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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 1962 (Blogathon ’09 #7)

In 1962, both the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Interesting tidbit from Wikipedia: The original Broadway production credited the choreography to an obscure dance director named Hugh Lambert, while the much better-known Bob Fosse received only a “musical staging [...]

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Theatre in 1961 (Blogathon ’09 #6)

The Tony Award for Best Play in 1961 went to Becket, by Jean Anouilh. This play is well know to have a LOT of historical inaccuracies . . . but that doesn’t mean that it’s not good theatre! From Wikipedia: The play is a re-enactment of the conflicts between King Henry II and Thomas Becket [...]

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