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Theatre in 1965 (Blogathon ’09 #10)

Image via Wikipedia One of my favorite musicals of all time is Tony Award winning Best Musical Fiddler on the Roof.  This is just a stunning work, both on-stage and on-screen.  Topol is the embodiment of a time and place that no longer exist, and I cry every time! When I was in high school [...]

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Theatre in 1960 (Blogathon ’09 #5)

One of the very first musicals that I ever saw (on VHS, lol) was The Sound of Music, one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest collaborations.  It is one my mother’s favorite musicals, and so we watched it when I was a little girl and sang along to all of the songs!  I absolutely REFUSED to [...]

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Theatre in 1958 (Blogathon ’09 #4)

This production didn’t win, but nonetheless it remains a favorite musical for many many people. One of the Tony Awards Best Musical Nominees of 1958 was West Side Story With a book by the great Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by the budding Stephen Sondheim (a musical giant of our time), how can you go wrong? [...]

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