Broadway Journal

(1860) increased the variety of American musicals (Musicals). The gilbert and Sullivan forerunners of our modern musicals (MIT). Some of the songs of Gilbert and Sullivan continue to appear in common Broadway shows (MIT). These works lead to a…

My opinion about the musical rent is that it is a okay movie. I personally think the people saying they was not going to pay the rent and setting paper and stuff on fire was a little bit to much. This movie shows you how rude and cruel people can be.One of my favorite parts is when the boy named Angel take his time to help the poor man. It show people who are going through some of the same things that people still go through to this day which i think is kinda good so people know that it is not…

grew up in Harlem, New York with his two brothers Augusta and Isidore. “Arthur Miller attended the University of Michigan before moving back East to write dramas for the stage. He earned widespread praise for Death of a Salesman, which opened on Broadway in 1949 and won the Pulitzer Prize along with multiple Tony's.”(Biography.com). The Pulitzer prize award that is awarded to musical artist, journalist, and authors. Miller also was well acknowledged for his pristine novel The Crucible. In his…

Whitney Bischoff found love with Chris Soules on The Bachelor, but things didn’t work out for them in the end. Now it turns out that Whitney is dating again and ready to find someone to spend her life with. Some fans were hopeful that Whitney would end up the next girl cast as The Bachelorette, but there will not be another season until summer of 2016 and who knows who ABC will choose for the show by then. US Magazine shared that Whitney is finally ready and has started dating again. Whitney…

Broadway: Cinderella During the Columbia’s weekend, I got the chance to go to the New York City with my friend. We went to the Broadway Theater to see Cinderella, a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. As we all known, Cinderella is one of the Disney princess stories from our childhood; however, the musical version of Cinderella has slightly changed from the original story. When you walked into the theater, you just feel you will ever want to go out there…

Vaynerchuck once said “Please think about your legacy, because you’re writing it every day.” I’m Minasha Gunarathna, and I love Hamilton; An American Musical. Hamilton first made its off-Broadway debut in February 2015, with its first performance being sold out. Just 6 months later, the play was transferred to Broadway in August, where it debuted at the Richard Rodgers Theater. Hamilton was written and composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, winning him a Pulitzer Prize for the musical. In 2016,…

How Rodgers and Hammerstein Changed Broadway When you think of New York City, there is always one thing that automatically comes to mind, Broadway. You walk in Times Square and see all the captivating bright lights and loud noises. You see everybody handing out pamphlets to come see their, shows while there dressed in costume. You can’t help but wonder what their show is about. Whether you like plays and musicals, I’m sure at one point in your life you will see one or hear a song from one. The…

into Rent, along with the names of three of his friends who had died of AIDS, in the support group scene. Larson’s lifelong goal was to combine the Broadway tradition with contemporary pop music, a very difficult task at which many before him had failed. After seven years of workshops and re-writes, the show was scheduled to open in previews off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop, on January 25, 1996. But Larson had been feeling ill. He’d been to two hospitals; one diagnosed him with food…

to attend Theatre UCF’s production of An Octoroon at the UCF Theatre in Orlando, Florida. Throughout my life, I have had the experience of going to productions at the secondary school level, club level, collegiate, and professional/Broadway level. In my opinion, Broadway shows have always amazed me and continue to bring the highest level of acting and musicality. However, shows at the secondary, club, and collegiate level all have the opportunity to be better than one another. In saying this, I…

Kinky Boots is a musical directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and written by Harvey Fierstein. It is based on a true story. The medium in this music would be the performers, the chorus/music and stage. Kinky Boots musical was first premiered in Chicago in 2012. While we saw it in London, it was first premiered in London on September 15th, 2015. The musical is about a man who just lost his father and he is trying to save his father’s shoe business. He…