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Middlebrow Musicals: December 2013
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Tuesday, 31 December 2013. A Tale of Two TV Shows. Thinking back a bit, in November we were treated to two TV shows: Channel 4's series The Sound of Musicals. And the Beeb's one-off Broadway Musicals - a Jewish Legacy. The former was about current musicals in the West End, the latter about old musicals on Broadway. The Sound of Musicals. Meanwhile Shaiman also appeared on Broadway Musicals - a Jewish Legacy. Where he was given a bit longer to demonstrate th...
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Middlebrow Musicals: April 2014
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Monday, 14 April 2014. The Future Sound of Australian Musical Comedy. WARNING: there are some naughty words). Drama" by Kate Miller-Heidke featuring Drapht - lyric video. For reasons unknown I can't seem to embed this clip but it's very much worth a click). This is a song from the album O Vertigo. But what really makes a great comedy song is the music. The character being portrayed here is the world's largest ego; an outrageous and outspoken modern-day ...
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Middlebrow Musicals: March 2014
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Monday, 31 March 2014. Whistling in the Dark. Authoress a new musical Rumpy Pumpy. Has some advice for any fellow travellers embarking on the stormy seas of a new musical theatre writing:. Ok, folks. I am doing it and only have a very rusty grade 5 Piano (ended up after six years of lessons only being able to play a John Mayall’s Blues song and badly after too many drinks! Maybe, but that doesn’t matter – onwards, mon brave! Now ‘Compose’ is a v...8211; but...
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Middlebrow Musicals: November 2013
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Tuesday, 26 November 2013. Interview with Verity Rushworth. Actress and now Chicagoan murderess. Interview now available over at the ever razzle-dazzling Musical Theatre Review. Wednesday, 20 November 2013. Vanessa Thorpe over at the Observer has been calling for death and steamy sex. All make this unlikely point, despite the common assumption that taking in a West End show should be a frothy, feelgood experience.". Which has quite dark themes.". So this wh...
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Middlebrow Musicals: January 2014
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Monday, 20 January 2014. Not Content With Context. So here's a curious thing. The good Mr. Seckerson has been considering Sondheim out of context. Watching the Stephen Sondheim/Julia McKenzie compilation cabaret Putting It Together. Is that a fair description of this hybrid? The interesting (and occasionally irritating) thing about Putting It Together. Is actually funnier and more ironic split between the bimbo and the world weary wife (in whose voice it be...
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Middlebrow Musicals: Whistling in the Dark
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Monday, 31 March 2014. Whistling in the Dark. Authoress a new musical Rumpy Pumpy. Has some advice for any fellow travellers embarking on the stormy seas of a new musical theatre writing:. Ok, folks. I am doing it and only have a very rusty grade 5 Piano (ended up after six years of lessons only being able to play a John Mayall’s Blues song and badly after too many drinks! Maybe, but that doesn’t matter – onwards, mon brave! Now ‘Compose’ is a v...8211; but...
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Middlebrow Musicals: October 2013
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Friday, 18 October 2013. A Pah-ssion for Producing. Interesting article by agent-turned-musical-producer Stuart Piper in the Stage entitled "No New Musical theatre composers? Firstly, based on the accompanying photo, how do you become an agent? Last week, I produced a rehearsed sing-through of a new musical. It was not based on anything. Not a film, not a piece of literature, not a jukebox catalogue of popular songs.". So, to summarise, this is a musical in...
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Middlebrow Musicals: The Future Sound of Australian Musical Comedy
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Monday, 14 April 2014. The Future Sound of Australian Musical Comedy. WARNING: there are some naughty words). Drama" by Kate Miller-Heidke featuring Drapht - lyric video. For reasons unknown I can't seem to embed this clip but it's very much worth a click). This is a song from the album O Vertigo. But what really makes a great comedy song is the music. The character being portrayed here is the world's largest ego; an outrageous and outspoken modern-day ...
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Middlebrow Musicals: Music and Emotion
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A look at musicals from a middling perspective. Sunday, 13 April 2014. More from Professor Begbie. This time on music and emotion:. It would seem that, at the very least, two things are going on here, sometimes simultaneously. First, we can be moved directly by the aesthetic qualities of the musical sounds. We always hear musical sounds in a context." (p.297). There's also an interesting side issue about how context-free or "pure" music can generate emotion. An orchestral symphony performed in a conc...
