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Mark Horowitz has been thoroughly enjoying himself. The Senior Music Specialist at the Library of Congress has been reading the letters that Oscar Hammerstein II had received and sent that suggested what his next musical should be. Although Hammerstein said no to many, other collaborators wound up writing their own musicals on the subjects. Offers […]

Did you miss it on Dec. 11, 1966? Whether you were busy that night or unborn, you probably did (as did I). But on this May 16 – nearly fifty-five years after it had aired for the first and only time on CBS – Buzzr let us catch up to that Sunday’s episode of the […]

He was making all of $25 a week from his first New York show. But Stephen Schwartz amassed so much more from the next one: GODSPELL, subtitled “A Musical Based upon The Gospel of St. Matthew.” No, the show that details the last seven days of Jesus Christ’s life hasn’t been around nearly as long […]

Did you catch that marvelous documentary that was available last month? I’m speaking of “Tell the Story: Celebrating Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s ASSASSINS” that Classic Stage Company offered on line. Check the company’s website and see if the broadcast will be made available again. If it is, grab the opportunity. If it isn’t, well, as […]

Did you know that April is National Leftovers Month? I would have mentioned it sometime during the actual month, but, as faithful readers can attest, I spent all of April by commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of FOLLIES. Still, I have some leftover thoughts from April that I’ll tell as we segue into May. Did you […]