Operetta Research Center » Henry E. Dixey http://operetta-research-center.org The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Sat, 02 May 2026 19:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 A Legendary American Burlesque: “Evangeline” (1874), Beautiful Country Girls & A Dancing Heifer http://operetta-research-center.org/legendary-american-burlesque-evangeline-1874/ http://operetta-research-center.org/legendary-american-burlesque-evangeline-1874/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2020 09:40:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20636 A burlesque of Longfellow’s poem of the same name, the extravaganza Evangeline followed the trials and tribulations of its heroine

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/legendary-american-burlesque-evangeline-1874/feed/ 0 Ethel Jackson (1877-1957): Broadway’s First “Merry Widow” http://operetta-research-center.org/ethel-jackson-1877-1957-broadways-first-merry-widow/ http://operetta-research-center.org/ethel-jackson-1877-1957-broadways-first-merry-widow/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:30:56 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20484 A descendant of the painter Henry Inman, Miss Jackson was born in New York on 3 February 1877. She studied

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/ethel-jackson-1877-1957-broadways-first-merry-widow/feed/ 1 Magic Mike Live. Or: What About The Objectification Of Men In Operetta? http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2018 10:44:41 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=15649 In a recent article for The Times, Jamie Stoker reported on casting for London’s Magic Mike Live. The headline says

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/magic-mike-live-objectification-men-operetta/feed/ 0 Mr. Burlesque Himself: William B. Gill http://operetta-research-center.org/mr-burlesque-william-b-gill/ http://operetta-research-center.org/mr-burlesque-william-b-gill/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2014 11:14:36 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=3747 Australia’s most successful ever international manufacturer of musical plays was born Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada 10 May 1842. The grandson of

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