Posts Tagged ‘musicals’

Universal Studios Burning Down, Burning Down, My Fair Lady.

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Perhaps they think there’s no point - people will turn up in droves regardless. And they should. This is a fine production of one of the greatest musicals ever written. There’s barely a dud tune amongst them, and the cast does a wonderful job of bringing them to life.
Sources:

benambra.org
forum.blu-ray.com
www.naxos.com
yarravillepaul.blogspot.com
www.abc15.com
www.dillards.com

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Best Of Rodgers & Hammerstein By 101 Strings Orchestra [Audio CD]

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

His father managed the Hammerstein’s Victoria, a vaudeville theatre, and his uncle was a successful Broadway producer. He began writing books and lyrics for musicals, although primarily for operettas. His first play, “The Light”, produced by his uncle in 1919, ran for four performances, but Hammerstein kept writing with a series of collaborators. With them, [...]

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Ira Gershwin George Gerswin

Monday, April 14th, 2008

All musicals and, of course, the famous composure of “Rhapsody in Blue”. George died at an early age of a brain tumor, but Ira went on song writing. The brothers were born to Jewish Immigrant parents who instilled a love of music at an early age. George took piano lessons with several teachers until he [...]

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Timeless Melodies - George And Ira Gershwin

Monday, April 14th, 2008

All musicals and, of course, the famous composure of “Rhapsody in Blue”. George died at an early age of a brain tumor, but Ira went on song writing. The brothers were born to Jewish Immigrant parents who instilled a love of music at an early age. George and Ira wrote their first musical which starred [...]

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