Tag Archives: Jerry Herman

Monday Meditation: I’m Over Being Concerned About What Musicals I Should Like

Posted on September 8, 2014 by

Have you ever read one of those polls on a musical theatre forum asking what your guilty pleasures are? I always struggle to participate in threads like those because I really do find worth in even the worst musicals. Continue reading →

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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1980s Musicals

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Choosing ten favourite songs from 1980s musicals was considerably easier than choosing songs for similar lists from the 1960s and 1970s. There just weren’t as many great shows with great scores in the 1980s. Ranking the songs is another story. Continue reading →

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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1960s Musicals

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Today’s list features some of my favourite songs from musicals of the 1960s. A tough decade to whittle down to just 10 songs, but here goes. Continue reading →

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March Monikers: “Mame”

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

March 2012 at Musical Cyberspace is all about songs with people’s names in the title. Jerry Herman loves title songs, especially in the form of a tribute to a fabulous female character written for a musical theatre diva to belt … Continue reading →

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A Chain of Musicals: MAME

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

In January, Musical Cyberspace is going to work through a chain of musicals. This is how it works: each day I will discuss, in brief, a musical linked to the previous day’s musical by some kind of common ground. It … Continue reading →

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Double Take December: PARADE

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

It’s Double Take December at Musical Cyberspace! Every musical pretty much has something one likes and something one doesn’t in it. This month I’ll be listing one of each for a range of musicals, a different one each day. Parade … Continue reading →

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Double Take December: MAME

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

It’s Double Take December at Musical Cyberspace! Every musical pretty much has something one likes and something one doesn’t in it. This month I’ll be listing one of each for a range of musicals, a different one each day. Mame … Continue reading →

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