrounding a luxury liner called "The American", peop…
"Holly Ho! Holly Ho-Ho-Ho–Holly Ho! Holly Ho! Sing A Christmas Carol that was written long ago…" …So harmonize 50's-era Troubadours, "The Four Lads" at the start of "The St…
"In the heart of little ol' New York there runs a thoroughfare; It's the part of little ol' New York that runs into Times Square–a 'crazy quilt' that 'Wall Street Jack' built; so if yo…
"They got rhythm, they got music…" in Downey California–in fact, they got some of the bounciest, most vibrant tunes George and Ira Gershwin ever wrote, since the Downey Civic Light O…
Hollywood: "Ground Zero"–where scandal is tweeted out before it even happens (–particularly if one's fellow actors aren't above passing on a reputation-impugning 'blind item' if …
 ood and Evil–and their merits–men have argued throughout history" we're told in a number from "Jekyll & Hyde"–the hit musical starring Constantine Maroulis a…
The night was April 18th, 1976 when an authentic Theatrical breakthrough occurred with the announcement of the winner for "Best Featured Actor In A Musical" –Samuel "Sammy" Wil…
"Every fantasy is you–every dream that might come true; You are the song I sing–YOU are my everything…I am in love with you!"Â Â (–Excerpt from "Love Songs…A Musica…
Oh, if life were only like what we thought it would be when we were kids…you know: miniature trolley's running through our neighborhood, friendly, sexually ambiguous puppets living just ne…
Once upon a time and long ago, a writer named James M. Barrie introduced the world to a wonderful chap named Peter Pan–the boy who wouldn't grow up. When the musical adaptation of this…
"This show is dedicated to anyone who has ever danced in a chorus or marched in step…anywhere!" said Michael Bennet of his Tony-Award winning mega-hit, "A Chorus Line" which took 'The Grea…
What a novelty–a musical that's literally about the music! In these 'post Andrew Lloyd Webber" days of seismically over sized glitz and special effects, it's often easy for a show to g…
"The end of the world is over," we're advised in Green Day's "American Idiot", "and no one else seems to care." That, in a nutshell, is the prevailing sentiment (if not the complete …
"Onward to glory" strides Long Beach California's "Musical Theater West", as they spur their 59th season up to full gallop with a first-rate version of "Man Of La Mancha"– the classic …
Whoever said 'They just don't make 'em like that anymore' could easily be describing the 1958 TV adaptation of Cole Porter's classic musical, "Kiss Me Kate". Starring the legendary origi…