Operetta Research Center » Alan Jay Lerner http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:23:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 CAMELOT Musical in 2 acts by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-musical-2-acts-alan-jay-lerner-frederick-loewe/ http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-musical-2-acts-alan-jay-lerner-frederick-loewe/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:35:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24576 Camelot had the impossibly difficult task of following behind My Fair Lady in the opus of Lerner and Loewe, and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-musical-2-acts-alan-jay-lerner-frederick-loewe/feed/ 1 “Camelot” Returns With A New Broadway Cast Album http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/ http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:13:30 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24568 I have always liked 90 percent of Camelot. And 100 percent of its delicious source material. I am, yes, too

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/camelot-returns-new-broadway-cast-album/feed/ 3 A Semi-Staged “Camelot” At The Watermill Theatre http://operetta-research-center.org/semi-staged-camelot-watermill-theatre/ http://operetta-research-center.org/semi-staged-camelot-watermill-theatre/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:24:45 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20392 In the United Kingdom restrictions on ‘live’ performance, owing to Covid-19, were lifted with regard to outdoor theatre at the

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/semi-staged-camelot-watermill-theatre/feed/ 1 A Re-Written And New “Paint Your Wagon” In Seattle http://operetta-research-center.org/re-written-new-paint-wagon-seattle/ http://operetta-research-center.org/re-written-new-paint-wagon-seattle/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:00:24 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10259 How very much I wish I could recommend the all new version of Paint Your Wagon in its world premiere

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/re-written-new-paint-wagon-seattle/feed/ 0 Ghostlight Records New Lerner & Loewe “Paint Your Wagon”: Starring Keith Carradine http://operetta-research-center.org/ghostlight-records-new-lerner-loewe-paint-wagon-starring-keith-carradine/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ghostlight-records-new-lerner-loewe-paint-wagon-starring-keith-carradine/#comments Sat, 21 May 2016 16:05:37 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10028 In November 1951, composer Frederick Loewe and librettist Alan Jay Lerner premiered Paint Your Wagon, their homage to the American

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ghostlight-records-new-lerner-loewe-paint-wagon-starring-keith-carradine/feed/ 3 The Origins Of Lerner & Loewe’s “Brigadoon” http://operetta-research-center.org/origins-lerner-loewes-brigadoon/ http://operetta-research-center.org/origins-lerner-loewes-brigadoon/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2015 18:22:28 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7894 You will recall that the Ohio Light Opera presented Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon as part of their 2015 summer season.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/origins-lerner-loewes-brigadoon/feed/ 2 Lost “My Fair Lady” Songs Rediscovered And Performed http://operetta-research-center.org/lost-fair-lady-songs-rediscovered/ http://operetta-research-center.org/lost-fair-lady-songs-rediscovered/#comments Tue, 19 May 2015 12:51:55 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7007 Obviously, My Fair Lady is one of the greatest “modern” operettas ever. Almost everyone knows the score and the hit

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/lost-fair-lady-songs-rediscovered/feed/ 2 Dumbed Down For Modern Sensibilities? “Gigi” Returns To Broadway http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbed-modern-sensibilities-gigi-returns-broadway/ http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbed-modern-sensibilities-gigi-returns-broadway/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2015 08:08:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6704 With High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens the unlikely-on-paper lead, and advance word that Colette’s story about a young girl

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/dumbed-modern-sensibilities-gigi-returns-broadway/feed/ 2 Cowboy Season In New York: “Paint Your Wagon” Back On Broadway http://operetta-research-center.org/paint-wagon-back-broadway/ http://operetta-research-center.org/paint-wagon-back-broadway/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:03:10 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=6429 Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe’s Paint Your Wagon (1951) is seldom produced these days, and Encores’ one-week staged concert

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