Reviewing The Operetta Aspects In “New York’s Yiddish Theater”
As a companion volume to its recent exhibition on New York’s Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway, the Museum
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The Demystification Of “The Black Crook”
One thing leads to another … Answering various queries, after my 15 years old article on The Black Crook, which
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New York’s Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway
Considering that most new books dealing with Broadway history in coffee table format simply recycle what has already been written
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THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, or The Slave of Duty: Comic opera in 2 acts by Gilbert & Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan’s successor to the phenomenal HMS Pinafore proved to be another enormous international opéra-bouffe hit. Where the former
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Double Treat: “The Black Crook” From New York and London
Often, in earlier times, quoted as “the first landmark in the history of the American musical theatre”, the 1866 extravaganza
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Talking With Joshua William Gelb About “The Black Crook” In 2016
In 2016, The Black Crook celebrates its 150th anniversary, marking 150 years of the American Musical. To commemorate the sesquicentennial,
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Second-Rate “American Idol” Superficiality: “Cats” Returns To Broadway
Apart from the disorienting novelty of Cats taking up residence at the Neil Simon Theatre when, for a record-breaking 7485
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Wooden Cut-Outs & Selfies: The Revival Of “Cats” On Broadway
It’s “business as usual” at the Neil Simon Theater, where I caught up with the new revival of Andrew Lloyd
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“The Black Crook” Returns To New York For Its 150th Anniversary
You might truly hold your breath for a second: the famous show The Black Crook is being revived in New
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Adolf Philipp (1864-1936): “Deutsch-Amerikanisches Theater” In New York
Adolf Philipp (b Lübeck, 29 January 1864; d New York, 30 July 1936) was the eclectic leading light of the
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“The White Horse Inn At Central Park”: Rediscovering The Jimmy Berg Adaptations
The White Horse Inn at the Central Park – an Austrian operetta staged in New York in the 1940s? Yes,
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Slay It With Music: A Conversation With Michael Colby
Librettist and lyricist Michael Colby has written musicals such as Charlotte Sweet and Tales Of Tinseltown, both have just been
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Ghostlight Records New Lerner & Loewe “Paint Your Wagon”: Starring Keith Carradine
In November 1951, composer Frederick Loewe and librettist Alan Jay Lerner premiered Paint Your Wagon, their homage to the American
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UdK Berlin: “Ich meine, es geht ja doch darum, ein Leben zu führen, das einem keine Qual ist”
It is always refreshing to see new and awe-inspiring talent. The so called “collages” at the Universität der Künste (UdK)
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Light Opera of New York: Jerome Kern’s “Sally”
Charm was in abundance at Light Opera of New York’s semi-staged concert reading of Jerome Kern’s 1920 musical smash Sally,
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“Stars Of David”: The Influence Of Jewish Artists On Popular Music
It’s not every day that you get to see images of Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss Jr. and Richard Tauber right
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“Shuffle Along”: The Making of the 1921 Musical Sensation
Deep among the indelible memories of my theatergoing life are singer Lynnie Godfrey sprawled on a piano suggestively growling “Daddy”
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“Die Herzogin von Chicago”: Teaching Budapest The Charleston Again
Wenn man seine Dissertation über ein Werk wie Die Herzogin von Chicago geschrieben hat, wenn man all die Aufnahmen von
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“American Psycho”: Benjamin Walker Stars As Patrick Bateman
Bret Easton Ellis’ once – and perhaps still – notorious novel about an affluent Wall Street investment banker/serial killer, the
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„Emerging From The Closet Of Representation“: Homosexuality And Same-Sex Marriage On The Musical Theater Stage
The genre operetta was invented around 1850 in Paris, as a new and independent musical theater form in the modern
read more![Albert SZIRMAI [aka SIRMAY]: b Budapest, 2 July 1880; d New York, 15 January 1967](http://operetta-research-center.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Sirmay-436x291.jpg "Albert SZIRMAI [aka SIRMAY]: b Budapest, 2 July 1880; d New York, 15 January 1967")
Albert SZIRMAI [aka SIRMAY]: b Budapest, 2 July 1880; d New York, 15 January 1967
Szirmai was a top-flight Hungarian composer whose career faded when he left home. He studied at the Budapest Zeneakadémia and
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SZIBILL, Operetta in 3 acts by Miksa Bródy and Ferenc Martos. Music by Viktor Jacobi
Szibill, first produced at the Király Színház, Budapest, on 27 February 1914, was the peak achievement of the short career
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“Shuffle Along”: Re-Imagining the African-American-Classic From 1921
Why is the upcoming revival of Shuffle Along, or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That
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“She Loves Me”: Miklos Laszlo’s Hungarian Play As A Modern Broadway-Operetta?
Many great operetta things come from Hungary; and you might add, many great musical comedy things too. Emmerich Kalman wanted
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The Game Changers Of Broadway: Hammerstein, Schirmer, Cohan & Co..
Who were the truly instrumental people who caused America to develop the largest and most influential entertainment industry in the
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THE FORTUNE TELLER: Comic opera in 3 acts by Victor Herbert
When the ambitious young soprano of the famed Bostonians company, Alice Nielsen, decided to break away from the group and
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Michael W. Balfe’s “Satanella,” Plus: A Contemporary Cantata And “Merman’s Apprentice”
It is not often that I write about recordings. Since my massive listening-writing effort of The Musical Theatre on Record,
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The Comic Operetta “Candide” And The Germans
The popularity of Candide in Germany can be attributed to several factors: the continuing high profile of Leonard Bernstein, the
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1923 Yiddish Operetta Astounds New York City Audience
An unlikely current hit, the 1923 Yiddish musical Di goldene Kale (“The Golden Bride”) by Joseph Rumshinsky, emerged after years
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“Looking for orchids in a corn field”: Nadine Secunde Talks About The Changing Art of Operetta Singing
American soprano Nadine Secunde is probably not someone you’d immediately associate with operetta or musical comedy, or light(er) music in
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The “Circus Princess” Triumphs in Vienna: Kalman’s New Musical Piece the Operetta Sensation of Europe
Will he “come back”? Will Emmerich Kalman succeed in duplicating the tremendous success of his Countess Maritza, which has been
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Chita Rivera Sings Robert Stolz? The Cast Album Of “The Visit”
Listening to Kander & Ebb’s The Visit – their adaptation of Durrenmatt’s Besuch der alten Dame – with an operetta
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“Csardasfürstin” Conference in Budapest
This week-end, the Budapest Operetta Theatre is hosting a conference on Die Csardasfürstin, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of that
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Angeline And Her Tattooed Man: Victor Herbert’s ‘Funny’ Songs
You might say: wow, the Americans are catching on! Or differently put, the announcement of the latest concert by the
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Broadway Does Operetta. Or: From Dallas To Philadelphia
The folks in Philadelphia are at it again this weekend. They will be presenting a concert called Broadway Does Operetta,
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“Spring Awakening” With Deaf Actors
I must confess that I admired more than loved Spring Awakening in its 2007 Broadway premiere, and really didn’t care
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