musical theater
Behind the Scenes with Pit Singers
How do you make a musical sound good when the dancers and actors onstage are too breathless to belt out a tune? Hire some pit singers. We take a journey underneath the stage with Manoel Felciano, a pit singer in the national touring production of Saturday Night Fever.
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Grey Gardens
The musical Grey Gardens, which is up for several Tony awards next week, is adapted from a cult-favorite documentary about two socialites — mother and daughter — who refuse to leave their decrepit, filthy mansion. Christine Ebersole stars in the Broadway production — she and composer Scott Frankel tell Kurt why the story continues to […]
The Brains Behind <em>Legally Blonde</em>
It was the sleeper hit of the summer of 2001, and now Legally Blonde is a hit on Broadway. Kurt talks with Nell Benjamin and Lawrence O’Keefe, the husband-and-wife team behind the songs. They’ve been nominated for a Tony, and their life is a zany musical comedy of its own. (Photo courtesy of Craig Brockman/BroadwayWorld.com)
Passing Strange
This ground-breaking rock musical is about a black teen who leaves LA to find himself in Berlin. Its creator Mark Stewart, known as Stew, talks with Kurt about the autobiographical show; it uses great humor, smart lyrics, and rock n’ roll to take on race, identity, and mother-son relationships.
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