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Tag Archives: Jerry Herman
THE SATURDAY LIST: Open a New Window on MAME!
The legendary Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee musical Mame opened for the first time on Broadway in May 1966. Who could lead a revival as the show heads towards its diamond anniversary? Continue reading
Posted in The Saturday List
Tagged Amy Adams, Angela Lansbury, Audra McDonald, Carmen Cusack, James Lapine, Jerome Lawrence, Jerry Herman, Katrina Lenk, Mame, Michael John LaChiusa, Michael Korie, Oscars, Robert Edwin Lee, Scott Rudin, Stephanie J. Block, Sutton Foster, The Wild Party, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tom Kitt, Toni Collette, Tony Awards
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Monday Meditation: I’m Over Being Concerned About What Musicals I Should Like
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
The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1980s Musicals
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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Tagged Alain Boublil, Alan Menken, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Arthur Laurents, Aspects of Love, Baby, Cats, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Dreamgirls, Elaine Paige, George Hearn, Griffith Frank, Harold Prince, Howard Ashman, Into the Woods, Jerry Herman, John Kander. Fred Ebb, Julia Murney, La Cage aux Folles, Lea Salonga, Les Misérables, Little Shop of Horrors, Liza Minnelli, Merrily We Roll Along, Miss Saigon, Nine, Raul Julia, Starlight Express, Stephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park With George, The Fantasticks, The Phantom of the Opera, The Rink, Woman of the Year, YouTube
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A Chain of Musicals: MAME
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
Posted in Jerome Lawrence, Jerry Herman, Robert Edwin Lee
Tagged Gypsy, Jerome Lawrence, Jerry Herman, Mame, Robert Edwin Lee
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Double Take December: PARADE
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
Double Take December: MAME
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
Posted in Jerome Lawrence, Jerry Herman, Robert Edwin Lee
Tagged Angela Lansbury, Jerome Lawrence, Jerry Herman, Mame, Robert Edwin Lee
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NEWSFLASH: No more Tambor in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
While it’s relatively the big news is that there are new principles in Broadway’s current revival of La Cage aux Folles, including Harvey Fierstein, whose tweets leading up to his first performance were majorly entertaining, as Albin, it’s perhaps even … Continue reading
Posted in Harvey Fierstein, Jerry Herman
Tagged Harvey Fierstein, Jeffrey Tambor, Jerry Herman, La Cage aux Folles
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Musical Theatre Advent Calendar: MAME
I’ve decided to have a musical theatre virtual advent calendar here at Musical Cyberspace. Today’s musical is Mame, Jerry Herman’s 1966 musical that starred Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur. The show ran for a total of 1 508 performances, moving … Continue reading
Posted in Broadway, Fun Stuff, Musicals, Television
Tagged Amber Riley, Angela Lansbury, Bea Arthur, Chris Colfer, Christmas, Glee, Jenna Ushkowitz, Jerry Herman, Mame
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