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Me and the Sky ✈️✈️: Flying north to see "Come from Away" in Gander
The Great White Way 🎭 meets The Great White North 🇨🇦
We Open in London: This Season's Royal Revivals of Kiss Me, Kate and Starlight Express
Two fab shows return to the West End in spectacular new productions
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“Next to Normal" in London: Caissie Levy Delivers a Once-in-a-Generation Performance
Broadway’s 2010 Pulitzer-winner about bipolar disorder outdoes itself in the West End
Why not a Black Tevye or a Hispanic Fanny? A Case for Ethnic Cross-Casting in Musicals (BONUS ISSUE)
Range, not “representation,” should be key in choosing “Jewish” stars
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A "Gentleman's Guide" to the Art of Shaping a Script
Author Robert L. Freedman of "Love and Murder" writes the book of books

June 2024

Hello, Disney! The Little Mermaid triumphs as “Dolly” in Orlando
It’s so nice to have Jodi Benson back where she belongs
Broadway 2025! New shows, adaptations, and some “Old Friends”
Will a Sondheim extravaganza be the next smash? Or will it be TV’s “Smash”?
BROADWAY's Themes and Lessons...
FREE Sondheim classes (Gypsy, Woods) in July plus "Must Be a Moral" videoc
WHOOPEE: The Surprising Journey of Broadway’s "Chicago"
Student scholar’s essay traces the “scandalous” history of the Jazz Age musical

May 2024

🎹 MORE Richard M. Sherman 🎹
Musical Memories at the Piano (BONUS ISSUE)
Foraging through Sondheim's “Last Act” (bears are sweet!)
Mateo Chavez Lewis unearths echoes of “West Side Story,” “Sunday,” “Passion,” and more
Floating, falling… Germany's new “Phantom” roller coaster is “sweet intoxication”
Unmasking Andrew Lloyd Webber’s gripping but unpolished virtual-reality ride
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