Usually, it would be a musical that would get a film version. Apparently, some classic films get a new lease on life as Broadway musicals. These and more plus interesting updates regarding the latest in musicals. “Chicago” goes country as Broadway.com and CountryWeekly.com reported. Sugarland star Jennifer Nettles is set to debut on Broadway as the…
It’s been more than a week since I last made an article for the column “Nuts and Bolts”. If you haven’t read that, you can check it out here. It’s basically the part here I made bite-sized comments on opera-related news items. This time around, I would be analyzing the trends that occurred courtesy of…
For those looking for new musicals here goes a new adventure! Book, Music, and Lyrics by Susan C. Hunter and Tom Shelton Based on the book by Carol Ryrie Brink “As cream rises to the top, so did Caddie Woodlawn… – Wisconsin News-Leader “Young audiences adore Caddie Woodlawn!” –Springfield News-Leader Carol Ryrie Brink’s Newbery Award-winning…
Several articles proliferate online regarding opera despite the misconception that it is dead. It is not and folks would still flock to opera houses to get their does of quality singing and acting. As much as some opera fans could be the most notorious fans ever of the performing arts, the fact that they stuck…
“Humbug!” The most loved expression of the stingiest man in town. To those of us who identify with the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his extreme dislike for people in general, it is fun and maybe just a little disturbing in a way, to watch this character come to life in a theater musical. Based on…
Johnny Depp moves INTO THE WOODS! On Christmas Day, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s cherished children’s story themed musical INTO THE WOODS is coming to film theaters across the nation and an intriguing new question with emphasized star Johnny Depp is presently accessible to view. “I was exceptionally eager to do it,” Depp says of…
Breaking news! The NY Times reports that Sting will be joining the cast of the musical he penned, The Last Ship for a constrained run from December ninth to January 10, 2015. He will be supplanting performer Jimmy Nail, who is said to have “favored” the move. The generation has been allegedly losing $75,000 a…
The Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative commissions work from adolescent writers. This is a good thing. I am not totally prepared to grasp its start that the most ideal approach to begin is by charging 20-moment musical shows, in light of the fact that I’m not certain precisely what composition a short-structure piece demonstrates…
From blood-scattered men in wedding dresses in front of an audience to incensed dissenters off and furious inner disagreement, the Met Opera has had a rollercoaster year. Anticipate that more show will come. A week ago amid Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Metropolitan Opera, I was viewing an old man bump a table…
In a push to make theater available to occupants of the Washington, DC territory, 1,000 free tickets will be made accessible to each mainstage creation at the Shakespeare Theater Company’s 2014-15 season as a component of its new program “Choice.” The activity dispatches with the right now running generation of As You Like It, which…
Unleash the Metal Fury! Impellitteri’s “Phantom Of The Opera” – Official Music Video