English language opera enthusiasts will witness West Side Story soon on Salzburg Whitsun Festival. It is a musical with songs performed in some opera recitals. Music was composed by Leonard Bernstein with libretto by Stephen Sondheim. This is reported by Norman Brecht on Slippedisc.com, translating a German language report published on Salzburg.orf. It does not…
New Yor, NY (PRWEB) May 01, 2013 Music Theatre International (MTI) will bring a musical flair to the Scene Partner e-Script library, thanks to a new Distribution Agreement between the world’s leading musical theatre licensor and leading theatrical app developer MyTheaterApps.com. The agreement will certainly make the scripts of select MTI musicals available digitally on…
Is it safe to say at this moment that American Idiot The Musical is the first full-length musical to use punk music? Does it matter? If ever there was one band that expressed best the paranoia and uncertainty of the Post 9/11 Era, it would be Green Day. So when their album American Idiot got…
Making a list of Top International Female Musical Theater Performers turned out to be much harder than earlier expected. Not that it will stop us from making the list because you then notice where do casting directors source their next theatrical talents. That doesn’t stop the theater community from getting their homegrown talents to crossover to mainstream media. Let’s get this…
Let’s go global this time in ranking the Top 10 International Male Musical Theater Performers Today. Expecting this list to be quite tough, Instagram statistics will be included. Data from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram will be used as barometers in ranking the following musical theater actors. 10. Ramin Karimloo – 82836 FB likes, 101K Twitter followers, 55.2K IG followers Observe how in musical theater…
Fun Home The Musical earned most of the nominations for the 2015 Tony Awards. This may have been one of the first instances of a graphic novel reinterpreted as a musical. Critics have also referred to it as the first musical focusing on what it is like to be a butch lesbian. Cast of Fun…
The official list of nominees for the 2015 Tony Awards was officially released. In a press conference hosted by Mary-Louise Parker and Bruce Willis and reported by Broadway.com, the list ended up having most of the nominees coming from “An American In Paris” and “Fun Home” with 12 nominations each. They are followed by “Something…
As promised, we have assembled the list for today’s top 10 Philippine female performers. Statistics from Facebook and Twitter are used as barometers for ranking them from 10 to 1. 10. Aiza Seguerra – 152K Twitter followers; 8061 Facebook likes Previous Works: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Katy The Musical, Aladdin Claim to Fame: Rock…
The main basis for the Top 10 Philippine Male Theater Performers is the fan base garnered from the number of likes on Facebook and number of followers on Twitter. Some of the performers listed have established a strong following on Twitter. Others have earned likes on Facebook 10. Mig Ayesa – 3,530 Facebook likes; 2,786 Twitter followers Previous works: Burn The Floor;…
Still not getting over “Into The Woods”? Reliving the euphoria would help in checking out some of the Into The Woods Movie Best Pictures. They’re quite a handful as you would notice. Besides a hit musical transcending to Hollywood with a topnotch cast? You have it made as an instant classic. Consisting of various classic…