A musical’s primary dramaturgy is rooted in which parts of the story the composers decide to set to music.
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Author: Steven Strauss
The “Greatest” Showmen
Does anyone else find it weird that Pasek and Paul scored two straight movie musicals with basically the same plots?
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The Innuendo Is for Porn
Taking an adult stroll down Sesame Street — courtesy of The Musical!, now at Theatre Row — had the unexpected effect of making me realize anew both the extent and the nature of how Avenue Q riffs on the original series.
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The Gypsy Waitlist
While we’re on the subject of musical lineages for Broadway beltesses:
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This Way to the Missionary
In my 32 year lifetime, has anyone converted more adolescent disciples to the religion of Musicals than Idina Menzel?
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Just a Tip
Remember when Lincoln Center and the Park Avenue Armory imported the Royal Shakespeare Company for multiple productions performed in repertory about a decade ago?
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Starring Staring
Noémie Merlant is becoming cinema’s foremost starer.
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Something in the Nope
How would 21st century cash-strapped Americans respond if they encountered the supernatural?
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Mueller?… Mueller?… Mueller?
There’s a noble tradition throughout the annals of musical theater history that I like to call the “Now, Ulla belt!”
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Topdog/Underselling
I try to avoid shilling for individual pieces of art.
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