Operetta Research Center » Hollywood 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 Helmut G. Asper’s “Music in the Air: The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile” http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/ http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:02:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25828 In the introduction to his new book “Music in the Air”. The German Musical Film Comedy in Exile 1933–1950, Helmut

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/helmut-g-asper-music-air-die-deutsche-musikfilm-komodie-im-exil/feed/ 0 “Der Schokoladensoldat” – Oscar Straus at Herbsttage Blindenmarkt http://operetta-research-center.org/der-schokoladensoldat-oscar-straus-herbsttage/ http://operetta-research-center.org/der-schokoladensoldat-oscar-straus-herbsttage/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:40:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25627 Das Publikum von Blindenmarkt sowie alle Operettenfreunde, die von weit her dorthin gepilgert sind, werden hier dankenswerterweise mit einem ihm

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/der-schokoladensoldat-oscar-straus-herbsttage/feed/ 0 The 1925 Film Version of “Ein Walzertraum” Restored http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/ http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/#comments Sat, 16 Aug 2025 12:23:33 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=25583 It’s finally happening: the famous film version of Ein Walzertraum has been restored and will be shown on tv. Parallel

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/1925-film-version-ein-walzertraum-restored/feed/ 0 The Night Nicole Kidman Went To See “The Merry Widow” And Got Swatted http://operetta-research-center.org/night-nicole-kidman-went-see-merry-widow-sydney-opera-house/ http://operetta-research-center.org/night-nicole-kidman-went-see-merry-widow-sydney-opera-house/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:04:31 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=21439 Who said that operettas don’t make headlines anymore? And that super stars from Hollywood wouldn’t be interested in the genre

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/night-nicole-kidman-went-see-merry-widow-sydney-opera-house/feed/ 0 “Sehnsucht 202” On DVD: A Very Queer Version Of Vienna With Fritz Schulz & Paul Kemp http://operetta-research-center.org/sehnsucht-202-dvd-queer-version-vienna-louise-rainer-magda-schneider/ http://operetta-research-center.org/sehnsucht-202-dvd-queer-version-vienna-louise-rainer-magda-schneider/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2020 10:43:12 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20902 The Austrian newspaper Der Standard has added a forgotten film operetta to their DVD series “Der österreichische Film”, a movie

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/sehnsucht-202-dvd-queer-version-vienna-louise-rainer-magda-schneider/feed/ 0 Jeanette MacDonald (1901-1965): Hollywood’s Most Successful Soprano Star Of Celluloid Operetta http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:52:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20550 After beginning her singing career as a teenager in the chorus of a New York revue, Miss MacDonald (born in

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-1901-1965-hollywoods-successful-soprano-star-celluloid-operetta/feed/ 0 Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972): Parisian Music-Hall Star & Hollywood’s Singing Very-Frenchman http://operetta-research-center.org/maurice-chevalier-1888-1972-parisian-music-hall-star-hollywoods-singing-frenchman/ http://operetta-research-center.org/maurice-chevalier-1888-1972-parisian-music-hall-star-hollywoods-singing-frenchman/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:37:27 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=20545 After an early career spent performing in cafés and suburban music halls, Maurice Chevalier (born in Ménilmontant on 12 September,

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/maurice-chevalier-1888-1972-parisian-music-hall-star-hollywoods-singing-frenchman/feed/ 0 Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy: The Glory of Hollywood Operetta in Jeanine Basinger’s “The Movie Musical” http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy-glory-hollywood-operetta-jeanine-basingers-new-book/ http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy-glory-hollywood-operetta-jeanine-basingers-new-book/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:23:17 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=18906 One of the more joyous things about recent new studies on musicals is the fact that they include operettas, without

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/jeanette-macdonald-nelson-eddy-glory-hollywood-operetta-jeanine-basingers-new-book/feed/ 1 Re-Thinking The Concept Of “Escapism”: Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land” http://operetta-research-center.org/damien-chazelle-la-la-land/ http://operetta-research-center.org/damien-chazelle-la-la-land/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:10:52 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11516 This month, Damien Chazelle’s movie musical La La Land hits theaters in Europe. It is a must-see for anyone interested

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/damien-chazelle-la-la-land/feed/ 1 New York’s Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway http://operetta-research-center.org/new-yorks-yiddish-theater-bowery-broadway/ http://operetta-research-center.org/new-yorks-yiddish-theater-bowery-broadway/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:49:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=11033 Considering that most new books dealing with Broadway history in coffee table format simply recycle what has already been written

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/new-yorks-yiddish-theater-bowery-broadway/feed/ 3 Erich von Stroheim’s “The Merry Widow” At The Staatsoperette Dresden http://operetta-research-center.org/erich-von-stroheims-merry-widow-staatsoperette_dresden/ http://operetta-research-center.org/erich-von-stroheims-merry-widow-staatsoperette_dresden/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:00:58 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=10760 Some years ago I was asked by the former Dutch Film Museum (renamed Eye Film Institute today) to accompany The

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]]> http://operetta-research-center.org/erich-von-stroheims-merry-widow-staatsoperette_dresden/feed/ 1 A New Tap-Dancing Musical About James Cagney http://operetta-research-center.org/tap-dance-musical-james-cagney/ http://operetta-research-center.org/tap-dance-musical-james-cagney/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2015 13:37:23 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=7064 An unlikely subject for a musical perhaps – though, of course, he starred in several – Hollywood tough guy James

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