Tag Archives: Ragtime

The Saturday List: “Joseph’s Coat” – or a List of Colourful Songs, Part 1

Posted on April 30, 2016 by

A list of colourful songs to celebrate the South Africa revival of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Part one of a three-part series. Continue reading →

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TITANIC vs RAGTIME…

Posted on December 24, 2013 by

Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s TITANIC features one of the best musical theatre scores of the 1990s – but so does Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s RAGTIME. Continue reading →

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The Saturday List: Favourite Songs from 1990s Musicals

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

The 1990s. The next decade to be the subject of a Saturday List. Continue reading →

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Double Take December: RAGTIME

Posted on December 6, 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. Ragtime … Continue reading →

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30 Musicals in 30 Days: Favourite Female Singer

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Post a song sung by your favourite female singer in a musical. The name that immediately springs to mind is Audra McDonald. Bernadette Peters arrives next, but McDonald was here first and she really is, at this point in time, … Continue reading →

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Musical Comedy vs. Musical Play

Posted on July 9, 2010 by

Following my 2010 redux blog on “Genres of Musical Theatre“, I received a message from Hans Anders Elgvang, a regular visitor of this site, asking: ‘What are, in your opinion, the differences between the form categories musical comedy and musical … Continue reading →

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2010 Drama Desk Awards

Posted on May 24, 2010 by

The Drama Desk Awards were presented last night in a ceremony hosted by Patti LuPone. Memphis won 4 awards, including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Montego Glover tied with Catherine Zeta-Jones), Outstanding Music and Orchestrations. La Cage aux … Continue reading →

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