Tuesday, June 16, 2015

BUT DOES IT FEATURE "KING TUT?"  Bright Star, a new musical from Steve Martin (book and music) and Edie Brickell (music and lyrics), will premiere in DC this fall before a Broadway transfer in the Spring.  Other musicals competing to lose a bunch of Tony Awards to Hamilton this time next year include School of Rock (featuring new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber) and George Takei in a musical about Japanese internment in World War II.

5 comments:

  1. Joseph Finn11:43 AM

    "School of Rock (featuring new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber"


    Why does the universe hate me?


    But seriously, that's a pretty damn interesting list of new productions.

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  2. Nothing personal, the universe hates everyone.

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  3. Here's one of the new Lloyd Webber songs ("Stick It To The Man"), performed by the cast at a recent concert preview: http://pix11.com/2015/06/11/broadway-first-look-alex-brightman-and-cast-perform-stick-it-to-the-man-from-school-of-rock-musical/

    Less bad than I might have feared. And they did keep the finale song from the movie: http://pix11.com/2015/06/11/broadway-first-look-alex-brightman-and-cast-perform-teachers-pet-from-school-of-rock-musical/

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  4. If it hasn't been noted elsewhere on this blog, this is the second project of the Martin-Brickell pairing, the first of which is a decent album of bluegrassy folk tunes called "Love Has Come For You." I recommend it if only because it sounds as though Brickell had been frozen in carbonite in the '90s and thawed specifically for this album.

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  5. Adam B.5:39 PM

    A finale which, dramatically speaking, should not have included Jack Black. The kids should perform without his help (maybe: they've prepared for him to be there, but he gets hurt backstage?), then you bring out the teacher for the encore.

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