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December 2024

2024 Curtain Call: Ten MARQUEE Moments for a Marquee Year
The year's most captivating headlines, from cross-casting to a musical thrill ride to a Gander pilgrimage
The Blizzard and I: The coming storm of post-Wicked movie musicals
A "frozen dozen" films that will make Hollywood sing in 2025, 2026, and 2027
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Blasting off with The King of Siam (et cetera!)
A Rodgers & Hammerstein classic gets the "MARQUEE treatment"
Perfectly Imperfect: Sublime Rhyme in Hamilton's "My Shot"
Mateo Chavez Lewis HEARS IT in the SPIRIT of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s LYRICS

November 2024

Finding Hidden Emeralds in the Wicked Movie (Spoilers!)
Eight gems from an Easter Egg hunt within Friday's magical release
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Home Is Where the "Heights" Are: Unfurling Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Carnaval del Barrio”
Maven scholar Dan Berlfein breaks down the music theory behind all the foot-stomping and flag-waving
Has Sondheim Changed Your Life? New Book Shows How "The Way is Clear"
Richard Schoch's tribute to The Master's legacy hits stores later this month

October 2024

Trick or Treat? MARQUEE's Broadway crossword spotlights both
Halloween thrills await fans of theater, puzzles, or both
Beyond Sondheim and Hammerstein
A closer look at three essential Broadway lyricists
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🥁 Broadway’s Big Parade | Every Tony Winner’s Signature Song! 🏆 (BONUS ISSUE)
From "Kiss Me, Kate" to "The Outsiders," the showstoppers that made Broadway history
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