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Sex, Lies, and '90s Hits

By RAVEN SNOOK

Tuesday, December 19, 2017 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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How the cult film Cruel Intentions became a jukebox musical --- When the live onstage band at (le) Poisson Rouge starts playing the opening strains of "Bittersweet Symphony" by the Verve, all the millennials in the audience go wild. That's not just because it signals the start of Cruel Intentions: The Musical, based on the 1999 movie of the same...

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Working Their Way Back to You

By GAVIN WHITEHEAD

Thursday, December 14, 2017 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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Why Jersey Boys may work even better Off-Broadway --- An 11-year run on Broadway is a rare accomplishment, yet when Jersey Boys closed in January after more than 4,500 performances, it felt premature. The Tony-winning bio-musical about the Four Seasons was still attracting respectable crowds and its loss was definitely felt -- especially by the legendary...

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What Do You Know About Black Cowboys?

By REGINA ROBBINS

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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How a new musical is helping to correct a whitewashed history --- The phrase "crossing the river" has a special meaning for African Americans. Variations on this saying appear in many Negro spirituals, usually referring to the River Jordan which, according to the Old Testament, made way for the Israelites to cross over to the Promised Land. For slaves...

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A Musical About Robert Moses?

By BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

Monday, December 11, 2017 • Musicals • 1 comment Share This

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Why a rocker was inspired to pen a bio show about the polarizing urban planner --- If Peter Galperin hadn't moved to New York, he would have never written Bulldozer: The Ballad of Robert Moses, a bio musical about the controversial master builder who reshaped the metropolitan area in the 20th century. "I first came across Moses's name on a highway...

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How Much of Their Marriage Do They Put Onstage?

By FRANK RIZZO

Tuesday, December 05, 2017 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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The Bengsons share their musical memoir at New York Theatre Workshop --- Marriage can be difficult, and spouses who want to parse the ups and downs of their romance sound destined for a therapist's couch, not the stage. But singer-songwriters Shaun and Abigail Bengson, who lead the quirky indie folk-rock group the Bengsons, aren't conventional, and...

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Holiday Theatre Hot List

By RAVEN SNOOK

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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The holiday season has officially arrived and seeing shows with your loved ones is a great way to celebrate. We've rounded up 10 festive productions for different types of audiences, so whether you're with the kids, out for date night, or looking to drink, laugh, or sing along, there's a production for you. Bonus: At press time, many of these shows...

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You May Recognize Some Songs But You've Never Seen This Musical

By LINDA BUCHWALD

Friday, November 17, 2017 • Musicals • 0 comments Share This

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The Mad Ones finally makes it to Off-Broadway --- If you search for the song "Run Away With Me" by Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk on YouTube, you'll find viral versions by Broadway stars such as Jeremy Jordan (886K views), Michael Arden (397K views), and Aaron Tveit (1.2 million views). Those stats would be impressive for any show-tune video,...

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