Operetta Research Center » Broadway 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 The Story of Julian Eltinge: America’s Greatest Female Impersonator http://operetta-research-center.org/story-julian-eltinge-americas-greatest-female-impersonator/ http://operetta-research-center.org/story-julian-eltinge-americas-greatest-female-impersonator/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:01:47 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25297 It’s almost a quarter of a century ago that Laurence Senelick published his book The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/story-julian-eltinge-americas-greatest-female-impersonator/feed/ 0 Kálmáns „Marinka“ in Schrumpffassung an der Oper Graz http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/ http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/#comments Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:49:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25070 Irgendwie stehen die in Amerika entstandenen Werke emigrierter Komponisten (ob Korngold, Weill oder Kálmán etc.) in unseren Landen immer noch

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/kalman-marinka-schrumpffassung-oper-graz/feed/ 1 Operette und Musicals in der DDR: Ein Gespräch mit Werner P. Seiferth vom Metropoltheater http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/ http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:26:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21387 Übers Thema Operette in der DDR wird in letzter Zeit wieder mehr gesprochen. 2012 gab es in der Ausstellung Welt

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/operette-und-musicals-der-ddr-ein-gesprach-mit-dem-metropoltheater-intendanten-werner-p-seiferth/feed/ 0 “Babes in Toyland” Revived by Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:23:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25033 I approached this resurrection of The Little Orchestra Society’s 1990s-era Babes in Toyland with some trepidation. Admirable champion of Herbert’s work

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/herberts-babes-toyland-revived-new-york/feed/ 0 First Full Cast Recording of Gustave Kerker’s “The Belle of New York” http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/ http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/#comments Thu, 07 Dec 2023 11:29:18 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24805 As everyone who’s currently watching season 2 of The Gilded Age knows: marriage in New York City among the super-rich

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/cpo-first-full-cast-recording-gustave-kerker-the-belle-new-york/feed/ 3 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 “They Haven’t Lost Their Mojo”: The Ohio Light Opera Festival 2023 http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/#comments Sat, 27 May 2023 11:56:20 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24648 For the first time in four years, Ohio Light Opera has returned for a full indoor season of shows (though

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ohio-light-opera-festival-2023-arizona-lady-operetta-highlights/feed/ 0 Victor Herbert’s “Cyrano de Bergerac”: Live in New York http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/ http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 15:33:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24506 “You’re about to see a flop,” VHRP Artistic Director Alyce Mott impishly teased the packed house a few moments before

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/victor-herberts-cyrano-de-bergerac-live-new-york-2023/feed/ 0 Rodgers & Hammerstein Revisited: “The King and I” & “South Pacific” on Jay Records http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/ http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/#comments Tue, 02 May 2023 12:55:02 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24475 This morning I had an interesting package on my desktop. Complete recordings of The King and I (1994) and South

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/rodgers-hammerstein-revisited-the-king-and-i-south-pacific-jay-records/feed/ 1 “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”: A Conference in Prague http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/ http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2023 12:48:15 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24304 In March 2023 there’s a three-day conference in Prague devoted to the question of “Czech Operetta and Its Transnational Context”.

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/czech-operetta-transnational-context-conference-prague/feed/ 0 John Philip Sousa’s “El Capitan” (1896) http://operetta-research-center.org/john-philip-sousas-el-capitan-1896/ http://operetta-research-center.org/john-philip-sousas-el-capitan-1896/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:00:49 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=23678 One of the earliest successful comic operas to come out of America, El Capitan was also the one successful attempt

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