Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along Turns 35!
Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along turns 35 today! Based on the 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, adapted by George Furth, Merrily chronicled the relationship between two friends, a composer and his lyricist, from college to the present, but told its story in reverse order. Among the gems that survived are, “Old […]
Happy 20th Anniversary to Chicago Musical! | Enter to win a Signed Chicago Vinyl
Come on babe we’re gonna paint the town in honor of Chicago the Musical‘s 20th anniversary today! Vote on your favorite version of “All That Jazz” here or below for a chance to win the cast recording on beautiful double-red vinyl. Order your copy of the cast album on vinyl today here, available exclusively at […]
Alan Menken’s A Christmas Carol Cast Recording Out Now
Our #MWBVault release A Christmas Carol is available today! Based on Charles Dickens’ 1843 classic novella, A Christmas Carol was presented annually at New York City’s Paramount Theatre in Madison Square Garden from 1994 through 2003. Over its nine years, A Christmas Carol featured a slew of notable actors as “Scrooge” including F. Murray Abraham, Tim […]
Happy birthday Tim Rice! Hear Evita Revival
Happy birthday Tim Rice! Being the lyricist for Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, and The Lion King would in itself be enough to ensure Tim Rice a place in the Broadway pantheon, but those are just three high points in a career teeming with pinnacles. Join us in wishing Tim Rice a very Happy Birthday! Celebrate […]
America has a new President- Now Playing Irving Berlin’s “Mr. President”
America has voted and we will have a new president. We love Irving Berlin’s classic musical Mr. President which opened October 20, 1962 at the St. James Theatre on Broadway. The book was by veterans Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse and dealt with such mundane topics as raising a teenage girl under the vigilant eyes of […]