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Well, my heart is about to burst. My head is about to pop. Pardon me if my old spirit is showing. The reason is the new cast album of Hello, Dolly! with Bette Midler, David Hyde Pierce, Kate Baldwin and Gavin Creel. After Dolly Gallagher Levi and Horace Vandergelder have decided on marriage on Track […]

When Encores! executives began producing underappreciated musicals in 1994, Broadway aficionados started wondering “When are they going to do The Golden Apple?” For more than two decades, the announcement of every three-show season brought disappointment to many. “Why,” they asked “wasn’t the Jerome Moross–John Latouche masterpiece ever chosen?” Then last year, when artistic director Jack […]

We’re nearing the finish line of April – also known as National Quiz Month. That’s why I’ve been spending the last three Tuesdays – and this one, too – giving you a quiz that asks you to identify lines and lyrics from various Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. Last week, the quiz centered on relatives. Scoring […]

By now, faithful readers have learned that April is National Quiz Month. That’s why I’ve been spending each Tuesday of the month giving you a quiz that asks you to identify lines and lyrics from various Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. Before we get to this week’s quiz, let’s give credit to Fred Abramowitz, Steve Bell, […]

As we established last week, April is National Quiz Month. As a result, we’re spending each Tuesday of the month seeing if you can recognize lines and lyrics from various Broadway and off-Broadway musicals. Before we get to this week’s quiz, here are the answers from last week’s quiz, which asked you to identify lines […]