Entries tagged musical theater
newsflash: A New IE Spontaneous Musical and A Hub on BOIS
Oct 21st, 2009 by talfonso | read more
I’m back from that, er, delay, and with a new PC, I’d like to share some stuff with you.
First, I dedicated a Hubpages to the great theatrical attraction Break Out In Song. It displays how the humble “spontaneous musical,” that is, musical theater out of the blue, came about and my opinions on the four [...]
Topics: break out n song, improv everywhere, musical theater, new york, spontaneous musical
A New Kind of Beast in Carrollwood
Sep 28th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
Why have bread when you can have a schadenfreude
I have seen the original stage performance of Beauty and the Beast on Broadway over fifteen years ago, and found it so magical, since I have seen the originating Disney movie. For those of you who want a change of pace fron Alan Menken’s witty and romantic [...]
Topics: musical theater, tampa
A Hubpages Post on A Plea
Sep 22nd, 2009 by talfonso | read more
I just signed up for Hubpages, an article-writing site, and I decided to share this poignant story with you.Most of you have heard about the sad tale of Alex Barton, a Asperger’s-stricken kindergartener outcasted by his class under his intolerant teacher, Wendy Portillo. Now living with him in Palm Beach, his mother, Melissa, field a [...]
Topics: autism, honk, musical theater, musical writers
Phantom Goes Over 9000!
Sep 18th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
All right, Vegeta, calculate how many times The Phantom of the Opera has been performing since January 26, 1988.
Looks like my personal web friend Andrew Lloyd Webber hit a new high when his said musical reached its 9000th performance on Broadway, beating out his preceding show, Cats, as the longest-running musical in Broadway history. The [...]
Topics: musical theater, Musicals, phantom
Autism in Song and Dance
Sep 16th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
I am a fan of musical theater and it’s like a positive drug, but there are needs for inclusion for “special” individuals and for expansion in the subject matter, especially when it comes to the rapidly-growing developmental disorder in the US – autism.
Elaine Hall, an acting coach and mother of an adopted autistic son, addressed [...]
Topics: autism, musical theater, musical writers, Musicals
Musicals Proposed and In-Progress
Sep 14th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
I am now working on my rough draft of my musical number, Meltdown, which tells the story of a mother of an autistic who is confused about quelling her son’s meltdown in the grocery store. The music has to wait until I’m richer, but I am in the exposition and rising action phrases. The cast [...]
Topics: autism, libretto, lyrics, music, musical theater, Musicals
Theater Composer Scoops Up Emmy
Sep 14th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
I’m always a fan of Howard Goodall, and he has been my role model since the age of 10. I’m liking him more now because he recently won an Emmy for his score of the HBO TV film, Into the Storm! That was a really big win for my new Internet friend and multifaceted composer [...]
Topics: musical theater, musical writers, Musicals
Searching Over the Rainbow
Sep 12th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
Looks like my Internet pen pal Andrew Lloyd Webber is at it again – he found the perfect Maria, Joseph, and Nancy in the respective BBC reality series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, Any Dream Will Do, and I’d Do Anything.
This time, he searches for the perfect heroine in the movie musical [...]
Topics: dorothy, musical theater, Musicals, toto, wizard of oz
Musical Theater is RIGHT in Your Face!
Sep 12th, 2009 by talfonso | read more
I love shows – I love it when people go onstage and break into song and/or dance and amaze the audience. This formed the basis that is called Musical Theater in the Face, a blog on what is internationally and locally happening in the utopia called “musical theater,” and things that are so intriguing in [...]
Topics: broadway, musical theater, musical writers, Musicals, west end
What’s In A Spontaneous Musical II: Number Attack!
Aug 23rd, 2009 by talfonso | read more
In the past post, I discussed people breaking out into song and dance in places outside the theater – from the general hospital to even Disneyland. In New York, where I saw a genuine Broadway show (Beauty and the Beast, to be exact), there’s a recent epidemic not pertaining to the swine flu pandemic of [...]
Topics: dancing, musical, musical theater, singing, song and dance, spontaneous musical