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Rightbloggers Veddy, Veddy Shocked at Obamas' Gifts to Queen

The President and First Lady were over t'England the other day, and they gave the Queen an iPod loaded with HRH footage and musical comedy scores, and a songbook for The King and I signed by composer Richard Rodgers. Get it? RIghtbloggers, who generally regard Britain as a PC hellhole, nonetheless c ... More >>

Hammerstein's Complete Lyrics Tells the Story of One Man's Struggle

The President and First Lady were over t'England the other day, and they gave the Queen an iPod loaded with HRH footage and musical comedy scores, and a songbook for The King and I signed by composer Richard Rodgers. Get it? RIghtbloggers, who generally regard Britain as a PC hellhole, nonetheless c ... More >>

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Recalling jazz's brief, obscure, but occasionally revelatory love affair with Broadway

The Paradox Man

More than half a century after his death, composer Kurt Weill still provokes strong reactions

The Hidden Treasure of American Acting

At 81, Alvin Epstein's trying something classic and new

Oldness but Goodness

Some old pieces of theater can be amazingly up to date; others are just an amazing up

Not Against Interpretation

Jimi Hendrix, meet Leonard Bernstein: Two equally recondite sources of jazz repertoire

Midlife Bloom

Dianne Reeves rides a formerly unsingable Monk ballad into the jazz singers' pantheon

Listings

Dianne Reeves rides a formerly unsingable Monk ballad into the jazz singers' pantheon

Ballet at the Barricades

An Englishman Works America, and a French Canadian Invades the Baroque

On Pointe

Sallie Wilson Follows in Anthony Tudor's Footsteps

Wine, Spring Water, Tea

Journeys: on the Town, on His Own, Through Family History

What's Opera Now, Doc?

While Broadway Lives the Puccinian Past, William Bolcom Gives the Met a New 'View'

His Favorite Things

While Broadway Lives the Puccinian Past, William Bolcom Gives the Met a New 'View'

Wall Over

While Broadway Lives the Puccinian Past, William Bolcom Gives the Met a New 'View'

Showcasing Heroes

Tharp's Dancers Gleam on Broadway, and ABT’s at City Center

Red, Misread, and Blue

Tharp's Dancers Gleam on Broadway, and ABT’s at City Center

Music

Tharp's Dancers Gleam on Broadway, and ABT’s at City Center

Jazz

Tharp's Dancers Gleam on Broadway, and ABT’s at City Center

Marriage and War

Tharp's Dancers Gleam on Broadway, and ABT’s at City Center

D-Dang-A-Dang Me

Tharp's Dancers Gleam on Broadway, and ABT’s at City Center

You Must Remember Disc

The Theater’s a Seedy Business This Year, CD-er Than Ever

The People Choice

The Theater’s a Seedy Business This Year, CD-er Than Ever

Everybody's Arranger

Ralph Burns—From Woody Herman to Ray Charles to Bob Fosse

Bubbling Up

Kirsten Childs Joins the New Musical Elite

NY Mirror

Kirsten Childs Joins the New Musical Elite

Cleanup Time

Kirsten Childs Joins the New Musical Elite

Hey Kids, the Musical Ain't Quite Dead Yet

Not the Same Ol’ Song and Dance

A Diva's Desires

Not the Same Ol’ Song and Dance