The First Oscar Hammerstein and New York’s Golden Age of Theater and Music
With such an irresistible title as this, anyone with an interest in early American musical theater would want to read this newly
read moreWith such an irresistible title as this, anyone with an interest in early American musical theater would want to read this newly
read moreWith all this free time at home right now I’ve started working my way through various DVD boxes I’ve had
read moreThe team responsible for that overwhelming hit of 1926, The Desert Song, mined a similar vein for their next collaboration,
read moreThe small theater in Zwickau-Plauen (Germany) presented Victor Herbert’s much-loved Babes in Toyland as their Christmas spectacle and gave the
read moreSome will claim that Hello Dolly, Mame or La Cage aux Folles are among the greatest modern operettas in the
read moreShowboats gave the theatre-starved people along the Mississippi from the 1880s into the 1920s what they most wanted: melodrama and
read moreConsidering that there are not that many new books on operetta in English, one must greet Derek B. Scott’s fresh-off-the-press
read moreThe show title Abenteuer im Spielzeugland might not directly ring a bell. But if you translate it into Babes in
read moreGertrude Lawrence’s 1941 megahit, Lady in the Dark, groundbreaking in its day for its then novel use of psychoanalysis in
read moreYou might remember the CD series The Broadway Musicals of… created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel. They started, thematically,
read moreThe overwhelming and instant success of Erik Charell’s operetta spectacle Im weißen Rössl at Berlin’s Großes Schauspielhaus (the so-called “Theater
read more„The most magical adventure of them all …“ That’s how Andrew Lloyd Webber announced ‘his’ Wizard of Oz version at
read moreIt’s Eliza’s show; My Fair Lady for the 21st century opens at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 62 years after
read moreTheatrical mythology has been curiously and undeservedly kind to some folk. Miss Tucker from Ohio went from failure to failure
read moreDas Dreimäderlhaus von Heinrich Berté, eine Pasticcio-Operette mit Musik von Franz Schubert (1916), war ein Welterfolg. Nicht nur im deutschen
read moreAs a conductor and operetta researcher, I have been working, for the last month or so, on restoring the orchestral
read moreBack in 1997, Michael Miller, the chair of the Ohio Light Opera Board of Directors, and president of the Operetta
read moreThe third major Manhattan outing in recent years of Victor Herbert’s once hugely popular Broadway operetta The Red Mill proved
read moreThe Victor Herbert Renaissance Project LIVE! is launching its fourth season with The Red Mill, Broadway’s longest running success by
read moreEs gibt in Deutschland eine nicht unwesentliche Gruppe von Intellektuellen – in Forschung und Journalistik – die sogenannte Mega-Musicals für
read moreAlthough they worked together as a trio on only five shows over seven years, the influence of “Bolton, Wodehouse, and
read moreIf we go back in time 100 years and look at Broadway, we witness a change: the US entertainment market
read moreVictor Herbert (b Dublin, 1 February 1859; d New York, 24 May 1924). The grandson of Samuel Lover, the novelist,
read moreJohn Koegel reminds us, early on in this broadly conceived, superbly researched, and elegantly written study, that the population of
read moreOne of Emmerich Kalman’s great musical idols was George Gershwin whom he entertained in Vienna in 1928, after they both
read moreCommissioned by producers Julian Mitchell and Fred Hamlin to follow up their 1902 success with the fairytale spectacular The Wizard
read moreThe third time was most definitely the charm for VHRP’s Artistic Director Alyce Mott’s revision of Victor Herbert and lyricist/book
read moreMasterVoices’ semi-staged concert version of Victor Herbert’s 1903 extravaganza Babes in Toyland – written originally as a follow-up to the
read moreOn Nagymezó, the historic theatre street of Budapest, a bronze statue of operetta composer Emmerich Kálmán sits on the end
read moreThe “All Irish” season of the Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live! continues with a concert of music by Victor Herbert
read moreWith Die Bajadere, Emmerich Kalman embarked on a new path as a composer in 1921: he changed his librettist team
read moreWriting from the point of view as an American visiting Berlin, the Komische Oper’s second concert performance of Emmerich Kálmán’s
read moreRomberg’s Broadway operettas have not been revived professionally in the UK since matinee idol John Hanson – he of the
read moreVictor Hollaender described his first American sojourn and the German-American scene of Milwaukee in his memoirs, which were published in
read moreIn February 2017, theater historian Dr. Wolfgang Jansen is organizing a conference on the topic of “Popular musical theatre under
read moreIt’s a special treat, that’s for sure: the Komische Oper Berlin is ending its Emmerich Kalman cycle of Christmas operettas
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