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The scuttlebutt on the new Little Mermaid
Make Disney's delightful but flawed live-action film part of your world
Should school versions of adult Broadway shows be cleaned up?
Many schools mount Avenue Q but change "The Internet is for Porn," for example
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The genius of Schmigadoon!
Some second-season lyrics are positively Sondheimian
Seth Rudetsky's new book is FABulous
A warm "Brava!" for "Musical Theatre for Dummies"
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Don't Tell Mama... but London's "Cabaret" rocked
London show report (includes Pretty Woman and The Lion King)
The new Sweeney Todd: God, That's Good!
My April Broadway trip, part two (Sweeney Todd and Camelot)
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April Broadway trip, part one
"Parade," "White Girl in Danger," and more
SPECIAL ISSUE: A "deep dive" into Fosse's "Cabaret"
If you could see it through my eyes...
CATS: the purr-fect musical for Reagan's America?
T.S. Eliot's conservative worldview may help explain the show's early-'80s Broadway appeal
Anatevka Schtick: Seven "Fiddler" jokes
Why did the fiddler refuse to play "Sunrise, Sunset"?
Who "nose" one? Barbra, "Funny Girl," and standards of beauty
Barbra explains why she rejected plastic surgery
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"Parade" isn't just about anti-Semitism
Complicating the "Leo Frank was murdered by Jew-haters" narrative
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"The Sound of Music Live!" wasn't exactly live
NBC's inaugural effort 10 years ago was less innovative than it seemed
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